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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
8
South Holland residents share seasonal greetings and updates from families and students abroad. Births and local events mark the holidays, with church programs to aid Cutlerville Institution for the Insane. Local notices advertise sales, real estate, and insurance services amid a busy holiday page.
The undersigned will hold a public auction at his residence on the old Harms Farm three miles south of Oakglen on the Joe Orr road. Monday December 8 at 10 30 a m. Live stock, a full line of farm implements, hay and corn in shacks offered. Wesley Diekman proprietor. Nick Porter auctioneer. J P Deyoung clerk.
Fire last week at the residence of Mr Wm Winterhof Jr was extinguished before serious damage. Several local residents were mentioned in passing as having family or social ties in Lansing A DeHuis and Mis A DeHuis of DeMotte Ind visited here with many friends Rev Blaak officiated at a funeral for the infant son of Mr and Mrs DeJong. The DeJong family recently joined their husband from the Netherlands eighteen months ago. Om sympathy is with them. Lansing plans for a new fire apparatus with bids expected around January 1.
Theaters Riverdale Theatre presents Oliver Morosco's The Half Breed Saturday. Sunday features Charles Ray in R. S. V. P. Monday New Year's Day shows Herbert Rawlinson in Confidence. Wednesday brings Gladys Walton in The Girl Who Ran Wild. Wishing patrons a Happy New Year.
The Dolton Theatre presents Tom Mix in Do and Dare on Saturday and The Fast Mail on Sunday with Chas Buck Jones. Monday features Dorothy Dalton and Jack Holt in On the High Seas. Midweek shows Vera Gordon and Dove Davidson in The Good Provider. Coming Jan 9 10 11 When Knighthood Was in Flower.
Washington December 28 The question of who conducts U S foreign policy the senate or the president dominates discussion. Senator Lodge once a round robin signer now urges Senator Borah to avoid resolutions that would embarrass the president or force action he may wish to postpone for national interest.
More than 200 head officials of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway received about 600 dollars each as a Christmas present for staying at work during the shop men’s strike. Over 120 thousand dollars was mailed to the men from the president’s office, with similar checks sent to other locations.
A correspondent reports New Year’s Day rituals in Italy with animals blessed in church. Priests sing amid bells while an acolyte sprinkles holy water on oxen cows sheep and pigs as the congregation kneels in benediction. The scene closes with a communal hymn praising the merciful Lord.
The St Pauls Ev Lutheran Church lists Sunday Dec 31 with Sunday school at 9 00 and divine service at 10 00 a m and New Year’s Eve worship at 7 30 p m plus Jan 1 1923 New Year’s Day sermon at 10 00 a m Pastor H Wind extends wishes for a happy New Year to all readers.
Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 Miss Alma Osterberg a Grenfell Mission speaker discusses Labrador and its people Junior League at 2 30 no Epworth League evening service features an illustrated Europe current conditions lecture with war ruins and music social hour and watch night service All welcome Pastor A B Blomberg extends New Year wishes
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of our daughter and sister Mrs. L Wulff. Special thanks to Rev Wind the ladies choir and all who sent flowers and rides. Mary Jonas and Children.
In loving memory of Auguste Wagner who died on December 30 1918. Friends and family recall a life of love and those who cared for her remain in sorrow.
The writer expresses sincere gratitude to relatives and friends for aid during sickness and death of the husband and to Rev Smitter and Rev Braak for comforting words. Appreciation is also extended to the Brickmakers Union for their aid and to Mrs Thomas Kikkert.
A brief note on the waning American custom of New Year day calls once common in the nineteenth century social life, now seldom practiced today.
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