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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
8
Russell L. Gibson thanks patrons of Rural Route 1 for a prosperous year and their generous holiday gifts. He expresses appreciation for the support and wishes a happy, prosperous New Year, reaffirming his readiness to serve.
Mr Nick Oosting and family of Hollandale Minnesota visit relatives. Mrs William Tysse broke her ankle on Christmas Day. Misses Alice VanZanten and Katherine Gouwens are home for the holidays. Mr Peter DeGraff of Brown City Michigan spends the holidays with family. John Scheffer Jr of South Holland Illinois promotes furnaces and repair services.
An advertisement for Roseland dentists Dr Kettles and staff offering tooth specialist services with guaranteed work and free examination. Located at 11017 S Michigan Avenue opposite State Theatre with visits to South Holland on Tue Thu and Fri and an office over the post office.
Sunday services will be held at First Reformed church conducted by a Hope Seminary student. Fred Vierck returns home from hospital to recover. Ray Fieldhouse from Hope College is home for holidays. Sunnybrook teachers vacation after Friday program. H Smither plans to move to Grand Rapids with family. Oak Glen Lutheran church has been moved and remodeled. Church street set warehouse is being remodeled into a modern home. New Year services at 7 30 and 9 30. Piano recital at Lansing Public School auditorium January 5 1926 at 8 00 assisted by Dena Tyson. Richard Blankenstyn and Peter DeYoung spent three days in Michigan. M VanDam to spend winter abroad in the Netherlands. G Matthews family welcome a baby. College students back in Lansing from Calvin and Hope. Irene Kapteyn home from Cutlerville. Mrs L Carter in St Margarets hospital.
A reflective note explores how fleeting interactions with a woman can leave lasting impressions, contrasting the brevity of acquaintance with the depth of remembrance. The writer jests about perception, time, and affection in everyday encounters.
The St Pauls Lutheran Church at 138th and Leyden Ave invites absent members to return and attend English services every Sunday at 10 a m with the Lord s Supper. Preparatory 9 30 a m. A congregational meeting is set for January 4 at 7 45 p m under Pastor W J Kemnitz.
Dolton M Be Church at Lincoln avenue presents a Sunday schedule for January 8 1926 with Sunday school at 945 a m morning worship at 1100 a m Epworth League Society at 645 p m and evening service at 730 p m The pastor A A Myers will deliver a New Year sermon Public invited.
Sunday school at 9 30 a.m. Teachers meet at 9 20 for spiritual preparation. Preaching at 10 30 by Dr J M Bramkamp president of Ul Synod. Annual congregational meeting after morning services. Bible study at 7 30 p.m. Members who have communed in the last year may vote. New Year reflections urge steady study of God’s word.
Auction notice for January 6 at 1 oclock featuring a wagon pair several farm implements many farm tools a Republic truck a Dort touring car poultry and gear including harnesses beds mats hoses and house sheds cash terms. Fred Hoekstra, proprietor.
The mountains host thousands of glaciers, many 50 to 100 square miles in area, mostly small and retreating due to warming. Notable is Sevillewuaet glacier on the Cole Wubiy river, while surrounding areas remain densely forested.
The listing promotes matinees and features at local theatres including Tom Mix and Tony in The Last of the Duanes, Massie in The Constant Limp, The Silent Accuser with Peter the Great dog, Fred Thomson and Silver King in Riding The Wind, and Lon Chaney in The Unholy Three.
The Riverdale Theatre schedules Rudolph Valentino in Cobra and Johnny Hines in The Gracker Jack with a New Year matinee plus a Larry Seaman comedy and a cracker jack giveaway. A Isle of Hope matinee features Richard Talmadge, with Fables and comedy. Evelyn Brent stars in Smooth as Satin. January 6–7 presents That Royal Girl with D Griffiths, Carol Dempster, James Kirkwood, Morrison Ford, a jazz era melodrama set in Chicago.
A ten day old girl was abandoned in a Cadillac at Sixteenth street and Union avenue. Police traced the baby to her presumed parents, Clar ence Heldt and his wife. Heldt confessed and was fined 150 dollars plus costs. the couple promised to be good parents.
A mother and child aboard a train argue over a station name for a crossword puzzle. The child, Oscar, has apparently left the train at an unnamed stop, prompting concern and a search moment in the dialogue.
New York's drinking water is purified after long underground flow by spraying in large tanks. Aeration occurs in high country zones with flowering fields nearby to maximize benefits from the process.
A playful early line reports Atlas Artie counting with feet to illustrate measurement. The fragment shows a childlike method: right foot one, left foot two, two plus one equals three, three feet equal a yard, and a desire to go out a nail. The source retains quirky transcription style.
An ad from the Boston Transcript offers a large eight room barn-style house on Bellevue place. The listing admits the property is run down and in the poorest city neighborhood and asks twice its worth. The seller notes a personal need for money and invites buyers to come and view the property.
The Springfield Republican quotes an estimate that rail travel is ten times safer than automobile travel, noting irony that crossing a street may feel riskier than driving on the road.
A report states Hart coal can be stored in substantial quantities without deterioration or spontaneous combustion.
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