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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1926
Page
2
A brittle collage of wry quips about crime, sanity, burglars, and theater. It includes a mock jury manual and a joke about Benedict Arnold, a coal chute, and a bathing beauty. Interwoven lines reference Miss Nabors, John Hausman, and Frank Wulff with satirical dialogue.
Illinois reports 5710 bales of cotton in 1925 from 9000 acres at 819 pounds per acre. By Jan 1 1926 electric utilities serve 1,582,550 customers, up 91,000 in 1928. About 790 million dollars spent on building in 1925, Chicago receiving half. Commonwealth Edison Post Chicago is the largest American Legion post. Chicago area provides over 160 million cubic feet of gas daily. Galena to celebrate renowned lead mining in 1928.
The Sewing Girls party after school delighted students. Enrollment in Room 2 grows monthly. Scouts led by Mr. Frederick Schmidt and Miss Florence Hedtke advance well. Pupils earned initiative standings. Ivan Fisher and Dorothy Forbes joined Room 8. Lincoln lessons and valentines marked the week with Friday a holiday.
Dolton schools report a net income of 95.75 from the Lincoln Avenue exhibit funding nineteen new pictures for classrooms plus two gifts from Dr Kollar. The Fourth Grade won the prize picture The Indian and the Lily increasing the total to twenty two new pictures.
The Churches announce Sunday services with German morning worship at 10 30 a m and special Lenten meditations each Wednesday at eight p m conducted by the pastor. Members invite families neighbors and visitors to join starting February 24th and participate in a Bible school Lenten effort. May the season bring fellowship service and blessing says Pastor W Kreis.
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m with teachers meeting at 9 20 and preaching at 10 30 by the pastor on Seeking Jesus The congregational meeting follows services Everyone urged to attend and bring a friend January Lent and daily duty emphasized Pastor P C Wike invites friends and strangers to attend
The St Pauls Lutheran Church on 138th Street and Leyden Avenue invites readers to Lent worship and missionary outreach. Pastor W J Kemnitz urges personal reflection on Christ’s sacrifice and invites broader participation, with services listed for February 14 in German and English and February 17 in German.
Paris Lire quotes a puzzling admirer who fears proposing to a capable partner. She cooks and mends socks yet spurns entertainment, described as abnormal with a suggestion something is amiss.
Women pharmacists attract interest as more enter the field. In hospitals, pharmacists are women, and women trained in pharmacy work in government and industrial laboratories.
The diving bell is first cited by Aristotle around 825 Kh. CG and appears in Europe by 1509. It is said to have operated off Mull island’s coast near Seothind in treasure hunts tied to the Spanish Armada wrecks.
Dolton church announces Sunday February 14 schedule with Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 Epworth League at 6 45 and evening service at 7 30 The pastor will deliver sermons at both morning and evening A cordial invitation to the public.
The Chatham Islands in the Pacific near New Zealand were discovered in 1791 by English navigator Lieutenant Broughton who named the group for his vessel the Chatham.
Advice urges keeping rings on in pubs and public restrooms and washing hands carefully to prevent loss. Soapy rings may appear dull but can be renewed at home. Regretable risk exists from forgetting and theft if removed in public spaces.
During the Russo Japanese war a full sized broad gauge railway was laid across ice on Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia. The ice bridge stretched more than thirty miles facilitating movement of troops and supplies in a remarkable engineering feat.
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