South Holland Meeting and Bank Opening Highlights
The South Holland chapter of the Tznak Walton League meets tonight at the village hall for general business. A new bank opened December 29 with public tours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and visitors received souvenirs. Dr. H. Schultze, noted Bible expositor, will preach next Sunday at the Second Christian Reformed church in Grand Rapids, with services at 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. All are welcome.
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South Holland
Tznak Walton League J
Sthimeiding
Geo. W. Stiles Co
Cornelius VanderHeyden
William VanMynen
de Young
H. Schultze
Calvin Seminary
Grand Rapids
Mich
Second
Christian Reformed Church
Schultze
Dr. Schultze
Kooistra
First
Christian Reformed
Ashland Avenue
14Th Street
Chicago
New Year Celebrations Span Indiana Visits and Local Charity Event
A Majestic radio was installed for a Wesley M. E. church New Year’s Eve watch party via Mr. Wm Winterhoff. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Lester DeYoung of Munster Indiana and the Peter Princes. Other visitors gathered at the Wm Swart home in De Motte Indiana.
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Wm. Winterhoff
Majestic
Wesley M. E. Church
Winterhoff
The
Winterhoff Auto Sales
Lester DeYoung
Munster
Ind
Peter Princes
John Fieldhouse
Thomason
Delia Vickers
Wm. Swart
de Motte
Frank Freses
Leo Barth, Jr
Willis Lufkin
Mabel Lange
Christ Miller
Frank Schonbok
L. Miller
Thornton
Frank Lufkin
Galesburg
Ill
John Schroeder
Letter from Mrs. Orie Willigan Watauga South Dakota
A letter dated December 26 1928 from Mrs Orie Willigan of Watauga South Dakota to The Pointer editor. She notes a $1.50 check enclosed for The Pointer and describes unusually warm winter weather with light snow melts. She mentions Adrian trapping and catching 17 coyotes this winter and sends New Year wishes.
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Adrian
America s Gold Reserve Policy Update
The gold reserve for redeeming United States notes is fixed at 3140,000,000. If the balance drops below 100,000,000, the secretary of the treasury may sell government bonds to restore it.
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America
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Beets Blush About the Only Thing Left in This World
Grain ble Mountain Eagle reports a surprising reaction as a lone subject in a ruined setting reveals the last spark of life. Authorities note the scene centers on agriculture and survival amid scarcity, with local residents observing a striking moment of resilience.
Obituary for Timothy Kinney Father of Kinney Siblings
Timothy Kinney 87 9 months died at Home For the Aged Avilla Indiana December 28 after pneumonia. Born March 15 1841 in County Fermanagh Ireland he emigrated as a youth and settled in Chicago where he married Mary McCluskey in 1869. He later moved to Columbia City lived 40 years worked as a ditcher and contractor. Survived by sons Thomas F John E of Chicago James R Grand Rapids and daughter Mrs Edward Flynn Chicago. Funeral at St Pauls Catholic Church Columbia City with burial in Catholic cemetery.
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Timothy Kinney
Thomas F
John E. Kinney
Riverdale
James R. Kinney
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edward Flynn
Chicago
Avilla
Ind
County Fermanagh
Ireland
America
Mary McCluskey
Columbia City
Ditcher
Thomas R. Marshall
Daddy
Mr. Marshall
St. Paul’s Catholic
Daily Post
Whitley County
Tim Kinney
Old People’s
John E
James R
Marshall
Columbia City High School
Washington Township
Mr. Kinney
Tim
Rock Island Signs Struss to Mississippi Valley League Contract
Clarence Struss, star pitcher from the South Suburban League, signed with Rock Island for the Mississippi Valley League. Manager Walter L. Genin extended the offer on Eddie Taylor’s recommendation, linking to Albany N Y teammates. Taylor works at Johns Manville New Orleans, with Schleuter a foreman there. Struss earns a pro tryout after last season’s strong showing for Ivanhoe Supers.
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Clarence Struss
Ivanhoe Supers
Rock Island
Walter L. Genin
Eddie’ Taylor
Albany N. Y
Eddie” Taylor
Football as a Striped Field Battle Described by Detroit News
The Detroit News paints gridiron play as a squirming struggle on a striped plane, framed by sloping walls of ululant fur bearing mammals in a vivid Boston era sports vernacular.
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Boston
Detroit News
Week of Westerns and Classics at the Cinema
Tonight The Grip of the Yukon stars Neil Hamilton and Frances X. Bushman. Tomorrow Tom Mix in Horse Man of the Plains. Sunday Buck Privates features Lyn DePutti Malcolm McGregor Zazu Pitts Eddie Gribbon. Jan 8 9 Our Dancing Daughters with Joan Crawford. Jan 16 FBI Napoleon screens as big drama.
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Yukon
Neil Hamilton
Francis X. Bushman
Tom Mix
Buck Privates
Army of Occupation
Lyn DePutti
Malcolm McGregor
Zazu Pitts
Eddie Gribbon
Joan Crawford
America
All America
FBI
Napoleon
Riverdale Theatre Weekly Program Skips Between Features
Saturday shows include Our Gang in Chicken Feed and Buzz Burton in The Fighting Red Head along with Fables News and Terrible People. Sunday offers Adolphe Menjou in A Night of Mystery with community singing and Trumpler’s orchestra. Wednesday to Thursday features The Little Yellow House by Beatrice Burton from the McCall novel about a girl chasing pleasure and paying a high price.
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Buzz Burton
Adolphe Menjou
Trumpler
Beatrice Burton
Mother Knows Best and Restless Youth at State Theatre
Matinee daily at 110th Place Michigan Avenue features Vitaphone singing screen. January 3 4 5 show Louise Dresser and Madge Bellamy in Mother Knows Best with added Saturday Orpheum acts. January 6 Marceline Day and Ralph Forbes in Restless Youth plus joyous stage show. January 7 8 9 Corinne Griffith in Outcast and Our Gang film The Spanking Age.
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Michigan Avenue
Vitaphone
Louise Dresser
Madge Bellamy
Orpheum
Marceline Day
Ralph Forbes
Corinne Griffith
Lincoln Ave PTA meeting moved to Tuesday January 8
The Lincoln Avenue Parent Teachers Association announces its next meeting is moved from Friday January 4 to Tuesday January 8 at 8 p m. A speaker will address the gathering and a fine program is planned. All members and friends are urged to attend.
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Lincoln Avenue
Parent-Teachers Association
Ladies’ Aid of Our Saviour’s Church
Paul Schaefer
St. Mary’s Church
Hurricane Progress and Air Currents
A hurricane forms from warm humid air rising between opposing currents, grows in a vast area, and moves toward land where it loses its feed from warm saturated air. The description outlines how storms progress as they shift from sea to land and weaken when moisture supply ends.
Christmas Tree Lighting Beginnings in New York 1912
Reports note the first Christmas tree of light was erected in New York City on Christmas 1912 and the practice quickly spread to other U S cities.
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New York City
United States
Thermometer Installed in Munich German Museum Tower
A thermometer placed in the tower of Munich's German Museum reads current temperature and records the day's maximum and minimum temperatures.
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Munich
Radio brings back the cash register sting
The Washington Star notes radio saves time but the cheering of speakers fades. The stony microphone gaze reminds listeners it is tied to a cash register, signaling commercial pressures shaping broadcasts.
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Washington Star
Great Truth About Clothes Line Warning
An Altoona man offers a homely proverb on caution around laundry mishaps saying a woman should be left alone when a clothes line collapses into the mud. The quip reflects practical gendered warnings common in local humor.
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Altoona
Better to Have Faith The Man Who Trusts Men Quote
A brief, quoted maxim attributing that trusting people can reduce mistakes compared with persistent distrust, attributed to Colton.
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Colton
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Lansing
Mrs. O. Willigan
Watauga. So. Dak
Mrs, Orie Willigan
Struss
Riverdale Theatre
State Theatre
Price
Triangle
Chicago Street
Dolton Theatre
DE Young’s Furniture and Funeral Home
South Holland, Ill
Harvey
H. H. Chester & Company
Chicago Road
Grand Trunk Track
Henry Blink
159Th Street
Peter Hettich
Clark Street
Chicago, HI
Daniel C. Bachmann
Phone Dolton
Lincoln Ave
Daron, JL
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