South Holland Community News Roundup and Local Notices
Milton Waterman is absent from the bank due to illness. dairy manager Daarlargtha ped bon misses days for illness. Birth announcement for John and Miss Nellie Van Zanten. several church events, onion set market outlook, and a Roosevelt School play set for January 9. Community updates include hospital births, flu illness recoveries, and local church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Waterman
Cormeteds Daarlargtha Ped Bon
Paraiberg
John Triemstra
William Jacobs
University of Ilinois
South Holland Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt School
Jacob I. Weld
Connie Weld
Rock Island
Ill
Henry Veld
Veld
Augustant College
Reinder van der Wall
Grand Rapids
Mich
van der Wall
Albert O. van Zanten
Clarence Kooy
Munster
Ind
Herman Bruin
Greece
Canada
Boundary Line
Oregon
Switzerland
D. Laansma
TA 9Th Street
Roseland
Swedish Baptist Church
Edbrooke Avenue
11Th Street
Dick H. DeYoung
Vernette Gibson
the Reformed Church
Borisma
Westra
Mildred Messemaker
Mro
Win. Vesse
Leonard M. Vate der Na Hiavs
Mise
George Gibson
Tasalls Mamuran Hospital
Bethany Christian Reformed Chored
Bomwemt
Theodore HT Vor
Roseland Community Hospital
Ver Mullen
South Sangamon
Phoenix Gospel Mission Service invites guests
The Phoenix Gospel Mission lists events for Sunday with H Groeneveld as superintendent and D Cowenhoven as acting leader. Sunday School 11 am, Christian Endeavor 6 pm, Evening Service 7 30 pm, Ladies Bible Class 7 30 pm, prayer Thursday 7 30 pm. Guest singers Robert Fischer from Blue Island and De Etta Chambers from Farvey join next Sunday January 6 at the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Gospel Mission
6Th Avenue
H. Groeneveld
D. Cowenhoven
Christian Endeavor
Robert Fischer
Blue Island
de Etta Chambers
Farvey
Down and Out Poem by R A Gouwens
A short poem offers consolation for the discouraged, urging readers to maintain faith and ambition. It promises that happiness and success return with effort and divine blessing, even after hard times and lost luck.
Maintaining Friendship Across Time Worthwhile Advice
An essay stresses keeping friends through regular letters and mindful contact. It cites wisdom from Dr. John and Haweis, urging timely note writing to preserve the thread of friendship and counter selfishness as a true heart education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Johnson
Ro Haweis
Flapper Tourists Seek Fictional Sheiks Abroad
Arab guides note amusement at American flapper visitors seeking exotic native sheiks. Guides describe fat bewhiskered older men with multiple wives as the real thing locals say only exists on screen. Merchants grumble over returns while wumbrel la owners report few faults with goods lent and sent back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamascus
Letter on State Income Tax and local occupational tax
Jonas Kaufmann writes to The Pointer arguing a state income tax is illegal while praising the current occupation tax as fair. He notes residents may relocate to avoid taxes and emphasizes the tax supports those with lower living costs, urging continued support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland
Ill
U. S
United States
Jonas Kaufmann
Baumrucker to contest Seventh District senate election
Democratic candidate Charles F. Baumrucker filed with Secretary of State to contest the November 6 election. The official canvass showed Republican Arthur J. Bidwill elected by 149 votes out of 116,809. The contest hinges on questionable northwest precinct returns and possible recount actions by the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Baumrucker
Cook County
Edw. J. Hughes
Senate
General Assembly
Board of Election Commissioners
Arthur J. Bidwill
Bidwill
Baumrucker
Mule Champion Liar Osborn Wins National Honor
Vern L. Osborn of Centralia Washington, proclaimed the biggest liar in America after winning the Burlington Wisconsin Liars Club annual tourney against more than five thousand entrants. The prize medal allegedly studded with diamonds was presented January 1 by club president O C Hulett at National Broadcasting Company studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern L. Osborn
Centralia
Wash
America
Burlington
Wis
Liars Club
National Broadcasting Company
O. C. Hulett
Liar Osborn
Loo
Panama Limited Returns to Run Down Old Mian River
The Panama Limited has been restored by the Hliness Central after a three year layoff. It operated from Chicagwe, carrying passengers from St. Louis at Carbondale, crossing the Ohio into Kentucky, and threading through plantation country. The train’s whistle marked daily rhythms of supper, bedtime, and start of a new day across towns and countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Limited
Masonvon
Mrs Kathrina Klein Dies In Riverdale at 81
Mrs Kathrina Klein age 81 died at her son Henry's home in Riverdale on a Saturday. Born in Russia she immigrated to the United States twenty two years ago. She is survived by two sons Henry and George, both in Riverdale. Funeral was held January 2 at St Pauls Church with Rev W J Kemnitz officiating. Interment followed at Oakland Cemetery Dolton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathrina Klein
Prairie Avenue
Riverdale
Henry
Russia
George
St. Paul’s Church
W. J Kemnitz
Oakland Cemetery
Dolton
Mrs Anton Aigner, Riverdale Resident, Dies at 39
Mrs Anton Aigner died at her Riverdale home Tuesday January 1 at 2:00 am after a brief illness from the flu. She was 39 and born Wilhelmina Schultz. She leaves husband Anton two daughters Frances and Antoinette and her father. Funeral Thursday January 3 at 9:30 from Bachman’s chapel to St Mary’s Church conducted by Rev D A Diederich. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Aigner
Wilhelmina Schultz
School Street
Riverdale
Anton
Frances
Antoinette
Bachman’s Chapel
St. Mary's Church
D. A. Diederich
Oaklawn Cemetery
Thornton
Beer and Cheese to Cure Babies Says Doctor
Madison Wisconsin January 38. Dr H Curtis Johnson a leading child specialist says a piece of cheese and a sip of beer can calm nervous babies. He cites American cheese as a good calcium source and notes beer provides vitamin B and yeast nutrients. Cheese also helps prevent colds with vitamin A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
H. Curtis Johnson
Johnson
Coming Events at St Pauls Bvy Lutheran Church Card Party
A banco and pinochle party will be given by the Ladies choir of St Pauls Bvy Luth Church Saturday January 12 at 8 pm Admission 25c. Everybody welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Bvy
Luth
Negro congressman deprived by 1898 election
The passage notes that Oscar De Priest, a Chicago Negro, was elected to Congress in 1898 amid Southern Democratic indignation. It states he was ousted in the recent election and mentions his Democratic opponent A. W. Mitchell, also a Negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
Congress
de Priest
A. W. Mitchell
Nighttime Painter Sees Town Red Then Turns Blue at Dawn
A poetic view follows a night painter who leaves the town in a vivid red after dark only to awaken to a blue morning. The piece contrasts nightlife color with morning calm and hints at mood shift.
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158Th Street
Chas. E. Watreman
South Holland Trust and Savings Bank
Margaret Bouwsma
Ruth van der Bilt
Gladys van der Bilt
Eleanor Broertjes
Katie Ballast
Sybelline 3Nurston
Andrew Vogel
Chester de Graft
Russell van der Au
Ruth Barnegan
Katherine Dekker
Roosevelt P. T. A
Roosevelt Parent Teachers Association
Roosevelt School Cymnasium
Lansing
Florence de Bold Patterson
Bob King
Harold Keesen
Polly
Irene de Vries Inez Warren
Emily Keesen
Frye
Pe Setger
Marjorie Meeter
William Terpstra Pen Pike
Arthur Meeter
Bob
Herman DeVries
Carrie
Coba Dykstra
Emmy
Ethel Eningenberg
Ivory
Margaret Rottier
Morrison
William Jabany
Teddy
R. A. Gouwens
Ye Panama Limited
Edna May Oliver
James Gleason
RED Rider
Mello Sailor
Trish
Toyland
Terrytoons
News
Vergie Winters
Ann Harding
John Boles
Kickert’s Auto Sales
159Th
Park Ave
Malloy Coal Company
Interocean
Lincoln Ave
Illinois
Daniel C. Bachmann
Telephone Dolton
Dolton, Ell
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