South Holland Notes Include Family News and Local Events
South Holland residents report changes in households and travel. Wesley Diekman moves to a new farm near Chicago Heights. Miss Lorean Muilenberg and Miss Alice Van Zanten depart for Orange City to resume university study. A baby is born to Mr and Mrs Bert Holleman on December 29. An entertainment titled Ye Old Folks concert by McKinley school is set for January 11 with 15 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Albin
Vande Repe
Wesley Diekman
Chicago Heights
Cornelius Kuipers
D. Laansman
H. DeWinter
Lorean Muilenberg
Alice van Zanten
Orange City
Iowa
Bert Holleman Beame
Alice Martins
Wisconsin
Tap
R. Trenstra
South Holland Trust and Savings Bank
Edward Baily
Melrose Park
South Holland
Baily
Herman Paarlberg
N. J. Paarlberg
Lansing News Briefs From Lansing Ill
Community notes report pure deep well water installation spreading to several homes. Red Bus Line buys a thirty passenger bus for Thornton to Roseland routes. Local clergy start a singing school at First Reformed Church and plan a Tuesday evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Vierk
Lansing
Red
Thornton
Roseland
Harry Boender
First Reformed Church
J. Toren
Gamble
Chicago
John Vankley
South Holland
G. Fieldhouse
S. Fieldhouse
Ridge church holds week of evening meetings
The Ridge M. E. church will continue a series of special meetings each evening next week at 7 15 p m A cordial invitation is extended to all Mr D C Myer of James City Mo visits relatives Mrs Fred Engel and others Mr Arthur Waterman studying at the University of Illinois returns home for holidays then resumes studies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridge M. E
D. C. Myer
James City
Fred Engel
Arthur Waterman
University of Illinois
Public Sale Postponed to January 11 in Munster
A combination sale scheduled for Wednesday January 4 in Munster is postponed to Wednesday January 11 at 10 o clock. The catalog includes farm tools stock and feed and a full line of new furniture. Managers P Vander Wall A Postma and auctioneer Nick Porter oversee the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munster
Pot-Luck and Pot-Lick Traditions in Old European Kitchens
The article traces pot luck origins where guests helped themselves from a single pot at the shared hearth. It notes that meals included any edible contents and that families kept the pot boiling, with everyone fishing in the pot for their portion. The term pot lick reflects the practice of taking whatever was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Early German Astronomical Instruments Discovered
Historian J Hartman of Gottingen describes early German instruments once owned by Cardinal Nikolaus of Cusa 1401 to 1464. The set included a torquorum a measuring device an astrolabe and two celestial globes bought in 1444 with 16 treatises for 38 florins. Evidence suggests at least two instruments may be by Nikolaus Hyhbeeh of Erfurt born 1370.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jr. J. Hartman
Gottingen
Cardinal Nikolaus of
Cusa
Hartman
Lansing State Bank Official Report December 31 1921
The publication records the condition of Lansing State Bank Lansing Illinois as of December 31 1921 submitted to the Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts. Cashier H F W Schultz swears the figures are true and the report matches the state filing. Notary Otto F Schultz certified the oath on January 5 1922 in Cook County.
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Lansing State Bank
Lansing
State of Illinois
Auditor of Public Accounts
State of
Illinois
Theatres Riverdale and Dolton Present Week of Films
At Riverdale Theatre Saturday features William Fairbanks in Go Get Him and Eddie Polo in Do or Die episode The Secret Cavern. May McAvoy appears Sunday in Morals and Conway Tearle Wednesday in The Man of Stone. At Dolton Theatre Friday shows Wayne Reid in Sick Abed, Saturday Lady Rose's Daughter, Sunday Gladys Brockwell in Sape Hen, drama of the gold rush days, and Wednesday Invisible Power a picture with a glorious message wings its way to every heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Theatre
William Fairbanks
Eddie Polo
May McAvoy
Conway Tearle
the Man of Stone
Dolton
Foteplayer Organ
Voice of the Screen
Wallace Reid
Lady Rose
Gladys Brockwell
For Sale Farms Town Lots For Sale-46 Acre Farm
Multiple real estate notices list farms for sale including a 46 acre farm in Lansing Illinois and a 40 acre tiled farm in South Holland. Also available are rental listings for a seven room house in Dolton and furnished rooms in Dalton. Contact names and phone numbers are provided for each property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lorenz, Jr
Lansing
Ill
Oak Street
Dolton
F. C. Propper
Perry
Main Street
Dalton
Riverdale
A. G. Reich
Indiana Avenue
Harry P. DeYoung
South Holland
Til
Peter Bayards
Oakglen
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State Street
Several Cars and Goods for Sale in South Holland Area
Multiple classified lines list for sale items in South Holland and Lansing il. Includes a 1921 Nash roadster a 1920 Buick roadster a 1921 7 passenger Buick touring car a 1920 Ford touring a Ford sedan a Dodge sedan and three Goodyear tires. inquiries directed to T T Gouwens and L J Vandrunen. Also listings for fresh milk cow poland china bare pig fresh Jersey cow home ground buckwheat and 200 white oak fence posts. contact names and addresses provided. Also wholesale poultry eggs hauling and draying by L Osby Riverdale 821 KE 137th place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Gouwens
L. J. Vandrunen
South Holland
Peter Slager
Lansing
W. P. Paarlberg
H. VanderVliet
153Rd and
5Th Avenue
Phoenix
Eidam
Propper
Old Post Road 1788 Through Forest to Albany
The account recalls the rough belt along the Old Post Road from New York to Albany, mostly forested and untamed, with rare clearings and open manor downs, framed by the Hudson and the Hudson Highlands as a brief scenic contrast.
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New York
Albany
Hudson
Gertrude Atherton
Antelope Habitat Clarified by Forestry Magazine
The American Forestry Magazine states antelope are plains animals of open rolling country and are not found in timber or mountains. There is no record of antelope east of the Mississippi or evidence in fossil remains, Indian mounds, or tradition in this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Forestry Magazine
Mississippi River
Living Room Furnishings and Shoe Superstitions
A living room is the focal space for family life with advice on comfort and planning a master’s fireside seating and reading setup. The piece then shifts to shoe superstitions noting it is unlucky to wear the left shoe first and citing Augustus Caesar and Pythagoras with brief cultural references to footwear customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Caesar
Pythagoras
Potty Nickname Meaning Hairy Strong French Soldier
The term potty used for a French World War I soldier denotes hairy or shaggy features and signifies strength. It implies men with hairy faces and physiques are strong, a nickname tied to wartime French soldiers.
Neglected pejibaye palm rivals Oriental date for sustenance
Agricultural explorer Wilson Popenoe notes the pejibaye or chonta duro as a valuable tropical food plant. He states that Arab tribes rely on the date palm while aborigines in southern Costa Rica and northern South America depend on pejibaye for much of each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Popenoe
Department of Agri- Oafives
Costa Rica
South America
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Wickers
Mr. Gamble
Martha Fieldhouse
Mrs. Gamble
Richard Blankenstyn
J. Swierenga
Oak Glen
John van Ramshorst
Munster, Ind
Ture
P. Vander Wall
A, Postma
Nick Porter
Victrola
South End
Roseland Music Shop
Michigan Ave
U. S
THE
Teninga’s Welding Shop
Monarch
Monarch Pork & Beans
Koch and
Kipley
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