Homemakers Club Meet Promotes Thrift Week and Social Events
Lansing area clubs held meetings on January 8 with 29 attendees under Mrs. Wallace Roe. Highlights included a National Thrift week talk by Mrs. Thaldorf, performances by Mrs. Harry E Rarey on Hawaiian guitar, and numerous upcoming events such as a Mother Goose Silver Tea on January 29.
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Homemakers Club
Wallace Roe
Randolph Street
Thaldorf
Harry E. Rarey
Wm. Thatdorf
South Burnham Avenue
M. E
Arthur Larsen
Wmn. Thaldort
Ladies’ Aid
Trinity Church
Oak Glen
Banco
Lansing Bunco Club
Wm. Bruin
North Lange Street
Carl Rahn
Community Street
Banco Club
St. Anne’s Church
Chicago Avenue
West Ridge Road
Chicago
Hessville
Munster
Harvey
Thornton
Christ Miller
Glenwood Road
John van Osten
Charles Dennes
Sylvia Jean
Dennes
Marie Kapteyn
Co. P. Kapteyn
Sherman Street
Otto Schultz
South Boy Street
Charles Tompkins
Calumet City
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Tompkins
Elna Anderson
Local Notes From South Holland and Nearby
Mrs. K. Frotuin remains in Ingalls Memorial Hospital for diabetes care. Local families report recent moves and visits including the Dick H. DeYoung and DeGraaf families returning from Iowa. William Rinkema family relocates to a new brick home on 159th Street. The Wolf family moves to the Ozark foothills area. Van der Heyden family occupies Glenwood residence. Mrs. John T. DeYoung of Thornton has been ill for two weeks.
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K. Frotuin
Ingall’s Memorial Hospital
Dick H. DeYoung
William DeGraaf
Vander Wolf
Iowa
William Rinkema
159Th St
Wolf
158Th Street
Ozark Mountains
van der Heyden
Glenwood
John T. DeYoung
Thornton
Tax Meeting Notice in South Holland
Public notice announces a tax meeting at the village hall in South Holland on Saturday evening January 18 at 7 30. All taxpayers are invited. Also an ad for DeYoung's Furniture offering close prices and guaranteed satisfaction. The notice mentions shoe repair service at South Holland Grocery Market and Brehm The Shoe Man in Dolton Theatre.
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South Holland
DeYoung
Harvey
Ill
Walvoord returns from Cedar Grove visit in Wis
South Holland notes show Miss Antonette Walvoord back from a three weeks stay with friends and relatives in Cedar Grove Wis. Cornelius Paarlberg boy improves from pneumonia, Henry Van Ostenbrugge out with a stiff neck, Miss Jennie Slager visiting Summit Illinois, Albert Tilstra planning a store interior update and hardware line, and a push to subscribe to The Pointer amid bad weather and delivery by Pete Van Druen.
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Antonette Walvoord
Cedar Grove
Wis
Cornelius
Wm. Paarlberg
Henry van Ostenbrugge
Jennie Slager
Summit
Albert Tilstra
Jake’s
Al’s
Pete van Druen
Phrase compendium defines talkie studio slang
Frank J. Wilstach compiles slang used in talkie studios detailing terms like ATL bottom for low frequencies All top for high frequencies Apples or bottles for amplification tubes A blimp for camera housing a bulldog for deep voice a footage eater for talkative actor Hot lead for live wire In sink for perfectly synchronized sound and action from Bell Syndicate dated Tuesday.
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Frank J. Wilstach
Bell Syndicate
Bear Family Causes Townwide Stir in Rhinelander
A mother bear and two cubs wandered Rhinelander Wisconsin's main street on a playful shopping tour. The animals were left unmolested by people until a pack of dogs chased them away.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Robbers Break Into Sheriff Vault in Preston County
In Wheeling West Virginia robbers cracked the office vault of Sheriff W W Williams in Preston County and took 8208 from a steel strongbox. They overlooked 1600 dollars in taxpayers money also stored there.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. W. Williams
Preston County
W. YV
Wind and air movement explained in a brief ad note
The wind is described as moving air driven by heated air rising and cold air rushing in to replace it. An advertising insertion by TE V Price notes tailored clothes at Triangle Toggery with a DeYoung Bros furniture reference and claims best quality at close prices.
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TE. V. Price
Triangle Toggery, Dolton
DeYoung Bros
Saturday Double Feature Shows Mountain Terror and Geraldine
Weekend program lists Tom Tyler in Mountain Terror and Geraldine with Eddie Quillan and Marian Nixon. Sunday features Unholy Night described as thrilling with a great cast. Tuesday and Wednesday January 21 and 22 present Janet Gagnor and Charles Farrell in Lucky Star, an epic romance.
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Tom Tyler
Geraldine
Eddie Quillan
Marian Nixon
Janet Gagnor
Charles Farrel
Riverdale Theatre Weekend Bill With Stage Stars
Saturday features Willie Zimmerman and his company in six varsity acts with Gertrude Olmsted and Hugh Trevor in Hey Rube. Sunday shows Noah Berry and Olive Borden in Love in the Desert.
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Willie Zimmerman
Gertrude Olmsted
Hugh Trevor
Noah Berry
Olive Borden
Desert
Marriage Playground and They Had to See Paris at State Theatre
Mary Brian stars in Marriage Playground a smart society all talking comedy drama with Ruth Etting in Vitaphone. Wall Rogers humorist headlines in They Had to See Paris a all talking comedy scream. The run continues with So This is College a gay talking college life story with Sally Starr and Robert Montgomery.
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Michigan Ave
Mary Brian
Smart Society
Ruth Etting
Vitaphone
FBI
Wall Rogers
Paris
SUN
College
Sally Starr
Robert Montgomery
Community events announce Bunco party and meetings
The Volga German Benefit Association hosts a Bunco party at Riverdale Village Hall on Friday January 17 with door prizes and 35 cent tickets. Suburban Group meets January 21 at Chicago Heights Masonic temple with a program from American Manganese Steel Co. Garden Club gathering January 24 at Mrs. Dowling’s home. A January 19 banquet at Griffith Hall features embroidered prizes. W R C installation at Riverdale Hall January 17. Lady Foresters card and dance January 30 at Riverdale Hall with 35 cent tickets. Dalton M E church Ladies Aid all day January 28 with pot luck lunch.
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Bunco
Riverdale
Chicago Heights Masonic Temple
American Manganese Steel Co
Chicago Heights
Garden Club
Joseph Dowling
Baneo
Ted Dreger
Griffith Hall
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
119Th Street
St. Mary’s Church
Dalton M. E
Royal motor cars fetch high price for royalty travel
London firms profit from providing cars for royalty during visits. The Spanish queen, visiting London, always hires a new motor car, with many buyers willing to pay premium for an automobile that has carried royalty.
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London
lLondon
Spain
Two men arrested in Blue Island linked to string of stickups
Harold Hoaglin and William Isubich, ages 25 and 24, were arrested Saturday night at 12806 San Francisco avenue by a Blue Island police squad led by Lieut. William Hawke. They confessed to attempted robberies at Nels Johnson’s oil stations on 119th Street and Western Avenue, Morgan Park, and Joliet. Victims from Lockport to Joliet identified the suspects at the Blue Island station. Hoaglin allegedly active in many jobs, with a Nash coupe used in the hold ups and a nickel plated gun linked to recent robberies. Police say no connection to the Kuiken murder. The arrest followed a Joliet tip about the Nash car. The squad included Lieut. Hankey, Sergt. Heim, and Officers Lund and Jenner.
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Harold Hoaglin
William Isubich
San Francisco Avenue
Blue Island
William Hawke
Nels Johnson
119Th Street
Western Avenue
Morgan Park
Joliet
Lockport
Harvey
Riverdale
Chicago Heights
Hoagilin
Kahieh
Hoaglin
Fiedler
Kuiken
International Harvester Co
Ingalls-Shepard Co
Nash
Lieut
Hankey
Sergt. Heim
Lund and
Jenner
Blue Island Sun
Riverdale Works Hosts Acme Steel Visitors At Night
Acme Steel Co notes Riverdale Works visit by salesmen after Chicago biennial. Foremen Club hosts Ladies' Night at Hotel Shoreland on Jan 11 with 1000 capacity ballroom. Music by Chicago Yellow Jackets and dinner served at 6 80 p.m. Hiley Onstott alleged to have confronted Chief Morrel.
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Acme Steel Co
Charlie Wolfenberger
Goodfellowship Club
Riverdale
Chicago
Hiley Onstott
Morrel
Foremen Club
Water expenses and leak concerns prompt village board action
Figures show amounts paid to City of Chicago for water in May to Oct 1929 and quarterly shortages. Trustee Diekman proposes shutting off outlying water mains due to leaky valves, with committee to locate loss. Trustee Schnoor pushes Pointer plant preference in village printing. board approves.
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Chicago
City of Chidee Oet
Meee Sect
City of
Diekman
Schnoor
Pointer
In Memoriam Mrs. Louisa Schmidt
In loving memory of Mrs. Louisa Schmidt who died one year ago January 19 1929. Heaven is not reached at a single bound but by a ladder we rise from earth to the skies. Husband, mother and children remember her with enduring love.
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Louisa Schmidt
In memory of Aug Schuker
In memory of Aug Schuker who died four years ago on January 16 in the graveyard where loved ones rest. The poet dedicates the verse to a cherished father lost to God, with a note from his daughter Alice, 87-1p.
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Aug. Schuker
Memorial Words He Married A Sculptor's Daughter
A fragment suggests a speaker reflecting on marriage to a sculptor's daughter, noting nightly returns and a whispered line about a statue. The quirky exchange hints at art influence within a domestic moment, capturing a lyrical, oblique memory.
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Lansing
Dr. J. Finley Kettles
Louis St
St. Holland School
Harvey 1126
East 154Th Street
Anthony Trenning
Bear
Daniel
Bachmann
Dolton
Lincoln Ave
THE
POST
Riverdale Theatre
State Theatre
WM. A. Herrick
E. 147Th St
Halsted Harvey, Illinois
Memoriam
Alice
Malloy Coal CO
de Young Bros. Funeral Home
South Park Ave
W. 71St Street
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