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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1932
Page
3
Stanley J. Sokolis Jr of the University of Pennsylvania is elected captain of the 1932 football team and serves as wrestling captain. The 205 pound junior has been a varsity tackle for two seasons and has saved over 200 people from drowning as a life guard at Wildwood New Jersey.
Poser and William Norman left for Jacksonville Florida with Benjamin Hastings and Roseland businessmen. They plan to visit Florida and return in about two weeks. Frank Albrecht and John Combs went to Alberta to work their 40 acre farms for several weeks. Mrs Christina Drepar returned to Dalton after visiting Monee. C E I switch man Nicholas Decker felt极 a cold snap last Sunday night with one side of his dove frozen. A youthful party surprised Freda Berndt at the A O U W hall in Dalton last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Tra Hastings left Puestley for Kalamazoo Michigan to visit relatives for several weeks. Herman Wulf resigned as Riverdale Pumping Station engineer. Thomas DeVore named. M H Jenness, J M Deam, and A G Beacher attended the Station Agents Convention in Logansport Indiana. S P Schoon took a sleigh ride with friends. he is popular with children for sharing rides.
August Hecht of Detroit returns to Homewood to plan a new farm home on Vincennes road and seeks village water access. Frank Tomscheck and son Alex brought 100 cotton tails from Buckley for sale. Harvey Woodmen held a large meeting with 100 attendees. the disturbance committee is O K as trains caused lateness. The German Evangelical church Young People’s Society organized with 28 members and elected officers.
An archaeological team from the Towse museum, the University of Liverpool, and the Techs Philosophical and Tatelary society reports Jericho walls partially intact. The uncovered double fortification dates to the Middle Bronze Age 1800 to 1600 B C with horns illustration.
The bank elected officers on Saturday January 13 with Henry Gottschalk as president John P Rabe as vice president and James A Cowing as cashier. The passage also notes Borgwardt as treasurer and Wm Schoof as financial secretary and wishes success for the new society.
A reflective piece recalling Rachael McMillan and a sister's account of English schooling. It contrasts old methods emphasizing scholarship and student autonomy with modern efforts to tailor study to the child, questioning whether current reforms truly educate youth better or more easily.
The article notes nearly yearly yellow fever outbreaks before 1860 and records that health conditions improved over time, with the last epidemic occurring in 1905.
The ostrich is a wary, alert bird not hiding its head. Modern science debunks the tale that it conceals itself by burying its head. The bird is known for fleeing in circles and seldom being caught.
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