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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1921
Page
8
Sunday services and Sunday school at South Holland First Reformed Church led by J Huwema from Calvin College. Local notices cover marriages, travel, illness, school remodeling bids due by August 5, farm and real estate ads, and residents’ updates from South Holland Illinois.
Miss Susan DeVries spends vacation at Grand Rapids while Mrs Wm Swart visits relatives in DeMotte Indiana. Miss Alice Manat on a two weeks visit to Holland Michigan. Last Saturday a Ford and a Jackson collided at 182nd and School street injuring one woman slightly. the Ford sustained some damage.
The Boston Transcript notes that Venezuela remembers Henry Clay’s plea for recognizing the Spanish American republics a century ago. Venezuela will not name a park after him, but the legacy is kept in memory.
Jud Tunkins notes that many people need not be declared dead to provide early material for detective fiction as readers show generosity.
In a conversational health column the Louisville Courier Journal notes a patient requesting aid for heartbreak alongside physical ailments. The piece reflects casual tone and references medical cheer from a nurse offering comfort.
A fragmented line attributes a maxim about doers versus talkers and a noisy garbled attribution to Boston Trapsacrip. The readable portion stresses action over words but the source text remains unclear and partially unreadable.
Journalist James Norman Hall observes Polynesian men with compact, strong bodies who bear heavy loads, swim long distances, and fish with ease. He compares this vitality to “sheltered” civilized life and imagines how westerners would look stripped of clothing, noting health from constant activity.
The Forum argues that heaven born geniuses are a myth and that managers judge by not by appearance but by skill. Acting earns public response and true art lies in skilled execution, while the public seeks refined performance even if it requires effort to repair or improve.
The article contrasts the 44 caliber man who gains by experience and study with the average 22 caliber man who avoids self improvement. It urges self analysis to identify weak spots and to strengthen them for greater opportunities and responsibilities.
Prompt treatment of a scald determines recovery. Immerse the burned area in warm water with baking soda, one teaspoon per pint, until pain subsides. For exposed areas wrap with a cloth dipped in the solution, renew to relieve sting, then cover with carbolated vaseline and bandage to seal.
To remove mildew apply a paste of bleaching powder and water on the fabric. Let the paste remain for a day or two and keep it damp while on the material. Then wash the fabric and dry it in the sun.
A memorial note dated about one year after John Schiedow’s death at age 74 recalls his passing on July 11 and expresses lasting love from his wife, children, and grandchildren. The verse reflects mourning, longing, and remembrance near the grave of a dear husband and father.
A compact meditation on censure as a perpetual challenge faced by greatness. The passage argues reproach accompanies fame and notes ancient and modern figures endure condemnation as part of their stature, with obscurity as the only possible protection.
An eastern financier argues excess money is harmful while noting that some claim there is no limit to wealth. His stance contrasts with critics who advocate broader distribution and restraint.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that no fewer than 80 000 people go missing in London each year. Some vanish permanently while others later return and resume their lives as if absent.
For sale strictly modern house on a good street near the business center with a large lot and trees. Delivery of possession in thirty days. See or call A. S. Diekman. Also house for sale inquire 16 E. 138th Street Riverdale. Three cottages in Riverdale listed by A. C. Reich at 136386 Indiana Avenue. Riverdale 560 telephone.
Classified snippets advertise collie pups, hog pricing, sale of parlor set and rugs, sale of real estate bonds, a Ford truck, a pocketbook loss, buggy and harness, rhubarb for earnings, a farm work on shares, and motor trucks with low prices. Contacts include Wm Gouwens South Holland. Vaughan Farm Hazel Crest. A S Diekman Dolton. William Kunis Chicago. Garret Vanderaa South Holland. Chas Milhahn Dolton. Henry A Vankirk Momence. E W Gouwens Harvey.
Riverdale Theatre announces a two day feature on Saturday and Sunday July 16 and 17 with a special added attraction direct from the loop for local patrons.
Public invited to bring a question for Walli the mind reader to a theater demonstration. The program features Neal Hart in Sky Five with The Son of Tarzan episode, Justine Johnstone in Sheltered Daughters, Eugene O’Brien in The Last Door, and Mary Roberts Rinehart’s It’s a Great Life. Other attractions include Bare Knuckles with William Russell and The Greater Claim with Alice Lake.
The Humboldt county Nevada opal, a giant specimen weighing 1619 troy ounces or 2 5/6 karats, measures about 4 inches long and nearly brick size. Valued at $6 per karat, its price would exceed $15,000, but its size raises its worth to any offers from a remanier. The Hungarian gem with the highest rating was valued at £250,000, and the Nevada opal would be worth as much based on similar rating.
Auguste Chouteau a founder of St. Louis helped establish the first settlement on the site in 1764 under Pierre Lacle de Lisuce, setting up a fur trading post at age 25. Laclede arrived that year and laid out a town later known as St. Louis in honor of Louis VI of France, with Chouteau and his brother Pierre becoming renowned West traders.
A brief note explains sundials reveal time to those who understand them. They run slow from December 26 to April 15 and from June 145 to September 1, while they operate normally from April 16 to June 14 and from September 2 to December 26.
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