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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1924

Page

4

Sermons and weddings mark South Holland notices

The Rev. Laansma will lead services Monday evening at 7 30 in South Holland. On Sunday July 20 the First Reformed church hosts Rev. Kuite and Rev. T W Muilenberg at Gano and a gospel meeting at the village hall. Multiple engagements include weddings at Christian Reformed and Reformed churches, hospital notes, travel notices, and updates on local families and a minister’s new Oldsmobile sedan.

John VanZweden 149Th Street Reformed Church

Lansing News In Brief Health, Deaths And Local Happenings

Mrs E Oppenhuis Mrs R Murray and son Harry and Harry Carr left for Louisville Kentucky to visit friends. Mr Herman De Mik died July 11 in a Chicago hospital aged fifty and is buried at Munster cemetery with funeral at the Christian Reformed church. Sympathy to the family. Mr Warnike injured at brick yards is improving. Rinkenberger of Dyer Indiana and Miss Lillian Tarent married June 27 and reside on Vander Platts farm. Morris Tanis sold his home and begins new buildings for his future. Tina and Mary Bushman of De Motte Indiana visited. Mr and Mrs Herman Winterhof of California visiting. Mr and Mrs R VanTil welcome a baby girl. Tanis Sons barn fire at Oak Glen destroyed the barn. other buildings saved. Lansing plans to hire a motorcycle police for public safety.

E. Oppenhuis R. Murray Harry Harry Carr Louisville Herman DeMik Chicago Christian Reformed Church Munster Cemetery de Mik Warnike Rinkenberger Dyer, Ind Lillian Tarent Ths Place Vander Platts Morris Tanis Tina Mary Bushman de Motte Ind Herman Winterhof California R. VanTil

Weekly Specials at Bardwick Grocery

Bardwick Grocery advertises Special Blend coffee 4 lbs for 1.35 and Yuba coffee 3 lbs for 1.20. Start-Rite soap flakes 3 pkg for 0.45, Graham Crackers 10c per pkg, Takhoma cookies 5c per pkg, Certo 3 bottles for 1.00, Pillsbury flour 24 lb bag 1.08.

Pillsbury Bardwick Grocery

Onion Growers Urged to Order Power Screen Early

Dick Vogel of South Holland Illinois offers power screens for the season and also handles new and second hand gasoline engines. Growers are advised to place orders now to avoid last minute rush.

Dick Vogel South Holland

Card of Thanks for August Verhoeven Family

August Verhoeven and family express deep appreciation for the loving services and sympathy shown by friends neighbors and organizations in their first great bereavement following the death of their wife and mother.

August Verhoeven

Child asks which hair is numbered in Sunday class

A London Tit bits item shows a small child in Sunday school counting hairs. She pulls one from her curly lock and asks the teacher what number it is, illustrating a humorous misunderstanding of the numbered hairs story.

London

Birds Said to Speak In Folklore Across Cultures

Folklore across Biloxi Indians and Breton peasants ascribed speech to birds. Belief held hummingbirds could convey messages to humans, while Breton villagers attributed language power to birds, shaping the phrase a little bird told me.

Biloxi

Pride and Guidance in Emersonian Insight

A reflection on Emerson's claim that wisdom comes from listening and humility. It contrasts the humility of great minds with the arrogance of lesser intellects who dismiss guidance.

Emerson

Emerson Attacks St George as Fraud and Mob Mockery

The American epigrammatist Emerson denounces St George the patron of Faeland calling him a low imposter from Credia. He alleges the figure was switched by an angry mob in A. D. 361, reflecting Emersons severe mood toward mythical figures.

Emerson St. George Faeland Credia

The Basilisk in Legend

The basilisk is a fabulous creature described as a serpent like being from the Libyan desert. It is yellowish with white spots and a pointed head with white prominences like a diadem. Its breath and glance were said to be deadly. The term basilisk now refers to a lizard.

Libyan

Theaters Weekend Showings Sage Brush Gospel and The Satin Girl

Weekend theater listings note Richard Halton and Neva Gerber in Sage Brush Gospel and Mabel Forrest in The Satin Girl. Midweek features The Next Corner with Conway Tearle Dorothy Mackaill Richard Cortez and Louise Dresser from Kate Jordan’s novel and play. A youthful wife confuses real and artificial love and suffers heartache and remorse in a big theme.

Richard Halton Neva Gerber Mabel Forrest Conway Tearle Dorothy Mackaill Richard Cortez Louise Dresser Kate Jordan

Name the Man and Love Master in July Movie Lineup

Saturday shows Gladys Tuletie in The Night Message and William Duncan in The Fast Express. Sunday features Strongheart the dog in The Love Master, plus a drama of eternal snows. July 22 and 23 present Name the Man from Sir Hall Caine with Conrad Nagel Mae Busch Patsy Ruth Miller Hobart Bosworth Aileen Pringle Creighton Hale.

Gladys Tuletie Wm. Duncan Strongheart Wonder Dog Sir Hall Caine Conrad Nagel Mae Busch Patsy Ruth Miller Hobart Bosworth Aileen Pringle Creighton Hale

Lansing State Bank Report of Condition June 30 1924

Official publication of the condition report for Lansing State Bank Lansing Illinois as filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts. The statement lists liabilities totaling 652 809 32 and is sworn to by cashier H F W Schultz before notary Otto F Schultz on July 8 1924.

Lansing State Bank Lansing State of Illinois State of Illinois I. H. F. W. Schultz Auditor of Public Accounts H. ‘Ff. W. Schultz County of Cook Otto F. Schultz

Legion Notes Preview of Picnic Plans and Convention Trips

Auxiliary crates of cantaloupes and eggs head south while bugle corps rehearse for the Blue Island district picnic and Champaign convention. Fred Belz joins as IHB chief engineer and Oscar Reich gains Chicago publicity amid Cicero incident. Post members pursue convention attendance, sales goals, and a possible special Illinois Central coach for members and wives.

Bugle Blue Island Champaign Fred Belz Fred Oscar Reich Brick Yard Chicago Oscar Cicero Rosetta Duncan Duncan Sisters Miss Duncan Post Brookfelt Pointer William H. Rever Dappert Post Taylorville Ill Illinois Central American Legion Buddy

Churches Our Saviours Luth Church Service Notice

The Church of Our Saviour’s Lutheran invites members and others to July 20 services the fifth Sunday after Trinity. Sunday school at 9 30 a m and sermon by the pastor at 10 30 a m on The Christian’s Happy Goal. Voting members urged to attend for congregational matters after services. P C Wike Pastor.

P. C. Wike

First Mormon Boweries in Salt Lake City

The first meeting places of the Mormons in Salt Lake City were called boweries. The Old Bowery was built in 1847 on the present temple site, using a pole and brush frame 160 by 60 feet. A skeleton frame was lashed with rawhide and pegs, then covered with willows and shrubs, serving until 1852.

De Bergerac Hero of Courage and Duels Noted

The real Cyrano de Bergerac, born 1619, died 1655, was a French author famed for bravery and numerous duels, numbering over a thousand, many sparked by his famously large nose. Edmund Rostand later wrote a drama about him that largely reflects facts.

Savinier Cyrano de Bergerac Edmund Rostand de Bergerac Real de Bergerac

Hellcat Named for Captain R Mills Daughters in Steamer

The Florida exchange reports Captain R Mills will name his new steamer the Hellcat, a portmanteau honoring his two daughters Kate and Helen Mills. The name blends personal homage with a striking vessel title.

Florida Exchange R. & Mills Hellcat Kate Helen Mills Boston Transcript

National Monuments Protect Historic U S Landmarks

Forty percent more than twenty monuments are set aside by presidential proclamation to conserve historic landmarks prehistoric structures and other objects of historic or scientific interest for the people of the United States.

United States

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Laansma First Reformed Church Kuite Gano T. W. Muilenberg Russell Gibson East Philadelphia Reading Atlantic City Tennis Paarlberg Chicago Heights J. Kappe Denver Colo Arthur Harry Dykstra Young Ladies’ Missionary Society of the P. A. Anker Walter Doedyns Pella DeGraff John Vander Bilt Cora Vande Repe van Dyk Jennie Vander Bilt Fred Broertiffigs Sheboygan, Wis 159Th Street Cornelius DeVries Ingalls Memorial Hospital Gerrit DeBruin Harvey Michael VanDrunen Carrie Schaap East 159Th Street John Wognum Elizabeth Leonard Prince Michigan Carl Schermer Prince East 158Th Street R. DeGraff N. J. Paarlberg Boone Cedar Lake Riverdale Theatre Suant U. S San Endneeee Tgcetest Stotzer Chiropractors Indiana Avenue Riverdale III Nuremberg Douglas Gladstone E. 137Th Street Riverdale, Ill Riverdale
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