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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1929
Page
11
Lansing community items list a July 27 bunco and July 24 dance at St Anne's church basement. The record notes out of town visitors, family visits, summer travels, church activities, and local youth at Camp Betz with several named residents and events.
Rev. A. Karreman presides with a 9.30 a.m. Holland language sermon on Keeping the Sabbath. An English sermon at 2.00 p.m. on The Bow in the Cloud. Sunday school at 3.30 p.m. and C. E. at 7.30 p.m. with Mr. Benj. Field as leader at the church house.
Chicago shipments in May reached a historic peak as 61 325 package cars departed the city. Of these, 57 884, or 94 88 percent, were delivered on schedule, beating May 1928 90 82 percent and April 1929 93 86 percent.
Kensington police captured a large tarantula found in bananas at a fruit stand corner 128th Street and Indiana Avenue. The spider was jailed in a bottle at the station until a death sentence was passed and it was executed. Its body measured four inches in length.
Friday, a loyal hotel worker at the Calumet Hotel owned by James Seidel, vanished at 3 a.m. after three weeks with the Seidel family. He had arrived hungry and clothed, earning a steady job until his sudden departure.
The Athletics beat the Riverdales 4 to 3 in the second of a three game set. Riverdales won 8 to 0 last Sunday. A new home team the Maroons organized to play Homewood on Sunday July 18 at Homewood with Albert Nagel Arthur Bessette Charles Grapenthien Teddy Reich Henry Logan Emil Matz Tony Michalski Henry Michalski Leonard Diehl Herman Buechler.
Dolton citizens met at Dillner's Pavilion last Wednesday and organized the Dolton Improvement Association. Officers elected include Fred Weber President Chas Schnoor Vice President A S Diekman Secretary and Wm Rose Treasurer. The group will meet the first Monday of each month.
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