South Holland Bear Cats at Dolton Friday Night
The South Holland Bear Cats travel to Dolton to face the Dolton Panthers on Friday night. Community notes report on local residents including ill health and visits, with several neighbors and visitors listed. Local business ads and a real estate line accompany the town notice and upcoming church meeting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
South Holland Bear Cats
Dolton Panthers
Laansma
Alonday
DeWinter
John Shilling
Altho
Roel DeYoung
Rock Valley
Iowa
Oosting
Louis Neinhuis
Bessie VanderStelt
Muskegon Heights
Mich
Harry Vander Aa
Local Families Record Visits and Births in Region
Bernice Kickert returns home after health stay in Colorado. Newborn girls arrive at the Botma and Bunkowitz households, while a Hoeksema baby dies shortly after birth. Mrs. C. W. Berger and her sons visit the Oppenhuis family. R. Rickert’s group enjoyed a South Bend trip, though they favor Illinois. Mrs. R. Bultema visits Carlson family. Oppenhuis visit A. VanderZee of Phoenix. VanderZee walks with crutches after knee injury. Mrs. Vierbaik and Mrs. Dykstra visit Roseland friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Kickert
Colorado
M. Botma
A. Bunkowitz
Hoeksema
C. W. Berger
John and
Herbert
Dalton
Oppenhuis
R. Rickert
South Bend
Ind
Illinois
R. Bultema
Oakglen
Carlson
A. VanderZee
Phoenix
VanderZee
Vierbaik
Dykstra
Roseland
Lansing trip and visits of local residents
Mr and Mrs Johnson travel to Michigan by auto for vacation. Mr and Mrs Richard Blankenstyn visit relatives in Wichert Illinois. Mr and Mrs Gerrit Benigenberg travel to Corsica South Dakota to visit relatives and view farmland. Mr and Mrs Geo Olthof visit relatives in Lansing last Wednesday.
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Mrs. Johnson
Michigan
Richard Blankenstyn
Wichert
Ill
Gerrit Benigenberg
Corsica
South Dakota
Geo. Olthof
Lansing
Measure Your Figure by Brazilian Scholar on Master Techniques
A Brazilian art scholar claims to have uncovered how old masters built works using strict mathematical rules. The study analyzes proportions from ancient Egyptian to Greek practice, detailing finger length measures, body height fractions, and facial thirdings to explain artistic composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lle
Help Wanted Now as Illinois Children’s Home Aid Calls
A plea from the Illinois Children’s Home & Aid Society urges Christian families to open their homes to homeless children. The article describes a forsaken mother and infant dying after hospital care and highlights the society’s 38 years of placing kids in private families through Evanston and DuQuoin receiving homes. It stresses thorough medical and mental assessments to match children with foster homes and invites contact at 4405 Dearborn St, Chicago.
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Pauline
Children’s Home Society
Evanston
Southern
Illinois
DuQuoin
Illnois
Institute For Juvenile Research
Illinois Children’s Home & Aid Society
Dearborn St
Chicago
Ilinois
Unwitting Critics Parade With Pole Banners
A town street scene shows well intentioned evangelists carrying large placards. One man paused before a potato chip stall as a street card read After life judgment After judgment what. The stall countered with a cheeky banner We fry in the best beer dripping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Modest Miss Tip Sparks Elastic Apparatus Demand
In Boston, a blend of humor and scandal arises as townsfolk recall a daring request by a younger Altoona woman. She asks a store clerk for a device described as elastic apparatus for proper posture and adjustable support, sparking chatter on propriety and public displays.
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Boston
Fenorine Poerson
Ring symbolism in old marriage customs described
The text explains historical practice for women regarding engagement and single status. A willing bride wore a ring on the left hand's first finger to signal engagement, while a desire to remain single indicated the ring on the little finger.
Birds of a Feather
A dialogue reveals a quarrel over which article to publish about a Sunday house robbery while the husband attended church with his wife. A clerk asks for a duplicate copy of the paper to keep the unseen detail from appearing.
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Jones
Sing Deeds of Light Tenders
The hardships of lighthouse keepers inspired famous writers including Robert Louis Stevenson and Benjamin Franklin. The 1718 Boston tragedy of George Worthylake and family sparked the ballad Lighthouse Tragedy, printed by Franklin as a boy and sold on streets. no copy survives though Franklin admitted it was poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Stevenson
George Worthylake
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Apparition Reported At Belmont Abbey
Priests at Belmont Abbey report a life size white clad apparition appearing above the altar and moving through monastery grounds. The abbot dismisses such psychic phenomena as fanciful while promising practical treatment for any who claim to see a ghost.
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Belmont Abbey
Belmont
For Sale Classified Items and Notices Column
A collection of small ads and notices listing items for sale and wanted goods. Entries include 1500 onion crates, a fresh cow, a Ford truck with cattle body, 1000 onion crates, Oak library table and rack, gladiolus, a second hand feed cutter, and a good work horse with harness. Also a note seeking $11 paid full shares in a cooperative and a lost collie dog reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
A. C. Reich
Indiana Avenue
Telephone
Jacob Fischer
Margaret Street
Dolton
Phone Dolton
Gerrit Benigenburg
Lansing
138Th Street
Forrest Avenue
H. 138Th Street
Halsted
Wallace Street
Chicago
Illinois
Sheridan Street
Dalton
Henry Helgendorf
Chicago Brick Co
Henry Bodnar
159Th Street
Greenwood Road
Henr Bodnar
Pullman
Henry Boerema
95Th Street
Ilinois
Gladiolus
Chas
Milhahn
Inquire Black Products Co
Co-Operative Society of America
J. Mather
Union Avenue
Englewood
J. van Ramsorst
Charles Waterman
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South Holland
Mary DeBoer
Edgerton
Minn
George Gibson
Mary Makelaar
Portland
Oregon
R. Bruin
South Holland Trust & Savings Bank
John Prince
Hawarden
John Ravesfoot, Jr
Firstor
Gage
State St
Bernice
Lansing News
Home For
North Park Avenue
Geo. Tuchor
147Th Street
Gus Verhoeven
Monarch
Rinkema Bros
Kellogg’s
del Monte
Lifebouy
Pet
Dundee
Savoy
Libby
Dunham’s
Harvey
Armour
Bardwick’s Grocery
South Holland, Ill
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