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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
2
The churches on 138th Street and Leyden Ave announce Tivine services in German at 9.40 and English at 10.45 a.m. on Sunday. An English graded Sunday school meets at 9.30 a.m. in the parish hall followed by a voter’s meeting at 7.45 p.m. Pastor W. J. Kemnitz invites all to hear the Savior.
The Immanuel Evan Church invites all to a Sunday outing on July 27 1930 meeting at 9 80 a m for an open air service at 11 00 a m and a basket dinner at noon A afternoon of games and contests follows no charge and rain plan to assembly rooms If coming take 147th street west through Midlothian to Gossel s corner then to Palos Park Pastor William Kreis invites all to attend
Our Saviour's Church of Riverdale announces 10 30 a m worship every Sunday with Bible school at 9 30 a m. Luther Leagues suspended until September first. Junior and Intermediate Luther Leagues Chicago conference to be hosted later, with 150 attendees. Pastor on vacation August Sundays. substitute pulpit by local pastors. Edw A Voorhees, pastor.
The tune Ilome Sweet Ilome of Mexico, known as La Golondrina by Sarradell, translates to The Swallow. It has long been sung and is widely called the Llome Sweet Ilome of Mexico, typically played as the finale of dances and festivities.
The document notes Warr was introduced to the country and became popular during the inaugural visit of Queen Tahvokani, formerly of Llawiani, in 1896. The event marks the early exposure and social uptake of Warr amid royal visit context.
The world’s first aeronaut was Francois Wilmre de Rozier, a Frenchman, who ascended in a balloon on October 4, 1783, marking a historic early flight.
Dean Thomas Arkle Clark argues that most people would abandon their jobs if suddenly rich. He cites a survey where many teachers and nurses would quit their roles for wealth, suggesting work quality suffers when labor is merely a means to subsistence.
A Parisian antiquarian prince unearthed a dagger within Abdul Hamid the Second's gold and jade scepter the Red Sultan. The find echoes tales of the sultan nicknamed the Great Assassin famed for mass killings of Balkan and Armenian subjects and for never sleeping in peace, fearing assassination.
Lawrence I. Marshall of Leominster Massachusetts insured himself against personal liability from his Manx cat. A Hartford policy covers up to 5000 for a single person and 10000 for multiple victims once the cat, a healthy eighteen month old male weighing 14 pounds, is involved.
The Chicago Association of Commerce reports the metro area population at 4,656,689, up 1,135,184 since 1920. Cook County leads with a 922,284 rise, DuPage up 43,153, Lake County Indiana up 98,958. Illinois totals show 58 percent of state population in the metro area and Chicago itself contributing 44 percent of Illinois’ 7,638,485.
Cook County Board of Commissioners announced two weekly highway bid dates for about one million dollars in paving work in the county. Plans include 18.50 miles for July 29 cost about $713,100 and August 1 about $827,000 for 13.90 miles with several local projects on 95th Street Ashland Kedzie and Torrence avenues.
The piece traces the word marshal from the French marechal meaning a horseshoer and explains how a lowly term became a dignified title through history. It notes linguistic shifts and the role of translation in elevating occupational names.
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