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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1926
Page
2
The Lincoln Ave School reports circus activities in kindergarten and first grade with animals, borders, posters, and songs. Sixth graders visited the Field Museum and Art Institute while eighth graders picked the motto Dont Quit. Graduation invitations are expected next Monday.
Eighth grade girls practice for the class play at Lincoln Avenue school while seventh and eighth grade girls study Food in Domestic Science. The annual picnic is set for Friday at Palmer Park. Measles and appendicitis affect students, with updates on recovery.
The Dalton Branch High School Girls Club plans a picnic at Thornton Forest Preserve on Friday June 11 with boys and faculty attending. Naomi Thomas hosted a birthday party for her teacher Miss Berger, featuring games and lunch as nine year old Naomi’s celebration.
Roseland residents depart Chicago June 9 for Europe aboard the S S Veendam with a Nickel Plate special to New York. They tour Niagara Falls and New York by Royal Blue Line buses before sailing June 12 to Europe. Led by John Beemster, the party includes Mr and Mrs Reitsma, Zylstra, Underwater, Kemper, Vander Hout, Pierlot, Mulders, Andriese, Witsmeer, Anna Oosten, Marie Koopmans, Mary DuBois, Bertha Bakker, Laverman, Portegys and others from addresses on West and East 105th to Yale avenues.
The list records several residents by name and address including J Witteveen J Karsten J Leydel J Belier J Buis J M Van Sipma H Postma C Roloff and A Van Santen. The note on curtains explains they are cloth window coverings used to block neighbors from seeing inside.
A note explains that Egyptian cigarettes are marketed globally while the cultivation of tobacco within Egypt remains prohibited. The paradox highlights a legal and economic tension influencing regional trade and public policy.
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