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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
8
South Holland invites all residents to join the parade planning meetings at the Village Hall on Saturday June 17 and Wednesday June 21. Prizes totaling 36 dollars will be awarded in the parade, cash for all but one entry. All ages welcome.
The Reformed church Sunday School plans its annual picnic on July 4 at Van Oostenbrugges Grove. Stands selling ice cream soft drinks candy fruit cigars coffee and sandwiches will be auctioned to the highest bidder. Bids open June 27 at 7 30 p m at the church chapel. Committee reserves right to accept or reject bids. Also a help wanted ad seeks a competent house worker at First National Bank Dolton.
Homewood welcomes a 10 pound baby girl born Monday June 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Janeschefski Andrew Seiverson buys land at Vincennes road and Elm streets for a modern garage Rev and Mrs J J Silberman visit Urbana for their son Oscars civil engineering diploma George Scupham gains M D title from a family of physicians Streets are being repaired oiling subscriptions set Louis School receives support and last year receipts total 710 69 with funds held at Homewood State Bank Mrs Wm Bill ill health J M Cossgrove dies at Jauily Hospital Firemen plan annual picnic at Gottschalks Park July 4
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown after the death and burial of our mother and grandmother. fipwanv and Henry Forprrax and Family.
Charles C. Hess, son of the late Christopher J. Hess and Mary J. Hess, of 12220 Stewart Avenue, died suddenly in Rochester New York from acute indigestion and heart failure early Sunday morning June 4. Funeral services were held at Boydston's Chapel on Wednesday afternoon and burial followed in Oakwoods cemetery family lot.
An adjourned PTA meeting at Lincoln Avenue School heard reports from the playground committee. Receipts from school entertainment plus a collection bring the fund to 175 dollars with a plan to double that for apparatus and improved grounds.
The program lists several films across a week: A three reel drama Recoiling Vengeance, Across the Line with Peggy Cowdray, Where Aunt Matilda Fell, Sunday Drugged Waters with Wm Dowlan and Gloria Fonda, and Flivvers in the Dance of the Shivvers. Graft episode Pirates of finance and The Animated Weekly are also shown. Admission 5 and 10 cents.
Miscellaneous want ads seek 50 second hand bicycles with top prices paid by L Vanderbilt. Boomer wanted at 137383 Wabash Ave Riverdale via Mrs A Baumgartner. Seed corn and potatoes offered by John Llarms Delton IL with seeds from Pride of the North Reid's Yellow Dent Wisconsin White Dent Stowell Evergreen Sweet Corn Early and Late Seed Potatoes Hungarian Millet Seed. For sale a Roan mare near 1000 pounds and a rubber tired furry plus an iron safe at A C Reich Niverdale. Eggs for hatching from S C Rhode Island Red Plymouth Rock and Leghorn priced 50 cents per setting at 6552 E Chicago St South Holland.
Sunday schedule lists 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. services and an 7:30 p.m. service led by Rev. H Wind. The notice identifies Rev. Wind as pastor.
The notice lists services at St Mary’s Catholic Church with a 7:00 a.m. Low Mass, 9:30 a.m. High Mass and Benediction, and 2:30 p.m. Instructions led by Rev W. Derraer, Pastor.
Dolton Theater presents Friday two part Southern drama The Dixie Winner with a horse race and The Voice in the Night photoplay in 3 parts. Saturday shows A Sister to Cain in 3 parts and Tril by's Love Disaster with Pokes and Jabbs Behind the Footlights. Sunday Paramount Pictures offers The Dictator in 5 parts with John Barrymore, plus two other reels. Special Monday In Defense of the Nation in 5 parts with a comedy. Tuesday The Broken Coin and other features. Wednesday The Wild Olive Paramount feature in 5 parts starring Myrtle Stedmar with two comedies. Dolton now shows Paramount Programs weekly. Doors 7 pm. Sunday matinee 3 15. Admission 5 and 10 cents.
On Sunday evening June 18 Rev J Walter Biessien will be installed as pastor of Our Savior's Ev Lutheran Church at 138th Street and Wabash Avenue Riverdale. Missionary Superintendent Rev John F Seibert will deliver the message and perform the installation at 7:30 p.m. Members urged to attend and visitors welcome.
Dolton M E Church schedule lists Sabbath School at 9:45 a.m. with E J Claussen as superintendent. Sermon by Rev J Glick at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning followed by an evening worship at 7:30 p.m. with strong singing and concise preaching led by Pastor Rev R N Miller.
Next Sunday Pentecost Holy Communion will be celebrated with morning service. English preaching on the first Sunday each month at 10 30 am German preaching on other Sundays at 10 30 am. English evening services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 7 30 pm. Choir concert postponed to Sunday June 25 at 7 30 pm. No admission but a silver collection. J. O. Herr Meist Teer ast.
Building at Leyden avenue and 188th street in Riverdale offered for rent as a blacksmith shop. Apply in person at 18788 Indiana avenue.
Multiple small ads state FOR SALE listings including a 5 room cottage at 223 East 36th Street Riverdale and a 181 1/2 acre farm in Dalton. Other notices offer Atlantic street lots at 200 each, macadam street infrastructure, and tenement-like properties with prices and contact persons A C Reich Jos Schmidt Mrs Bartley Wm Maurer. Also found items and lost and found notices reference The Pointer office.
City board meets on street upgrades and alley work. Street and Alley Committee to advertise bids for oiling streets. Clerk asked to request Indiana Harbor Railroad lay a cinder walk on Halsted near the right of way. Bills read include Chicago Telephone Co and Standard Oil among others totaling amounts.
At a June meeting Spencer Post No 489 G A R passed a resolution thanking the Dolton Concert Band and the Dolton School Boys Band for their Memorial Day services. The post commander R Baker expressed appreciation for their patriotic spirit.
Dolton adv says Ripley's store offers 25 varieties of cookies at 10 cents per pound, regular price 14 cents per pound.
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