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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
8
St Pauls Lutheran on 138th Street invites Independence Day observance noting the Declaration's 150th birthday and Augsburg Confession anniversary. Dr. M Luther and Daniel Webster praised for liberty roots. June 27 services at 9:30 am and 3 pm Luther League centennial celebration with speakers music and flag drills.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m with classes for all ages. Morning worship at 11 with a sermon by the pastor. Epworth League at 7 15 p m on the topic Un tried Recreations and God s Outdoors. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Pastor A A Meyers invites the public.
The Riverdale Supers snapped a three game skid by beating the Apaches 6 to 4. Red Schroeder fanned first, Baby Doll Radtke drove in runs, and the home club rapped five runs in the third inning to seal it. A midweek break precedes games against Wentworth Arrows and Blue Island, with a doubleheader slated for July 4th and 5th.
Laurence Tunner recounts a 1733 incident at Westminster Abbey where a pupil from a London school removed the jawbone of King Edward II from the tomb and kept it for generations. About twenty years ago the jawbone was returned to the abbey and re interred in King Richard the Second's tomb by royal command.
Quotations from Shakespeare warn that pride consumes the doer as self praise reflects back like a glass and trumpet. The line notes how vanity erodes merit by magnifying praise while erasing the action.
The report notes more than half of U S homes are owned by households with annual income at or below $2,000. It also states that at least 90 percent of buyers do not purchase homes outright, implying financing dependence.
Mystery surrounds the removal of two bodies from Blue Island Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend. No permit or undertaker was involved as three women and two laborers dug up coffins and bones, placing them in a box before allegedly heading to a Lutheran cemetery. Officials deny reburial and offer few details.
The article explains that vegetable dyes for wool have a long tradition in Scotland and have been transmitted by word of mouth. Women are typically responsible for the dyeing work.
Daniel Webster was among the first paid lecturers in Concord Massachusetts receiving a $100 fee for a single lecture while Ralph Waldo Emerson helped shape the profession by establishing it as a paid pursuit.
In the harsh winter months a commuter notes a city home feels worth two in the bush, reflecting urban desirability versus rural living. The quote from Christian Science Monitor frames seasonal mood affecting real estate value perceptions.
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