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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
10
Sunday services at Christian Reformed and First Reformed Churches marked Easter with sermons, communion, and a cantata titled Redemp tions Song performed by a chorus of over sixty. Notices announce daylight saving, a musical visit by the Ladies Gle Club, a shoe repair shop opening, and various local classifieds and small farm ads.
Mr Ed DeVries of Maurice Indiana visited parents and returned home by pickup. Rev F Swart of Wisconsin stopped at Lansing en route to De Motte to assist planning a new church. Miss Alice Maat visits Holland Michigan with her parents. A birthday party honored Mrs Wiersema and relatives enjoyed it. Harold Bulge has whooping cough. A village meeting will nominate candidates for the village election. Condolences to Mr C Dane on the death of his two year old baby. Funeral held at Oak Glen.
A large gathering was held Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. R. Stienback's home to honor their daughter Myrtle's confirmation with twenty eight guests enjoying the occasion. Additional visits included Mr. and Mrs. F. Houtsma with their sons at the Baker home and Mrs. D. Van Dyke visiting the Sjoerdsma family.
The Enid Bennett film Happy Though Married opens tonight with couples seeking happiness. Saturday features The Cheater Reformed in a dual role. Sunday offers William Fairbanks in A Western Adventure. Wednesday presents Branding Broadway with William S Hart. Riverdale shows Olive Thomas Everybody's Sweetheart Saturday and Wanda Hawley Sunday with Thorp Stewart orchestra. Plus Mack Sennett comedy Married Life. Chaplin The Kid arrives April 6 7 8.
The Berger school exhibit drew praise Thursday night and Ridge friends surprised Mr and Mrs Wm Vandenberg last Saturday for their wedding anniversary with a fine lunch and good time. Berger school schedules spring vacation next week and a Ridge church Easter program is set for Sunday March 27 at 7 30 p m. Diekman cottage windows on 147th street were broken by mischievous children in the past two weeks, a sign of poor breeding and lack of respect for others property.
For Sale and for Rent notices list several properties and items including a large five room concrete block bungalow with 50 by 125 foot lot at 12850 Yale avenue. a 6 room flat at 13932 Atlantic street. and multiple farm land offerings near 134th street with R R access. Also included are various poultry and livestock products for sale, real estate loans, and several miscellaneous items for sale such as wagons, cars, eggs and seed. Watermarked child notices of local service and land sales appear throughout, with contact names and addresses like L Jones Box 551 Olney NL A GC Reich 13635 Indiana avenue and A S Diekman etc. Premium ads for real estate and farm items fill the page.
Goods include cinders 25c per load at factory and Pope Beet Sugar Worms. Bat tery business in Roseland for sale, owner leaving town. Inquire The Pointer office. South Holland address on file.
The article discusses national emblems of various countries with flowers such as the maple leaf for Canada and the fern leaf for New Zealand. It emphasizes the red rose as a quintessential English symbol, noting its long association with England and its diverse cultivated forms, many originally from China or the West.
A Boston Transcript quote frames economy as spending money without gain, capturing a man’s view from the public discourse of the evening. The remark highlights concerns about value and enjoyment in spending habits within the community.
Official notice of the regular election in Calumet Township Cook County Illinois on Tuesday April 5 1921 with polling places in Blue Island Riverdale and nearby sites. Voters elect three Justices of the Peace and three Constables for four year terms. town meeting to appoint moderator and approve finances and taxes. Published by Frank G. Lossman Town Clerk Washington Heights March 15 1921.
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