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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1930
Page
6
Lansing youths traveled to Calumet City to pay respects to Everett Snyder who died of pneumonia. The report notes the Moat family’s illnesses, a March 27 community event at the M E annex, and a Sunday program at the church with local leaders praising parental roles and Christian unity.
Eleanor Zumm Sophia Steinhauer and Helen Wolf receive Palmer Method writing certificates at St Pauls School becoming the first girls certified. The Lutheran school students work hard toward final examinations.
The article notes that twenty to thirty cubic inches of air are moved with each breath and that nearly 400 cubic feet pass through an adult's lungs daily, illustrating the scale of respiration.
Mr Jake Vander Griend and Miss Alice Vogel both of 33 West 109th place Roseland were united in marriage on Saturday afternoon March 22. They plan to start housekeeping near 162nd Street east of Chicago Road. Brothers Henry and Paul DeYoung with families moved to Grant Park Lil to farm there. A baby arrived for Mr and Mrs C Woldhuis. Mr and Mrs Bert Bruggeman announce a baby. For sale Ford truck running condition 50 dollars 149 Chicago road Martin Smit 47 2p
Thornton Township residents urged to file complaints with the Board of Review by next Monday. John J. Vanderaa, Chairman Tax Committee, cautions late filers to act now. Also listed are rental and sale notices for South Holland and nearby areas including Woodlawn Avenue houses, a piano for sale with Charles Patz, truck farm land on Dixie Highway in Kankakee area, and DeYoung Bros. furniture ads.
Miss Rena Rietveld, who has fought diphtheria in recent weeks, is up and around and rapidly recovering. The item also notes social chatter about weddings, travel by Mrs. Themstra and son Tom to Montana, and Albert Huizenga opening a new ice cream parlor with fresh furnishings.
The first annual Central States Garden and Flower Show runs April 5 to 13 at Chicago Stadium. It features exhibits from top US growers with extensive displays on the main floor and galleries, presenting a range from large luxury patios to economical dollar gardens crafted by the Garden Club of Illinois and other experts for Chicago slum cleanup.
The text traces alcohol from ancient use to its composition being determined in 1808. It notes the term comes from Arabic meaning eyebrow powder, its medieval distillation origins, Lavoisier's preparation of anhydrous alcohol in 1796, and Suisseme's determination of its composition in 1808.
The human body contains more than 500 muscles with lengths ranging from a fraction of an inch to two feet. The text outlines the wide variation in muscle size across the muscular system.
Theatres schedule lists Saturdays featuring Frozen Justice with Lenore Ulric and Tarzan The Tiger on Sunday with Rod LaRoque and Dolores Del Rio. April 1 and 2 show Woman to Woman with Betty Compson. Tuesday night is China Nite.
A pastor of duty ethics quotes urging obedience to duty in all moments. The Izaak Walton League of America promotes the great outdoors and membership drive for the South Holland chapter led by Jacob P. DeYoung, urging readers to join and act in defense of woods, water, and wildlife.
A vintage style card ad touts Muller’s Market M offering meat lettuce lemons eggs roasts and Sanborn's Coffee in Riverdale. It promises low prices and friendly service with a playful alphabetic pledge on Monday sales and always on sale articles.
My South Holland patrons are requested to leave their shoes for repairing at the South Holland Grocery and Market in the Schilling Building. A 24 hour service is advertised with reasonable prices by Brehm The Shoe Man located in the Dolton Theatre Building.
John J. O'Leary of Kensington and Roseland, athletic trainer, wrestler and boxer, died at his home on Princeton Avenue after a lengthy career in boxing and police training. Born in Ireland fifty nine years ago, he arrived in the U S at fifteen and later started the first boxing school in the Greater Pullman district. He is survived by his wife Anne and four children, with funeral rites led by Rev Father McQuire and burial at Mt Olivet.
We express heartfelt thanks for the sympathy and help offered by friends neighbors the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary during our bereavement A. B. Diekman and Family Marjorie Diekman
Funeral services for Fred Farr 72 of 10902 Wabash avenue longtime South End figure and coal yard founder after several weeks illness at Rose land Community hospital. Born in Trowbridge England September 28 1858 he came to America 49 years ago and helped build a Pullman area business before founding his own company. He was last survivor of a trio that started the venture with Harry Farr who died nineteen years ago and John Hales who died in 1924.
A prehistoric storage jar of black and white pottery with a dry capacity of eight and a half gallons was unearthed at the Navajo National Monument in Arizona.
Calumet City leader born in Calumet City has lifelong service in the Calumet District. He ran a coal and teaming company, then a large construction contracting firm employing up to eight hundred men. He has served as alderman, mayor, bank president, and county official, now seeking re nomination and re election.
An old lady on vacation in the country recalls irregular mail service in her youth and quips that she never trusted the post. The remark reflects nostalgia and skepticism about communications of the era.
The article notes the most destructive blizzards occur across the plains from North Dakota to Kansas and eastward to Ohio, detailing widespread impact.
The piece explains the origin of the whippoorwill name in English circles and the traditional Indigenous term muckawiss used by the local people for the bird. It notes the phonetic assimilation from the bird’s call into English and contrasts it with the Indigenous name.
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