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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
16
The bridge repair restores full traffic flow with a five ton truck limit. Community actions include a fire department petition to buy new apparatus and a school entertainment planned for May 18 and 19. Local items cover births, visits, vehicle trades, box repairs, sales, missing cat, and bees for sale.
Geo Soupham passes an 18 examination to enter the County and likely will take a spot at County Hospital. Sam Schwab wed Miss Goldie Holz of Chicago and will start in business in Waukegan. Conny Riegel adds a side seat to his motorcycle. Ed Lang and H A Pubrman plan grocery work together on Vin cenpes Road. Christ Utermark plans a south Morris street bungalow. For sale a roan mare and rubber tired buggy. Also Rhode Island Red and other eggs for hatching at 552 E Chicago Street.
Anson Strolinski, village collector, will be at the Clerk's office in Riverdale Village Hall on Monday May 16 and Thursday May 18 from 7 20 p m to 4 00 p m to receive water tax payments.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy during illness and burial of Rupert Wappett's son and brother. Various sale notices list 125 new onion crates a carriage harness horse equipment and farm items for sale by CU Couwenhoven and details in Phoenix South Holland area. For sale items include GHEAP cypress chicken houses portable units and incubators by A Diekman Dolton Lil. Nurse engagement wanted for cases by Miss Camille Bauer in Dolton Illinois with contact options.
Ridge M E church will observe Mothers Day on Sunday the 14th with a fine program. Annetta Diekmann and Daisy Schroeder returned from a week in Cincinnati with their uncle John Diekmann and family. The Ladies Home Circle met at Mrs. L. Schroeder's Thursday afternoon May 11. Thieves took John Engels flock last week. Mr. and Mrs. Siegrest and sons Alfons o and Paul were visitors at Albert Steinke's home over Sunday. Miss E Stark of Blue Island visited Mrs. William Riein and family. Mrs. Henry Bessie and Dr. John M. Berger of Chicago with Nicholas Berger and Elmer and family celebrated the 40th wedding anniversary at John Berger's home on May 7. Franklin Steinke's friends gathered for his 15th birthday.
The regular monthly business meeting is set for Friday at 8 o clock in Lincoln Avenue school. Annual committee reports will be read and all members are urged to attend. The Study Department wrapped up its year with a Tuesday session hosted by Mrs Albert Manmaw. The club plans to donate books and magazines to the school library for use by students. After a pleasant afternoon, the club adjourned until fall.
The Bowen School will present a second term program in their new hall on Monday evening May 29 at 8:00. Each room will be represented in the program and a cordial invitation is extended to all. This will be the last school entertainment this term except for the commencement program.
The Dalton Sentinels routed the Chicago Braves by 17 to 5 as the Braves pitching faltered while Sentinels hitters clicked. Sel lin and Horn starred in the battery, and next Sunday Marquette A. C. visits Riverdale for a marquee clash, with lineups listed for both teams.
English preaching on the first Sunday morning each month at 1080 German preaching on all other Sundays at 10 30. English evening services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 7 30 Rev J O G Hoffmeister pastor Savior s Ev Lutheran Church offers all services in English Sunday School at 10 a m Services 7 30 p m Rev Frit
Dolton M E Church invites all to Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by K J Claussen, a Mother's Day service at 11 a m with music and a sermon by Rev John Berger, and an Evening Evangelistic Service at 7 30 p m on Jerusalem Church. The Ladies Aid hosts a dinner tonight at 6 pm in the church parlors served until 9 pm with social time afterward, hosted by Rev R N Miller.
For sale S C White Leghorn eggs for hatching from 240 strain hens at $1 per dozen. Inquiries to Wm Bachmann Dolton I telephone Dolton 397. Also for sale 120 egg Old Trusty incubator and brooder, willing to trade for chickens by H S Ilyatt Pan Handle Bridge Calumet River. Found hatched umbrella at Dalton Bakery. owner may claim at the bakery.
The Dollon Theater presents The Tempig g Players Friday with Her Father's Sin a drama plus two reel films The Darkest Hour and A Riddle in Ras Cals a comedy Saturday shows Sold to Satan in eight parts A Temporary Hi Bana and A Safe Ria with Ed Sloman Shumway Sunday features A Child of the We Knickebocker Star Ric Bungle Reddy's Narrow Escape a comedy Tuesday shows The Broken Coin two reels and four reels of other films Doors open seven p.m. Sunday matinee at 3 15 Admission Se and 10c Joan G Unusy Manager
Dr A J Parkey and wife depart for Uncur farm Alabama with plans to pass through Indiana. Their post office is Fairhope Alabama. A B Johanson manager of Riverdale Theater noted admission is five and ten cents.
Sealed bids for constructing five sunk manholes on Halsted street will be received by the Village Board until 8 o clock p m Tuesday May 23 1916. Henry Brandt chairman of drainage committee Riverdale Village. F O Bergold village clerk.
Dolton florist W Wegener and Son advertises a full line of sorted pot plants for cemetery and garden use with a nice selection of pansies in full bloom at reasonable prices.
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