Local church service and wedding notices in South Holland
The Rev D Laansma will hold services Monday evening at 7 30 at the usual meeting place. The marriage of Miss Helen Gertrude Ketelaar to Mr John G Janssen occurred Wed evening at the bride’s home with Rev Van Dyk officiating. A wedding supper followed. the couple will reside in Munster. Also noted are a six week visit by Miss Elizabeth VanDrunen to Iowa and South Dakota and the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Peter VanDrunen on May 20. Coal bidding announced by District 151 for 45 tons Pocahontas lump coal and 30 tons Range hard coal with rights reserved. Grocery items listed with prices.
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D. Laansma
Helen Ger
Trude Ketelaar
John G. Jansen
Munster
Ind
van Dyk
Elizabeth VanDrunen
Iowa
South Dakota
Peter R. VanDrunen
COAL
Board of Education
Dist
South Holland
Pocahontas
Bardwick’s Grocery
At Home News and Rural Chorus from the Pointer
Notes from a small town column mention the VanderAa cottage on the Paarlberg road occupied by Mrs VanDrunen and husband, the IntHouts moving their Oak Glen store building, and Miss Helen Van DerAn’s illness. The piece closes with a humorous tale of cattle parties and a teaser about revealing a mutual friend’s identity next week.
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VanderAa
Paarlberg Road
Peter Verhaik
Indiana
Raymond Kraay
Whitman
Mark Twain
America
167Th Street
Biblical Book Titles in Novels and Authors
The Bible has inspired many novel titles such as A Fountain Sealed by Sir Walter Begant Whosoever Shall Offend by Marion Crawford and Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling among others.
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Sir Walter Begant
Marion Crawford
Rudyard Kipling
Two Kinds of Polygons in Geometry
A polygon is a plane figure bounded by a broken line. Regular polygons have all sides and angles equal. Examples include triangles squares and hexagons.
Theaters Riverdale Theatre Week Schedule
Saturday Richard Talmadge in Putting it Over. Sunday Herbert Rawlinson in The Scarlet Car. Wednesday Frank Mayo in The First Degree. Thursday and Friday June 31 June 1 Where is My Wandering Boy To night featuring Cullen Landis Pat sy Miller and an all star cast. One of the greatest heart interest dramas the screen has ever witnessed.
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Richard Talmadge
Herbert Rawlinson
Frank Mayo
FBI
Cullen Landis
Patsy Miller
Silent Week Film Offerings Hit Local Screens
Saturday features Tom Moore in Mr. Barnes of New York and a plains tale. Sunday showcases Tom Mix in Three Jumps Ahead with Around the World in 18 Days as added attraction. Tuesday brings William Russell in The Great Night, Wednesday William Farnum in Without Compromise, and Harold Lloyd in Never Weaken.
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Tom Moore
Mr. Barnes
New York
Tom Mix
the Plains
William Russell
William Farnum
Harold Lloyd
Better Homes Campaign to Demonstrate Model Houses in Chicago
The Better Homes in America Campaign selects model houses in Chicago and environs for demonstration June 4 to 10. The event, endorsed by governors and leaders in education and civic work, aims to promote thrift, home ownership, and better living with public model homes and budget displays for incomes from 1000 to 5000 dollars.
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Chicago
Better Homes In America
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Russell Tyson
Chicago Advisory Council
Women’s Clubs
Settlements Schools
Chicago Association of Commerce
Better Homes In
America
Stevens Bldg
Randolph
Love of Argument Cited in Exchange on Betting Gender
A Boston Transcript exchange quotes a cynical correspondent noting betting is a masculine habit used to stop arguments while claiming women never let arguments be halted. The remark frames gambling as a tool of male argument control and contrasts it with perceived female restraint.
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Boston Transcript
Home Town Visions of the Old St. Joe Waterways
A nostalgic speaker recalls returning after twenty eight years to his home town. He imagines familiar faces schools churches and the water tower and longs to walk the streets and dream again. The verse cherishes the memory of the bright sparkling waters of the old St. Joe and asks for blessings on the town.
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Water Tower
St. Joe
Evangelist Copeland to Speak at Methodist Church Special Meetings
Evangelist Copeland appears nightly through June 10 at 8 including Sunday services at 11:00 am and 7:45 pm. A Big Sing directed by Mr. Zeiss runs daily. Memorial Sunday May 27 at 11:00 am honors the nation's dead with patriotic participation.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Evangelist Copeland
Mr. Copeland
Copeland
Zeiss
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Boys Day Service Reminder
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church announces Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and preaching at 10:30. Next Sunday May 27 is Boys Day inviting all boys. parents urged to bring boys and girls. A single sermon at 10:30 and one hour services. Luther League meets at 7:30 p.m. and a south side church rally at 8:00 p.m. at 73rd and Wabash Avenue.
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Luther League
73Rd
Wabash Avenue
Rally Call Urges Youth to Gather at Seven
Pastor P C Wike urges young people to assemble at the rally by seven o clock, inviting all to join in for inspiration whether or not they belong to the League.
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League
P. C. Wike
Plague In India Linked To Caste Segregation Story
J H Stephens notes in Popular Mechanics that plague reached India in the nineteenth century aided by caste segregation. Higher castes lived apart from lower, leaving open spaces that reduced congestion and aided air flow, delaying spread until British times when rules relaxed and congestion rose. The outbreak began in Mysore capital Mangalore in a crowded, sunless quarter.
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Europe
India
J. H. Stephens
Mangalore
Mysore
South India
Thought for the Day on convictions and liberal views
A wry observation notes that liberal thinkers may be deemed lacking in convictions while narrow minds are accused of missing sense, reflecting on social judgments about ideology.
Dreaded by Sailors Monsoon Winds Rule Indian Ocean
A monsoon is described as a periodic alternating wind system in the Indian Ocean, feared by sailors for its changing patterns and heavy seasonal impact.
Mrs. E N Flewelling Passes Away in Florida
Mrs. E N Flewelling died at her home in Ocall Florida on Wednesday May 16. She was wife of former mayor E N Flewelling and mother of Clyde and Harry Flewelling. Her funeral was held near Aroma Park where she grew up, with services at the local church and burial along the Kankakee river. She was remembered as a devout Christian and gracious hostess.
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Elmer Flewelling
Ocall
Florida
Flewellings
Joseph Bloodgood
Flewelling
E. N. Flewelling
Clyde
Harry Flewelling
Harvey
Aroma Park
Kankakee
Mrs. Flewelling
Unwieldy Warships of Ancient Greek Oar Banks
The article notes ancient warships built with four or five banks of oars, a design that made these vessels unwieldy. It discusses how multiple rows of rowers affected handling, speed, and maneuverability in naval combat.
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Better Homes Campaign
Federal Ice Refrigerating CO
142Nd and
Halsted Sts
William Adams CO
Tom Vankalker
S. E
Bank
Ill
Hazelwood Cemetery
Franklin
Stanley Vandeursen
Dolton
Theodore Zollar
Fredericka Street
Norton
Buda Company
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State St
Illinois
H. Zevenhouse
Woodbridge Avenue
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
Chicago Coliseum
L. Bodnar
South
Peoria Street
Buick
First Trust and Savings Bank
John Harms, Jr
John Schug
Lincoln Avenue
G. J. Vulcanizing Shop
G. Jacobsma
Washington Ave
Armour’s Pork & Beans
Monarch Pork
Armour
N. S
Ib. N. S
Koch & Ripley
Riverdale and
Riverdale
Delton
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