Local notes from South Holland and area events
South Holland and nearby area report several community items. Gouwens returns from vacation to Indiana and Kentucky. Rev. D. Laansma schedules monthly meeting at 7:30. Alice Tysse and Leonard S. Van Duersen wed October 7. Tom Ruiter and Mentie Monsma marry in Prairie City Iowa. DeWinter returns from Harvey hospital after rupture operation. October weather: 22 days rain seven heavy days two clear days, average 45 degrees, ten degrees below normal. first snow October 9. A notice by Dick VanVuren in last Pointer withdrawn due to family misunderstanding. Peace expected to replace anger in families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Gouwens
Indiana
Kentucky
D. Laansma
Alice Tysse
Leonard S. van Duersen
T. W. Muilenberg
Tom Ruiter
Mentie Monsma
Prairie City
Towa
DeWinter
Harvey Hospital
Dick VanVuren
Local Plumbing Shop Promises Savings on Pumps
Notice promotes shallow and deep well electric pumps and plumbing services. Customers urged to visit for cheaper prices and to inquire about hot water plant work.
Organize New Congregation in South Holland
A 1925 letter from South Holland announces the formation of the Second Christian Reformed Church by 67 families. The group seeks funding to acquire land at 158th Street, purchase a parsonage, and plans to build a church, appealing to local business and friends for financial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second
Christian Reformed Church
South Holland
158Th Street
Christian Reformed Church of
Ss. D. Couwenhoven
Allen Aardsma Committee
Peter A. Anker
M. H. Waterman Cashier
So. Holland Tr. & Saw. Bank
Dentist opens Roseland and South Holland office
Dr Kettles of the Roseland Dentists at 11017 So Michigan Ave maintains a new dental office in South Holland. Office hours are every Tuesday from 9 a m to 9 p m. Advertises painless service at very reasonable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kettles
Roseland
Michigan Avenue
South Holland
Radio tube sales with free testing and install
Nick Vanderaa advertises weak radio tubes at 25 cents per tube with free testing. He also offers Battery Eliminators and claims to install any radio apparatus purchased at no extra cost. Located at 162 West 158th St. and 253 South Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Vanderaa
West
158Th St
South Holland
How Maine Was Named
Maine was called the Province of G Countie of Mayne in the 1639 charter granted by Charles I. The name reflected its view as part of the main land of New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Countie of
Mayne
Mayne Lande
New England
Local church services and community notes in Lansing
Rey and Oosterhof of Summit Illinois will conduct services at the First Reformed church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tolman and family of Wichert Illinois visited Mr. P Blankenstyn over the weekend. Mrs. Brank of Grand Rapids visits with friends. Douwma, recently ill at his son's home, died last week and was buried Monday from DouwmaJr home on Church street Lansing, Munster cemetery interment. Mrs. Ooms has returned home after a hospital operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Munster Cemetery
John Ooms
Forgive and Forgive Again Sermon at St Paul’s Lutheran
A Sunday sermon at St Paul’s Lutheran Church on 138th Street and Leyden Ave urges Christians to forgive enemies as taught by Jesus and Paul. Pastor W J Kemnitz cites the Gospel lesson and the parable of the unthankful servant, inviting service at 9.80 a.m. German and 10.45 a.m. English services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul’s Lutheran Church
138Th Street
Leyden Ave
Jesus
Paul
Joseph
The Wild Bulls Lair At Theatres This Weekend
Saturday features Fred Thomson and Silver King in The Wild Bull's Lair along with Dinky Doodle and Jimmy Aubrey. Sunday offers 2:30 matinee with Jacque line Logan and Cullen Landis in Peacock Feathers and Educating Buster plus Pathe Review. Darwin Was Right plays Tuesday November 10 and The Lady Who Lied debuts Wednesday November 11 with Lewis Stone Virginia Valli and Nita Naldi from Snake Bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Thomson
Silver King
Jimmy Aubrey
Jacqueline Logan
Cullen Landis
Buster
Pathe
Uesday
Darwin
Hichen
Lewis Stone
Virginia Valli
Nita Naldi
Riverdale Theatre Showcases Cowboy Romance and Pony Express
Yakima County’s Riverdale Theatre presents Romance Rustlers with world champ cowboy Yakima Conutt, plus Fables and Our Gang comedies Ask Grandma. Sunday matinee features Lovers in Quarantine with Bebe Daniels. Midweek shows include The Pony Express with Betty Compson and Ricardo Cortez, a dramatic Civil War era romance and action epic in ten reels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony Express
Our Saviours Luth Church Seeks Sunday Sermon by New Professor
Our Saviour s Lutheran Church invites attendance on November 8 the 22nd Sunday after Trinity. Sunday school begins 9 30 a m with a sermon at 10 30 by Rev Prof J B Moose a new professor at Maywood Theological Seminary. A treat is promised and Bible reading and study start at 7 30 p m everyone is welcome to hear him and engage with the Book of books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OUR Saviour
God
Dolton M. E. Church Sunday Services
Dolton church announces Sunday events with Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 00 a m Epworth League at 6 45 p m and evening service at 7 30 Rev W H Doss of Kansas City Mo assistant superintendent of the Kansas City District National Anti Saloon League will speak at morning services Rev A A Myer will deliver the evening address.
Public sale of horses and farm implements planned
Public auction on Thursday November 19 at the residence two blocks south of 164th and Michigan avenue near Michigan City Road three miles east of South Holland. John Leensvaart, proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
164Th
Michigan Avenue
Michigan City Road
South Holland
John Leensvaart
Dolton seeks bids for water mains project
The Board of Local Improvements of Dolton Illinois will open sealed bids November 10 1925 at 8:00 p m at the village hall for a cast iron water mains system on Chicago street and other streets. Specifications available from Arthur W Hersey Harvey Illinois or the Dolton village clerk. Bids require a certified check equal to ten percent of bid. The board may reject all bids. Payments via vouchers and six percent bonds to anticipate assessment Dolton No 10. Secretary William G Dolton. Dated October 30 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Dolton
Cook County
Illinois
Chicago Street
Dalton
Arthur W. Hersey
Harvey, Ilinois
Dolton No. 10
State of Illinois
Berger M E Church Announces November Meeting Series
The Berger M E church will hold a series of meetings from November 2 to 22 with Rev. Shellhase delivering the main addresses each evening. Minute-men are provided for each gathering and other items of interest are noted. Readers and friends are invited to attend some or all sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berger M. E. Church
Shellhase
Death of Frank Walter at Berger at age 27
Frank Walter, 27, died at his home in Berger this morning after recent surgery for appendicitis followed by complications. He worked in the Pullman shops and is survived by his mother and three sisters Mrs Lipps of Riverdale Mrs Damaskus of Berger and Mrs Graffe of Chicago. Funeral services set for Monday at his house at 1 30 and 2 at Ridge M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Walter
Berger
Pullman
Joseph Lipps
Riverdale
Fred Damaskus
Frederick Graffe
Chicago
Ridge M. E
Farewell Reception for Rev Myers and Wife
The Manhattan American reports a choir sponsored farewell at the church parlors on Tuesday evening October 20 for Rev and Mrs Myers. Renfrew and B D Jones spoke for the choir and church. gifts were given to the couple. Myers expressed thanks and best wishes as they move to Dolton Illinois for new work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Myers
Wasted Energy and the Call to Action
A brief aphorism on how talk drains spiritual energy that could fuel action. It cautions that words spent in conversation or chatter reduce vigor for deeds and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Robertson
Bowen School Notes Highlight School Projects and Halloween Guests
The Bowen School reports strong progress in Cooking Canning and Wood work with eager students and a focus on diligent effort. Signaling tests for some boys proceed. Frederick Schmidt supports the scouts. October tardiness rose. parents urged to have children at school by nine. Primary Halloween party attendance listed many mothers and children including Mesdames Gook Dengler Palchinsky Wilkens Rogers Dickelman Myrick Gerloff Hine Schaefer Matz Paynter Klocksieben Bonse Baumgartner Sliga Bock Prill Beseman Loichinger Wesse Lucas Fisher Loichinger Weirs Reich Putnam and Miss Dowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen School
Mesdames Gook
Dengler
Palchinsky
A. Wilkens
Subdivision Near Illinois Central Tracks Bought for 75 000
Harry A. Bell with Robert A. Bolles Edward C. Sisson and W H Steadstrom plus a financing syndicate purchased a 25 acre tract west of the Illinois Central railroad and south of Branigar Bros Ivanhoe between 146th street and the Little Calumet river for 75000. The brokers plan a high class residential and business development with paved streets sewers water gas electric telephone street lights landscaping and future building. A new sales organization led by Bell will operate from a south side office to market the property and nearby parcels once improvements proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Branigar Bros
Ivanhoe
146Th Street
Little Calumet River
Harry A. Bell
Robert A. Bolles
Edward C. Sisson
W. H. Steadstrom
Stony Island Avenue
Brannigar Bros
I. C
Depth Rankings Of Seas Show Baltic Shallowest
The Baltic Sea records the shallowest average depth at 43 yards, followed by the Adriatic at 45 yards. This ranking highlights the Baltic as the most shallow among noted seas with the Adriatic close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
Adriatic
Paul Gall Leads Illinois Legion With 1926 Membership
American Legion reports 600 Illinois posts with Paul Gall at 107 percent paid up 1926 memberships. It cites a national citation, a silver loving cup, and growing daily membership. The 4th District meeting at Flanders Post Chicago on November 19 features Gall leading 40 members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Paul Gall
National
Milton J. Foreman
Flanders Post
South
Morgan Street
Chicago
Calumet City
Lemont
Fragmentary Note on Rabid Animal Food Safety
The text states that transmitting disease through food from rabid animals is unlikely unless lesions exist in the alimentary tract. It cautions that lip and mouth abrasions could allow risks, keeping no definite assurance for consumers.
Error Need Not Be Fatal Lessons From Mistakes
The note reflects on mistakes as non fatal learning moments and urges proper handling to extract lessons. Encourages proactive correction and resilience after errors to avoid recurring issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wfc Creighton
Sin’s Dread Effects Tripping Men Up in Life
Quote from Washington Gladden warning that sin hinders health happiness and hope, suggesting moral failings trip people up and spoil their lives and prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gladden
Wise Correction in Friendship Wounds
A short tribute quotes James Stalker on the value of wise correction among friends, noting that faithful wounds from a true friend are among the most prized gifts one can receive. The line underscores the moral power of honest critique within friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
James Stalker
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South Holland, Tl
C. H. de Young
159Th
VanDam Road
W. J. Kemnitz
THE
Tech
Riverdale Theatre
William G. Dolton
A. D
Bowen
Frederick Schmidt
Laddie Cogswell
Theo
Hedtke
Margaret Schaack
Eliza Denglar
Henry Unruh
Hedtke, Jr
American Legion
Oersma Company
111Th Street
Freshman, Crosley, Buckingham
Fada
Radiola
Koch & Ripley
Riverdale and
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