Village Riverdale events set for November gatherings
Coming events include the W R C Bazaar at Riverdale Village Hall on Nov 16 17 with tickets 25 cents. The St Marys Church Eucuaustic Society social and card party at Riverdale Village Hall on Nov 23. Dolton Vol Fire Dept No 1 reception and ball at A O U W Hall Dolton on Nov 26. Silver Leaf Pleasure Club dance at Fleischhauer Pavilion on Nov 19. Miami Power Boat Club Masquerade ball at Fleischhauer Pavilion on Dec 3.
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W. R.C
Riverdale
the Eucuaustic Society of St
The
Dolton
Silver Leaf Pleasure Club
Fleischhauer
Miami Power Boat Club
Riverdale Real Estate and Rentals Listing
Multiple items announce rental and sale offers in Riverdale. A modern five room flat is available for $9.00 rent with December 1 possession through The Fointer office. Nearby, 30 to 50 acre farms to rent are sought via L. F. Ripley at Dalton State Bank. Additional listings include 34 acres of land and building lots, a store property from Peter Paul’s estate for $2,600 with a 60 by 160 foot lot, and a plant nursery offering plant roots from Charles Milhahn with Duivon 3Ul contact.
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Riverdale
Fointer
L. F. Ripley
Dalton State Bank
Andrew Baumgartner
Wabash Avenue
Lelepiong U3
Peter Paul
Dayton Avenus
Cnicago
Charles Milhahn
Card of Thanks for Support After Death
I express sincere thanks to friends who assisted during illness and death of my husband. I appreciate flowers and the help of German Oak Lodge No. 267 AOUW, Dalton Vol. Fire Co. No. 1, Brickmakers Local Union No. 6, Calumet Camp No. 6142 Modern Woodmen, and Mrs. Henry Franke.
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German Oak Lodge
U. W. Dalton Vol. Fire Co
Brickmakers Local Union
Calumet Camp
Modern Woodmen
Henry Franke
Reading as a voluptuous, absorbing experience
The passage extols reading as a lush, absorbing act that fills the mind with a kaleidoscope of images. It urges gloating over a book and being rapt to the point of sleeplessness, with eloquent words echoing like breakers and stories repeating as colored pictures in the eye.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Local notes and incidents from South Holland area
Mrs Geo and Mrs P Dalenberg of Roseland visited relatives in town. Jinnie Shilling, six, operated on for appendicitis and recovering well. First Reformed church boys Bible class started. Henry Price nearly fatally injured at coke plant when a tank exploded. a fragment cut his head. A found cap belonged to Dr Walvoord who lost it on a sick call. Mrs Walvoord and daughter visited Cedar Grove. doctor’s wife returned with them. Tyse Huizenga, six, burned by hot lard. Death announced of Mrs Jacob VanDerAda, born in S Holland, longtime Lansing resident. mother of Johannes VanDerda and Mrs Tans. funeral at Christian Reformed Church.
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First Reformed Church
Henry Price
Henry
Walvoord
Tyse
Albert Huizenga
Jacob VanDerAda
Sc. Holland
Lansing
Johannes VanDerda
Tans
Christian Reformed Church
Suit Filed Over Unfulfilled Lodge Obligation
J E Kerns of Arthur sues the I O O F Lodge of Oakland for 300 dollars claiming failure to meet obligations after being afflicted with Cuban itch. The item hints at a humorous classified notice seeking a chasing position for a young man from Swe dish.
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J. E. Kerns
Arthur
1. O. O. FB. Lodge
City
Oakland
Walking Honeymoon in Germany custom noted
Elmer Roberts recalls a Bavarian Alps tale of a melancholy groom who, unable to fund a joint wedding trip, set out with his bride’s blessing to tramp alone for a week, carrying only a knapsack as he traveled by road and inn.
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Germany
Alps
Elmer Roberts
Collier’s
Grace and reading as ritual in 19th century letters
The author cites Charles Lamb on daily acts of grace, proposing forms of devotional prayers for walks, moonlit rambles, friendly meetings, and solving problems. He notes the absence of a grace before reading books and literature such as Milton Shakespeare and the Faery Queen.
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Charles Lamb
Homewood News Briefs From Tinley Park to Local Politics
Village board votes to auction the fire engine house on November 19 at 2 p.m. The water system plan begins with Engineer Thompson drawing specs. An Improvement Association meeting is set for November 12. Marriage news, real estate chatter, a political note on Democrats at the depot, and assorted local updates fill this Homewood community snapshot.
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Fred Henke
Thompson
The
Improvement Association
Arred Borgwardt, Jr
Fred Adams
Iowa
Henry Riegel
Sophie Wietfeldt
Henry Cohr
191St Street
Flossmoor
Chicago
Water Tax Due Riverdale Village Notice
Water tax is due in Riverdale. Village Collector H. R. Penfield will be in the Clerk's office at the village hall on Thursday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 10. Tax must be paid on or before November 15.
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Riverdale
H. R. Penfield
California Leads Seaweed Value Recognition
California has been first in recognizing seaweed value with San Francisco ships exporting $100,000 annually to China. The article notes seaweed as winter fodder for oxen, sheep, and pigs and as staple food for Irish peasantry on the west coast in hard times. It mentions iodine and bromine as beneficent seaweed products.
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California
San Francisco
China
Ireland
West Coast
New Cosmopolitan Serial by Robert W. Chambers
Readers in Riverdale are urged to read the opening chapters of the new serial by Robert W. Chambers in Cosmopolitan Magazine November number. The work is described as the year's greatest novel and is illustrated by Chas. Dana Gibson. Cosmopolitan Magazine, 381 Fourth Ave, New York City.
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Riverdale
Robert W. Chambers
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Chas. Dana Gibson
Fourth Ave
New York City
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Ted
Otto Hecht
Herman Greenhagen
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