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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1927

Page

2

Three Mistakes in Following the Master at St. Paul’s

St Pauls Lutheran on 138th Street invites parishioners to German and English services Sunday Nov 13 with sermon Luke 9 57 62 on three mistakes in following Christ. English service at 10 45 a m, sermon about choosing Christ over personal ties, with an invitation to bring children at 9 15 a m Sunday school. Congregation meets Nov 14 7 45 p m to plan dedication of new school and parish hall on Nov 20.

ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church 138Th Street Leyden Ave Missouri Synod Christ W. J. Kemnitz

Immanuel Evangelical Church Weekly Schedule

Immanuel Evangelical Church announces English worship at 11 00 a m with sermon Preach the Word Bible study on The Unchanging Love of God German worship at 9 00 a m with sermon Gossip The Meanest Habit in the World Church calendar includes council Wednesday and church night Thursday at 8 00 p m Special music pictures messages and refreshments All are invited Bring children Memorial Sunday on November 20 Visitors welcome Minister W Kreis

Immanuel Evan Immanuel’s Evangelical Church Wm, Kreis

Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Activities and Drive

Our Saviour's Lutheran Church invites participation in Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship service at 10 30 a m with sermon Unpayable Debts Friday evening teacher training and choir practice catechetical classes Saturday afternoon November fellowship and goodwill gathering November 23 speaker from Carthage College December 4 all welcome pastor Edw A Voohees urges stewardship and belonging.

United Lutheran Church In America Wabash Ave Carthage College S. Edw A. Voohees

Missionary Day Set at First Methodist Church

First Methodist Church schedules a missionary day on Sunday and shifts Missionary Day to the first Sunday monthly. Sunday school at 9 45 a.m. worship at 11 with music. Epworth League meets at 6 45 p.m. with topic The Unnamed Wayfarer. Evening service at 7 30. Pastor A A Myers invites public to all services.

First Methodist Church Epworth League Society A. A. Myers

Nocturnal Necknotes Hint at Fading Neglected Spots

A writer in the Woman's Home Companion remarks that necks have resisted improvement for years but are gradually being managed. This suggests soon there will be few neglected areas left for writers to address.

Woman’s Home Companion

Gospel Truth on Contentment and Self-Respect

A reflective note on simpler living and pursuing worthwhile life choices. It emphasizes personal values, contentment, and the idea that a person becomes what they think, urging individual integrity and high thinking.

Flaws Revealed by Clarity Says Ruskin Maxim

An aphorism notes that finer nature exposes more flaws when viewed clearly. It asserts a universal law that the best things are rarely seen at their finest, attributed to John Ruskin.

Jonn Ruskin

School Notes Lincoln Avenue School Renovations

This year the rooms are repainted and clocks fixed. The old teachers’ room became room three and the teachers’ room is now the library. Room One is being fixed by Miss Tear with books for pupils who scored sixty on the writing test. Books include The Secret Garden and Treasure Island.

Lincoln Avenue Miss Tear Mary Cary

Bowen School Notes Highlights Local Games and Play

The Bowen school reports recent matches with Cottage Grove, Berger and Highlawn, noting soccer wins 4 to 2 against Cottage Grove and 2 to 0 over Berger, a 2 to 1 soccer result with Highlawn, and a sixth grade baseball score of 16 to 15. The eighth grade plans a play titled Rag Carpet Bee under Miss Rogge, and a boys soccer game against Thornton was rescheduled from Tuesday to Thursday.

BOWEN Adeline Schaefer Sophia Palchinsky Anna Englehardt Cottage Grove Cotage Grove Berger Rogge Highlawn

Highlawn School News Reflects Overseas Journey and Local Events

A student memoir recalls parents crossing the ocean aboard ships City of Rome and Hellecén, with a funeral at sea and two infant deaths. The article also covers a grade trip to Wanner Dairy Milk Co, a girls ball game 50 to 11 against Bowen, eye exams, a sixth grade goldfish project, plans for The Nutcrackers Suite Christmas program, and Boy Scouts seeking community support for land and a cabin.

Wanner Dairy Milk Company Bowen School Highlawn Pendleton Boy Scouts of America Boy Scouts

Cure enhances hospital sleep with mauve decor

Replacing white wils and red coverlets with delicate greens yellow and mauve is claimed to improve patient temper and shorten stays by about three days. One patient with chronic insomnia reportedly fell asleep within an hour in a mauve themed room.

Marconi Stricken With Exhaustion in London Hotel

Senator William Marconi, famed wireless wizard, lies seriously ill in a London hotel due to strain from his recent United States trip. He will remain in bed for several days to recover.

London William Marconi United States Marconi

Testing Diamonds by UV Light for Identification

Diamonds can be identified by ultra violet rays which cause the stones to glow in various colors and can be photographed.

Magellan’s First Circumnavigation Record Noted

The text cites Magellan’s historic voyage from September 20 1519 to September 8 1522 as the first to circle the world. It mentions a current record of 28 days 14 hours 36 minutes 5 seconds.

Magellan Globe Liberty

Noteworthy Immigrant John Peter Rockefeller

The first Rockefeller, John Peter, emigrated to America from Germany in 1723, marking the family’s early transatlantic ascent that preceded the later industrial dynasty.

Rockefeller John Peter America Germany

Harding Entombment Delayed to January 1

Marion Ohio reports the entombment of the late President Warren G. Harding and Mrs. Harding in the local memorial will be postponed to about January 1 due to late marble shipments. Hoke Doniinen chairs the memorial executive committee.

Harding Marion Obio Hoke Doniinen

German envoy named to succeed Maltzan as U S ambassador

Dr Friederich Wilhelm von Prittwitz-Gaffron appointed German ambassador to the United States to succeed the late Baron Ago von Maltzan in a diplomatic reshuffle announced in Berlin.

Berlin Friederich Wilhelm von Prittwitz-Gaffron United States Baron Ago von Maltzan

Germany Keeps Death Penalty in Berlin Vote

The reichstag committee reviewing the new penal code rejected a Social Democratic motion to abolish the death penalty. The tally was 17 votes to 11 in favor of retention.

Berlin Reichstag Social Democratic

Lots in a Name Farm and Fire Side Quip

Mrs Applegate jokes about coaxing her high spirited daughter to perform chores. She says dubbing tasks as domestic science yields compliance, revealing a playful family dynamic from Farm and Fire side column.

Washington naval chief placed on general waiting orders

Rear Admiral P. Magruder, who condemned naval administration as wasteful and extravagant leading to his removal as Philadelphia yard commandant, has been placed on general waiting orders by Secretary Wilbur. He remains without a job until a permanent assignment is found.

Washington

Lens captures 100000 stars on one plate

Prof. Frank Ross of Yerkes Observatory has developed a new camera lens that can photograph 100,000 stars on a single plate. The lens covers 24 degrees of sky per plate and surpasses the total vision of all human eyes combined.

Frank Ross Yerkes Observatory Capper

Burdened by Tomorrow We Carry Yesterday’s Load

A reflective note on daily burdens, urging to stop piling today’s troubles with yesterday’s leftovers. The author suggests managing each day’s weight rather than expanding it by postponing or shifting duties forward. The passage emphasizes restraint and steady duty.

John Newton

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Thornton Mildred Berner Rome Helecen Hellecén Eigse Willard Magellan First Poe Kenrose 111Th Street U. S Chicago By-Products Coke Corp Pickands, Brown & Co Malloy Coal Company Dolton Twin City Garage General Auto Repairing Goodyear and Fish Tires Philco National Lead N. W. Monk J. L. Locher
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