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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1937

Page

2

Local and Personal News Chronicle from Riverdale Area

Gustav Korthaus, formerly of Dalton now in Lakewood Michigan, visits Monday and winters with his daughter Mrs C Grahl in Hegewisch. Numerous local residents and friends share Thanksgiving happenings, hospital admissions, births, recoveries, dances, and social visits across Dalton Riverdale Harvey and Hammond areas.

Gustav Korthaus Dalton Lakewood Mich Sibley Boulevard Greenwood Road Hammond Edward Gallegos Notre Dame Gallegos Riverdale Chas. Rowe Claiiton Iowa St. Margaret’s Hospital Ind Etta Carswell Nora Lawson Sadie Millison Minnie Stone Addie Schnedker Harvey Jessie Moomaw Chicago St Betty McGuire Delores Ripley George Schaeffer Edbrooke Ave Ingalls Memorial Hospital Riverdale Ramblers Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society Our 144Th Street Junior Sellin Atlantic Avenue John Golder Oak Park Leon Warren Joseph Stephens Harry Hazelhurst Hazelcrest L. F. Ripley Dolton Russel Haskin Harry Falt Columbus Ohio Grace Darling Michael Reese Chicago Alex Grant Leyden Avenue Lorenz Robert, Donald Edmund Paul Evanston, Til E. J. Claussen F. Miller Park Roseland Community Hospital William Reaugh Mackinaw Fred Walker Lincoln Avenue Blue Islan Lyle Klitzke Whitehall Wisc Kilitzke Margaret Stieman East 136Th Place J. H. Miller Wabash Ave Edna Lund Lincoln Ave Frank Hiatt Carolyn Phoenix Ariz

Coming Events Dec 1 Dance by St Pauls Aid and More

A sequence of local events lists a December 1 dance at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church school hall starting 2 06 p m with 2 cent admission. December 3 Teen Age dance at Lincoln school gym with supervised hours and Originals music. December 8 Immanuel church Bazaar in Dalton basement selling aprons quilts and refreshments. December 18 Panther club dance at Thornton village hall with Nomads music and 35 cent gent admission 25 cent ladies.

Ladies Aid of St. Paul’s Ev Lutheran Church Lincoln School Lincoln P. T. A The Originals Ladies Aid Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church of Dalton Panther Club Thornton Village Hall Nomads

Dog Days: Sailing Through Ancient Heat Myths

Ancient belief ties hot sultry days to the rising of Sirius with the sun. The term dog days refers to roughly four to six weeks between early July and early September. The timing varies by latitude and shifts over time, making the period inconsistent.

Tea a Gift of the East and a Global Beverage

Tea was discovered in ancient times by a Chinese emperor and named for Thea the goddess by Linnaeus. It is celebrated as the drink of China England and Russia. Annual imports total about 74 million pounds producing countless cups of a gentle and exhilarating beverage.

Thea Linnaeus China England Russia

Jefferson Ends New Year With 1235-Pound Cheshire Cheese

On New Year’s Day 1802 Thomas Jefferson and his cabinet plus foreign diplomats attended as a 1235 pound cheese made by Jefferson’s admirers was presented in Cheshire Massachusetts. It was moved to Hudson New York by sled and then shipped by boat to Washington DC.

Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Cheshire Mass Hudson N. Y Washington, D.C

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Kinney Hood Printing Co Call Riverdale Jaahfuh America the First Trust and Savings Bank OF Riverdale Ederal Resi System Harvey Federal Harvey’s Oldest Financial Institution Security Building 154Th Street Harvey, Ill Member Federal Home Loan Bank System
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