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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1937
Page
5
St Marys Church at 310 East 137th Street lists Sunday Masses at 7 00 9 00 and 11 00 a m led by Rev John N Weiler. The notice encourages faithful attendance and weekly service to God.
St Pauls Church at 138th and Leyden Avenue begins a new church year on the first Sunday of Advent with Divine services in German at 9 30 and English at 10 45 a m Sermon text Luke Behold the King a Man of Sorrows and Acquainted With Grief The King on a Holy Quest and Behold the King of Glory The Judge Sunday school meets at 9 30 a m Midweek Advent service in English December 1 at 7 30 p m Our promise A timely biblical message always Come and hear
The church schedules a children's pageant called any iere Were sneparas, a Christmas program, a 10 50 a m worship service, and a Thanksgiving service. The Miseric sundry events include a 6 30 p m Lucher league on missions, a Sunday devotional for youths, a Friday November 26 youth meeting, a December 8 Ladies Aid, and a December 2 Novelty and Food sale at the church.
Corner Grant and Sheridan Sts lists services and events led by Rev. Donald R. Crocker. Sunday 9:45 church school. 11:00 morning worship with sermon "A Christian Philosophy of Humor". 7:00 University of Life. Weekly and children activities noted.
Ivanhoe Community Church hosts Sunday services at 9:00 with church school and adult sermon, plus 7:00 University of Life at Dalton Methodist Church with transport for Ivanhoe youths. Tuesday 8:00 is a teachers meeting.
Dr. Harry J. Hager will deliver a second prophetic study sermon from Revelation titled The Christ of the A and the Z at 7 30 p m next Sunday at Bethany Reformed Church Roseland Perry Avenue. Morning topic War in the Members and the White Shirt Brigade will perform. A radio message titled An Appointment With Jesus airs on WWAE Hammond at 4 p.m.
The Sandridge Methodist Church releases the schedule with Rev. Leopold Schneider as pastor. Sunday November 28 features 9 15 am morning worship 10 30 am Sunday school and 7 30 pm service and junior league. Thursday December 2 includes 2 30 pm Ts Mission Society at Mrs John Selman home 3 30 pm religious instruction and 7 30 pm prayer meeting 8 30 pm official board meets.
The Immanuel church at Grant and Sheridan announces a 10:00 p.m. Sunday school led by Superintendent Christ Dreshall, an 11:00 Mission Festival in German and English with Rev. G A Fiergau as speaker, and an 8:00 p.m. evening service with Rev. A Diensicke and Rev. Herbert Blaesche. Junior and Senior leagues meet Tuesday. choir rehearsal Thursday. catechetical instruction Saturdays 9 to 12. fruits for Bensenville due Tuesday next week.
Edward Wicklund of 823 East 77th Street Chicago lost control of his car while westbound on Main Street at Lincoln Avenue on Monday night hitting the Schmidt home and its garage. The car damaged the house foundations and curb area but left Wicklund uninjured though dazed. about $100 in damage occurred.
The text notes Avogadro, a Turin physics professor, proposed in 1811 that under equal temperature and pressure, equal gas volumes contain equal numbers of molecules, a principle key to modern chemical theory.
The article notes that young fawns are hard to differentiate by species due to uniform spots. Spots fade with age and adults may differ by sex, causing young to resemble the mother. It cites Darwin on male excess and female choice driving coloration traits through generations.
The text states that no perpetual motion machine has ever been built or discovered in Egypt or elsewhere. It notes agreement by scientists and the Patent Office on its impossibility under the conservation of energy, which holds that energy is constant and can only change form. It asserts energy input is needed to start and that friction would consume energy, requiring outside renewal.
The message urges buying and using 1937 Christmas seals to support better health in 1938, noting that Christmas seals stampede tuberculosis efforts when purchased and used.
A historical note recalls Russia's Peter the Great as a practical joker who hid fountains in parks. Sitters on shaded benches would trigger hidden springs, spraying water on unsuspecting visitors.
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