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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1924
Page
8
The Young Ladies Missionary Society will host a bazaar at the chapel basement on Thursday December 4 at 2 00 and 7 30 pm featuring handmade articles, plain and fancy items and refreshments. Proceeds aid missions. Also notes of local visits and health, wedding and auction items appear among residents and events.
The Lansing Reformed church Choral Society will present a program Sunday evening November 30 with all welcome. Services at First Reformed Church next Sunday will be led by Dr Hospers or a Hope College student. Mrs Wm Swart suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken arm in a weekend accident and is recovering. Hessel Wiersman Jr and John Wiltjer began a Florida trip but turned back after 400 miles due to rough roads. Mr Greenveld and family plan to move to a new DeMotte farm next Tuesday. John Blankenstyn digs a basement for his new farm home. Mrs C Vankley completed a longer trip to South Dakota and Iowa. For sale 1924 Indian Chief and sidecar, 74 cubic inch motor, like new, $175. Contact John Van Ramshorst Jr.
Residents thank attendees of the McKinley school Parents' Social Club event last Thursday night. The note mentions Pa and Ma Botma moving to Oakglen after purchasing the Voeste cottage, a birthday gift pipe for Mr. Van Bodegraven, and illness among Mrs Paarlberg and Mrs Van Bodegraven. The club plans another December 18 gathering.
At Riverdale Theatre on Saturday Richard Halton and Neva Gerber star in The Whirlwind Ranger with Our Gang’s The Buccaneers. Sunday matinee at 2 30 and 7 15 features Sinners in Heaven with Bebe Daniels and Richard Dix plus Capt'n Kid. Wednesday and Thursday present The Woman on the Jury with Sylvia Breamer Frank Mayo and an all star cast.
The schedule features Jack Hoxie in The Fighting Fury and The Wolves of the North Saturday. Patsy Ruth Miller and Matt Moore star in Fools in the Dark Sunday matinee at 2 30. On Tuesday and Wednesday December 2 and 3 Cytheria stars Lewis Stone Alma Rubens Norman Kerry and Irene Rich. Jack Dempsey appears in Town Hall Tonight.
Bowen students engage in basketball practice and improving games as teachers hold weekly meetings outside school hours. Highlights include soccer scores, field trips to Highlawn, Achievement Club notes, a November community meeting with addresses by Co. Supt. Tobin and Mr. A J Paul, and Palmer Method awards for Melvin Jorand Wilson Palmer Kenneth Lentz Adolph Matthiesen. Parents urged to visit and review work to gauge learning and thinking.
St Pauls Lutheran invites members to begin the new church year with Advent services. Christ calls a welcome at the door and promises salvation through his word and sacraments. German service at 9 30 and English at 10 45 every Sunday starting Nov 30.
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church announces Advent observances beginning November 30 the first Sunday in Advent. Sunday school at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m with a sermon from Luke 1 68 79. Evening service at 7 30 p m and a note that after this date evening services will be on the last Sunday night each month.
In London a store secures its premises with a burglar alarm system that uses fifty miles of wiring to protect stock and deter intrusion. The extensive installation reflects a strong focus on security and rapid response.
Miss Marie Hanschmann leads the Eighth Annual Red Cross Roll Call in Dolton as Mrs Carter Harrison and Marquis Eaton praise generous local support. The campaign funds aid the Dolton chapter while volunteers cite prompt service and community dedication.
Researchers exposed horses and cows to blood to measure irritation or excitement. The animals showed little to no reaction, suggesting that reported alarm was caused by accompanying cues such as wounded companions or cries of pain, not the blood itself.
Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently formulated the theory of natural selection and published similar papers in the same issue of the Journal of the Linnæan Society in 1858. Both authors presented the idea at the same historical moment.
A Hindu delicacy prized for its bamboo seeds roasted then mixed with honey highlighted as a cherished treat.
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