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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1926
Page
8
The Mills restaurant at 11 North Torrence avenue in Lansing caught fire Monday evening from a defective oil heater. The Lansing fire department acted swiftly and confined the flames to the rear, extinguishing the fire in short order.
The report lists residents including Mr and Mrs Wm Treharne in Harvey Mrs August Olsen of Oakglen ill with influenza Mr Edw Lucas of Roy Street with pleurisy Miss Bessie Laanting returned from St Margaret's Hospital Hammond after an appendectomy and recovery Mr John Young of North Lansing confined to bed with rheumatism The three month old child of Mr and Mrs P Borsma of North Lansing died Thursday night Funeral held Friday at 5 pm burial at Oak Ridge cemetery Thornton Rd near Oak Glen
Notice of increase in capital stock from $50 000 to $100 000 by Lansing State Bank at Lansing Illinois. Special stockholders meeting August 16 1926 with over two thirds of stock voting in favor. Walter J Winterhoff cashier.
Mildred Kickert daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Kickert died after a week of illness from diphtheria Funeral services were led by the Berger M E church pastor at the family home on 147th street Burial took place in Oakland cemetery. Also notes travel plans of Mr and Mrs P Boer and Mr and Mrs A J Van Schouwen and local notices of illnesses and small advertisements for garage space and goods in South Holland.
Plans for the annual Broadway celebration in Harvey are nearly complete with a Saturday parade featuring decorated floats. Prizes will honor the most beautiful floats and the most comical costumes, four musical groups will join the procession, and a street dance under the American Legion spares no entertainment.
The Holland Society Eendracht Maakt Macht elected officers on September 15. Bernard Brouwer is president and Herman Van der Nesse is vice president. John Bullema serves as secretary and Thomas de Haas as vice secretary. Dick Hellinga is financial secretary and Frank Poehnan warden. Delegates named: John Vink II, H Van der Nesse, D Hellinga, J Bullema. Installation set for October 6 at the General Dutch League hall. Meetings are the first and third Wednesdays each month.
A witty Globe quote notes that while cars make shoes last longer, the money saved on footwear is offset by fuel costs, illustrating the trade off in consumer spending between transportation and apparel.
The schedule lists Wild to Go with Tom Zyler and friends, Fables and comedy, Patsy Ruth Miller in The Gilded Highway matinee at 2 30 Sunday, and W C Fields in Its the Old Army Game with Louis Brooks on Oct 6 and 7.
A local paper advertises dramatic offerings including The Fighting Hearts on Oct 5 and 6 and Pals First with Lloyd Hughes and Dolores Del Rio on Oct 7. It praises Colleen’s production and notes Jane's Inheritance comedy under the Ladies' Sewing Circle of Emmanuel Ey.
Matinee daily with Reginald Denny in Rolling Home and Huntley Gordon in The Golden Web. Lewis Stone stars in Don Juans Three Nights with additional novelties and a glittering stage event. Later Norma Shearer in a modern girl story with comedy and World Events plus a stage show. Jazz Cocktail coming soon. Five Vod-Vil acts.
Mrs Marguerite Delveaux of 180 West 114th Street shot and killed her husband last Thursday morning after years of torture. She described two happy days last week the day he fell shot and the coroner's jury exonerated her with testimony from her family and neighbors. She is 50.
A concise description notes a candle flame as a luminous envelope around unburned vapor, with an invisible surrounding layer of gases formed by the burning process. The passage emphasizes the flame's structure and the gases produced during combustion.
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