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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1927
Page
2
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church United Lutheran in America at 138th and Wabash holds Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and a 10:30 a.m. anniversary service. A church dinner follows. Collections tomorrow afternoon, Oct. 15, and a Special Reformation Program on Sunday, Oct. 30. Pastor Edw. A. Voorhees invites all to attend.
Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with classes for all ages studying the Scriptures. Missionary Day observed. Morning worship at 11 and evening service at 7 30 led by the pastor just back from the Annual Conference. Epworth League at 6 45 p m. Public welcome at all services.
St Paul’s Church on 138th Street and Leyden Ave announces Sunday services in German at 9 30 and English at 10 45. The sermon based on Acts 8 26 39 celebrates a fifty year effort to work among African Americans and urges continued missionary work. An adults lecture is set for Oct 19 at 7 45 p.m. and catechism begins Sunday with a study on the sixth commandment inviting families to attend.
Marjorie Hettish travels to Wisconsin and returns in about a month. Nando's team defeated August's team three of four in soccer. The Spirit of Dolton leads in airplane races for attendance and tardiness. Minnie Pals spoke on October 12 about Christopher Columbus life and showed his Atlantic route.
Two American physicians state heartburn stems from muscular distension of the digestive tract rather than stomach acid or contents. They say the condition can be managed with medicine and offer guidance on treatment and prevention.
Seek Camphor Secret Botanists investigate why similar camphor trees yield solid camphor vs less valuable camphor oil. The Chinese have guarded the secret for centuries and the Japanese, who found it in 1895, maintain a firm monopoly to protect national camphor interests.
Public slogan proposal attributed to Salt Lake Tribune advocating dental health. The line promotes dental care with a humorous warning about neglected teeth leading to dental problems. The attribution suggests a newspaper origin for the proposed slogan.
The article notes that China invented money around 1000 B C, with Greece following in 700 B C and India in 500 B C. It discusses early coinage as a transition from heavy metal objects to standardized coins in these regions.
Representatives from thirty chapters met at the national league headquarters in Chicago to organize a Cook County Clean Stream Committee. They target Des Plaines, Salt Creek, Thorn Creek, and Little Calumet for immediate action with a statewide campaign to follow.
Peter Loring of San Antonio told the annual convention at Edgewater Beach hotel that over 200 million bodies are interred in U S graveyards, most reduced to dust. He described village cemeteries with about 630 graves per generation and claimed enough graveyards exist to cover Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware.
The text explains tungsten, a rare chromium group metal used in electric bulb filaments. It notes tungsten is white and pliable when pure, withstands high heat, and melts at 6,150 degrees Fahrenheit.
Florida designates the mockingbird as its state bird while Missouri adopts the bluebird as its official avian symbol.
A note explains that rain drops are not pure water but contain a dust nucleus around which water vapor condenses, reflecting common understanding about cloud particles.
Burrell J. Cramer represents Union Bank of Chicago in a Chancery foreclosure action No. 464166 against Ara M. Goss and unknowns over a trust deed on land in Part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 4, Township 35 North, Range 14 East, with notices dated Sept 30 to Oct 21, 1927 and returnable the first Monday of November 1927 in Chicago.
The Riverdale Board of Local Improvements awarded to John Mackler & Company on October 5 1927 the contract for constructing and installing a sidewalk system on Atlantic Street east and west sides from West 138th to West 137th streets including approaches. The project calls for concrete five dust four inch width five inch thickness on a six inch foundation of clean screened cinders or sand with 0.5 inch expansion joints every 35 feet, total cost 3666.00 dollars.
A brief reflection asserts that happiness requires purposeful thought and meaningful activity. The text warns that an unoccupied mind will fill with less worthy or harmful ideas than constructive pursuits.
A single firm uses over 3,500 miles of brass wire annually to produce bird cages for canaries parakeets and other pet birds. The industry supports homes for feathered pets and generates more than 20 million dollars in yearly sales.
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