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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
10
In South Holland Kalamazoo pastor Reverend A Van Dyke will preach at the 159th Street Reformed church on Sunday October 17. Also noted is settlement payment from Samson Auto Insurance for a Ford stolen July 26.
Visitors from Chicago include Miss Alice Meidema and Miss Hen rietta Bells at Miss Alice Hoekstra's home. Tom Kikkert held a Friday auction and plans to move west. Winfield Pierson fractured his leg during a soccer match but recovers well. Lansing beat West Harvey 3 to 0 in school football. Rev. Burgraff from Decatur to preach next Sunday at First Reformed Church.
The community thanks generous donors and collectors after a recent misfortune. Roseland relatives visited. one resident seeks Colorado climate for health. Hoeksema family mourns the death of Mrs. Hoeksema with six children left behind. Mrs. John Harder recovers from amputations at St. Francis hospital.
The Queen Esther Circle invites readers to a Fall Social at Berger School on Saturday October 28 at 8 PM. Attendees are urged to bring extra pennies for a fundraiser while enjoying plenty of good food.
The article notes that ancient birthday anniversaries were once frowned upon by Christians, reflecting changing attitudes toward such celebrations through history. It discusses how times have shifted as customs evolved.
Farmers from Thornton Township met at the Berger school house on September 29 to organize a township group. They plan meetings and cooperation with the Farm Advisor on marketing. Advisor Durst spoke on cooperative marketing of perishable produce. Members ordered twelve hundred bushels of potatoes to be bought directly from Minnesota and Michigan producers. Officers elected: Chairman E. R. Berger and Secretary H. H. Meyer. Committees were named with J. H. Yeld and Frank Bachman among members.
The Kennedy Laundry & Supply Co in Pullman rebuilt after a fire seven years ago and now spans three floors with 200 employees. It handles 4000 coats weekly for 420 A P stores and services Pullman Chicago Heights Blue Island Harvey and Indiana clients with a 16 car delivery fleet. The plant uses 600 pounds of salt for 60000 gallons of water and a $10000 water purification system to ensure chemical purity and soap savings.
A famous 19th century Scotch minister famed for absent mindedness rode a pony toward Aberdeens than intended to reach a church seven miles away. He paused to use snuff, turned the pony to face wind, then forgot to correct course, arriving in Aberdeen at preaching time.
The Dolton Theatre presents Frank Mayo in The Red Lane tonight along with Joe Martin in The Jazz Monkey. Saturday features Eileen Percy in Her Honor The Mayor plus a two reel comedy. Sunday shows Harry Carey in Bullet Proof. Wednesday offers Soldiers of Fortune a seven reel adventure romance.
Saturday features Shirley Mason in Cy Whittaker's Ward with a Sunday showing of Jack Pickford in In Wrong a comedy drama of small town life. Wednesday offers Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs praised as an extraordinary adventure tale. Admission 11 and 25 cents.
A public sale is set for Saturday October 16 1920 at 2 o clock. About 300 shocks of good corn will be sold to the highest bidder with cash terms. Property of R Cook located 1 mile east of South Holland.
Multiple items detail for sale land cottages dwellings and stores in Riverdale Dolton South Holland and Roseland with contact names addresses and phone numbers. Also offered are vehicles like a Ford delivery truck motorcycles and various cars plus a piano shade trees a feed cutter and an ice cream parlor fixture sale. Includes a six percent gold bond mortgage on Roseland property.
Help-wanted notes advertise 16 plus for light factory jobs at Shingle Co River 476 with good wages and steady work. A second ad calls for 50 girls over 16 at Ward Hamilton Co Harvey with 35 cents an hour start and potential 25 dollars weekly. contact tele phone Pullman 60013 Harvey. Men of Many Metals comments on human character contrasting rusty ungainly, gilt exterior, and polished yet revealing base metal through life’s trials.
Rev. T. R. Malthus, born 1766 and died 1834, argued population grows faster than subsistence. He claimed poverty and suffering would check population growth through prudential restraint, vice, or other causes.
A San Francisco Chronicle item touts a simple device described as a mirror to attach to the tub. It promises to make washing a pleasure and demonstrates a practical bath accessory likely popular with readers seeking convenience.
Motivational excerpt by George Matthew Adams urging readers to seize today. It declares today as music art literature joy work play and life and urges action courage and joy while dismissing yesterday and tomorrow as irrelevant. It ends with a note that today will never dawn again.
A report notes that 220 million Muslims perform five daily prayers kneeling on prayer mats to seek wisdom and knowledge as taught by the Koran.
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