Mission Picnic Highlights Labor Day at Thornton Forest Preserve
South Holland notes report a Labor Day Mission picnic at Thornton Forest Preserve with events at Wicker's Grove and Lansing Reformed Church joining the event. Local families visit Michigan, summer outings in Niagara Falls, and community news on births, car stories, and local business ads noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Laarman
Hudsonville
Mich
South Holland
Christian Reformed Churches
Wicker’s Grove
Kraag
Michigan
John Ravesfoot, Jr
John VanZanten
Albert VanZanten
VanZanten
van Zanten
Phillip W. Paarlberg
Jake DeBoer
South Holland Trust & Savings Bank
First Reformed Church
Lansing Reformed Church
Illinois
Harry Shilling
Local Births and Health News From Lansing
Dorothy Fieldhouse recovering well after tonsil operation. Mr and Mrs Jack Tolman announce the birth of their first child. Miss Mary Busseman of Thayer mentioned in society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Fieldhouse
Jack Tolman
Mary Busseman
Thayer
Wetzel Enjoys New Ford Sedan In Local News
Ber ice news notes John Wetzel is the proud possessor of a new Ford sedan. Mr and Mrs G Ambtmeyer and children spent Wednesday in Lincoln Park. Mrs Verbaik and Mrs Carl son and Mrs Bultema and children spent Tuesday in Lincoln Park. Mr and Mrs Murray and children jE oh and Ge Bakker motored to Three Oaks Michigan Thursday and returned with fruit. Miss Van Dyke of Chicago stayed several days with the Sjoerdsma family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Ambtmeyer
Lincoln Park
Verbaik
Carlson
Bultema
Murray
Je Oh
An Ge. Bakker
Three Oaks
Mich
Miss van Dyke
Chicago
Sjoerdsma
Riverdale Boy Scouts End Season Four Day Hike
The Riverdale troop completed their last four day hike of the season last week led by Mr. Burchett to the Forest Preserve at Thornton. Participants included Roy Wilkens Wilmer Stutzhiem Theodore Bush Eugene Hankey and Keith Burchett. They camped with pup tents ate pork and beans and bacon, and played indoor baseball against the Whit ing Girl Scouts winning 13 to 8. Roy Wilkens was the fishing and swimming standout and the troop thanked Mr and Mrs James Stoufer of Britt Iowa for their kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Roy Wilkens
Wilmer Stutzhiem
Theodore Bush
Eugene Hankey
Keith Burchett
Mr. Burchett
Forest Preserve
Thornton
Whiting Girl Scouts
James Stoufer
Britt
Iowa
Woman fatally electrocuted by downed line in Chicago alley
Mrs Louis Austis 37 of 131 East 115th Street died Friday after she grabbed a live wire blown down by a gale. Inquest at Kensington police station listed electrocution. Commonwealth Edison faces potential action though company claims wind caused the line. A Vincent Company workers nearby tried to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Company
Eletric Line
Louis Austis
EE. 115Th Street
Commonwealth Edison Company
A. Vincent Company
Thornton Township High School Opens 1922 23 on September 5
The Thornton Township High School will open for the 1922 23 school year on Tuesday September 5 1922 at eight thirty a.m. All students must report on the morning of that day as opening day is one of the most important events of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township High School
Theaters Riverdale Theatre Lineup This Week
Saturday Jack Hoxie in Double 00 Sunday Wallace Reid in The Worlds Champion Monday James Oliver Urwouds Gods Country and the Law Wednesday Esthel Clayton in Her Own Money
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Theatre
Jack Hoxie
Wallace Reid
James Oliver Uurwood
Esthel Clayton
Great Melodrama Nights at the Theater Frame
Friday features The Great Impersonation with James Kirkwood. Saturday presents The Line that Had No Turning starring Agnes Ayers. Sunday offers Restless Souls with Earl Williams. Labor Day brings The Night Rose by Lercey Scott. September 6 shows The Storm in Gorge Broadhurst's screen version. First show 7:15 admission 17 and 33 1 3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kirkwood
Agnes Ayers
Earl Williams
Lercey Scott
House Peters
Gorge Broadhurst
Churches Schedule and Call to Worship This Fall
The Methodist Episcopal Church lists Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 combined Epworth League and evening worship at 7 00 Pastor A K Blomberg urges return to regular church attendance as autumn begins and invites support for Our Saviors Lutheran on Sept 3 at 10 30 with a sermon on parental duty. Catechetical work should be organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. KE. Blomberg
House of God
Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Early Lead Pencil Origins and Graphite Mine
The earliest reference to lead pencils appears in 1565 following the Borrowdale graphite mine discovery in England. The mine provided the material for the first pencils, marking the start of pencil history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borrowdale
Ingland
Thoughts After Forty and Cupid in Letters
A quirky Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt humorously notes that even great men write the same corny lines in love letters. Mrs Pluyleigh vows to keep her dog tied, fearing a tramp may bite or steal his bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Louisville Courier-Journal
In Memoriam for Katherine Diehl
In loving memory of our dear mother and grandma Katherine Diehl who passed away a year ago August 30 1921. We miss your smiling face and helping hands and long to press you to our hearts again. We visit your grave and see only a mound, our hearts ache today. Your heartbroken children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Diehl
Cheese Seasoned Four Years Rule for Italian Cheese
The article notes that among top Italian cheeses the best grades are sold only after a minimum four year seasoning period.
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Ind.y
Martha Fieldhouse
Lansing News
ICE News
John Wetzel
John
Harvey
Baskers
Bardwick’s Grocery
South Holland, Ill
QUA Savior’s
H. P. DeYoung
Anton Matuzewski
Bernice
Ill
Dolton
Diekman
Operon
A. C. Reich
Indiana Avenue
Telephone
Old
Electric Light Plant
Henry J. Dillner
Dalton
Langbien
Lansing
East 136Th Street
Neiden Estate
Lincoln
Washington Streets
John R. Schmidt
Calumet Ave
Jos. Alpert
G. Boerema
East 95Th Street
103Rd Street
Stewart
Memoriam
D. D
Ceresoto
Fancy Santos
Monarch
Koch and
Ripley
Riverdale and
Rinkema Bros
S. & H. Green
Baker’s
Kellogg’s
Pet
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