Local notices and incidents in South Holland readers
South Holland community notes report sermons by Rev J VanDe Hoet and Rev Medendorp on Sept 23 at churches in Sioux Center and Rust Michigan. A Ford sedan license traced to Peoria IL was stolen from a church yard during services with no recovery yet. A lightning strike caused a shed fire at Mrs John DeYoung’s yard but was extinguished. An auto tour party from Chicago visits Niagara Falls and NYC. Prowler interrupted Gerrit Pals home. G and G Service Station announces opening Sept 22.
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J. VanDe Hoet
Sioux Center
True Reformed Church
159Th Street
Howard Pals
First Christian Reformed Church
Pals
Peotia
John DeYoung
East Lovin Street
J. F. Kettles
Jeanette Huisenga
Chicago
Niagara Falls
New York City
Atlantic City
Herman DeWinter
Washington
Medendorp
Rust
Mich
First
Christian Reformed Church
Gerrit H. Pals
South Holland Chamber to Meet with Entertainment and Guest Speaker
The South Holland Chamber of Commerce holds a combined social and general meeting on Friday September 21 at 7 30 pm in the village hall. The Singing Troubadours King and Perry perform and Miss Betty Robinson World Champion Olympic runner attends to share her story about Holland. Russell L Gibson becomes Postmaster effective October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland
Hudson
Colby
Betty Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Russell L. Gibson
Gouwens
Local Marriage and Community Notes From Lansing
Alfred VanSteenberg announces the marriage of his daughter Cecile to Winters Haydock in Lansing. The couple will reside in Pittsburgh after a motor trip through the east and Canada. Many local social updates follow including birthdays, church notices, and residents visiting or visiting guests across Hammond, Oak Glen, and nearby towns.
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Alfred VanSteenberg
Cecile
Winters Haydock
Lansing
Mr. Haydock
University of St Louis
C. E
City of Pittsburgh
Columbia University of N. Y
Woman’s College of Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
East
Canada
Film Week Schedule Highlights From Friday to FBI
SOL presents Jonite-William Haines in Telling the World Friday and John Barrymore in The Sea Beast Saturday. Sunday's program features Charlie Murray in The Head Man. Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 25 26 bring Bringing Up Father with Jiggs and the Laughable crowd. Thursday and Friday Sept 27 28 show Johnny Hines in The Wright Idea.
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Jonite
William Haines
John Barrymore
Seven Seas
Charlie Murray
Father
Jiggs
Dinty Moore
Maggie
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
J. Farrell MacDonald
FBI
Johnny Hines
Wright
Riverdale Theatre Week Preview of Three 1929 Features
Saturday shows include Our Gang Nite Ask Grandma The Heart of the Yukon Fables and The Yellow Cameo. Sunday Florence Vidor stars in Honey Moon Hate. Wednesday September 26 and Thursday September 27 feature Rod LaRocque in The Fighting Eagle. A vivid drama filled program.
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Yukon
Florence Vidor
Rod LaRocque
Priscilla Moran Leads Theatre Week at State Theatre
Matinee daily with premiers from Sept 20 to 26 features Priscilla Moran in No Babies Wanted. Sept 22 shows Esther Rolston in Sawdust Paradise, Sept 23 Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel in The Mysterious Lady, Sept 24–26 Corinne Griffith in The Garden of Eden. Palace folderol promises Parisian night club vibes in Monte Carlo.
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FBL
Priscilla Moran
Esther Ralston
Greta Garbo
Conrad Nagel
Corinne Griffith
Adam and Eve
Monte Carlo
Poem Caught Public Fancy Sparks Quick Sale
The poem The Courtship of Ailes Siamd ish drew public attention with about 5000 copies sold by noon on the first day of its appearance. Readers lined up at local bookshops as the work gained rapid momentum.
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Ailes Siamdish
Evening classes open for trades and drawing at local school
Pullman Tech News Evening announces the new term with large attendance and enrollment for auto repair, electrical work, machine shop, mechanical and architectural drawing, typing, cooking, sewing and millinery. Classes meet Monday Tuesday and Thursday evenings from seven to nine.
Community Bankos and Club Dances Planned in Town
Riverdale Radio Club hosts a dance at St Marys Hall Friday Sept 21 at 3 pm to benefit the church admission 15 cents All school children welcome Dorcas club of Sandridge M E church holds a bakery sale at Jacobsons Show Saturday Sept 22 at 2 pm All goods home baked Ladies Aid Dalton M E F church meets Sept 27 at 2 30 pm election of officers attendees urged A banco party by Ladies Aid St Pauls Lutheran Sept 26 2 pm at school hall Also a banco Sept 29 8 pm at same place Prizes and refreshments W C A F No 229 hosts a banco and card party Sept 28 8 30 pm at St Marys school hall All welcome
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Riverdale Radio Club
St. Mary’s Hall
Dorcas Club
Sandridge M. E
Jacobsoa
Dalton M. EF. Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. Mary’s School Hall
Meeting of Cook County Farm Group on Onion Contract
The Cook County Truck Gardeners' and Farmers' Association calls a meeting at the Village Hall in South Holland Illinois on Saturday September 29 at 7 30 for enforcing the onion set contract All farmers interested are invited N P Paarlberg President F B Dukeman Secretary
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Cook County Truck Gardeners’ and Farmers’ Association
South Holland
Ill
Old Roman Intolerance Ended Greek Olympic Games
The Olympic games in Greece were discontinued in the second century by a Roman edict. The decree argued the games fostered Greek warlike spirit and resisted Roman domination, ending over a thousand years of regular Greek contests.
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Greece
Rome
Old Egyptian Weaving Technique Noted by Sage
Elizabeth Sage, an authority on costume, states that ancient Egyptian thread was thrown downward rather than upward as practiced by early peoples.
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Elizabeth Sage
Healthier Village Dwellers Less Sick Than Farm People
A state survey from Cornell University finds village residents average seven days of illness per year while farm dwellers average four and a half days. The study highlights healthier conditions among rural agricultural communities.
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Cornell University
Fall of Parachute Rate and Descent Speed Notes
The text explains descent rate depends on parachute size with an observed slower rate of descent around 600 feet per minute. It discusses how chute area influences glide and control during descent and mentions practical considerations for stability and rate changes.
The Lucky One Perhaps He Escapes After the Ceremony
A brief item notes a man nicknamed The Lucky One who is described as the best man, with a note that he escapes after the wedding ceremony. The fragment suggests a light or humorous social detail from a wedding setting.
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George Scheidt
Arthur Ward
Bobby
L. Odell
Sidney Andrews
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Carolyn Andrews
Stewart Ridge
Howard Andrews
New England States
Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church of
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Ethel Margison
Ethel Nyburg
Harriet Soback
Jeanette van Steenberg
Mary Jane Williams
Jacob Walstra
Oak Glen
John Dockweiler
Raymond
Chebanse
Asmus Clausen
Ida Bock
Gus Bock
Gutowski
Annie Klitzke
Forest Avenue
Hammond
O. F. Moores
Indiana Avenue
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Mr. Reese
Forest Preserve
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Buddy Moore
Cornelius Kickkert
Oak Glen Lumber Co
B. Vander Veer
Kenosha
Wis
Frank van Werven
John Wigboldy
Englewood
Frank VanWeiren
Albert Brank
Matt VanDam
Wm. Roy
Schultz Park
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Fred Held
Ridgewood Avenue
Lansing Meadows
Louis Hoest
Lester Hoest
Albert Kindts
Wynanda Bultge
Lafayette
Clarence Schultzen
Riverdale Theatre
State Theatre
M.chigan Avenue
110Th Place
Trook
Michigan Avenue
The
Pointer
West 188Th Street
Riverdale
Ane
Os Eista
Daniel C. Bachmann
Phone Dolton
Lincoln Ave
Pullman Tech
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F. B. Dukeman
Santos Swift
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Theo
Chicago Street
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