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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
7
For sale items include Pullets Wyandottes White Rocks Buff Orphingtons White Leghorns from Roseland Hatchery at 544 Engle street contact Dolton 870. Also a loan request of 2500 on first mortgage for improved real estate in Riderdale Riverdale see Chas Swelgin at 18821 So LaSalle St. 17-4
A Harvey, Illinois student en route to the University of Illinois found his $250 in cash vanish after a walk, losing seven twenty dollar bills and a ten dollar bill while retracing his path. He recovered $100 in currency and appeals for return of the rest.
The Mohawks were defeated 13 to 6 by Fernwood Eyelids in a Sunday practice game. Fernwood scored two touchdowns in the second and third quarters while Mohawks answered with a lone third quarter touchdown. Chuck Duesing starred at halfback for Mohawks as corrections are planned before Sunday’s game against the Blue Island Comets at Riverdale Park.
Twenty years ago updates report on Dolton area events. Delegates to an alliance convention attend in Streator with discussions on brick and tile trades. local residents receive visits and gifts. Willigan moves south Dakota land purchase and farming plans. Tillie Rampke returns from Morris Illinois. Woodmen Camp earmarks 250 for a Woodman Sanitarium cottage near Colorado Springs for consumptives.
Local notes include S Metz & Sons horses killed in a railroad wreck on their Wisconsin State Fair trip along with residents visiting, new gas mains planned by Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Co, electric poles going up, street work, and a push to approve village water works with a vote set for September 29.
Sunday school teachers from Oakley Lutheran held a linen shower at Mrs. Gustav Bock’s home in Lansing last Tuesday night for Viola Schultz. Twelve teachers played bunco and enjoyed ice cream and cake.
The Lutheran Church launches a weekly 9 p m radio program on the Columbia network starting October 2. The Lutheran Hour will reach about fifty million nationwide, with studios in Cleveland and Chicago and sermons by Dr. Walter A. Maier.
The Gold Star Spiritualist Church of Harvey will reopen Sunday October 5 at 8 p.m. at K of P Hall 177 Be 154th St. Speaker is Mrs. Fred Wilson, noted philosophy teacher. Messages by other mediums, music by Ted Conners, healing by Marie Klug, president.
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