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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
4
A reflective piece notes how unemployment drives people to risky work and how urban areas cling to commerce while country towns thrive on essentials. It contrasts labor shifts, education pay, and the costs of running businesses with a call to invest in local beauty and enterprise.
A precision balance in the United States Bureau of Standards can weigh a grain by parts of a million. It measures eyelash thickness and ink on a signature with extreme sensitivity. Tests require distance from the device to avoid heat interference from the observer.
The Columbia City Indiana Post reports a new legislative act authorizes owners to kill chickens that trespass onto their property without liability. The rule covers turkeys ducks and geese and applies year round. it risks neighborly disputes and potential retaliation as households with poultry clash over cross-boundary incursions.
The 1919 1920 period hit education hard as factory pay rivaled teachers. It notes pupil attrition, contempt for schooling, and questions whether economic shifts that push students to return improve civic spirit and judgement for the nation.
The U S Employment Service notes relief from housing shortages as unemployed workers leave crowded towns. States report 20 000 to 30 000 farmhouses vacant while cities face tenement demand. A move to vacant farms could ease congestion if workers cultivate land, but temporary pay boosts tempt drift.
Loyal Hickman of 204 North Robey Street used a letter from Minnie Hickman in a divorce case. In court before Judge Torrison the letter stated I weighed 160 pounds when I left, now 174, proving she did not grow thin as her husband claimed.
A 1921 voters' appeal from the Citizens ticket urges support for justice of the peace and constable candidates on April 5 1921. It questions Republican caucus timing and lists eight hundred petition names, plus short bios of Harrison Groeneveld Berger Green Bloodgood as nominees and local credentials.
A relief of candidates for justice of the peace and constable surfaces for the April 5 1921 Thornton Township election. Aden A. Bouk a Harvey resident for thirty years and ex police fire chief now a special detective with Illinois Central seeks Constable. G A Arsette Tucker seeks re election. Edward F Dillner of Dalton holds four years as constable. Frank J Quinlan aka Peck Quinlan a former Phoenix police chief game and fish warden and township constable seeks Constable. Joseph Ulandowski of West Hammond also runs for Constable.
The week ended February 26, 1921 saw several new federal publications issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Titles include House Cleaning Made Easier Farmers' Bulletin 1180 Pork on the Farm Killing Curing and Canning Farmers' Bulletin 1186 Tear Stain of Citrus Fruits Department Bulletin No 924 How Teachers May Use Farmers' Bulletin 1125 Forage for the Cotton Belt Department Circular 158.
The text claims March is unlucky for marriages except the 27th, and that a Wednesday wedding brings lasting kindness and wealth. It notes Wednesday as the luckiest day and the 27th on Wednesday would bless the couple with wealth and a loving life.
An old Irish superstition warns that sleeping outdoors in May is risky as fairies are powerful then. They are believed to abduct handsome girls as fairy brides, young mothers as nurses for fairy babies, and handsome young men as husbands for the fairy princesses.
The Village of Riverdale Cook County Illinois invites sealed bids to remove surplus earth and other materials from the north and south sides of 138th Street between the Illinois Central Railroad right of way and Tracy Avenue. Bids must be in the Village clerk’s hands by 7:00 p.m. Tuesday April 12 1921. George L Koehler Village Clerk reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
County of Cook Illinois invites sealed bids for removing ashes garbage and rubbish from Riverdale Village alleys. Bids due to Village clerk by 7:00 p m Tuesday April 12 1921. Village reserves right to reject any or all bids. Dated March 22 1921.
Riverdale Illinois invites sealed bids for cleaning about 30 catch basins in Cook County village limits. Bids must be delivered to the village clerk by 7:00 on 1921 date. The president and board reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
Riverdale village invites bids for scarifying 138th Street between the Illinois Central right of way and Tracy avenue and for furnishing and placing about 800 cubic yards of crushed stone one inch in size. Bids due by 7 pm April 12 1921. Village reserves right to reject all bids. Date March 22 1921.
The passage describes tiger swallowtail butterflies performing an aerial waltz when meeting another butterfly of the same species. They flit above, below, and around each other in a graceful play on the wing.
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