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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
5
Kipling argues that true value lies beyond wealth and that a person who rejects money may dominate material interests. He warns that money wields power over most, but a disinterested person can stand firm.
A Dallas News piece notes a saying about a woman with many children and a pet dog turning up dead, reflecting social attitudes and humor of the era.
Timetable lists fares from 10c to 25c for trips from 111th Street Roseland to Riverdale Dalton South Holland Thornton and other points. Connections at Thornton link to Oakglen Lansing Munster Hammond and Franklin Homewood Chicago Heights with Red Line buses. Red Line cheaper than R R lines and four years accident free. Write to Jacob Van Ramshorst Lansing Ill with improvements or questions. Minimum fare 10c. Bus may stop anywhere and time card can be cut out.
A speculative article discusses a pale tail opposite the sun attached to Earth like a comet. It ponders atmospheric light gases escaping into space and a swarm of meteors accompanying Earth. The piece raises questions about whether planets Mercury Venus or Mars might have tails as well.
The piece recalls how Twelfth Night was celebrated in England with cake cutting and symbolic tokens. It contrasts Pepys’s remarks about the date as a mere play with his own festive nights of cake cutting, feasting, and late revelry at his house, ending in visits to bed and far into midnight.
The article notes that in Japan the wife enjoys several advantages. A key custom requires the husband to know and consent to plans. When the woman decides to entertain, she informs her husband and expects careful execution of the arrangements.
The article surveys renowned men who achieved prominence without marriage. It highlights Michelangelo Voltaire Lord Kitchener Raphael Chopin Beethoven and other single figures across art science warfare and literature noting few remained uncoupled among greats. It also cites Petrarch Deal Rhodes and President Buchanan as notable unmarried individuals in history.
The piece notes effeminate Athenians slept on sponge beds while fashionable Greeks used dressed peacock coverlets. Clearchus describes a Paphian prince’s bed with a Sardinian carpet, down coverlet, Amorginan purple counterpane, Amorginan cushions, and pale pink pillows, making the scene nearly sleep inducing.
The Boston Transcript quotes a warning that telling a woman she resembles another can double the ire, provoking two women to anger: the recipient and the one being compared, illustrating social risk in casual remarks.
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