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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1925
Page
4
Publication from Dalton Illinois notes community quirks to amuse readers. It mocks advertising apathy, youth worries, fire drills, fashion trends, garden toil, family finances, haunted houses, tramps and tornado fears, and gender style shifts with light satirical tone.
An aphoristic meditation extols smiles as priceless, free, and life enriching. It notes a smile costs nothing yet yields happiness at home and in business, comforts the weary, and spreads friendship. it cannot be bought and is valuable only when shared.
The article urges persistent warning about driving safety. It notes pedestrians with narrow escapes and defecting drivers, suggests penalties or license suspension for repeat offenders, and argues that former cautionary measures no longer suffice on increasingly crowded roads. It warns against passing on curves with limited visibility.
The piece argues that doubling car numbers increases crash chances and predicts likely future accidents. It urges courtesy and cautious driving to avoid distress and blowback from causing harm to others.
The article urges residents to improve curb appeal through flowers shrubs and trees. It highlights personal effort and seasonal gardening as a civic benefit boosting home value and neighborhood beauty while noting flowering shrubs require care and maintenance.
Mark W. Potter, former Interstate Commerce Commission member, calls for voluntary railroad consolidation and cooperation. He urges railroads to propose plans with official approval and maximize service benefits, arguing against strict legal models and insisting on practical, industry-led solutions.
Treasury officials expect to withhold public disclosure of taxpayers payments this year until after the Supreme Court rules on cases involving newspapers access to such amounts. The court is anticipated to issue an opinion before its summer recess in June, delaying public inspection of tax lists.
A Coast Guard destroyer Majave intercepted an airplane believed to be the Lorraine Ts and crew while attempting radio contact with a rum fleet ship. The wireless dispatch did not indicate if the plane was shot down or captured during the connection.
An Irishman exclaims his relief after narrowly avoiding a bank robbery as news breaks that the town savings bank had been robbed of 250 dollars. The remark expresses gratitude at escaping the raid on the way to the bank.
Over one million pieces of crockery shattered at Wembley have been repurposed to create roads and paths across the sports ground used by caterers.
The Woman's Worlds Fair will showcase women's roles in business trades professions and the arts at the American Exposition Palace Chicago on April 25. Led by Miss Helen M Bennett and supported by the Calumet City Woman's Club the Illinois Federation and 200 Illinois women directors plan a landmark event with national organizations taking booths.
The Memorial Park Athletic Assn. league completed its ten week season on March 26 with the Ponies finishing undefeated once, while Joe Kieras led the victors alongside Camp and Mike Gardener. The losers will host a banquet on April 11 at the Memorial park building. The program shifts to baseball next.
Doctors note that weather changes affect the human body and overall health. Sunshine, rain, cold, and heat are key factors, and the study of their relations to health is increasingly called climatology.
A. T. Muir, while gathering oysters in the Yeocomico River Virginia, found an oyster dish engraved on the inside with the old Weems line flag motif blue field red center dot. The dish formed a natural oyster five inches long and three inches wide with no flaws or cracks.
On April 7 1925 voters in Riverdale Riverdale Park District Calumet and Thornton Townships Cook County Illinois will elect two park commissioners for six year terms Polls open 6 4 at Highlawn hose house Thornton Township and 7 5 at Riverdale Village Hall Calumet Township Edward J Schulte secretary dated March 16 1925
Before each act at the Strand theater in London the Chauve-Souris company performs a ritual. Cast members cross themselves four times in accordance with the Greek church practice.
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