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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1921
Page
3
A jumble of social complaints, from road danger and school funding to taxes and civic decay. The piece notes anger at membership fees, frosted peach crops, art in schools, and calls for a new political party amid unfinished cleanup and vandalized sheds.
The text warns that 202 leading railroads posting January deficits rather than dividends could erode confidence in railroad securities. Without fair returns, a financial panic may follow, jeopardizing banks, insurers, and industry. Government guarantees 6 percent net return but that protection does not cover individual securities.
The article argues labor costs in railroads are too high and fixed by national agreements. It calls for locality based wages and freight rate reductions as living costs fall. It warns that high profits and speculative gains must end, or investments will dry up and railroads fail.
Two years after urban wage booms drew young workers to cities trains now bring many back to their hometowns and the old well bucket. The piece urges villagers to reclaim life with city spirit and self reliance to gain more from home than from city pleasures.
The essay praises John Burroughs as a naturalist who blended facts with beauty. It notes his upbringing amid artificial living and his advocacy for simple sincere living through reverence for nature and the wonders of God in the physical world. His influence spurred widespread interest in nature.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt jokes about shovel ology from a shovel factory study. It claims a good shoveler lifts over 21 pounds and throws no more than ten feet horizontally or eight feet vertically. It also prescribes two ten minute rest periods every two hours and working in pairs for increased output.
The Smithsonian Institute dug up a skull in central Montana that teeth confirm belongs to the great ape line. The institute notes it is not a monkey and asserts no monkeys ever lived in what is now the United States.
A quotation from Daniel Webster extols knowledge as an empire that never loses gains. It asserts that every achievement expands future aims and turns past successes into tools for new conquests.
A Christian Science Monitor writer advocates using pale lemon cauliflower blossoms from the kitchen garden as decorative bouquet sprigs. Pair with deep blue jars, Wedgwood jugs, warm gray walls, and pale blue and mauve textiles for a charming room display.
The dialogue calls a group "ordinary people" and then labels them as "the vulgarity of refinement." The exchange underscores a satirical view of pretentious behavior and social pretensions within a magazine’s culture.
The Village of Riverdale Cook County Illinois calls for 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 with the Village clerk by 7 00 p m on Tuesday April 12 1921. The Village Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated March 22 1921 signed George L Koehler Village Clerk.
Riverdale Village in Cook County Illinois invites sealed bids to remove ashes garbage and rubbish from alleys. Bids due to Village clerk by 7 00 p m Tuesday April 12 1921. President and Board reserve right to reject any or all bids. Signed March 22 1921.
A legend from near Mercado mountain in Mexico recalls Spanish soldiers carving an Aztec chief and fearing a prophecy linked to an iron ore hill dubbed the Spirit of Fury. The tale contrasts explorers seeking silver with the hill’s hidden wealth, suggesting vast iron deposits overlooked by naive expeditions. Merelda departs with his loot, vowing wealth as the iron ore’s true value.
The Village of Riverdale in Cook County invites bids to clean about 30 catch basins. Bids must be submitted by 1921 as determined by the President and Board of Trustees who reserve the right to reject any bid.
Riverdale village invites sealed bids for scarifying 138th Street between the Illinois Central Railroad right of way and Tracy Avenue in Cook County Illinois. Also for furnishing placing and rolling about 300 cubic yards of crushed stone one inch size on the same section. Bids due by 7:00 p.m. April 12 1921 with right to reject any bids.
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