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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1931
Page
4
A collection of humorous quips on topics from April flowers and pests to high costs of living and politics. It contrasts old sayings with modern quirks, noting Alaska and the Virgin Islands purchases, car fatalities, and social foibles in a tongue in cheek style.
The article discusses cotton gains as a fashionable fabric over five years. Past efforts to clear a surplus through a Buy a Bale movement failed. Advertising cotton goods as stylish items now yields results by creating demand and informing consumers.
The piece recalls Izaak Walton and his 300 year old book The Compleat Angler. It argues reading the work calms temper and helps people, including housewives and workers, find tranquility by the streams and reflect on fish and nature.
A concerned voice urges men to temper tempers by fishing as a constructive outlet. It laments declining fish stocks due to many fishermen and calls for regulation, stocking of silts, and strict adherence to fishing laws in their own interest.
The article mourns Knute Rockne’s death in a tragic airplane crash and lauds his exceptional influence on players. It highlights his rise from immigrant origins to national prominence and his magnetic personality that spurred athletic achievement.
An editorial argues that legal entry to the United States is increasingly difficult due to labor mood and stringent visa controls. It notes a shrinking immigrant population, warns against welcoming those who become criminals, and calls for natives to be more integrated into American life.
Aviators study a proposed air route to Europe via Labrador Greenland and Iceland. Donald B. MacMillan has discussed with Postmaster General Brown the route’s practicability. The longest water jump is 600 miles and sleet in northern latitudes remains a peril.
A collection of jokes and humorous exchanges including a man with a wooden leg, marital jests, wordplay, and social nicks. The piece features quick one liners about love, work, golf, bridge, and a nagging aunt of wit. It ends with a jab about a next door neighbor’s summer plans.
Illinois explorers note seven tribes with the Illini as the largest. Chicago tops candy output, surpassing New York. Chappel Brothers Rockford meat plant produces enough horse meat for 500000 dogs and claims the world’s largest facility. S H Thompson helped form Adams County Farm Bureau sixteen years after its founding. Illinois has 58000 utility firms and state land holdings across counties. Columbia Mississippi hosts pickle operations led by Budlong Chicago with a 27000 bushel capacity salting station. Agricultural agents push cucumbers on 525 acres. 1980 dill pickle output reaches 1418 barrels and 16 carloads of others.
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