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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
5
A popular magazine recounts an English actor with a robust accent recalling a St. Louis bar incident. He says American bartenders were impolite, describing a beer served abruptly, a coin tossed on the floor, and an insult toward a bartender who refused to come from behind the bar. He ends by noting no American bartender will be kicked.
The Bookman notes officers in the army and navy often invent devices used by the service without government compensation. Most follow a code of honor, as they were educated and enlisted at government expense, which grants the government rights to their inventions without royalties. Some have rejected this view and claimed compensation.
A newlywed couple quip after their wedding about harsh words. The husband vows to retract any sharp remarks, while the wife retorts she will immediately return any hard words. The exchange mirrors a lighthearted domestic lesson.
Election to be held Tuesday April 18 at Village Hall Riverdale Cook County Illinois for president three trustees and one clerk to fill the remainder of George L Koehler term. Polls open 7 a m until 5 p m. Notice dated March 29 1911.
Tuesday the 18th of April next at Dalton Cook County will be held for village officers. Given under my hand at said village the 29th day of March 1911. Henry Hahn, Village Clerk.
The piece surveys compulsory voting ideas in Austria Spain Victoria Canada and Canada again noting fines or penalties for nonparticipation. It cites 60 000 Austrian electors fined at the last general election and discusses defaulter consequences and public service penalties. It includes a brief exchange about taxpayers and political bosses.
A country school on a boy’s first day features a bright student who becomes absorbed in lessons and whistles loudly. The teacher, surprised, asks who is whistling and the boy cheerfully replies that it was him and asks if the teacher knew he could whistle.
A Holyoke bride chose a groom who proposed by telephone after three rivals sent letters. The bride had attended a Springfield dance and became a local sensation. The four suitors sent proposals. the fourth called from a pay station phone and won her.
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