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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1924
Page
4
A collage of satirical observations contrasts media obsession with fashion and sports against civic life. It notes politicians and officials chased by office seekers, adults craving sleep, and calls for trimming coursework while praising cultural events.
The country extends best wishes to major and minor leagues beginning their season. The piece lauds players’ energy and skill, notes American temperament favors winners, and urges clean play and gentlemanly conduct to set a positive example for young fans.
Fourteen thousand sailors spent two days in New York with city leaders, Army and Navy Y M C A branches coordinating lodging, information, and entertainment. Sightseeing tours, church receptions, dances, and home visits by clubs, guilds, and settlement houses highlighted the welcoming effort.
The article notes theater parties, supper events, and shipboard vaudeville and church services for 9,000 plus sailors. The New York Federation of Churches led religious activities and the American Bible Society provided Bibles. The Navy’s secretary lauds the sailors as exemplary guardians of the nation.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled a legal voter must be registered, implying nonregistered citizens lose representation. The article notes widespread registration and turnout problems with Oregon's income tax vote and Missouri's state constitution election, highlighting public apathy toward elections.
A 9000 well survey in Illinois finds 44 percent impure water supplies. The article urges rural residents to cooperate and protect their water to preserve health benefits of country life, warning that pollution from streams can ruin the advantages of clean air, wholesome food, and outdoor work.
Fred Meyers reports spotting a horned owl nesting near Wynkoop with seven quail a rabbit and a rat in a nest, with two fluffy owlets tucked among the loot. The mother owl plans continued hunting to surround her young, a scene observed near the Besler place.
A character asks for a man to assist with milking and driving a Ford cart. Another responds that he can drive the cart but doubts his ability to milk. The exchange suggests a rural setting and practical labor tasks.
The Board of Trustees of Dalton invites sealed bids by 8:00 p m April 21 1924 for material and labor to build a stairway from the second to the third floor and to finish the third floor for use. Information available from John J Connors, Building Committee chairman.
Advertises a patented cutting and bunching machine for asparagus growers claiming two thirds savings in bunching. Highlights many satisfied users with repeated orders and lists Wm H Sikma Oak Glen Al as contact with Lansing 72 W 47 Tp telephone.
The annual Cook County Rally for Girl Scouts will occur May 2, 1924, at the First Regiment Armory in Chicago with invites to parents and friends. The National Convention meets April 28 to May 2 at the Drake hotel, Chicago, as Girl Scouts join citywide Girls Week beginning April 21. Troop No 1 elects Lydia Hoffman Jr and Margaret Werner as officers. next meeting April 25 with patrol leaders meeting recap by the writer. 184 leaders attended last Saturday's Scout HQ gathering at 326 N Michigan Ave. Lydia Wolf chaired the April meeting.
An anecdote from the Kansas City Star recalls a Pittsburgh oil pioneer described as self-made and formidable. He clashed with a large oil company over a misrepresented gas user count, quipping that if the girl had struck that planet another lick the figure would be 27,000.
A Few Things B F Did To Benjamin Franklin credits him with founding America’s first circulating library the invention of bifocal eyewear and the lightning rod.
Town Clerk James B. Ellis and the Ellis family mourn the death of Mrs Caroline Ellis at 75 on April 10 at her home 15213 Center avenue Harvey. Funeral services were held April 12 at First M E church with interment at Hazelwood cemetery. Born in Pennsylvania she lived in Metamora Elmwood and Harvey where the family settled in 1890 as early residents. She was widowed about fifteen years ago and mother of four children James B Joseph Clyde John Carlyle and Mrs W J Fradgley with five grandchildren. A loving motherly figure in church and W C T U circles.
A field party reports ancient canals carved by prehistoric people in Meade and Clark counties Kansas. Evidence shows engineered canal sections diverted Four Mile creek with deliberate slope so dirt piled on lower sides likely transported by wicker baskets or rawhide sacks. Ruins extend into Beaver County Oklahoma near the Kansas sites, predating Spanish contact by centuries.
A publisher describes William Butler Yeats as a collector of Irish bulls. He cites three bulls: a politician warning blunt remarks, a priest lamenting lack of flowers on graves, and a Bel fast parson praising grace with a wafer.
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