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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
4
City residents joke about Uncle Reuben while enjoying six weeks at his farm each summer. Garden and meat clubs attract youth who once joined window breaking and garden tramping groups. Merchants sprucing storefronts with glass and wood improve curb appeal and signal a thriving business center. Visitors judge towns by storefronts, first impressions signaling community spirit.
The city of London, within its one square mile, is famed as the most brilliantly illuminated area in the world with 2 270 000 candle power. This yields roughly one candle power for every two square yards of the city.
Wealth cannot buy education or thinking. Inherited acres do not replace personal growth or self culture, and a wealthy man cannot obtain education or true self development by hiring others to do his work.
The Post Office Department lists unusual town names. Missouri features Ace and Braggadocio. West Virginia has Affinity. George hosts Barefoot, Texas has Bigfoot, Mud. Idaho lists Blowout. North Carolina has Chuckle. Wyoming shows Difficulty.
The saying originated when the King of Sweden approached a hostile town. The townspeople taunted him by hanging a goose as target practice. In response the king burned the town to "cook their goose" and demonstrate his power.
A New England farmer counsels a gruff neighbor that being agreeable costs nothing and helps when things go bad. The piece extols simple courtesy and the uplift of a pleasant greeting in trying times.
The legislature enacted two laws requiring custodians of public moneys to file and publish annual receipts and disbursements, with penalties for noncompliance and a ten cent per line minimum for legal ads. The measures include publication duties, certification by publishers, and enforcement through fines or imprisonment.
Japanese experiments show fruit juice acids destroy typhoid bacillus and other bacteria while sugars and starches fail as antiseptics. Tannic, citric, tartrtic and malic acids rank as the strongest vegetable acid bactericides. Imitation lemonades with acids, especially hydrochloric acid, exhibit notable bactericidal action.
On March 27 1513 Easter Sunday Ponce de Leon completes a voyage from Porto Rico and sights land on the North American coast. He names the region Florida for its profusion of flowers as he seeks the mythical Fountain of Youth. The narrative notes his landfall marks early contact with the continent.
The article notes that old tricks could fool buyers with rock crystal, but modern experts detect fakes. It cites colorless beryl as a diamond-like stone when well cut, yet a knowledgeable pawn broker would not mistake it for a real diamond.
A reflective excerpt presents Whitman’s meditation on identity as an independent, calm consciousness. The lines compare the inner thought to stars shining eternally, signaling a universal self that belongs to each person and to the speaker.
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