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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1933
Page
4
The Dalton Illinois weekly notes social quirks reflecting 19th century attitudes. Observations touch on manners polish courting and urban rural life with a humorous edge. The piece comments on speech taste labor and gender roles while poking fun at public figures and social habits.
The piece condemns automobilers who nose in to pass, forcing others aside and risking head on collisions. It labels such drivers as reckless perils of the road and notes they often end up injured or in a hospital after overstepping safety and courtesy.
The piece notes rural hermits once lived off hunting and fishing with little need for clothing or work. It questions their fate now as some still exist and appear in small newspaper items when neighbors find them ill or dead. It suggests they retreat from regular life to a shell of isolation, facing hardships beyond ordinary existence.
The article notes Wiley Post flying around the world in less than eight days, comparing it with Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days. It recalls older readers’ disbelief and suggests the feat could redefine endurance for aviators.
Airspeed advances hint a new upper atmosphere aircraft could travel 500 miles an hour, greatly shrinking the round the world record. If such planes become common, a 48 hour crossing may be achieved within the near future.
Gen Italo Balbo head of the Italian air forces argues governments should focus defense on aircraft, calling planes more valuable than battleships. He predicts no next war if nations show common sense, though wars may come and air fighting would dominate. He notes U S aviation growth yields trained aviators as potential salvation.
President Roosevelt has created an organization to spend 25 million dollars helping unemployed city residents acquire small farms to grow their own food. Critics say farmers already produce excess, and new farmers may struggle to sell surplus at livable prices.
The Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus tours to Grant Park Chicago for nine days from August 5 to August 18 presenting the royal Padaung giraffe women from Burma the Durbar ceremony and a star lineup of aerial and tight rope acts including Don Colleana Alfredo Cadena Rutfenach Wallendas Gretonas and Zacchini amid elephants horses and 1600 circus personnel.
A collage of wry lines and exchanges from urban life residents and visitors. Observations on money, marriage, honesty, and social behavior mix with jokes about laughter, kisses, and aging. The piece presents a mosaic of voices, each highlighting quirks and foibles of everyday relations.
Two residents, George Huston and Clarence Carrington, were bitten by a dog owned by Mrs. A Smith on 147th Street. The dog, which had turned aggressive, was killed after being found ill with rabies by Dr. Senland, a Beverly Hills veterinarian. Both men received rabies exposure treatment.
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