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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
2
A miscellany of wry quips and observations on life, manners, and daily mischief. Humorous notes touch on phrasing such as flapper slang and etiquette, with stray vignettes about pets, safety signs, and a hardware dealer’s joke.
The piece explains how guilds formed in European free cities, especially in England boroughs, Flanders, and southern Germany. It notes guilds held craft monopolies, demanded military service, tied trade rights to membership, supervised quality, and were weakened when Henry VIII confiscated their property for alleged surreptitious use.
A compact maxim on charity from Edmund Burke. It states giving should be a duty when abundance exists, not a mere courtesy, arguing generosity scales with wealth and social responsibility.
A side-show manager complains about a woman smoking in public and scratching matches near the crowd, worrying that the behavior arouses suspicion among attendees. The remark appears in the American Legion Weekly.
The biological survey notes geese breed in the Far North and winter in Maryland and sometimes as far south as Texas. Some also winter in New Jersey when weather allows, but few are present in the northeastern states during winter.
The French Club of One Hundred in Paris has traveled over 25,000 miles by motor seeking excellent meals. Its mission is to identify top hotels and cafes and award two medals annually for culinary excellence.
Special assessment notice for Portland cement sidewalks in Calumet City per Docket Calumet City No. 158. Final hearing set for August 17, 1925 at 10 a.m. Objections may be filed. assessment to be paid in five installments at 6 percent interest. MARTIN H. FINNERAN and S. K. MARKMAN associated.
The Renaissance was a Europe wide intellectual movement in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries marking the shift from the Middle Ages to modern times. It revived philosophy, letters, art, science and political and religious thought as a revolt against medieval ecclesiastical tradition and intellectual tyranny.
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