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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
4
A sequence of quips on politics, labor, gender roles, and society. It notes parlor Bolshevists in kitchens, romantic nature lovers amid mosquitoes, living wages tied to work, and jokes about war profits, flappers, and Russian soviet finance. The tone is opinionated and fragmentary.
A poster style quotation honors the man who improves livestock and crop variety as much as the hero who earns glory from battle. W A Lloyd emphasizes civic achievement and valor in providing better rural resources.
The passage notes husbands capitulated while ladies, with jealousy of the queen's displeasure, crafted coaches and rode them about the countryside to widespread admiration.
A reflection on accelerating science and transport from the past to a future where tides, sun power, submarines, air travel, and wireless ether communications reshape life. The piece muses on work, education, public transit, and the human mind’s evolving capabilities.
Henry R. Rathbone of Chicago Republican nominee for congressman at large urged passage of the Kelly bill at a chautauqua address in Marion Illinois. He said newspapers are the nation s greatest educational force and urged support for reducing burdensome postal rates on publishers. He noted Harding as the American editor and recalled Harding speaking at the Hamilton Club in 1916.
Delegates at a lakes to gulf waterway congress in Peoria considered the 64 mile gap between Lockport and LaSalle that blocks a Chicago to New Orleans barge outlet. An Illinois state engineer analysis says building the link would place three quarters of farmers within a day’s truck reach of navigable waters, with 75 percent of the area and 50 percent of the population already in a 40 mile zone.
The piece traces tobacco cultivation from 17th century England where hangmen warned of vanished sheep theft amid growing activity and suggests monarchs taxed and restricted crops. It notes tobacco now grows worldwide from Denmark to Uruguay, with prohibitions and penalties varying by era and region and mentions recent revival efforts in the British Isles.
A humorous microbe is born at 11 37 a m and dies at 11 56 am leaving 107 858 649 descendants with no visible means of support. The piece pokes fun at phony prosperity and warns not to snub the insurance agent despite feeling strong.
The passage reflects on future possibilities and human earnest effort. It compares past belief in improbable tech like flying machines and wireless telegraphy to ongoing progress. It urges living earnestly and doing one's best, likening Niagara’s power to countless drops.
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