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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
4
A collection of wry notes on manners and public life contrasts philosophers and peacemakers with mischief among youths. It satirizes sports, heat, gossip, and colonial attitudes while weighing calls for intervention to aid China against Japan. It also pokes fun at courtship and social norms.
A driver tossed a lighted cigarette from a car starting a fire that burned 5,000 acres of timber. The loss includes $70,000 in payrolls and supplies and could rise to over a million in future resources. Foresters cite prevention as key and urge careful smoking, campfire duty, and adherence to fire-season laws.
Harper’s Magazine discusses retailing and nationwide opportunity for small business owners. It argues slow growth and single stores can build chains, citing chains that started small and expanded, with many retailers working long hours toward expansion and success.
An American team plays Turks in Constantinople with comic mispronunciations and outs. A city club argument turns personal as heated remarks escalate. A punchline delivers a name joke from a boy named Ferdiliza. The piece closes with a macabre insurance quip.
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