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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
2
Fragments from a humor page mix jokes about chivalry world flight baldness and the funny bone. The text includes puns about eyes, prescriptions, painters and politicians. it ends with lines on excesses and a brief parking joke.
Flax cultivation dates to ancient Egypt and spread through Israel to Asia. It travelled to Gaul around an early period and from there reached Britain, highlighting early linen production networks.
The Duluth Herald notes a quirky workplace slogan where the boss insists every sentence begins with the pronoun seven and the phrase Me appears as an ending cue. The odd rule dominates the office culture.
A witty line chides the proverb about suckers, noting it would imply 1,440 per day, reflecting skeptical editorial tone in a Houston Post-Dispatch piece.
The article likens Empress Catherine II of Russia to Valeria Messalina, citing her alleged crimes and affairs as emblematic of unbridled vice rather than historical fact.
A prominent American wigmaker describes examining a wig from an Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus. The wig's granular construction suggests a highly developed hair art in ancient civilization, tracing stylistic concerns from Rameses era to modern times.
A quotation from E W Howe's Monthly suggests idleness fuels crime while employed men misbehave less, asserting idlers are likelier to commit mischief than those with respectable jobs. The line emphasizes labor as a deterrent to unlawful acts.
The first presidential inauguration held on the east portico of the Capitol in Washington occurred for James Monroe, the nation’s fifth president, on March 4, 1817.
The Smithsonian Institution states no truth to the belief that worms descend with rain. Worms already lie in cracks and crevices of the earth, not emerging from rain.
A quotation from Channing urges unwavering personal conviction. It emphasizes not waiting for numerical support or crowd affirmation but building a clear, strong stance through one's own reasoning and integrity.
A short meditation on nobleness by James Russell Lowell compares virtue to a lamp that lights another without diminishing itself. The line emphasizes selfless enlightenment and enduring moral light.
The Victoria hotel in Chicago Heights will spend $50,000 to renovate all 53 rooms, each with a bath, add an elevator, replace furniture, and modernize the building. A new leaseholder plans to manage the hotel on reopening and maintain current room rates. Built for World’s Fair visitors, it was a landmark in its era.
The article notes Bogota Colombia sits near the equator at about four and a half degrees north with an altitude around 9 000 feet producing a climate described as perpetual spring with mild temperatures year round.
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