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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
4
A witty vignette notes farmers prize not with prizes but political favor, mail delays persist, road roughness bruises riders, and old rural songs give way to car horns. It mocks household tips, advertising, plain speech, and gender humor in a playful 20th century voice.
The article notes drivers in crowded towns who attempt complete turns in streets lined with parked cars cause delays. It cites No U Turn signs urging drivers to go around a block or use side streets, reminding readers to consider others and avoid blocking lines of traffic.
The cost of building a house has fallen nationwide making home ownership seem favorable. Owning a home saves money as services once paid in rent become self performed and increases personal contentment. Planting shrubs and improving rooms add finish and beauty, enhancing the sense of a real home.
After 25 years Kansas repealed its law making it a crime to manufacture, sell or give cigarettes. Oregon voters will decide in November on a constitutional amendment to suppress the cigarette. The piece condemns fanatics who seek to punish neighbors by new laws.
A collage of lines and jokes blends crime satire and social quips. Characters joke about theft, guilt, government inspectors, and a grocer defending his scales while a moving picture crew seeks cheese. The pieces mingle California climate punch and idle banter about dress hems and dinner plans.
Rural fairs rely on strong features and good advertising to draw crowds. Cattle shows remain popular for farm products and entertainment, but many amusements compete for leisure money.
A man muses about playing bridge with his wife and friends if they would break rules, trump partners tricks, and ignore signals. He notes he cannot play scientifically and dislikes players treating the game as a business. He argues card play is recreation, not gambling, though the gambling profession exists. He suggests errors are overblamed. more fun could be had if mistakes were not treated as crimes.
The collection notes that Chicago 1884 saw the first steel frame for a full building load in the Home Life Insurance Building. Illinois yields about 6 million barrels of crude oil yearly and gas heating rose 61 percent in the year to Sept 1929. It records Rockford native Robert Addy as the first to use the slide steal in 1866. Camp Grant Rockford held the largest postwar troop gathering in 1930 with about 10 000 men. Chicago and New York lead public utility financing. In 1850 Illinois had over 11 million acres of public land offered for sale at 6 24 cents to 1 25 an acre. Interurban railroads total investment hits 108 398 286 with annual operating costs 14 457 522.
A string of comic bits and light incidents appear in the Calumet Record. Jokes cover cigarettes enshrined endorsements, a surgeon’s skill, a missing husband, clock sounds, two high school youths in court, and a baptism naming mix up.
English tennis star Betty Nuthall will participate in the American championships to be held in the East this autumn. The announcement places her among the notable entrants for the season’s major event.
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