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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
4
The piece contrasts youthful impatience with tradition and explains how old fashioned ideas become guiding ideals. It then dives into a lively history of money and coinage from various cultures, tracing terms like dollar and buck to medieval bohemian paths, noting curiosities from salt as currency to buttons and teeth as money.
The article extols coin collecting as an educational hobby teaching geography history language and art. It notes beginners should collect dates of minor national coins and seek specimens in perfect condition while rarities may rise in value. Farran Zerve’s 40,000-item world money display at Chase National Bank is highlighted along with a complete American series from Colonial times to today.
The speaker muses on romance and truth, and jokes about hidden money and obvious clues. A tone of rural humor and self reflection appears in a Calla Lily style aside. The narrator notes failed hiding of dirty dishes and the idea that ideals differ from reality.
Mr and Mrs Ray Packard of Dolton hosted Mr and Mrs P Woodward of Amarillo Texas for four days last week Mrs Emil Kasten of Dolton is home after visiting her daughter Mrs Maynard Venema and family in Washington DC for several weeks
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