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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
4
The column blends quick observations on consumer trends and attitudes. It notes clocks and chairs selling, phones reporting busy lines, dividend happiness amid anti bolshevism sentiment, raisin production, a census claim of 20 000 millionaires, and residents of Dalton and Riverdale postponing actions to next week.
Many educators critique public school vacation patterns as costly idle time. Some argue shorter breaks would trim operating costs and speed learning, while parents fear increased nervous pressure and loss of regular tasks on restless youth.
The writer argues for longer summer work and a four week extension to the school year. This would reduce interruptions and allow students to complete the public school course a year earlier, encouraging more parents to send their children to high school.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis grants stop order on use of stock of the Co operative Society of America after Indiana stockholders file suit alleging fraud and seeking a receiver. The bill names Harrison Parker N A Hawkinson and John Coe as trustees and cites a $100 million stock sale prohibited by Blue Sky law. Hearing date pending with a Wisconsin judge expected.
The Cook County Fair premium lists are off the press amid strong demand at the Palatine Fair grounds. A $4000 purse racing program and $8000 in premiums promise a successful fair. South Side farmers converge at Blue Island 6:30 a.m. led by the Thornton Township High School Band. The Farm Bureau showcases potash to corn gains, onion set yields after formalin, alfala yields with limestone, and cow testing ROI, plus the I A A film Spring Valley.
Forty five elevators and nearly six hundred individual grain growers sign contracts in LaSalle and McLean counties during the first two weeks of organization for U S Grain Growers Inc. A majority of farmers approached joined. twenty two organizers are being trained in Chicago and Douglas county likely to organize next.
Dream lore links the equator to life’s goods. It promises good weather and crops for farmers and can foretell business changes for merchants. Crossing the equator northbound brings riches while southbound brings poverty. seeing the line signals commercial success.
United States Steel announces a further wage reduction for unskilled labor to 30 cents per hour, effective August 29, mirroring 1917 levels, with a ten hour day yielding $3.00. The move follows persistently low steel selling prices and is explained by Elbert H. Gary as necessary, with further equitable adjustments planned for other wages.
Frederick Wilson Truscott, German professor at West Virginia University, argues daily use of modern appliances does not defile English. He supervised a Goethe course using a numbered text of Parquato Tasso and began by asking for student difficulties. A South Carolina co-ed quipped about “Line One-Three-O-Five.”
A gentleman owns a dog with eyes of unequal size. When a stranger dines, the dog plays a trick by feigning a single bite then moving around the table to appear as a second dog. The tale adds a curious yarn for a collector’s list.
A Philadelphia Inquirer item notes a large grower’s claim that onions possess a kick similar to alcoholic stimulants, capable of strengthening breath as effectively as strong drink, despite the observer’s biased stance.
Woodchucks are frequently captured in steel traps but often escape by gnawing off a leg or pulling the trap toward a burrow. The animal may seal itself in the burrow, hanging on like a armadillo to avoid extraction.
A reflective passage on recognizing noble meaning in present events and divine aspects in everyday life. It links historical genius to poets who discern significance in casual moments and questions the depth of such insight.
The Rhoda Royal show arrives in Blue Island on Saturday and Harvey on Monday, offering every act animal feature and novelty from the three ring mammoth spectacle. The manager confirms the entire world class show will exhibit in full, including foreign features and the famed animal college.
Senator Sorghum jokes that some men treat their country as they treat their wives, claiming the more they profess love the more likely they are to mistreat her. The remark critiques hollow patriotism and personal behavior in public life.
Eleven Illinois railroads including Missouri Pacific Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Santa Fe Wabash Rock Island Burlington Chicago Alton Chicago Great Western Chicago North Western Illinois Central and Chicago Peoria St Louis offer one cent a mile for American Legion members and their immediate families attending the Third Annual National Convention in Kansas City from October 31 to November 2. The Chicago to Kansas City fare is about five dollars, aiming to boost Illinois participation.
A local note from the Atchi son Globe urges kindness toward Jude Johnson and contrasts his front yard with his back yard, noting both are dirty in a pointed but humorous line. The item resembles a letter to the editor or a light community jab rather than a formal report.
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