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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1931
Page
4
The notice states publication duties are issued from Dalton in Cook County Illinois and directs all communications to the Office of Publication for correspondence and inquiries.
The excerpt contrasts advice with behavior across issues from health and safety to crime and memory. It notes a mismatch between expert claims and community actions, criticizes punishment as a remedy, and highlights shifting leisure from stargazing to movie listening and rail noise as a social irritant.
Robert Jenkins of New York earned nationwide praise for paying off $1,200,000 his father owed when the bank failed. The deed is described as supherb in a mercenary era, marking a standout act in a grasping world.
Two fifths of national crude oil output was cut by Texas and Oklahoma governors in a bid to curb excess supply. The move seeks to stabilize prices, reduce waste, and set a lesson for wheat and cotton producers to curb overplanting and endure higher future costs.
Col and Mrs Lindbergh faced a crush of media upon landing in Japan with 89 reporters and 24 camera crews waiting. The article notes the omnipresent press and its vast news gathering network tracking their every move, suggesting they must go further to escape scrutiny.
Relatives of Col. William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill met in Buffalo for their annual reunion. They praise the frontier scout who "pushed the domain of civilization" across the plains and faced daily dangers.
The article argues the United States must expand foreign trade to boost farms and factories. It cites July exports at 183 million and warns current-year totals may fall far short of the 1925–1929 average, urging stable foreign finances to unlock a far larger market for American goods.
A collage of humorous vignettes and cultural observations from a vintage column. Jokes touch on education, banking, marriages, flappers, aviation, rail freight, and family life with dated witticisms and wordplay. Notable lines reference college football, bankers, and Marconi.
Despite weak business sentiment northern Illinois shows higher electricity usage in the first half of 1931 compared with 1930, according to the National Wireless Light Association figures and Public Service Company of Northern Illinois data. Dowdy notes more customers and connected load by June end than at year start.
In New York City Allie questions where a brother studies languages. He does not study himself and instead works at an elevator in the Empire State Building.
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