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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
2
Fragmentary column notes crime and social decay with items about stolen goods missing men who fail to appear for a subscription drive, a bizarre microbe birth and rapid death count, and a warning about people who expect others to support them. A Chicago swimmer after meals leaves a wife and child.
A collage of quips and snippets includes jokes about rising costs of living, a nursemaid dog chase, a pedantic professor removing a tack, jokes on lemon, marriage, and cars. It ends with a sly note from the editor about delinquent subscribers and needing bread.
The drive began Friday Nov 28 with posters placed on posts billboards and business places. The effort was led by Boy Scouts of Lincoln and Wentworth schools with nurse Miss Faith Bailey and local officials including Mayor Kamradt Mrs L Demerling chairing the drive thanks all participants for their assistance.
Scientists declare no true hail storm is recorded in any season but summer. The hotter the day the bigger the hailstones, and semi tropical countries may experience the largest hail during a few storms.
President Calvin Coolidge journeys to Chicago on a regular train car in a display of thrift, using public travel funds sparingly. He orders a $1.22 dinner in the dining car, travels with Mrs Coolidge and friends, aiming to return more of the $25,000 travel allowance to the treasury.
The message outlines fiscal restraint and reform goals including economy, cutting government costs, tax reductions, and surplus plans. It calls for inland waterway improvements, St Lawrence waterway talks with Canada, reclamation laws, agriculture commissions, Muscle Shoals sale or lease, and rail and labor reforms. It also covers election law amendments, a national police bureau, immigration-family entry, negro rights, civil service expansion, department reorganization, defense readiness, and international cooperation with no League of Nations membership.
A Brave Man column cites a doctor who attends a nervous case and prescribes steady work as the remedy. The note emphasizes practical, ordinary paths to steadiness and resilience.
Elites dance at the village hall Riverdale Thanksgiving Eve drew one of the largest crowds in the area. Organizers plan a New Year’s Eve carnival and dance December 31, 1924 with dancing from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. and a lunch room and coffee shop.
Pullman Roseland Panthers host Harvey Illinois in a season finale showdown on Sunday at 2 PM at 115th and Halsted. Blizzard conditions threaten but expected large crowd as rivals end their season with a decisive battle on the south side.
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