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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
7
Assistant Professor A W Nolan argues rural high schools should foster community oriented clubs and activities. Boys and girls agriculture clubs and music groups engage nonstudents and uplift social life, while school papers, art exhibits, and amateur journalism connect the school with patrons and local papers, boosting educational standards.
The Winds Corn Growers' association presents a revised standard score card for judging corn. It explains scoring method with first and second scores and notes judgement relies on experience, not strict rules. Exhibitors may sample two kernels from the middle row for examination.
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa suffers dropsy with swollen limbs and dizziness. After using 5 boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling vanished and he feels restored. He remains a believer in the remedy and invites correspondence. Also includes free household hints and melodies. Ad offers Cole's Carbon Salve for catarrh at 25 or 50 cents.
A bridegroom tells the best man to hand a named envelope to the parson after the ceremony, not ostentatiously. The best man remains covert and two others, the bridegroom’s father and the bride’s brother, secretly press banknotes to the minister, causing a discreet show of payments amid the departure.
The German imperial post office issued a world map chart of principal wireless stations to advertise Germanys draht lose telegraphy. It highlights stations such as Neuen claimed to be the most powerful, with a range of 2100 miles, 200 miles farther than the Hiffel tower.
Red Cross Christmas seals totaling over 89 million are now on sale in nearly all large cities and most states. Proceeds support the anti tuberculosis movement locally. Except for Florida Oklahoma Nevada and Idaho seals are in almost every community including Hawaii Porto Rico and the Canal Zone.
Gladys notes a far away look and confesses she does not understand her fiancé living just around the corner. The line hints at emotional distance versus proximity in their relationship.
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