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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1926
Page
3
A mosaic of wry jokes and social sketches appears as a dated humor piece. It riffs on marriage and divorce beliefs, arithmetic metaphors, petty theft, a bedazzled Santa gag, a comic gun caper, a runaway window crash, and witty lines about critics and typists.
Chicago police chief Morgan A. Collins issues a weekly bulletin warning merchants about increased hold up risk in bad weather. He urges daily bank deposits, secure money pouches, shuffled escort routes, payroll guards, and offers free firearms training and police escorts to protect money, securities, or valuables.
Blue Island will host its first skating facilities after Pronger Bros donated land along Stony Creek. The Lions Club and American Legion post will flood the site and arrange amenities for skaters. An ice carnival is planned for January, organized by Myron S. Jones of the Blue Island Sun-Standard.
The quote argues personal shortcomings—not external oppression—explain why the small man stays small. It suggests self examination at home reveals root causes of failure rather than blaming others.
Harvey approved its first zoning ordinance restricting factory sites in residential areas and limiting corner groceries and two flats. New Harvey real estate board officers were elected December G. C. R. Craig becomes president with W. W. Oliver as vice president C. H. Applegate as second vice president E. E. Edgar as secretary and W. D. Rogers as treasurer.
Two bachelors Brown and Smith sit in Brown's flat. Smith tests Brown with a math riddle to reveal the name of his future wife. After a long effort Brown yields a result he interprets as Mrs Brown, ending their friendship.
Rosa Bonheur, a French painter renowned for animal subjects, began as a dressmaker's apprentice. Her father encouraged art, she faced gender bias with The Horse Fair, the Legion of Honor withheld, Empress Eugenie intervened, and she later retreated from the public eye to teach youth near Fontainebleau.
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