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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1935
Page
4
A collection of wry quips and observational humor on everyday life. Topics range from driving etiquette and garden wisdom to trading practices, children's diet, hunting luck, truth telling, marriage, and social norms. The tone is tongue in cheek with playful moral ironies.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors argues future wealth and prosperity hinge on rapid scientific progress. He foresees air conditioned homes and workplaces, factory built houses shipped in sections, improved trains, and job growth from new equipment upgrades, all reducing building times and costs.
Mr Sioan notes that the United States population is about 130 million with some 30 million households and argues Americans adopt changes readily. He says private industry and initiative have driven US leadership and will pull the economy out of doldrums if given a chance. Future generations will take as commonplace what we doubt today.
Investigators observed 500 conversationalists in public places in Cleveland and New York. Men’s talks centered on business 48 percent, sports 15, and other men 12. Women discussed men most (22 percent Cleveland, 44 New York), clothes 20, and other women 15.
A youth tells a dyspeptic father he wants to wed his daughter, but the father warns that indulgence brings unhappiness. The piece argues many crave riches or ease but excess leads to vice, decay, or early death, and says the Lord did not mean people to have all they want.
The National Association of Clothiers and Furnishers notes men will seek brighter clothing as a response to hard times. It contrasts plumage in nature with human fashion, recalling past eras when men wore vivid colors and speculates on a return to flamboyant styles.
On February 8 1910 the Boy Scouts of America were chartered in Washington DC and now include about 850000 boys. The article notes Scout laws and the need to develop virtues early to curb crime and dishonesty. It also contains unrelated dialogue about neighbors and personal plans.
A collection of quick anecdotes and quips from Riverdale residents touching on marriage, honesty, and daily life. Jokes cover red hair in marriage, can openers, antiques, barber shop banter, and a Napoleon typed joke about a rare typewriter.
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