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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
10
Mr and Mrs John H Anker announce the birth of a baby girl last Monday February 2. The town reports flu cases diminishing with mostly light illness. Also noted are local building plans and a young boy Nick died February 2 after pneumonia.
Local brief notes Harry Verkaik and Sam Sjoersch return from a three months course at a Detroit Michigan automobile school. Several residents listed as ill visitations occur, a death notice reaches Mrs C Ooms, the Jolly Girls Club hosts a box social on February 14 at District 150 East schoolhouse.
The article explains that all wood contains water, even the driest wood holds two to three pounds of water per hundred pounds. It notes no dry wood exists, since the heat required would decompose it. A Swiss authority suggests wood cells may contain crystals separated by thin water films, a theory not yet proven by microscopes.
Sun’s heat output reaches extreme levels according to a study comparing solar activity with molten iron. The analysis notes surface energy from a sunspot-like source far exceeds iron’s molten surface heat by about 400 times.
The essay argues that true literature stems from ardor and depth, not grammar alone. Writing and speech draw power from inspiration, great need, or a great people, with oxygen in a nation’s collective culture shaping national literature.
Orison Swett Marden argues that ambitious people seek jobs with the largest growth potential rather than immediate high pay. He notes many high paying careers offer little future and urges sacrifices early to gain long term opportunity.
A humorous note observes that much golf is played mainly because some women find their husbands attractive in knickerbockers. The quip counts fashion as a playful motivator behind the sport.
Friday Tonight Viola Dana in The Parisian Tigress plus Vod a vile Movies and a comedy. Saturday Warren Kerrigan in Joyous Liar with two reel comedy. Sunday Gladys Brockwell in The Thieves with two reel comedy. Wednesday Viola Dana in False Evidence. Thursday and Friday February 12 and 13 The Birth of a Race in 8 acts a grand photoplay with a million dollar scale production. price 1.50 at other theatres, 25 cents adult 15 cents child. Saturday Wild Oats with Malcolm Duncan Alma Hanlon. Sunday Alice Brady Her Great Chance. Wednesday Wallace Reid The Roaring Road. Thursday Neal Hart The Raid and final episode lure of the Circus.
A London social expert notes efforts to revive the old practice of young ladies going out with married women as chaperones. He doubts such a revival would succeed with most modern girls, while acknowledging the bachelor girl movement has firmly established in England and is here to stay.
A Grit-quoted piece extols men who honor promises as sacred, treat contracts seriously, and base actions on life’s ideals. It argues restraint in making commitments and measures joy by contribution to the common good.
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