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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
9
A Los Angeles Times writer extols trails as the artery of trade and life. The piece celebrates trails across mountains deserts and canyons guiding mule trains travelers and pilgrims, shaping history and devotion while praising ambition over inertia.
The Hedin expedition uncovered a 2000 mile long continuous mountain chain in Tibet, surpassing the Himalayas in crustal mass. Central Bongba peaks remained unexplored before his ascent, and he crossed ten passes in the range.
In Tientsin there are about six motion picture theaters with the leading foreign house seating 600 and Chinese venues from 500 to 2000. They show two performances daily and screen films from major American studios with popularity levels similar to the United States.
The essay argues men feign incapacity in housework to sustain gendered roles. It notes women amplified the idea of a separate female sphere and men tacitly agree. It cites established biases in child care tasks and the notion that baby handling is a feminine art preserved through social pretense.
An aged Roman physician cites oysters as sanitary and restorative. He claims living oysters nourish well and aid sleep, advising eight to twelve raw oysters in the morning or before dinner as more healing than any apothecary preparation. A separate note reports the International Woman Preachers Association growing with fifteen denominations represented and Miss Madeline Southard of Winfield Kansas as president.
A hurried exchange notes a party readiness as a taxi nears. Doris urges quick attire while a wife retorts in a Boston Transcript style dialogue revealing tension before departure.
The passage notes the long use of glass since Roman times under Tiberius and Pompeii before 79, highlighting early window use and medieval experiments with glass effects. It asks why fashions change and hints at people pursuing or following others.
A Milwaukee firm trims prices on Lion Brand work and everyday shoes by selling direct to customers. Harsh & Chapline Shoe Co reduces selling costs by mail order, advertising $3.85 for No 96 Brown Blucher with hard toe cap. Catalogs mailed from Hanover and Maple Streets.
The Comparison quotes a sharp exchange about a singer’s voice judging it as exceptionally thin. A counterpart quips that only a skeleton’s articulation could be thinner.
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