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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
5
A Christian World admonition urges readers to avoid contradicting friends and panning gossip, respect others beliefs, hide personal pains, and mind their own business. It stresses being a true gentleman or gentlewoman guided by the Golden Rule in daily conduct.
Agnes Katherine Hansen born in Chicago January 11 1898 died February 4 1915 aged 17 years 22 days She leaves her parents three brothers and four sisters to mourn her loss She was held in high esteem by all her friends and a lovable gentle girl The Hanson family thank neighbors and friends for sympathy respect and kindness shown during sickness death and burial.
A humorous piece notes a single gallon of gasoline doing remarkable farm tasks. It claims it can milk 300 cows bale 4 tons of hay mix 35 yards of cement move a tow truck 14 miles plow three fifths of an acre and power eight lights for thirty hours at the farmhouse.
A clergyman rebukes a local editor over a cigarette ad contract while praising the editor’s past support of the church. The piece argues editors must balance income and independence, noting business pressures shape decisions and that a paper belongs to its editor who must decide publication content.
Modern hotel with steam heat and 22 bedrooms 2 dining rooms lunch room and wash room offered for rent. Located at Henry Gottschalk Homewood Illinois telephone Homewood 23J.
An 1915 prosperity vision argues for expanding exports driven by Panama Canal opening, new banking abroad, reduced foreign shipping, and booming demand for war-time goods. It cites $300,000,000 canal cost, international finance changes, and wartime tonnage shifts as the opportunity window.
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