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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
4
A miscellany reports rising college costs for education and sports, fears of NYC flood risk, fossil skulls in Bechuanaland, fewer pigs but many road hogs, and taxpayers unsure about losses on returns. It notes aging movement for women’s rights, social attitudes, auto license questions, and youths seeking congenial work.
A public stance urges jail for a drunken driver after a fair trial. The piece argues fines fail to deter and emphasizes accountability through due process while ensuring the defense is heard.
The article likens a bulldog’s grip to advertising tenacity that keeps business steady. It argues continuity in advertising is a firm’s best grip for enduring market battles and maintaining an even keel.
A definition of loyalty stressing obligation to perform at peak, fidelity to principles, and faithfulness to every person connected with the business and its activities. It urges loyalty to those involved and influenced by the enterprise.
This year marks fifty years of the National League since its founding. The first championship went to Chicago in 1876 and, as the season ends next fall, fifty years of baseball will be completed. Prior to the National League, the game’s organization was different.
The passage traces baseball from 1869 popularity of the Cincinnati Red Stockings to later issues of gambling and corruption, the formation of the National League to clean up the sport, and the evolution from crude play to organized competition. It notes the 1846 Hooboken contest, early 21-run games, and the enduring credit due to innovators who promoted healthful sport and skill development in cities nationwide.
The 1924 income tax requires Form 1040 for all taxpayers while Form 1040A applies to incomes of 5000 or less mainly from salaries. Forms were sent to prior filers. absence of a form does not relieve filing. Tax due by March 15, 1925. pay in full or in four equal installments on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.
In sixteenth century Paris etiquette forbade checking a watch in the salon. A clever watchmaker made a tactile dial read like Braille. Another clock by M. de Villager used spice cups on the dial tasted by a moistened finger to tell hours.
The Royal Society formed from two small groups in London and Oxford meeting in the mid seventeenth century. It became a definite society in 1660 and gained a charter from Charles II two years later. Early meetings were at Gresham College then Crane Court, moved to Somerset House in 1782 and to Burlington House in 1857.
Nature Magazine notes the best talking birds besides parrots are yellow wattled black lynas of India. Well trained birds reach parrot levels of talk but must be obtained when very young.
In a New Armenia piece by Herbert Welsh the Armenians are praised for enduring through vicissitudes maintaining nationality language and customs. The article traces Armenian roots back to ancient times noting survival of Greeks Itallotes Gauls and parallels with peoples displaced from northern steppes. It also mentions early Armenian rulers and the era around Rome's founding.
The piece notes chocolate’s 1624 arrival in France marking a third centenary celebration and cites a 1657 London advertisement in Bishopsgate street for a Frenchman selling West India drink chocolate both ready and unmade at reasonable rates, showing early distribution from Central America to Europe.
Public dinners in Japan feature speeches honoring Shaw and the East London humorist tradition. The events occur before dinner begins and highlight the region’s cultural wit and shared literary ties.
A Portland Oregonian note describes a convention of grand dukes convened to debate ways and means of restoring royalty to the throne. The piece frames the gathering as an exercise in futility and royal restoration plans.
Notice of application by Schappi Bus Line Inc to ICC for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate on routes through Calumet City Burnham and Chicago. Hearing scheduled February 24, 1925 at 10 am at 189 North Clark Street Chicago. Henry Schappi, president, 521 Garfield Avenue Calumet.
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