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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
4
The piece argues businessmen must educate the public about American life and economics. It urges truth and education, closer employer relations with workers, fair profits, and government film distribution to counter agitation and boost production.
The column muses on egg prices and political funding with diverse asides. It jokes about Mars signals the kid jazz band and tin pans, coalitions of farmers selling direct to retailers, and United States luxury amid European hunger. It notes a Chicago theatre plan for a women's smoking room.
The article argues that building hard roads from country centers to outlying districts yields social and economic transformation by enabling farmers to access goods, services, and social events locally, boosting community life and business activity. It also notes redwood’s fire resistance and suitability for poultry yard structures in varying weather.
Theodore Roosevelt supported a New York Assembly measure allowing corporations to elect employee directors. The proposal reflected his humane outlook and sought to unify workers with management by giving employees a voice on boards. Proponents argued this would reduce grouches and improve understanding of business challenges.
Officials warn that early high mortality could force widespread precautions as one to two hundred thousand people have died. Authorities urge preparedness across health services and communities to curb further loss.
Readers note two big February events Washington and Lincoln birthdays while others point to major league baseball teams leaving for training quarters.
The Bucks County Historical Society has a preserved manuscript of an 1780 oath of allegiance by aliens to King George II. Originating as German and Swiss migrants arrived, the oath followed the 1727 act requiring aliens to swear allegiance, administered to those over sixteen soon after arrival. The manuscript records George Kinkner of Southampton township taking the oath in 1780.
In West Africa natives crouch by streams to talk to spirits while travelers fear sudden sounds. Some locals carry Fangaree charms and beat a bamboo drum over a live animal to strike a shared curse. The charm is believed to injure the animal and transfer harm to the human victim in the same region.
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