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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1927
Page
4
Fragmented editorial chorus mocks civic and social issues from Congress and policing to sport and employment. It wryly notes drivers and pedestrians, student scholars, and spring’s arrival spurring interest in buses and weather reports. The piece blends satire on public behavior and everyday routines.
The head of the Union Theological Seminary of New York warns that the indifferent public makes tragedy possible. Many crimes stem from community negligence, especially neglect of youth by parents and cities lacking affordable training and wholesome activities.
L. E. Pierce argues crime rose partly due to war veterans habituated to firearms and easy money. He contends some soldiers became criminals, but credits others, including young men who earned big sums at home, with fostering a culture of lavish spending that led to theft and robbery after the war.
Louis W. Gibbs a clerk at the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois in Lacon is honored at the annual smoker in Blue Island for using the Schaefer Prone Pressure method to revive Leslie J. Barr after a near electrocution at the Lacon Woolen Mills. John G. Learned presents the award noting company safety training.
County Clerk Robert M. Sweitzer announced higher tax rates for 1926 taxes based on increased property valuations. Total assessed value is 2,065,727,263 dollars, up 16,678,154 from 1925, with Chicago area towns showing small rate increases per 100 dollars of valuation, including West Chicago 9.22, South Chicago 9.29, North Chicago 9.67, Hyde Park 9.29, Lake 9.29, Lake View 9.64, Rogers Park 8.47, and Jefferson 8.47.
A Chicago boy explains his lateness to his teacher by describing an arrest for stealing hens, arson, and assault on police officers, prompting his mother to send him to check if it involved his father. The anecdote appears in Western Druggist as a humorous vignette.
Dr Herman Bundesen Commission er of Health spoke at Hawthorne Works Western Electric Company for the largest hygiene class for women in American industry. S S Holmes assistant works manager addressed attendees while Miss Ruth I Stone led the three month voluntary program on feminine health practice.
Illinois leads with 613 towns publishing papers. Chicago and Peoria are among the 100 largest U.S. cities. A world record gas purchase was set in Chicago with 47 million cubic feet in one month by International Harvester from Peoples Gas. 1926 immigration to Illinois reached 20,176. corn crop stood at 388,080,000 bushels. The City’s State Street lighting stretched 100 miles visible at night. Horses declined by 52,000 in 1925 and 49,000 in 1926. A Chicago station houses one of the two electric amplifiers for train announcements. Illinois has twelve legal holidays.
Village of Riverdale Illinois announces a primary election on March 8 1927 at the Village Hall to nominate candidates for President and three Village Trustees. Parties Peoples Party Independent Republican Party participate. Polls open 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Dated February 16 1927. George L Koehler Village Clerk.
Ralph Connor, author Gordon, known for The Sky Pilot and other Canadian North woods works, will lecture at Bethany Fellowship Club Bethany Church 111th Place Perry Avenue next Monday at 8 p.m. A performance by Bethany’s eighty four voice choir under J C Bovenkerk accompanies the talk. The event is part of the Double A Convention and Personal Acceptance of and Allegiance to Jesus Christ. The Christian Endeavor Convention occurs Feb 26 starting 3 p.m.
The note explains Johnnie was absent yesterday afternoon because rain soaked his feet and no spare shoes were available. The next morning the teacher received the unexpected excuse from the parent requesting exemption for the absence.
A jumble of playful quips and maxims appears, featuring a Dolton girl calling herself a double tracker, humor about luck and habit, and jokes about farmers, cold feet, and the bread and jam tale. The piece reads as light verse and social witticisms with no single narrative.
A humorous exchange shows Bill noting his son saves a weekly quarter by putting it in the gas meter. John says it's a good deal for his age. Rastus and Mose add dialect humor about cold weather and frosty conditions, joking about ice and ice cream.
Dikinois through the 55th General Assembly backs a joint resolution to form a six member committee to confer with adjacent states on uniform game and fish laws. The plan aims for preserves and open lands across the region with funding from hunting and fishing licenses.
Stock holders of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois will assemble in Room 1741 Edison Building 72 West Adams Street Chicago for their annual meeting broadcast via radio KYW 536 for those absent. The session begins at 2 30 and Samuel Insull chairman will preside.
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