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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
5
Farmers of Stony Ford Grange Middleton N Y plan a store run on the honesty principle. A stock will be supplied and members use a key to the storeroom. They record items taken and pay the listed price. excess taken without payment will forfeit trust.
Dialogue centers on Perdy and Ferdy. The father assigns probation lasting six months, tying stability to Ferdy sticking to one cigarette brand. If he complies, the father will acknowledge steadiness.
The Review Scientifique reports a Swiss agriculture professor tests colored glass for cultivation. Ordinary transparent glass yields best results. orange glass stresses plants. violet glass boosts fruit quantity but lowers quality. red blue and green glasses harm growth.
A condensed reflection on success through cooperation and study of forces. Leadership lies in running with others and guiding public opinion like a ship, requiring the right rider at the helm to steer momentum.
Harry aged six watches a steam boat at dusk with his father. The boy spots a searchlight moving along the water and exclaims there is a happy comet nearby wagging its tail, sharing the moment with his dad.
A Kansas City man secured a divorce after his wife’s writing career kept her busy with magazines and left him to cook and manage the home. The scene likens Cupid fleeing as the literary bug enters the parlor and Cupid slips out the kitchen door and over the fence.
A Hackensack mother hires a young woman as nurse for her baby. After a half hour of wheeling the child in the yard the nurse asks to smoke a cigarette before returning inside. There is a vacancy in Hackensack.
Editorial quote urges men to accept responsibility for the actions of their peers and warns that shared influence can contribute to others' downfall, quoting Jean Smith on accountability.
A quotation by R. R. Buckley in London T. P.'s Weekly criticizes modern business for prioritizing speed and low quality to boost volume and profit. He contrasts craftsmen’s aim for excellence with the rise of cheap, poor workmanship in mass production.
A friend shows Pat an incubator and a brood of about a hundred newly hatched chickens. He studies each detail with care and remarks that human nature is a funny thing, noting everyone’s behavior in the scene.
The piece notes a brutal old London practice at Newgate where an acquitted prisoner would owe fees to Newgate or be returned to custody. It highlights deaths among prisoners due to this custom and urges readers to endure hardship until issues such as mortgages and credit are resolved.
A historic note recalls Carlyle quoting a miner about gold in California versus a sturdy potato. It traces the potato’s two century story in Scotland, starting when Macdonald of Clanranald bought seed potatoes for tenants in 1748 amid tenant objections over its biblical absence.
Knowledge is that which next to virtue truly raises a man above another. It completes the human soul and makes being pleasant, fills the mind with entertaining views, and grants perpetual gratification. It eases solitude and adds grace to retirement as Addison notes.
In a December message Uncle Dhen scolds for overtime work and warns against bad habits. urges making New Year resolutions.
A simple room deodorizer for sickrooms or areas with a persistent odor. Place fresh ground coffee in a saucer, set a small piece of camphor gum in the center and light it. As the gum burns, let the coffee burn with it. The resulting perfume is pleasant, healthful, cheaper, and superior to pastilles.
The text urges that if heaven has not begun yet it is idle to look to a distant future. It warns that present discontent envy jealousy bitterness and unsocial temper will become chronic and create a hell worse than Milton’s if not addressed.
A three year old exclaimed that a bird was getting into water with all its feathers on. The remark amused the sisters as they watched the new pet bathe for the first time.
The term Dago is explained as a racial slur used for dark skinned foreigners. It has been applied to Italians Greeks Spaniards and Portuguese in this country. The etymology traces to the Spanish name Diego meaning James.
Advice for treating stiffened footwear from wet wear suggests washing with warm water and then rubbing oil into the shoe to restore pliability and soften the leather. The instruction emphasizes thorough cleaning first and oiling after to restore flexibility.
A Connecticut man patents a coin bank that animates a lifelike goat figure to butt a coin into a slot, entertaining children while teaching saving habits.
The ancient ritual in Selston Notts involved placing leaves on a tombstone where coins had been inserted. Old people gathered the leaves the following Sunday to take away the offerings from the grave site observing the historic custom.
The passage asserts that loving is nobler than being loved, as love lifts a person above self and enables sacrifice. It argues the lover gains the highest earthly tribute, attributed to Weatcott.
A playful exchange questions if an agreement with several people was tentative and confirms the talk was mock and for testing how it would function. The tone remains light with no intent of real seriousness.
Numerous items list for sale and services in Dolton Riverdale and Dalton area. Goods offered include a gold ring found at M E Church Dolton, Edison phonograph with 80 records, 6 room cottage 718 Chicago street, 3 acres land and building lots Riverdale, store property of Peter Pauls estate, irrigated lands Idaho to Washington, nine room house Riverdale, and several cottages. Also land for sale nationwide, knitting services by Mrs Rose Dickhoff, and a girl wanted for general housework. contact The Pointer office for particulars.
An ironworker and his wife welcomed a baby boy, and a friend jokily asked about “little Mat.” The father corrected, saying the name is Mattress, not Mat. The exchange, captured by the Youngstown Telegram, adds a humorous local twist to a new parental blessing.
A compact literary note highlights Milton's line about cloistered virtue avoiding contest and not pursuing the race for the immortal garland, emphasizing restraint and unexercised virtue.
While digging a tunnel a fossil stag was unearthed in clay about a hundred feet below ground during work by French railroad builders.
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