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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1923
Page
4
The notice lists advertising rates for church notices and entertainments with cashproof required for publication. Display plate matte 30c per inch, single column 40c, special position 50c. church notices and social meetings published free. entertainments and suppers charged 10c per line.
The passage notes distrust in politics and pledges kept by politicians to their supporters. It worries about air gun misuse by youths and suggests thrift during National Thrift Week. It describes Soviet and European debt talks and observes alleged family discipline decline and ongoing consumer spending pressures.
A discussion of whether wives deserve regular home pay and whether family income should be divided equally. The piece compares English feminists and American women noting that in the United States women are generally treated fairly moneywise though personal dress costs may exceed male expenses.
The text argues that women often act as careful economists in households, shopping for bargains and managing limited funds. Men tend to accept first offers and spend more on tobacco. Many households function well with wives controlling earnings, challenging the old belief in male financial dominance.
Public notice declares an election on January 27, 1923 in Thornton area Cook County Illinois to decide forming Twin City Park District. Five commissioners to be elected under park district act with ballots cast at Dolton village hall Park Avenue Dolton Illinois.
A Farm Bureau committee led by Jacob Lotz William Messmaker Fred Meyer and Chris Frank with Associate Farm Adviser H W Day reports higher costs for asparagus boxes for the coming season. Members of the Farm Bureau and Truck Gardeners Association will pay 7 percent more per box. Boxes arrive knocked down and will be similar to last year. Orders have been solicited from south side asparagus growers and must be received soon to allow for manufacture and shipment.
The chigger is known by many names including chigo chizoe chicage and jigger and is found in numerous countries. It is sometimes called red bugs and is often mistaken for ticks.
A pithy moral reflection on judging others and self scrutiny. It urges returning to one’s conscience to determine guilt or instruction, framing correction as fairness whether one is at fault or not. The maxim emphasizes self examination over external judgment.
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