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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
4
Community notes cite thrift week as saving for pleasure items while remarking on how prizes for public speaking may go to the longest talker. Jokes touch on income tax, resolutions, self denial, and tensions between savers and spenders. Ambassador Harvey suffers minor injuries in Cannes observer role amid a car accident.
A Kazan public report claims two million people exist with under six percent alive by spring. Neorbolshevists blame famine on drought while arguing private property spurs savings and prevents starvation, contrasting Russia with nations that encourage reserves against scarcity.
Profile of Francis Curry named president of the enlarged Pullman company after its acquisition of Haskell & Barker. Details of Curry’s background include his Chicago roots, roles at American Car and Foundry, and prior leadership at Haskell & Barker. Notes on his age, clubs, and wartime service.
Dr Max Thorek reports on two Czech sisters Josefa Blazek and Rosa Dvork joined at the hips. If one dies the other would die soon unless separated by a skilled surgeon after the death of one. Rosa has an 11 year old son Franz. The twins show separate senses and appetites but share pain.
Four year old John W. visiting grandparents attends Sunday school where the Cas sel in the Lions Den lesson is told. During a break he interrupts with a remark claiming he saw six little pigs at a circus, adding a humorous misremembered detail.
The article explains the hunting calls Tally-ho and Tantivy used by English huntsmen to urge hounds, especially when the fox breaks cover. It notes Tantivy denoting a fast chase, likely mimicking a hunting horn and also names Tantivy as a four th and drag coach term.
A Scientific American note urges biologists to intensify efforts to rescue fragments of vanishing flora and fauna. It argues the loss is obvious to those outside labs and praises biologists for valuing single species and ecosystems. A national organization has been proposed to advance conservation via propaganda and authoritative counsel.
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