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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1922
Page
3
A physician relates a railroad wreck where a teamster died from his injuries the same day. Six year old Johnny questions which horse harmed the man and declares a live horse is better than a dead man. An Arabian proverb about health and hope closes the excerpt.
A Leatherneck joke recalls two recruits arguing over guard duty. One says relief is worse than duty, the other insists relief is easy until a lapse in memory with his rifle brings trouble. The cartoon captures boot camp humor and the stubborn blame game around duty versus relief.
President Harding endorsed the St Lawrence Great Lakes waterway concept as feasible and affordable, calling for easier access to ocean routes to stimulate industrial life. He urged a financing framework and cooperative farm loan schemes to secure working capital for farmers and integrate agriculture with markets and production.
Jud Tunkins quips that few people believe all the world loves a lover except a biased young woman. He notes that women who cheapen themselves lose male interest. A correspondent shares more quirky smiles from recent novels with phrases like a dead bird and gouts of blood quoted from the Boston Transcript.
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