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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
10
Discussion argues railroads support national prosperity by supplying coal fuel oil iron steel and timber while employing many and paying taxes. Rising costs since 1932 plus stagnant rates threaten profitability and public ownership risk. a 15 percent rate increase is presented as moderate and protective for taxpayers and service quality.
National Milk Week emphasizes dairy’s health benefits and its status as the main agricultural cash crop. Increasing consumption of milk cheese and butter boosts living standards and farm income, lifting rural purchasing power across industry.
A humorous note on suitors and bay windows becomes a caution about modern dependence on cars. The piece warns that avoiding exercise leads to enlarged waistlines, stair climbing difficulty, and loss of walking power, contrasting with slim, athletic ancient Indians who traveled by foot.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway tests a coal treatment called Coalaid from Johnson March Corp on Dixie Fleet to Florida and Zipper and Silent Knight trains. If successful, dust and smoke decrease, fuel mileage rises by 10 to 20 percent, and freezing of coal is prevented. Tests on West Frankfort plant fuel treatment seek quick results.
The article laments journalist deaths in the Spanish Civil War and bylines from Spur and Newsweek. It notes war correspondents face censorship and personal danger, while city reporters risk fires, mobs, and violent events to relay news. The piece praises courage sustaining the profession.
An insurance expert describes life insurance as dollars set to work beyond peak earnings. They fund retirement readiness, education, housing, estates, and poverty prevention, highlighting life insurance as a major national investment.
A chaotic OCR fragment features a grass painted office door prank at the Brushville Bugle, a barricade by editor Clay Mudd, quips about trains and marriages, cherry trees in Washington, and a ventriloquist funeral joke. It reads as a collage of humorous snippets and street reflections.
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