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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1925

Page

3

Immigration Turned: Laborers Admitted Fall Short Under Quota Law

Analysis by the national industrial conference board shows 27,908 common laborers admitted from July 1924 to April 1925, versus 97,886 a year earlier, while 44,750 left the U S. creating a deficit of 16,842. Net immigration across all classes dropped 71.4 percent for July 1924 to April 1925 compared with the prior year.

United States National Industrial Conference Board

Great Swindle Victims Highlighted by Newsboy

A wit’s exchange shows a newsboy calling out a Great Swindle with 60 victims, then correcting to 61 as the scene shifts. The fragment hints at sensational crime reporting and public intrigue in a newspaper era.

Old Method Describing Charcoal Kiln Production

The text explains charcoal as amorphous carbon from heating wood. It details the wood being cut, piled in a mound shaped heap with draft provisions, covered with earth, a small top opening, then fired for slow combustion to yield charcoal.

Catnip Bait Used to Trap Far West Lions

Far West grazing lands face lion nuisance. Rangers trap and kill mountain lions in forest reserves using catnip as chief bait. The piece notes cats’ unity in the felidae family and their carnivorous nature across species.

Sam

Heine and Don Quixote a Lifelong Shifting Regard

The Times Literary Supplement notes how Heine alternately loved and mocked Don Quixote. He read the tale with childlike faith, cried at ridicule, reread at intervals, and aged into a friendship with Quixote and Sancho. The piece links Heine’s mood shifts to a wider reception by the public.

Heine Don Quixote Quixote Sancho Thin Knight Times Literary Supplement

New Saxyphone Practice at Grandmother’s House

Dialogue captures a playful exchange as Si explains that grandmother is practicing on her new device while a caller asks about a visit. The moment centers on family communication and everyday humor.

Modern views in plain English and praise for Herald and Examiner

Arthur Brisbane and George Wheeler Hinman praise modern reportage and leadership. They commend the Herald and Examiner for energetic news gathering careful editing and informative features that engage both business readers and progressive people.

RTHUR Brisbane George Wheeler Hinman Herald and Examiner

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