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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1936
Page
4
A wry column notes summer woes from meals before swimming and mosquitoes to sun eclipses and car mishaps. It jokes about aging homes, the charm of borrowed money, and the contrast between modern comforts and old songs. The piece mocks summer habits and social norms with light satire.
Federal reclamation efforts in Oregon revive the pioneer spirit as land is open for application. New settlers must show two years farming experience and 2000 dollars in capital. The piece notes evolving comforts such as washing machines accompanying homesteaders moving to the northwest.
The 1830 Baltimore and Ohio line opened 18 miles marking the first regular steam railroad in the United States. By 1930 total U S mileage reached about 23 thousand miles with rapid growth anticipated toward 1840.
The passage traces U S railroad mileage from 50th anniversary in 1880 with 93 671 miles to 1890 boom and 1916 peak of 254 251 miles in operation. It notes reductions after 1916 from abandonments, then focus on expanding tracks and larger locomotives. It ends doubting future trends amid auto truck and air competition.
A survey of radio control advances note a British battleship steered from a distant destroyer using transmitters two to three miles away. Controllers start engines alter course raise smoke screens and even regulate phonograph music without crew aboard.
Iowa State College outlines soybean cultivation basics for beginners. Innoculate seed, till surface to top weed seed, plant late May or early June, select varieties Manchu Illini Dunfield or Mukden, sow two bushels per acre with drill or one bushel in rows, and cultivate early to control weeds. Soybeans hold promise as a versatile future staple for oil meal and various products.
A fragmentary humor piece presents quick one liners and dialogues. The snippets feature characters Jenkins Dawkins hobo Westerner and others in light irony about souls, wages, marriage, fashion, and public life. The tone is brisk and observational with punchlines about marriage voting and foolish pride.
Farmers and weather authorities fear drought across the middle west and other states. The article notes long term aridity in many regions and possible need for irrigation as population grows while highlighting the difficulty of finding work for those in unprofitable farming areas.
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