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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1920
Page
4
A caustic commentary on housing bias and social fashions critiques Foot Comfort Week habits and the fashion parade. It jokily mocks Nob Roosevelt era manners and modern consumer excess while noting motorists chase speed fines as a sport.
The piece notes that during inflation failures are rare but when deflation arrives and banks demand repayment many small businesses, especially those on shoe strings, face insolvency. It argues rapid deflation harms the economy and urges a gradual recovery from artificial price declines.
Sherman Rogers reports in The Outlook a highly favorable view of the shop committee system as a method to harmonize labor relations and boost production. He studied about 200 plants, finding strong commendations in large operations while noting small plants may not test it fairly. A big Indiana plant director says his firm would not revert to prior methods, valuing the new plan. Delegates are elected by secret ballot to represent employees.
Representatives of management and workers meet to air problems and seek cooperation. The plan shows employers recognize running a business is hard and success requires full employee support. In many plants relations have improved, misunderstandings reduced, and agitators curtailed by the open talks. The approach spreads as it proves effective in the region.
A discussion notes 150,000,000 tons of coal used by railroads in 1917 and argues electrification could replace coal power, lowering costs, with quantum-scale steel gauges now produced by the United States Bureau of Standards. It cites Popular Mechanics Magazine on gauges showing extreme precision.
The piece lists signs said to forecast weather such as gray or green skies, red sunrise, halos, coronas, rainbows, deep blue skies, frogs, morning fog, bright stars, and temperature shifts. It notes a morning rainbow signals rain while an evening rainbow signals fair weather and frost events follow high temperatures.
A woman reports her husband mythically rests after breakfast on holidays, then cleans the cellar or rearranges closets, smokes, reads, and becomes restless. She says he leaves tasks half done, so she resorts to hiring help to restore order and even salvages items from the ash barrel.
The papoose cradle or Pa-bi-chi is described as a central Piute dwelling feature and a pinnacle of Native American motherhood. It combines cradle and carriage, securing the young child with lashes and shawl for safety and comfort.
In a woods clearing a gamekeeper saw a hawk struggling to keep two mice fixed with its talons while a weasel attacked. The crow apparently joined the melee, but the hawk retained its prey. The fight ended when it noticed the keeper.
The throne of the Shah of Persia is described as a pure white marble chair measuring about 18 feet by 10 feet. It rests on a gold platform supported by fourteen ivory pillars carved as human figures and adorned with gold leaf pictures. A solid gold staircase ends the platform.
Sandalwood comes from several trees in the East Indies and tropics. Its pleasant scent repels insects when stored with clothing in chests, but once the wood loses its fragrance there is no method to restore it.
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