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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1924
Page
9
In sad remembrance of John J Dahlke who passed July 15 1922 two years ago. Byable we loved him dear to us still. Our sorrow is great our loss hard to bear. From loving wife and children Jennie Dahlke and Family.
A popular printed item from the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute lists daily care rules for school children. It emphasizes nutrition with guidance on milk intake, whole grain cereals, vegetables, eggs, fruit, meat limits, timing of sweets, and whole bread choices.
William C McCloy recounts how Richard Harding Davis refused to surrender his reporting badge during a football game saying his city editor sent him to cover the event. Arthur Brisbane later praised the reporter and urged a salary raise, confirming the value of sticking to assigned duties.
The article explains that sweat glands form an 80 mile chain to surface through the skin. Perspiration handles body waste, and evaporation reduces discomfort when air is cool. In heat, sweat beads on the skin and must be wiped away, while winter perspiration continues but evaporates more quickly, going largely unnoticed.
The Moravians gave Bethlehem, Pennsylvania a national reputation as a musical center. Led by Count Nikolas Zinzendorf, the settlement was founded shortly before Christmas in 1741. Benjamin Franklin admired the church music, and late 19th century choirs under organist J Frederick Wolfe popularized Bach works including St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, the Christmas Orations, and Mass in B Minor, followed by an annual Bach festival lasting three days.
The article traces handkerchief use from Roman times to Henry VIII era and mentions France in the eighteenth century with ornamented fabrics. It also notes how women adopted colored handkerchiefs with snuff culture becoming common. It then shifts to the blue whale, its length over eighty feet and a throat eight inches wide, capable of swallowing ten to twelve men.
The belief that May is unlucky for marriage lingers though less common today. Rooted in Roman and Greek tradition, the idea travels through ages. May was anciently dedicated to the goddess of growth and increase, explaining the superstition's origin.
A long classified page lists homes for sale or rent in Dal ton and Dolton with prices and contact names such as A C Reich and Mrs M Walkerly. It includes piano and phonograph sales from Cable Piano Co and Roseland Music Shop along with assorted furniture and appliance ads. Also notes cab service Dalton 5 and a lumbering ad for Sulphur uses.
Mr and Mrs A Specker entertained Saturday evening at their Harrison avenue home for Mrs Specker birthday. Guests played five hundred with high score prizes won by Mrs Edward Ritcherdson and Mr Frank FE White. A two course luncheon followed. Music and singing filled the rest of the evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs F Enloe Mr and Mrs Clyde Kemp Mr and Mrs FE White.
A reflective aphorism notes that duty is clearer when observed in another’s situation than in one’s own. It asserts mental farsightedness lets us detect duty knocking at neighbors’ doors even when it rests unseen in our lives.
A quotation contrasts covetous men who hoard as if immortality mattered with prodigal men who spend as if death were near. The proverb-like line highlights human extremes in values and behavior attributed to Aristotle.
River mud thought to be sourced from Singland is claimed to be processable into dyes for papers and lightweight fabrics. The report notes the dyeing capability and potential applications in coloring materials.
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