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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
4
A Dalton Illinois weekly column offers stitched together quips on voting habits taxes foreign entanglements dances and flood control. The piece lightly mocks politicians teachers and motorists while blending humor with social commentary.
Harrison E Howe editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry argues in a recent address that the greatest waste is time. He cites politics, industry, and business as wastes and warns that dawdling workers fritter away national capital, urging all to work with enthusiasm to double production.
A statistical expert notes 1900 to 1920 restaurant owners grew four times faster than families. People travel farther for work and dine out at noon. Housewives dismiss maids and cook less at home, seeking independence. Young married women work more, enjoying restaurant meals and a wider modern life.
The piece contrasts frugal taxpayers with advocates of municipal improvements. It argues towns should balance affordability and appearance, avoiding shabby image while not overextending, noting beauty matters but costly excess is folly. Cooperation and sensible tools ensure neatness pays.
A garbled poetry passages mix of murder and romance lines. It shifts between stolen goods and a lovers quarrel with sardonic humor and modern social commentary about vacation life debt and marriage. The tone resembles satirical verse from a bygone era.
Norman E Sproul argues in lectures that employers should give workers incentives beyond pay. Generous wages make employees feel partnership and work with more enthusiasm. Some firms boost incentive by promoting home ownership and affordable employer financed dwellings.
A discussion on families building cottages for summer in open country. Many children spend weeks away from home while towns lack playgrounds to keep them occupied. The piece argues summer play spaces reduce idle habits and that home children can thrive with regular tasks and outdoor activity.
The Illinois Elks Association aims to establish a permanent orthopedic program for crippled children. A survey will map patients and clinics where families meet with an orthopedic specialist for diagnosis and treatment advice. Dr Henry Bascom Thomas heads the service, work to be done with medical societies and Elks Clubs in each city.
Illinois ranks third among states in factory product value, plant count, and wage earners. Public utilities burned 6,087,841 tons of coal in 1928. The state has had five constitutions, three adapted. There are 275 streams in two river systems and about 30,000 tractor drawn binders on farms.
The albatross is the largest water bird with wings spanning over 10 feet. It stays mostly aloft, riding winds for days and only lands to snatch a quick bite from the sea, often following ships.
A collage of dated quips and cartoonish lines appears showing jokes about life, manners, and social scenes. Vignettes touch on danger in traffic, clever exchanges on trains, aging, work, and humorists. The tone reflects early humor columns with punchlines and social snapshots.
The bureau of standards says a properly grounded galvanized iron roof provides good protection against lightning. Install air terminals on chimneys and bond all roof sections including porch roofs to ensure electrical contact.
In early rail days drivers on a single line faced head on confrontations. A midway pillar sign instructed the approaching train to yield when the other had passed, forcing the coming man to back up.
An Oxford graduate, returning from a world tour, notes in a Kabul paper that American girls have shapely limbs yet poor manners. He muses that manners can change but a shapeless pair of legs cannot.
The notice advises investigating joint pains especially in persons past middle life. It notes that teeth condition and kidney function are important factors and should be checked.
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