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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
4
A local Dolton publication appears weekly from its Col. Lincoln Avenue and 138th Street offices highlighting community notices and brief items for residents.
A reflection on critics who condemn modern excess and misery abroad and at home. It argues that despite fringe pessimists exaggerating woe, the majority quietly works, persists, and steadies society toward correction.
Superintendents of schools are busy as teachers resign to take business office jobs. Finding suitable applicants is difficult under current conditions. The piece notes the mismatch between appearance and capability, highlighting quiet girls with hidden leadership and others with charm who lack patience and affection for children.
A reflective note urges letting go of remembered sorrows and avoiding dwelling on past hurts. It compares memory hoarding to a miser counting gold and encourages discarding pain to gain relief.
A Hartford Republican excerpt notes Napoleon’s varied reading during his reign and after abdication including the Bible Homer's Osian Bossuet and Voltaire. It also cites a Paris estimate of 240000 city cats funded by the state at $3 per cat yearly to curb rats and mice, suggesting more cats could cut damage.
N A Knight reports in Iron Age that about one tenth of wire nails are now cement coated. Nails are tumbled in a hot barrel with a vein-based compound producing a tough coating that significantly increases holding power. Friction melts the cement forming a blue bond that cements the nail in place.
A note describes birds that use ground bling to lure sportsmen away from their nests, a tactic to protect their homes. The article emphasizes clever avian behavior and its impact on nearby hunters.
Public notice lists the June 30 1920 condition of First Trust and Savings Bank Riverdale and South Holland Trust and Savings Bank Illinois. It provides resources liabilities capital stock and profits with sworn statements by bank cashiers John Harms Jr Horace Holmes and notary Esther M. Rieger.
The passage condemns canned folk for overestimating their esteem and seeking public homage. It warns that tiny minds may fall for the bluff while many cannot assess true value, noting that most errors come from the would-be, not from real merit.
A clipped discussion notes that early quality ladies wore masks to shield complexions or for modesty when outdoors, reflecting social expectations and fashion norms of the era.
The Village of Riverdale Illinois passes an annual appropriation ordinance for May 1 1920 to April 30 1921 totaling 51467.00 with 310.94 added for deficiency in collection and 15817.94 to be raised from tax levy. The measure becomes effective after passage publication and is approved by Village President Charles Niemeyer.
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