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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1923
Page
4
The passage quips about price pressures and labor, noting five sellers for every producer and rising costs. It mocks lazy workers, foretells marital strain over money, and critiques profiteers, car culture, divine rights on roads, farm and urban wage disputes, servants’ vanity, long hours, Bolshevik labels, and country stores neglecting advertising.
The article notes clerks in large city stores rely on slang, causing concern among employers about refinement. It urges business girls to study vocabulary to improve impressions, comparing slang to salt and pepper and advising reading good books and newspapers to gain plain correct English.
The passage extols English as a versatile vehicle for conveying any idea. It argues that even great thinkers have found ample means of expression in the language and that one should not overestimate limits of English.
The piece argues imagination and outdoor settings boost appetite. Food tastes better when eaten in beautiful open spaces with natural beauty or artistic tableware, while fastidiousness and unattractive dining reduce enjoyment. Outdoor activity also stimulates appetite, and a refined housewife can heighten family meals with dainty presentation.
Bell Telephone engineers report a privacy breakthrough for radio telephone use. A scrambling transmission and unscrambling reception keep spoken words free from outside listeners. The system links Catalina islands with Los Angeles and can route wireless voice into Bell trunk lines to reach any U.S. point.
RCA asserts that world progress hinges on exchange of intelligence and that radio growth, reaching isolated communities, opens humanitarian educational and social possibilities unseen by any other agency.
A time card report notes one sanctuary at the cinnames warehouse near London's docks where no employee has been affected by influenza. The facility is described as absolutely immune with the entire staff staying free of the disease.
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