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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1922
Page
3
A doorman at a Rome hotel boasts speaking four languages Italian French English and American. A guest notes English and American are the same, but the doorman explains they differ in tone and expression when an English visitor arrives. The exchange ends with a playful jab about the floor and weather.
Jim recalls Shirley Brooks a leading Punch editor who, despite loving poetry, knew little of music. His concert critique used vivid imagery describing bass as a deep abyss and treble as a silvery cloud with tremolo quivering like sunlit arrows through morning mist.
A London Opinion column muses on which classes make the best husbands with witty comparisons. The author weighs vice free quiet dom against other traits, admitting a personal preference for a millionaire but noting desires shift like choosing hats.
Dr. Winslow of Yale outlines four fresh air qualities and urges schools and workplaces to meet them. The American Medical Association notes 50 percent of tuberculosis cases link to infected milk, prompting Illinois dairy testing and a clean milk campaign. Cook County reports over 400 TB cases outside Chicago, with public health nurses focusing on care and prevention through clean milk initiatives.
In a new recollections book, Sir Robert Ball recalls a playful debate over St Patrick’s day date. Some proposed March 8 or March 6, while a wise suggestion suggested adding the two and choosing March 17.
The piece urges young men to save at least a thousand dollars to buy farms, noting advertisements in journals are reliable and opportunities exist in Thornton Township. It also details bananas with over 60 varieties and rauwail with about 400 kinds, highlighting easy cultivation and common plantings in homes.
The article notes a trend where people no longer seek jobs but accept positions as the president of a corporation appeals for assistance, coming down to beg on bended knees to garner help.
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