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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
5
In Holland’s drained marsh lands farmers have installed small gas plants. Water from the gol filters passes into a gas generator extracting gas from the water, feeding a reservoir that supplies cooking heating and lighting for the house and farm buildings. After installation the cost is minimal and gas quality is described as particularly good.
A reflection on timidity as a handicap that prevents people from acting. The quote argues that daily many capable individuals stay in obscurity due to fear of making the first move, and urges boldness to unlock sovereignty over one’s life.
Classified ads list multiple properties for sale in Dolton Riverdale Oak Lawn Danville and nearby with 40 acre farm near Salem Allegan County Mich 6 lots 74x183 each two lots on 136th place modern two story dwellings and corner properties offered by A Diekman W Maurer L Hadorn C A Howe Rev H M Franz and Vaughan P O in Chicago area urban locales.
Miscellaneous short ads list Lost Achievement pill reward in Chicago street and items for sale including eggs for hatching Rhode Island Reds and Cooper hens. Also listings for two Ford touring cars, a Maxwell touring car, Overland roadster, general store for sale in St John Indiana, and requests for good milk cows. Contact details and locations appear for Ambrose, Kickert, Ton and others.
Wanted boy 14 or over for chores or girl for nurse girl east end of Dalton C E LaMay 900 Lincoln avenue. Wanted Buda Company Harvey N seeks women 18 to 35 for factory work apply at company employment office 2 to 4 p m daily except Saturday.
The store manager praises cheerful employees over sober ones for selling more goods. He argues that a smiling, hopeful staffer shows confidence in the stock, invites customer trust, and naturally persuades buyers, while a solemn clerk suits only bookkeeping.
A French invention allows driver control over rear spring stiffness by sliding eyebolts at the ends of the springs. Levers or a wheel at the driver’s seat move the eyebolts to lengthen or shorten the springs, with definite stopping points for specific load settings.
The passage asserts that nature operates strictly under universal law governing all actions. It claims growth and development follow law, as do animal movements such as a robin returning to a region. Every action by created things affects others, and nature is interconnected so nothing occurs without impacting everything else.
A boy named Donald, while on a ride with his mother, spots a black and white dog and jokes that it is a Holstein dog. The moment captures a child’s playful observation and a lighthearted interaction.
A restaurant uses full wall mirrors to create an illusion of vastness. Reflections show diners, tables, lights, and flowers stretching beyond the real room, giving a sense of openness and freedom in a otherwise tight space.
A Scot in New Zealand explains curling terms with colorful dialect. The dialogue introduces terms like pat lid and stane cannily, illustrating the game’s technique and vocabulary in a vivid Antipodean setting.
The Outlook quotes light jabs at the late British food controller Lord Rhondda. A British officer recalls taunts such as “the gay Lord Queue” and “lord of the manna” while noting he once bristled at a flapper’s Rhonddayous pun about a butcher’s queue.
The writer notes orange trees in Florida show blossoms and fruit together in early spring. Oranges take nearly a year to mature, so the white waxy blossoms seen now promise the next year's harvest, with fragrant blooms and golden fruit forming on the same tree.
Matthew Arnold argues against narrow orthodoxy and urges cultivation of poetry, sculpture, and conduct through broader sources beyond the Bible, Greek art, and Shakespeare. He asserts a broader humanist approach to culture and religion.
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