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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
4
A collage of local observations covers election chatter at grange picnics, judges ruling motorists, moonlight and moonshine humor, dairy shifts to soda fountains, sick visitors with stocked cellars, and weather hopes. It also notes shell proof earthworks, income taxes on burglars, electric bulbs, church attendance, and a garbled discussion on fig fruit pollination and insect roles in Smyrna.
A Persian king Cyrus the Great recalls his father advising prevention over cure. The elder warns that physicians are like menders of torn garments, stressing health prevention to keep an army from falling ill rather than solely treating illness.
The piece notes that one of the oldest methods of transacting business is the auction sale. It cites the first English auction around 1700 conducted by EH Yale, founder of Yale College, who sold goods from the Indies. It adds taxation of auctions in England began in 1779. Life’s two currents are described as events and outward impulses.
Riverdale Village, Cook County Illinois enacts an annual appropriation ordinance for corporate purposes for May 1 1922 to April 30 1928. It details tax levy funded amounts 18844 50 plus sinking fund allocations and interest on water main extension bonds. Approval dates and officials are listed.
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