Card of Thanks and Memorial Notices
A brief notice listing a card of thanks and memorial acknowledgment in the community paper with a requested 10 cent per line rate for publication.
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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1923
Page
4
A brief notice listing a card of thanks and memorial acknowledgment in the community paper with a requested 10 cent per line rate for publication.
The piece wittily notes upheavals, bed rest with the grip, and the allure of music while lampooning Washington silence after Congress adjourns. It jibes about labor shortages, male satire, spring chores, old tomb legends, radio chatter, ice cream soda, and a stubborn citizen who refuses to help his hometown.
The piece argues city life fosters lax morals while country towns with churches schools and clubs nurture strong conscience and business integrity. It suggests rural communities resist artificial urban standards and promote wholesome living and purity of life.
The first case involved a moonshine drinker who beat his wife. The judge fined him 100 dollars but suspended it, placing six months probation with church attendance and minister-signed statements. He warned one drop of moonshine means the rock pile and restated church versus punishment. Local radio notes Eddy Taylor’s tryout with the White Sox.
Taxpayers must report all gross income including business profits and other sources. Storekeepers must show gross sales purchases and cost of goods sold with beginning and ending inventories. Professionals must include all fees. Farmers report profits from sales of crops and livestock and rental income.
A lively Dal ton village hall discussion on the light proposition ends with a blunt warning to a local editor to keep away from a resident’s wife. The column notes Andy Gump’s illness improving, jokes about the editor, and a deaf woman's train-side remark about a cuckoo. Mr. A. Gob to edit with a scribe, with promises of final issues.
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