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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1921
Page
6
An elderly immigrant in a Liberty loan booth proves thrift is a habit but idle savings lose value. The piece contrasts his frugal upbringing with modern American finance, showing money should work to earn interest rather than sit unused for emergencies.
A retired sea captain from Orland Maine returns home to find five hogs wrecking his prized garden. He consoles his wife with a wry remark about dirt never suiting a hog, as neighbors observe.
Visitors to Plynmuth town refus e to overlook the Rock and Leyden street, then view the site of the first house built by the Mayflower passengers. They reflect on the compact democracy formed aboard the Mayflower and elect Myles Standish captain of the Plymouth home guard.
Foresters touring West national parks highlight a famed pair of Monterey coast cypresses whose interwoven trunks resemble a giant ostrich. The trees, near Monterey, exemplify a grove of storm beaten cypresses worth visiting for natural curiosities and technical data.
A 1931 analysis compares the price of tobacco as a health sacrifice to the financial cost of luxuries. It cites a $2.11 billion yearly tobacco spend and outlines other major expenditures such as candy, perfumery, fats, soaps, carpets, soft drinks, and clothing, urging prudent spending and awareness of long term costs.
The tale recounts King Milan of Serbia born 1854 who abdicated after a life of drinking cruelty and scandal. He rose briefly after Michael IV’s death, but his mistresses, atheism, and abuse led to exile and disgrace in Vienna. His son later made him commander before Milan’s estrangement and final decline.
"What Crimson Gulch ought to do" said Cactus Joe, "is to send east and get a good singin' teacher." He notes men are often quarrelsome when discussing topics. The speaker suggests something practical, cut and dried, set to music.
The article explains dye fastness depends on molecular structure. Closely interwoven molecules resist light and water. coal tar dyes with carbon hydrogen oxygen are generally fast. Vegetable dyes remain simple and fast. anilin dyes are complex and loosely bound.
An essay praising true friendship as a divine blessing. A friend is described as someone who unbosoms freely gives just advice, helps boldly, bears hardship, defends loyally, and remains unchangeably loyal, a confidant who soothes worries and shares joys.
An article describes electrons moving at 60 000 miles per second, far faster than airplanes. It notes their study in glass tubes evacuated of air and marks them as the fourth state of matter. Some scientists propose electrons are the basic substance of all matter and perpetual in existence.
A Minnesota man asks a congressman about a new acquaintance’s wealth. The reply explains wealth varies by geography, noting the person is worth about a million dollars in Minnesota, would be fairly well to do in New Jersey, and would attract dollars in his hat in New York.
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