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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1932
Page
4
A Dalton Illinois weekly editors column critiques public reform costs and reorganizations. It muses on world events and quotes, referencing Japanese Chinese relations, movie star cultures, and political rhetoric. It playfully suggests consequences for abolishing government bureaus and candy while noting flower culture and roses in cheeks.
The article recalls Saint Patrick as a magnetic leader who converted Ireland from pagan roots to Christianity. It likens his lasting impact to George Washington, noting his qualities in Irish representatives, politics, and business.
The piece condemns the extreme hardness of heart behind the Lindbergh kidnapping. It argues perpetrators justify crimes as rebellion against a selfish society that values money, leaving normal people unable to fathom such cruelty and the suffering inflicted on innocents.
Legislative action accelerates to install the 20th Amendment allowing Congress and the president to begin terms about two months after presidential elections. The change aims to shorten lame duck periods and speed transition of power.
The piece notes that only five states have ratified the federal child labor amendment aimed as the 20th and discusses lame duck congressmen retiring while new representatives are sworn in. It argues reforms do not fix fundamental government defects and uses a vivid metaphor about ducks to illustrate unclear direction.
The Treasury reports total revenues fell to 1,914,054,622 in 1931 from 2,932,966,060 in 1930. Income taxes led the decline with 1,568,035,467 collected in 1931 compared with 2,332,968,898 in 1930. Corporate taxes were 800,080,537 and individuals 567,226,929 in 1931.
In the Western Newspaper Mien summary, Charlie Stunter, an aspiring painter, is confined in an asylum where he finds congeniality and support for his ideals. Released to his ordinary life, he returns to his unbalanced wife and her domineering father, choosing the asylum’s humane atmosphere as his true home for artistic growth. The piece questions who is sane and who is crazy, ending with his decision to remain among his congenial peers.
A collection of humorous lines and jokes featuring a judge and a sweet young thing, puns about money and ethics, a Pullman car gag with Little Bobby, a quip on live wires, and a classroom moment where Johnny mis-spells frog. The snippets showcase light social satire and quick one liners.
A note requests the Presbyterian church Willing Workers to bring towels from the kitchen for Friday’s church supper. The memo includes a string of jokes about professors, economics, and marriage. It reads as a collection of light anecdotes and quips.
Illinois health statistics show 1981 births at 118,788 and deaths at 85,791 with birth rate 15.4 per 1000 and death rate 11.1 per 1000. Exceeding births over deaths dropped to 382,997 due to fewer newborns. Pneumonia influenza drove higher mortality in 1931, while tuberculosis and diphtheria set new lows.
The article explains frethhes with the lightning bug as the most common type. It describes the Hemming mechanism on the abdomen sides, its tissue connections to air tubes and nerves, and how these nerves excite air tubes to deliver oxygen to fatty tissue to produce light.
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