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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
5
A quotation by E. E. Hale compares forging iron in a bloom to shaping character. Heat and repeated hammering fuse life experiences into habits, reasoning, imagination, memory, faith, hope, and love, forming a durable character while noting some traits cannot turn iron into gold.
A Chicago Journal excerpt ponders why William Shakespeare chose Anne Hathaway. Hathaway, ten years older, lived in Shottery and bore him two sons and a daughter. The will left her Shakespeare's best bed.
The article explores wandering sea lion gatherings off southern California and the misidentification of oarfish as sea monsters. It notes oarfish can reach twenty feet and survive only deep water, with two washed ashore. It discusses how imagination fuels monster legends and Norse myths as a rich source.
A fragmented 1920 public notice and financial rundown from Illinois covers a bank’s publication, assets and liabilities, and a motto about happiness and duty. It includes a humorous aside on dogs, a street-level cash balance, and a cashier sworn statement by H. F. W. Schultz in Cook County. The text blends public notice elements with stray anecdotes and quotes about work and character.
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