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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
4
Several hundred civil organizations plan a Washington conference to promote neighborhood spirit. Get Together efforts and community service will be stressed as a shift from 19th century individualism toward 20th century teamwork.
A Michigan furniture maker advertises for married women workers and will hire those able to work two hours daily. A Wisconsin firm touts marriages in its factory and promises retention if a wife keeps her job. The piece notes social concerns and the high cost of raising children against the average young husband’s salary.
California promotes a Durham program where the state buys and improves land and builds roads and schools then turns it over to settlers with small cash payments and long term aid. Twenty states pass similar laws as communities seek labor to sustain farming.
The New York Herald discusses immortality in living beings. It notes the earth’s atmosphere limits life and that protozoa and the freshwater hydra could experience negligible natural death due to perfect recuperative processes.
H J Mohr of Twin City Garage notes that over 58 percent of US cars use 30 x 8 30 x 3% and 31 x 4 tires, making light car tires the largest rubber market. Goodyear has expanded to produce 20,000 tires daily at Plant No 2 to meet demand for these three sizes.
Riverdale Bowling Club winds up the season after winning the South Side Championship in the Chicago Bowling Association. Team members Louis Stern William Schlieman William Fleischhauer Henry Zimmerman and Joe Ortman lead Riverdale’s rise and invite other clubs to improve the sport.
Fire losses in America average 250 million dollars annually and about 15 000 persons die or are injured by fire each year.
Epictetus urges citizens to elevate virtue over wealth, arguing that noble souls deserve shining homes while mean slaves dwell in grand houses. The aphorism frames public virtue as a greater good than ostentatious prosperity.
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