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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1924
Page
4
A Friday column surveys Riverdale and Dalton as spring nears. It notes rising prices in country stores, hunger among youth, and the contrast with city fashions. The piece jokes about curbstone loafers, schoolgirls, and the oddities of Washington investigations while musing on daily life and spending.
A LaGrange Citizen summary recalls views that men often do proposing is bunk and shares a personal tale of an unplanned proposal leading to marriage. The narrator notes thirty years in LaGrange as a stable home and includes a Pittsburgh revival anecdote about heaven.
The piece notes that production in 22 basic industries was only six percent below the May peak, despite claims of weaker business. It warns that inflationary prices could lift costs again, harming purchasing and overall prosperity, and that artificial gains may threaten sustained growth.
College researchers investigate thought transference through radio devices and telepathy. The piece discusses concurrent thoughts between people, whether coincidence or genuine mind-to-mind connection, and notes a broad field for further study.
The Detroit News describes the ancient Javanese theater yayang, its shadow play roots, and the gagelan orchestra that accompanies performances. It notes minimal painting or sculpture beyond marionette carving and painting for temple sculptures of Hindu origin, with voyaging history stretching to the seventh century or earlier.
A reflective column questions parental control as youth wanderings continue across generations. The piece notes grandfathers blame parents while discipline methods are scrutinized, arguing that wandering is a perennial issue not unique to the current era.
A claimed origin of the name America is traced to indigenous words such as Amarak Amerisque or Amerrisqu e, with assertions that Vespuceius borrowed the term from America rather than naming the continent. The piece cites a Kansas City Times reference and discusses ancient parallels with places like Meroz Meru Moriah Amarek.
In a humorous exchange a man bets cigars on honesty about apples that turn out to be bashinas. Hex wins when he correctly identifies the fruit for every apple claimed, revealing the ruse and clinching the prize.
South American scientists report a captured creature near Mar del Plata may be a hitherto unknown sea monster. Described as brown and elephant headed with whale features, it measures about 80 feet long and 34 feet in diameter with two vertical fins. The Living Age notes the flesh is rubbery and the mouth is huge and spherical.
A reflective remark on the paradox of pursuing greatness. The speaker notes that some seek greatness yet resist its burdens, while acknowledging that true achievement inherently carries bother and effort.
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