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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
4
The piece praises women in public roles and hints at reforms. It imagines women judges and council members transforming governance. It references thrift at home and calls for progressive changes beyond visible suffrage arguments.
A columnist urges readers to quit complaints about weather coal food and shortages. He argues pessimism harms progress and praises proactive cheer and action. The piece urges practical effort over cynicism to improve temper digestion and overall outlook.
The article presents a health minded preachment on how trying a new bread diet can benefit digestion. It praises barley oatmeal and buckwheat bread as palatable and nutritious, arguing a positive mental attitude supports overall health and well being.
A meditation on cheerful living contrasts a sickly shade plant and a dark beast with the man who sulks at home. It warns that a perpetually somber person spoils mood, likening them to a funeral procession and a discording organ. The piece urges burying sorrow and spreading sunshine.
The phrase the length of the law reflects the vast parchment rolls of ancient British statutes. The master of the rolls title recalls this custom. A single act, the land tax commissioners' act from George IV’s first year, measured about 900 feet when unrolled.
The act requires county assessors to list dog owners, count the dogs, and note gender or sterilization. Owners receive metallic license tags and collars, with the county clerk tracking tag distribution. Fees are one dollar for each male or sterilized dog and three dollars for each unsterilized dog, with collections allocated to county treasurers or town supervisors as applicable.
Classified notices list farm and town properties for sale east of 147th and Panhandle tracks near camp meeting grounds. Foreseeable options include forty acres on the Dixie Highway north of Chicago Heights with live stock and equipment at 16000 dollars, and multiple small lots with street improvements in Riverdale. A. C. Reich advertises surveil buyer services and several Highlawn lots.
Mixed ads list FORK SALI-S. VU white leghorn eggs for hatching from 200 hens at Wim. Bachmann Dolton IU with phone contact. Also a four room cottage for sale at 13314 South Park Ave with garden, yard work by Christ Jsinger of Calumet Ave Riverdale. Repair quotes from Kunkel Morsbperg and Alterations offered.
Mary E. Tuesdale Camp No 8142 of Royal Neighbors of America meets the first and third Tuesdays each month at the Dalton Village Hall. Josephine McLaughlin serves as Oracle, Lulu Berger as Recorder, and Pauline M. Slaughter as Receiver.
A terse aphorism attributed to Hazlitt, noting that mean temperaments derive satisfaction from vexing others rather than aiding themselves. The line reflects a disdain for unhelpful behavior and a valuation of considerate conduct.
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