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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
4
A collage of quips on crime taxes college life fashion and weather mocks. It jokes about obituaries sports as crime and shoes to match skirts and ends with a definition of the fourth dimension and its use in geometry.
The article argues city work is fading and farm laborers prefer good housing and grounds. Contented farm workers align with owners, boosting prosperity. Young men with limited means should farm for five years, then rent or buy property. Prices rising will push land into smaller parcels, aiding new owners.
The movement to consolidate rural schools allows a central building to host clubs for agricultural production entertainments and drama. Children learn to work in these clubs and become community builders through organized public activities.
The growing tendency to rent farms for a year and then relocate is a harsh feature of country life. Moving outfits drag worn furniture along roads, raising questions about adaptation and stability as people continually change methods with each new location.
Notice invites bids for a parcel in Fractional Section 5 Township 36 North Range 15 East. The tract runs along the west line of Section 5 and a right of way line, with specific boundary points and the Rand Avenue public highway. Bids open at 8 p.m. May 25, 1921, at Burnham Village Hall per local ordinance.
The Village of Burnham votes to sell via bidding the unused pumping station site in Township 36 N 15 E, with bids opened May 25 1921 at 8 00 pm. The sale requires three fourths board approval, publication for sixty days in The Pointer, and conveyance by proper deed.
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