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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
4
A provincial snapshot rail of social quips touches advertising growth pay for Congress during recess poetry endurance tests and public events. Lord Curzon on war Henry Ford gasoline policy and calls to treat school properties as more than amusements surface amid casual humor.
The piece notes spring fever fades not by tonics but by the season itself. It cites old wife remedies of sulphur and molasses and urges a woods walk to find the cure among flowers streams and sun while joking about Lenin in editorials from Tribune and other papers.
Fond du Lac Commonwealth notes the state assembly defeated three auto-related bills. The paper suggests studying the assembly’s tactics to apply them to a bill under consideration at a local garage project.
A humorous essay argues women’s watches run erratic due to feminine care, adornment focus, and possible electromagnetic influence from the body. Herbert Duke notes irregularity when worn by wives but accuracy when worn by men, suggesting a mix of cultural and physical factors in wristwatch performance.
A fragment from a Chicago area piece recounts five strangers asked at seven a.m. whether they favor long or short skirts for women. Reactions vary from firm opinions to hesitance and quoted lines. The passage includes unrelated local jokes and quotes from other papers.
Western Steel Car and Foundry Co. from Hegewisch occupies the Burnham Bay road house to house about a hundred of its workmen. Earlier, the Ryan Car Co. adapted Arrow Head Inn for a similar use.
The 1923 census notes the Calumet region in Indiana with Gary Hammond East Chicago and Whiting totaling about 200000 residents. It highlights a large industrial population in the Calumet area and the spread across multiple cities.
A Trinidad anaconda at London Zoological Gardens recently birthed twenty four young ones, each about twenty six inches long. Other snakes at New York and other facilities have produced larger clutches, with boas, pythons, and reticulated pythons laying or giving birth to dozens of offspring.
A reader in New Orleans questions the ethics of a titled bachelor and the idea of being disciplined by a baby's touch. The remark sparks light social chatter with no clear outcome or connected event.
Thousands of crushed garnets supply a costly emery paper industry. The article notes the yearly scale of material processing and the specialized use in abrasive papers.
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