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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1921
Page
4
A list of local officials and committees is presented along with editorial reflections on rural life and national figures. Commentary covers youth migration, rural education, farming, and government red tape, ending with a quip about spades and hoes versus can openers.
The Shipping Board notes rising American sea use when seas turn rough. Credit facilities are seen as essential by slow pay groups. Local school kids are convinced that continuous studying harms health.
The piece argues that national strength rests on prosperous agriculture and small farms. It cites ancient and modern examples, including the Moman empire and England's land ownership, to urge establishing a strong farming class as national security.
The speaker criticizes high wages for miners amid low demand for coal and warns of spring loafing and a potential shortage next winter. President Harding proposes lower freight rates to spur spring purchases, aiming to reduce costs and prevent further shortages.
Every year 266 billion silkworms produce about 60 million pounds of raw silk. Taken together, global silkworms spin threads roughly 4,700 miles per second in speed and total length about 150 billion miles.
The piece praises Lake Eyre as a continental marvel below sea level with nearby fresh springs for cattle and drovers. It recounts a Blackfella legend of an ol man debil debil in the lake guarding an island, notes the lake water’s buoyancy and preservative powers, and mentions pumice stones and a lingering horse rumor observed by locals.
The article cites Pliny on hunter methods using rapid horses and whelps to lure tiger cubs back to the lair. It notes a Physiologus tale of dragons and water breath leading a hart to drown a dragon with antlers. Unicorn legends from Chester, England describe hunting of a pure maiden to kill the creature, or a non maid leading to its death.
The Ossining area on the Hudson was once Sing Sing named from an Indian term meaning stony place. Settled circa 1698, the town housed the Sing Sing prison built in 1826 under Capt. Elam Lynds who directed convicts to wall themselves in. In 1901 the town officially changed to Ossining due to prison associations.
The piece describes an ant queen’s life, guarded by courtiers who feed and escort her. If she deviates from the workers chosen path, the court bites her to enforce conformity, showing the colony’s control over the individual queen.
Forests near New Holland are described as coated with a shell substance. Observers say the deposits come from decayed shellfish carried by winds and settled as a dust layer on tree surfaces. The phenomenon is attributed to natural atmospheric transport.
A reflective note on the future and the good each person can do, emphasizing the beauty of work that sustains life and happiness. The author highlights a hopeful view of practical efforts improving everyday living.
A brief reflective line from a Boston transcript notes that some wisdom consists mostly of telling others what they should do, highlighting social judgment and guidance.
A collection notes swift carrier pigeons capable of 500 miles in 12 hours in good weather from the Brooklyn Eagle. It also quotes Shakespeare on mercy and salvation, Henry van Dyke on narrow society, and Henry Ford style figures on daily needle use ranging into the millions.
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