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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
4
A collection of satirical observations on voting behavior and public life. Notable lines critique silent votes women’s suffrage, campaign spending, and elected officials. Also comments on education, recreation, church hospitality, and urban noise and busyness.
A discussion notes only about 3,000,000 of about 120,000,000 Americans pay federal income tax. The piece argues many families are not taxed, urges practical steps to join the taxpaying ranks, and suggests success comes from hard work, study, organization, and applying solid knowledge.
A 14 year old in North Bel Maine farms hens to fund college plans. The piece notes that many students work their way through school, gaining thrift and business insight while missing some social activities. It argues such self supporting students may be preferred by employers.
Experts urge nationwide bird refuges to protect breeding grounds from hunters. Without safe havens, pest insect populations rise, threatening food supplies and raising costs. Secure habitats in Illinois and beyond would unleash birds’ natural pest control.
A Chicago Motor Club bulletin urges motorists to gather evidence after any crash involving damage or injury. It recommends using a camera or sketches, noting weather, road conditions, and skid marks, collecting driver details and licenses, and securing sworn repair testimony to prove damages. Disinterested witnesses are preferred to biased ones.
The prominent English palace in London known as St James’s is linked to builder Henry Will and is said to feature a Holbein designed gatehouse.
Walter Henry MacPherson renowned orator and storyteller will lead a May 11 meeting at South Holland Village Hall at 8 p m. He will speak on Waltonism, followed by Rev. E Kooistra and Rev. T W Muilenberg. Winners of essays on stream pollution will be honored.
Thornton Township hosted 230 submissions for the contest on stream pollution dangers. Ralph Shepard of Harvey won first prize, Verneeta Gibson of South Holland took second, and Virginia Needles of Dalton earned third. A public awards meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 p m in South Holland village hall to present honors.
A fragmentary verse urges building a strong box with a padlock to store troubles and heartaches. It counsels hiding personal hurts away, laughing at them, and keeping the contents sealed and secret, with repeated instruction to sit on the lid.
A visitor encounters a patient who explains a bizarre family chain that makes him his own grandfather. The riddle unfolds through tangled marriages and step relations, highlighting impossible genealogical links in a humorous exchange.
An exchange notes a thief entered the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Cleary while they were at the theatre last Friday. The incident occurred in Boston and was reported by the Boston Transcript.
A Montreal Daily Star exchange quotes a self confident man declaring his motto Get thee behind me Satan The listener notes the power of backing in success and ambition as the booster idea is praised by both speakers
A Toledo Blade item recalls Sandy MacPherson peering from a hotel window at a large illuminated clock in a nearby tower and then stopping his wristwatch. The fragment notes a salesman boast and a customer retort about wear. It also mentions Ernest Kettler, a Riverdale pharmacist, blamed for cold weather by wearing a straw hat last Thursday.
The Vatican hosts about 500000 books and 60000 manuscripts in its library and 100000 volumes in the archives. These items span fourteen distinct collections, each with its own catalogue.
A vintage advertisement for Kettler’s Whooping Cough Remedy promotes its use in treating whooping cough winter coughs laryngitis asthma and throat catarrh. Ernest Kettler R. Ph. 87 East 187th street Riverdale Illinois lists Riverdale 46 as contact.
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