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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
4
A column of witty observations notes scarce freight cars, unbought crops, and cautionary warnings about daily life. It covers dancing dangers, forest preservation, prohibition battles, boarding-house business, college learning, opportunity, and town noise. It also mocks relish for flavors, driving habits, Franco-German war costs, farm workers returning to jobs, school lunches, and unions easing farmer prices.
The article argues strikes weaken buying power and harm industries, worsening unemployment. It contends war time wages keep prices high, harming farmers and overall living standards, and urges moderate wage cuts to sustain production and competitiveness against German labor costs. It emphasizes maintaining living standards while aligning costs with production.
A Linn County study shows one third of rural women still use washboards, half rely on hand power, and one sixth use power machines. Washboard users average five hours for family laundry and tire easily, while power machine users complete the task in about one and a half hours and feel no fatigue. Fuel costs for the power machine run about 13 cents per load, and critics argue fatigue leads to higher future costs in medical bills or early aging.
The piece describes a French statute from the reign of Philip the Fair limiting attire for common citizens while granting higher peers in dukedoms, counts, and barons the right to wear fur, precious stones, or gold. It notes annual incomes dictating privileges and penalties for excess. It also mentions ladies of rank limited to one lawn annually and knights with incomes above 3,000 livres may have more than two outfits.
A returning visitor reports that films fascinate South Sea islanders though the tragedy overwhelms them. To calm the crowd a man in the gallery reassures that it will end well. After rescues and thwarted villains, natives erupt in tears and joyful dancing.
A Boston Herald writer notes that the phrase seven seas predates English usage, tracing it to Hindu cosmology. The Vishnu Purana describes seven concentric dvipas surrounded by seven seas of varied substances, centered on Jambu-dvipa with Meru as the polar heaven stair.
Hannibal feigned a unified attack and sent a messenger to identify King Eumenes’s ship. His crew hurled clay pots filled with deadly snakes onto the king’s vessel, triggering terror as snakes overran the deck and forcing a retreat, allowing Hannibal to secure victory.
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