Hit or Miss Column and Oddities From The Pointer
A collage notes humorous items on politics and finance, including a joke about a pin head president of a bowlers club, Prof Gaver proposing a kindergarten for apes, and an aviator who escaped death being arrested in Grant Park. Judge Owen’s contempt fine is discussed along with light satire on gold, cold weather, and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Park
Owen
McKinley
Treasury Department
Washington
Riverdale
Dalton
G. W. Spencer
A. R
Banceforth
The Bible as the Guide and Inspiration of Humanity
Bishop William F. Anderson cites the Bible as the charter of liberty and civilization, molding government, shaping law, inspiring ethics, and guiding science and philosophy in the Western Christian Advocate. He portrays it as the light that illuminates truth, opposes oppression, and sustains humanity through sorrow and temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Anderson
Bread and Bills Haunt Town as Debt Grows Sharp
A local column laments rising unpaid accounts and slips in bread shortages. It jests about a fashionable young lady kneading bread with gloves, then warns the town may become a beacon of benevolence if collections do not improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardena
Buenthia
Election Notice in Dalton Kindergarten Vote May 25 1912
Notice declares an election at Park Avenue School Dalton Cook County Illinois on Saturday May 25 1912 to decide on establishing a Kindergarten at Lincoln Avenue and Chicago Street Schools. Polls open 4 pm close 7 pm by order of the District Board of Education May 13 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Dalton
County of
Cook
State of
Ilinois
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Street
Board of Education
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Biscuit Company
Peter Ripley
137Th St
Globe
Pine Tree
John Harms & Sons
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
Fred L. Logan
Prop
Calumet Hotel
Buffet
137Th Street
THE
Northwestern Gas Light & Coke CO
Western Ave
Blue Island
W. Fulford
198Th St
Leyden Ave
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicage Street
BY CG. H. Leetlefellow
Interest Vial Bowlers
L-sumation
Gaver
Little Johnie
Claude Graham White
Migs
Dorothy ‘Taylor
Weill
Cook Co. Wallane
Hammond
J. C. Ton
Oakglen, II
Thomas Harper, Pres
I. W. Robison
A.C. Roth
May
Leyden Avenue
Public Service Co
Noaatherv Il
Riverdale Pharmacy
Roy F, Parker
Reich
Indiana Ave
Oxford Grocery and Market
John Pralle
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