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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1922
Page
4
Observations on socialism in Russia, consumer interests in sportwear versus work aprons, public debt borrowing versus taxes, Europe's bankruptcy and American trade, Soviet debt payment, bootlegging signals, and Americans moderating alcohol with more milk water and soda.
Figures presented at the national convention of state boards of health in Washington declare 1921 the healthiest year on record. Debate follows attributing gains to leaner diets or less alcohol, yet the larger message emphasizes broad health education and sanitation. Emphasis on family level health campaigns, sanitary living, and preventing household disease spread.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes Thaddeus Fairbanks of Vermont invented and patented the first modern scale around 1831. His device replaced the Roman steelyard for weighing heavy loads, offering greater accuracy and rapid worldwide adoption.
A reflective essay on women in politics noting how Kant’s view of women contrasts with public expectations. It suggests women conceal their voting motives, remain mysterious to others, and nonetheless influence political currents more through indirect paths than overt declarations.
The article notes that pairing foods such as haw and eyes, frank fuffers and kraut, and corned beef with cabbage reflects Yuan Mei, the ancient Chinese philosopher, who stated cookery balances two things served together.
The village of Riverdale in Cook County Illinois enacts an amendment to paragraph 5b section 9 chapter 28 raising the licensed vehicle fee to 1000. The ordinance was passed May 23 1922 and published May 26 1922 with official signatures from Village Clerk George L Koehler and President Charles Niemeyer.
The Village of Riverdale in Cook County authorizes the village attorney to revise and codify its ordinances into proper chapters and sections. An appropriation of 1000 dollars is provided to cover revision costs from the General Fund, effective after passage and approval on May 28, 1922.
An advertising manager for an oil concern extols window displays as eye catching. He says a window display acts as an arm reaching to the passer by and commands attention with a direct message See me Here I am.
Riverdale Park Commissioners treasurer Harry J. McGrain submits the 1922 fiscal year financial statement. The report records funds on hand at year start, receipts by source, expenditures and purposes, sworn May 23, 1922 before Justice August C. Rich, Lake County, Illinois.
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