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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
4
The piece notes manufacturers and wholesalers pushing cooperative schemes to cut service costs while farmers' sons leave rural work for city pay three times higher. It cites profiteers' anger, overtime after short hours, and scarcity amid strikes, plus a circus parade incident near President Wilson and widespread sedentary office life.
The piece urges country schools to advertise their closing day programs to showcase graduating classes. It argues advertising attracts support, impresses visitors, and encourages families to keep children enrolled by highlighting student hard work and self discipline.
Farmers along railroad lines and on rural properties vary in their use of space for advertising. The piece argues advertising should feature farm products only and notes that neatly painted barn lettering can inform locals about farm specialties. It warns that billboards degrade the look of farms and neighborhoods.
Before the war government bonds offered about three percent. People sought near government‑bond security and preferred four percent interest. Now certain Liberty bonds present a similar secure investment with favorable terms.
The Pointer argues that selling and paying off at par at maturity yields nearly 6 percent net. It urges money holders or savers to seize such opportunities, noting they do not occur often in a lifetime.
The piece argues rural depopulation risks food shortages as workers flee farms for cities. It urges massive rural credit expansion so farmers can buy machinery, paired with saving by city workers who should curb luxury spending to fund farming needs.
Government workers face a softened view yet the postal service suffers unsatisfactory conditions. Employees are leaving in large numbers, risking disruption to business. Support for a fair wage is urged to maintain an efficient postal system and avoid costly labor shortages.
Dr E J Banks lectured on Modern Babylonia and Its Buried Cities at the American Institute of the City of New York. He showed twin vases from a boudoir context, noting 6 000 year old cosmetic practices mirroring today.
Citizens from diverse groups unite to raise 500000 for the Edward Sanatorium at Naperville a branch of the Chicago tuberculosis institute. Three hundred twenty workers join the drive June 1–8 across Chicago and suburbs to rebuild after February fire and expand facilities including laboratories X ray and nurses home. The program aims to offer cost treatment about 20 dollars weekly maintaining dignity while expanding care and accessibility.
A plea to raise funds for needed construction at the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute urges every Cook County resident to contribute or pledge. Donors are invited to the institute office at 8 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois for solicitation or payment.
Up coast tribes use carved poles and crests to tell tribe clan and family stories. Crest rights pass through women and a man gains standing by generous gift giving rather than possessions. Crests appear on canoes houses and woven items and reflect guardian spirits and personal symbols.
Dr William S Tomlin warns that misuse of the handkerchief and nose blowing with nostrils constricted can cause acute middle ear disease and deafness. He advises sleeping on the side during a cold to improve drainage from the eustachian tubes.
Excerpt describes penguins as both dignified and comically awkward, noting the emperor penguin with his mate and the Adelie’s sturdy independence. The passage praises their adaptive life, occasional missteps outside familiar duties, and sparks of intelligence as observed in Shackleton’s The Heart of the Antarctic.
A naval officer recounts a V A D tale of an ordinary herring tested in a bowl of salt water. Daily water exchanges yielded renewed life in fresh water, then with little water until the bowl emptied. The herring survived in the empty bowl, hopped between perches, but fell into the trough and drowned.
When paint has spattered the windows it may be removed with steel wool more quickly and easily than with a coin a putty knife or other devices often tried.
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