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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
4
The piece argues the American Legion runs a wide public service program beyond bonuses and pensions. It urges balanced view, defends leadership, and asserts the Legion supports veterans protection, child relief, patriotism, law and order, and community service with democratic majorities guiding policy.
A veteran urges readers to join the Legion's reform efforts or risk losing. He asserts that majority support is needed to influence change and frames political participation as the American way to advance. The speaker emphasizes action over passive waiting.
A mixed spoof of social scenes and quips spans farm talk, club politics, smart comebacks, and dinner humor. Anecdotes include Johnson discussing a Brushville farm, a city man’s motor harvester joke, a math square sequence, and jokes about firemen, legions, ledgers, and fashion critiques.
A Civil War veteran spends a week in a New York hotel. On paying, the clerk asks his rank and, learning he is a private, refuses to charge. The clerk says he won’t bill the first private he ever met, turning the stay into a humorous moment.
A newly married pair steps off a train, the bride asking to avoid giving the impression of marriage. He offers to carry the suitcases and umbrellas as they leave together, a small domestic moment captured in travel.
Sunday school teacher asks James about Good Friday. James replies with a humorous misinterpretation naming a Crusoe figure who did housework. The exchange shows playful misunderstanding in a classroom setting.
An Illinois bank reports its resources and liabilities as of September 28 1938 including cash 36632510 loans 38 35000 and deposits totaling 1352202 41 with pledged securities totaling 65000 and deferred certificates of future profits noted. Milton H Waterman cashier attests to accuracy and notary Johanna M De Young witnesses sworn statement.
Pupils in grades three and four work on a Pilgrim scene and social studies, while spelling and music lessons advance. A Christmas Carol play is set for December 16 with tickets forthcoming, and a drive for an orphan home addition at Addison, Illinois seeks donations.
The article argues that farming requires far more ability and character to manage than a typical job, and that rewards do not match the effort invested.
The page notes learning the Lydia Maria Child poem Thanksgiving Day and participation in a minstrel show at Franklin school. Fifth grade Miss Pohlers remains out, while sixth graders welcome Albert Thiernan from Washington school. Eleven new PTA members lift room average to 60 percent with forty six visitors last week. Seventh grade starts a club led by Louis Bartalon and Ruth Van Dyke with Pied Dunn and Lee Lavison as officers. Mervin Burwell returns to Michigan to finish the year. Lincoln School held open house during American Education Week. the eighth grade had 95 visitors and a field trip to the Field Museum Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium.
First and second graders watched wheat seeds sprout after Ralston Cereal sent seeds. Third and fourth graders plan Thanksgiving stories and Pilgrims readings. Fourth graders write and draw for a booklet titled A Visit to Baffin Island.
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