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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1926
Page
4
A column from Dalton Illinois reflects on daily life and quirky observations. It notes hopes for faster telephone service to England, late trains in Dalton and Riverdale, home economics and service, sport mishaps, and jokes about crime stories music lightning rods and Thanksgiving duties. It ends with a remark on tuberculosis deaths falling by half and swats with Christmas seals.
The text describes Babylon on the Shinar plain in Mesopotamia as the most renowned ancient city. It notes the extraordinary fertility of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates, with wheat and barley growing naturally and the possibility of two wheat crops per year plus a third for cattle feed. It also mentions diverse fruits and vast date groves supplying inhabitants.
A collage of wry lines and snippets spans crime, immigration, taxes, soup contests, jokes, and daily observations. It threads humorous quips from doctors, cooks, and merchants with sly social commentary on wages, coal prices, and pretended virtue.
The Board of Local Improvements of Dolton Illinois awarded the contract for paving and improving Chicago Street and other streets, Docket No 22, to John Mackler & Company. The award was made at a meeting on November 18 1926 and dated November 19 1926.
Domestic rabbits raised in hutches with limited exercise and proper feeding yield meat that is clean in habit and sweet, tender, and flavorful. Their diet of oats, barley, and alfalfa hay contributes to the delicious quality, per the Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture.
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