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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1919
Page
5
A. G. Keller argues true mental discipline comes from facing difficulty with tested attack methods and dexterous use of known tools. Quality of abstraction and application matters more than sheer volume of material.
A boy leans on a post as a man asks about his activity. The man offers a regular job with pay starting in the second week. The boy declines, insisting he is fine where he is and will only consider work the following week.
A Charles Dudley Warner quote praises a rare character content with the world as it is. The philosopher avoids claiming more than needed and rejects anxiety about success or leaving a legacy, living misunderstood by neighbors for his quiet exotic nature.
A New York newspaper asks should a woman reveal all to her husband and suggests that shared truth aids news flow. It quips that omission leads to missed information and gossip, proposing both spouses consider personal topics to spark conversation.
In a Boston transcript a roomer asks who uses his ink and whether his stationery evaporates as ink does. The landlady replies that likely no one uses it and notes ink evaporates rapidly.
The narrator jokes about leaving a cafe to dodge a waiter who they forgot to tip before. The piece also notes locals along back roads remain hard to recognize for six weeks after a haircut. It contrasts college professors’ supposed wisdom with needing students to learn current clothing styles.
It notes grocers claiming no sugar while hinting at red factions and blushing girls, suggesting gossip and political insinuations amid shortages and social tension.
The Minneapolis Tribune reports downtown logging as twenty to thirty trees including oaks elms and hackberries were marked for sale to widen a street. The Sweet studio oak will remain untouched the rest head to the city yard to become asphalt fuel for streets.
The remark notes many veterans who helped win independence cannot vote if rain prevents travel. It emphasizes barriers to participation for those affected by weather and highlights voting access issues affecting older generations.
City men dream of farm ownership and many try it with mixed results. Success depends on liking country life and willingness to work. Country towns welcome newcomers but resist failing ventures outside familiar trades. A year lease can let a city man test farming before fully committing.
Sonya Levien recalls Colonel Roosevelt sharing a balanced stance on labor. He praised reducing drudgery while stressing personal responsibility in success and failure. He acknowledged workers’ hardships but urged practical solutions like shorter hours and better conditions without abandoning individual character.
The report notes the Diusmiers receive praise and honor during the Tahar Conference while actions on avert and vonds are described as flattering. The text underscores the uncertain progress on these matters amid ceremonial respect.
War era curiosities include Major Hesketh Pritchard describing a German trick with a steel facsimile milestone that hid an observation post in no mans land. Also Popular Mechanics notes two ultra light boats for long trips, one weighing 18 pounds, collapsing to a hand bag size and inflated with a pump, the other fitting in a box for easy carry and paddleable.
An engineering account outlines a new heat and warm water system for public buildings in Berlin. The distribution radius is a mile and a half, including tenement houses. Warm water will come from exhaust steam of the electricity works and coke heated boilers, starting superheated at 120 degrees Celsius, and traveling through concrete conduit pipes with welded sections and stuffing boxes and sliding bearings.
The text claims city folks think quicker than country people and regret hasty actions. It notes politicians applying for census jobs promise efficiency and care, arguing they can stretch the work to last until 1930.
A cautious appeal emphasizes slowing pace and relying on public employees. The speaker urges steady progress and cautions against attempting to perform all tasks personally, noting broad staff and institutional support.
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