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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1930
Page
3
A Dalton column notes quips on arithmetic courage Thanksgiving services and student sports. It jokes about football scholastic standards and ignores classroom excuses. It contrasts pioneers with modern comforts and mocks American Education Week while urging yard work and removing window screens.
The piece discusses a market downturn fueling public disillusion with speculation. It notes rising participation beyond true speculators, from workers to immigrants, driven by tips and insider moves. It argues insiders profit first, while wage earners should buy stock of their employing firms to assess management.
The company aims for prosperity but warns that many people with little security investment knowledge may incur losses by buying stocks without accurate information. It recommends sticking with the old hometown bank for safer handling.
The census identified millions unable to read or write and Congress may supply those names to state authorities for literacy programs. Confidential census data is typically protected but exceptions may apply to help non English speakers learn. Non English speakers are described as a drag on national life and on cooperation in industry and politics.
The piece urges Congress to speed up December’s session to prevent an extra session for the new Congress. It argues that political agitation unsettles business, and industry desires a quiet year to focus on improvements without political disruption. It cautions that 1932 may bring more politics than desired.
The piece argues millions abstained from voting on November 4 citing graft and corruption. It condemns the selfish view that time is wasted on politics, warns of a rotting government if this spirit persists, but urges support for honest people in the political arena.
Miss Ann B. Gordon of Dallas Texas, born in Flat Creek Tennessee, has earned a fortune of 3 000 000 dollars after leaving Flat Creek a decade ago to seek opportunity. She founded a Dallas real estate office in 1920 and soon invested heavily in oil lands yielding ten wells.
A mixed, fragmented humor piece recounts quips about bootleggers tombstones and moral irony. It weaves concerns of stolen goods and questionable readings with light anecdotes about a Riverdale boy and a station master joke.
The Jarret mansion at Cahokia, now a schoolhouse, hosted Lafayette in 1762. Illinois residents served with manufactured gas exceed the 1800 U.S. population. The Merchandise Mart in Chicago holds the world’s largest lunch counter at 812 seats and over 800 feet of marble. Illinois leads in radio stations and Commonwealth Edison Chicago earned second place in a no lost time accident contest. The West’s first elevator was installed in the Sherman House, Chicago, in 1861.
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