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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1937
Page
4
A playful Riverdale column notes cooks share popover tips while girls debate pop questions. It jokes that hungry boys storm the house, warns motorists to tread carefully, and muses on aging at 25. The bit references Roosevelt, football plays, and home life with cabbage.
Badminton uses serve based scoring with points earned only on the server. A game consists of fifteen points, the court is smaller than tennis, the net is higher, and plays favor speed stamina and agility. Indoor conditions plus deceptive shots define modern badminton strategy.
State Senator George Rogers urged farmers to rely on themselves not outside aid for progress. He praised cooperative marketing associations for boosting membership and influence during tough times, noting farmers are steadily achieving deserved success through self-help.
The article discusses juvenile offenders dubbed stubborn children and the clash between law, home, and school. It argues for identifying each child’s strengths and channeling talents into occupations or activities to reduce defiance and help integration into society.
A newspaper paragrapher notes that some people may prefer jail over work as a penalty. The piece suggests that for certain men work is seen as the harsher option and jail offers predictable meals and basic comfort.
The passage argues that a child who avoids regular work grows to dislike labor, while those who form the habit early adapt to steady tasks. It questions whether aversion stems from mind or body and warns that idleness is as dangerous as a contagious disease for the young.
A public speaker warned that American emotion could drive the nation into war if incidents in China or surrounding waters provoked outrage. He recalled the 1898 Maine explosion in Havana, urging focus on domestic welfare and peaceful living to deter further conflict.
The Christmas clubs will pour about 320 million dollars into the nation’s business, bolstering markets and encouraging prudent debt payment as households save to cover current expenses. This plan curbs bad habits of running up debt and helps prevent slow accounts and bankruptcies, acting as a tonic for the economy.
The post office cautions letter writers to place Christmas seals on the back of envelopes and not on the front. Officials say front placement may delay handling and complicate automated sorting.
The Dolton park skating pond was flooded for the first time on Saturday and now hosts night skating after an overhead electric light was installed on Wednesday. Over a hundred people skated there Sunday. This year marks the first pond at Dolton park after previous failed attempts. Clay was laid to create a water tight bottom.
The mongoose, a slim Cicatune about 1d inches long, belongs to the weasel family and preys on snakes and rats. In India it fights cobras despite not resisting venom. Jamaica in past introduced mongooses to curb rats but they attacked birds, limiting their nonnative use.
The name Alcazar derives from two Arabic words al qaer meaning the castle or fortress. Its introduction into Western languages followed the Moorish occupation of Spain.
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