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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
5
A satirical roundup by C. H. Leetlefellow touches on beet raising rivalries, Homewood water works, and local politics. It notes Dick Hese's barber shop registration cue, mentions Job E. Hedges for New York governor, and jokes about signs and dollar signs amid war talk in Bulgaria, Servia, and Turkey.
A four year old spills ink on a phonograph to spur it to work and fails. The tale warns ink or salve cannot fix a faltering enterprise. It suggests using printers ink to promote effort but notes quick fixes like water are useless. The moral urges persistent boosting of community efforts.
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