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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
4
A republication lists ten disloyalist guidelines from the Independent warning how traitors might undermine U S support. It urges muting loyalty, blaming Wall Street, exploiting democracy flaws, twisting history, embargoing allied aid, opposing presidential power, spreading distrust, delaying conscription, portraying Allied defeat, and opposing entangling alliances and the Monroe doctrine.
In Enid Oklahoma on October 6 eight of eleven defendants in the Working Class union and Jones Family case were found guilty of conspiracy to resist the selective draft law. Each received six years in Leavenworth and a $1000 fine. A new trial motion was denied. Defendants were tto file bills of exception within ninety days and granted $15,000 bonds.
The government has under construction about 1 036 cargo vessels totaling 5 924 700 tons and 400 foreign owned ships. Most will be finished by 1918 end. Atlantic available tonnage stands at 25 500 000 and Pacific at 5 500 000.
Marcus Aurelius reflects on the brave soul willing to leave the body and remain unconcerned about death or removal, praising fearless resolve and detachment. The line honors such steadfast composure in the face of mortality.
Lost cameo ring between Illinois Central depot Riverdale and C I depot Dalton reported Sunday. Reward is offered. return to The Pointer office.
On Saturday September 29 district officials held a banquet at the Congress Hotel honoring District Superintendent Orville T. Bright who has led educational matters in the district for years and was recently named a chief examiner for the Board of Education. Toastmaster Geo A Brennan, Van Vissingen School principal, presided and principals shared remarks praising Bright's service.
Iowa visitor Harry Robinson and family praise Grinnell for its wartime spirit. The town cleaned streets, waxed sidewalks, and a military band played as residents both old and young sent the soldiers off with a memorable sendoff.
A letter from a serviceman in the 17th Engineers (Railway) Company F of the American Expeditionary Forces in France dated Sept 17, 1917. He notes limited details due to regulations, reports having plenty to eat and wear, and mentions Mme Dix the opera singer. asks friends Robert and Chas Campbell to write, and provides his overseas address via New York.
Philadelphia pioneered magazine publishing in the early 1700s, becoming the first literary center of the New World. Although Boston produced the first newspaper, Philadelphia soon led in magazines and periodicals.
Sequoyah known as George Guess was a famed Cherokee inventor of the Cherokee syllabary. He was described as a halfbreed with a white father and a full-blood Indian mother.
A reflective line warns that a man driven by worldly gain clings to a fragile rope that cannot hold. The image suggests vulnerability when personal ambition overrides caution and moral balance.
The piece notes September brings cold and frost and equinoctial storms blamed for shipping disasters. It rejects the idea that crossing the celestial equator causes storms, explaining weather stems from broad influences and that moon and sun spots have little scientific basis for predicting weather.
Hildegarde Hawthorne argues against the idea that stories must feature only virtuous characters. She notes that all places contain flawed people and that harsh circumstances reveal temper and misdeeds, a point relevant to both children and adults who deem books objectionable for bad characters.
A boy visits a grocery and asks to lower the price of a head of lettuce from ten to five cents by removing leaves. The clerk declines, noting the price is ten cents. The boy suggests trimming leaves to cut the cost.
Mary visits a new baby, the sixth in the family. She remarks that perhaps the children could be bigger and fewer in number, reflecting a practical-minded view on family size.
A reflective aphorism notes that lasting happiness hinges on ongoing prosperity and warns that decline or departure from economic well being undermines contentment. The statement emphasizes the link between wealth and sustained well being without offering specific actions or events.
A short, quippy quote from the Boston Transcript notes a young man's gaze at a pretty girl and his curiosity about what she might carry in her purse.
A brief dialogue note from the Boston Transcript captures a young man admitting he has forgotten a girl and asks for her company, highlighting a mood of overdue attention and a casual romantic exchange.
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