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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
4
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer contemplates crooks in baseball and politics, fruit theft on roadsides, youth and reputation, editor licensing, price shifts, money in sports bets, dirty play in football, newspaper readership reactions, and a reflection on civilizations and old ideas before Sargon.
The piece notes a shift from bicycles to automobiles among youths, with many high school age boys playing with costly cars ranging from 1000 to 5000 dollars. It acknowledges some positive lessons in repair skills but argues families should curb indulgence to keep lads focused on work and frugal living to start independent life.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict against 94 Industrial Workers of the World members for violations of the Selective Service and Espionage acts during the war. The piece argues radical elements obstructed conscription and warns violators should be punished and leave the country if they refuse to abide by laws.
The article argues forest resources are rapidly depleted and urges landowners to plant trees. Observers suggest at least one tenth of every farm should be timber, including village lots, since trees will gain value for fuel and beauty. It warns that France shows how scarce trees can become.
Harriet Fulmer explains that every Cook County school may receive one school nurse funded by local taxes. Public health nurses serve small towns and rural schools, with free services by writing Rural Nursing Service or calling Franklin 3000. Pushes Oct schedule changes and invites replies. Nurses care for bedside sick, teach families, supervise school children for eye ear nose throat defects, give health talks, and visit homes for tuberculosis cases.
The text credits Cecrops, an Egyptian founder, with establishing Athens and setting morals and laws that sheltered the innocent. It notes Cadmus bringing letters to Boeotia and Thebes, praises Boeotians as great in poetry and strategy, and links Phoenician influence with Jewish history as a catalyst for enduring learning and moral growth.
The London Chronicle notes barefoot figures from Eve and Nausicaa to Helen of Troy, praising sandals as a middle ground between shoeless and shod. It remarks that making sandals is easier than boots and cites Irish and Scottish children who routinely go barefoot, highlighting resilience and ingenuity.
Earl Roop 31 confessed to strangling and burying his two daughters Dorothy 3 and Bernice 2 in muck near Marshy Red Cedar river after chloroform failed. Coroner says death by strangulation. Roop told police he believed the children would be better off dead.
Descriptive meditation on how wind moves across fields and landscapes. The speaker notes wind’s unseen work with grain dust, distant mountains, and clouds while wind cools earth and stirs smoky hillsides as red flames flare in sunlight.
A reflective meditation on fate describing fate as a malignant spirit opposing exposed lives. The text notes irrational, tragic consequences and brutal irony in accidents and calamities, suggesting gods may hinder human achievement and reward.
Dr. Lyman P. Powell cites examples of petty religious bitterness. He recalls a dying church pillar asked about its church's status, replying that others are not doing any better, illustrating how rivalries harm all.
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