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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1932
Page
4
A 1879 era Dalton Illinois weekly column humorously critiques politics and social norms. It ridicules campaigns and pretends to wisdom while lampooning daily life and public behavior with quips about taxes, brainy eyeglasses, umbrellas, and radio noise at night.
Inmates in some facilities play football with outside teams, prompting questions about care vs. coddling. Writers argue sport can deter plotting by giving purpose, while others worry about letting convicts off easy.
Col Raymond Robbins a famed social worker vanished on September 8 leaving a mystery that challenges the public. The article warns that organized crime grows stronger and may threaten those who fight its deeds as the nation remains largely unaware.
Readers are urged to consider firearm safety as questions loom about accidental shootings this year. The piece discusses the dangers of handling unloaded guns, lashed barrels, and unsafe practices while hunters maneuver over fences and in the field.
Notes warn of potential hunting accidents this fall as movement in the bushes draws attention. The piece stresses repeated warnings fail to deter careless hunters who may act rashly, risking injury or worse.
The 70 year old football pioneer Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as director of athletics and head coach at the University of Chicago. He says coaching allows him to influence young men and instill ideals, shaping character through sport and the example of athletic vigor and skill.
The cornerstone of the new Supreme Court building in Washington was laid recently. When finished the structure will house the world’s most powerful tribunal renowned for its traditions and guidance. Its decisions affect every citizen and require leaders who can interpret laws impartially.
The dairy cattle shipping ban will lift December 1 over most of Illinois as bovine TB prevalence rises to ninety five of 105 counties free of disease. A banking act amendment will appear on the November general ballot to allow receivers of closed banks to pledge assets to borrow funds for liquidation. A duck hunting pact lets Illinois residents with state licenses hunt on the Mississippi River within limits. Four hundred thousand pairs of 1988 license plates will be made by Stateville convicts. remaining plates by National ColorType in Kentucky.
Lily Lacloehe the millionaire socialite in French Indo China and New Caledonia produces silk wool and raphia palm fabric. She spins the material in her Lyons mills and makes her own clothes from the output.
A fragment from a humor page features quick quips and jokes about theft, marriage, diplomacy, and mules. It includes banter between a Dolton father and suitor, a phonograph gag, a skeleton key punch line, and a bookstore clerk anecdote, all in a breezy vaudeville voice.
A collage of quotes and quips unfolds from a club discussion in snow. The wind and Wall Street satire mingle with jokes about damages from a carpet tack in a pie and a whale tale to top it all.
Miss Petunia Riggs finds the source of a lingering rear squeak in her car. The culprit turns out to be her husband in the back seat asking her to drive more slowly.
A columnist argues men often resist purchases because they serve a wife’s desire rather than their own. The piece notes a pattern of household spending driven by partners rather than personal need.
The pastor of a local church has recovered from a neck carbuncle. He will preach on the question Is there a Hell in a Sunday night sermon.
A snake cannot stop feeding once it begins as its teeth bend in. If two snakes contest a single tough piece of food, one may swallow the other due to the unyielding grip.
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