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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1937
Page
4
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips ranging from murder trial gags to dating and daily life. The pieces touch on a judge’s remark about acquitting a wife, a misfired pun about potatoes, corns, soft hands, and a Riverdale girl ready to sail matrimony. Some lines hint at stolen lines and mixed origins.
The Department of Agriculture notes about half of the United States fluid milk and cream is marketed through cooperatives. These entities operate in most large cities and are expanding in smaller towns. Some are marketing cooperatives while others like the Pioneer Dairymen's Cooperative Association of New York take title to milk and sell it through their own facilities. Their growth stems from solid business principles and public demand for stable fair-priced high quality products, earning their place through ideals of service.
American railroads carried nearly 247 million passengers in the first six months of 1937 with no passenger fatalities. Five rail-related deaths occurred in the same period of 1936. Rail fatalities have declined as trains grew longer and faster since 1925, while a 70 car freight train limit bill now in Congress is argued to be economically and safety inappropriate.
The piece argues that nations and individuals suffer when false ideas take hold. Dictatorships control media and education to implant their truth, denying people access to accurate information and distorting reality.
A reflection on the need for free ideas and responsible schooling. The text argues people demand freedom to form ideas, criticizes reliance on government, and urges godly schools and good newspapers to root out wrong notions while promoting timeless lessons from daily life.
A melancholy morning sees marigolds and zinnias blighted by frost after a chilly dawn. The flowers have sung their last song for the season while gardeners reflect on fading blossom time and look toward seed catalogs and plans for next year.
A jokey clash over poets fire in verse contrasts with the dream of writing turning drab at manuscript. Editors return manuscripts with polite but unhelpful refusals. The aspiring writer endures many burned drafts before a worthy piece is printed.
Recent figures show 109 women in the legislature across 34 states, averaging about three per state. While fears that politics would overwhelm home life proved unfounded, women balance slender incomes and family needs, and more are urged to join the legislature to help shape laws that meet these needs.
The text discusses how inmates frequently study jail walls and devise escape plans. It argues that if they redirected half their effort from breaking out to honest work, they could build solid lives, noting the wasted energy and misdirected focus among long term offenders.
The 38th annual Chicago Auto Show debuts Saturday November 6 at the International Amphitheatre Halsted and 43rd streets and runs daily through November 13. Hours 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. except opening day 2 p.m. The event features Fashions of the World in the central arena, a Keep Chicago Safe committee safety poster display, and displays by manufacturers in trailers. Admission 55 cents.
The public remains keen to know who won the football games as Americans show rising interest and curiosity in the outcomes.
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