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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
7
A reflective piece urges readers to monitor spending and save regularly. It compares small daily expenditures to annual earnings, warns against wasting money, and advises setting aside weekly savings in a depository to build a nest egg and earn interest.
Dr. Wiley notes cabbage shines as sauerkraut and degrades when used for five-cent cigars. The Houston Post quotes the quip contrasting culinary use with cheap tobacco.
Republican candidate Thomas Marshall urges Gook County Republicans to support him for State's Attorney in the September 13, 1916 primary. He emphasizes merit over machine backing, notes his prior roles and record under John E. W. Wayman, and warns voters to keep the prosecutor’s office free from political bosses and factional control.
Walter S Parker of La Grange runs as Republican candidate for Representative to the General Assembly from the Seventh Senatorial district. He favors a shorter ballot and supports amending the constitution to modernize the fundamental law. Vote for Parker in the primary.
A call to voters to back George F. Roberts editor of the Weekly Reporter West Pullman Chicago on the Republican ticket in the September 13 primary. The candidate is praised for long service in business and public life, focus on tax reform home rule and election law revisions, and scrutiny of personal and professional character.
A Cherryvale historian recounts a frisky exchange on a Frisco train out of Cherryvale during high water. A woman asked rapid questions about arrival time, trainRunning condition, water depth on the track, and banana sales. The fruit vendor, a poet, replied Nine oclock Or time Knee deep Toree for a dime.
A reflection contrasts logic with common sense, noting that women's lack of aptitude for reasoning has not kept them from truth and men's reason does not prevent folly. The piece argues logic and everyday judgment operate separately.
Classified ad seeks a practical nurse to care for confinement cases at 1714 West 56th Street Chicago. Contact Mrs M J Fahey at Prospect 7819.
A claim from Pop War Science Monthly describes sleeping in a tub of water at blood heat as delivering the same rest as eight hours in bed, with four hours in the tub. A thermostatic water-control device maintains constant temperature while water circulates, aided by a rubber blanket.
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