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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1926
Page
5
A collection of humorous quips and cartoons with lines about murder, money, romance, and daily life. It riffs on shop talk, old-time manners, stage life, taxes, and social foibles, often pairing wordplay with cartoonish character bits. The items mix puns and wry observations from a bygone era.
Champion racing greyhounds from across the country arrive at Thornton for trials leading to the American Greyhound Derby on September 11. Entrants include Buck Hawke and Inkerman among others, with heats over three eighths of a mile and a half mile final racing for a $5,000 purse.
A record Derby night crowd is expected with about ten thousand on average but twice that many anticipated for the big race. New grand stand seats have been installed and approved by fans as Greyhound racing gains a firm foothold, positioning Chicago as a world center for the sport.
School start details show teachers living with parents this year. Superintendent O. T. Bright Jr leads. Junior High staff includes Wayne Fuller Tolita Hanson Lucile Hurley and Marjorie Calhoun. Various classroom teachers listed by building with grade assignments and a music supervisor named Margaret Davenport.
A notice stresses the importance of the first day of school. Parents should have children present Tuesday morning September 7 with junior high and branch high at 8 40 a m and all others at 9 00 a m. The first days are very important.
Books listed with grades and prices include Bolonius Primer and First Reader for Grade 1, Second and Third Readers for Grades 2 and 3, Palmer writing books, Stone's Arithmetic series, Essentials of Geography, Hart's History, West-Story of Our Country, Hygiene primer, a dictionary, Augsburg drawing supplies, and Essential Language Habits in multiple volumes. Teachers will take orders on first day to aid children.
An Atchison Globe column chides a reader for complaints about not being a millionaire. It emphasizes using available faculties to work, travel, and experience, calling the attitude ungrateful and unreasonable.
A Michigan Public Health observation notes the Eskimo as a lawless race with no creed yet obeying the rule of treating others as he wishes to be treated. It commends his physical manhood endurance humor dignity and honorable treatment of women children and dogs.
Health authorities urge a quart of milk daily for children and adults noting its complete nutritional structure. Yet milk is fragile and spoils quickly even with refrigeration, and sterility in production is a major concern.
Geneva reports a pivotal week for the League of Nations with the United States expected to enter the world court as Germany joins the body. Britain blocks Egypt’s league bid, France calls for Abyssinia and Egypt disputes, while Spain threatens to quit the league over Tangier.
Mexico City faces a pivotal congress session where President Calles and ministers report on achievements and push for continued religious reforms. The church and government target religious liberty and education policies, amid a fifth Sunday without Catholic services in major temples.
Thousands attend Rudolph Valentino’s funeral in New York where Pola Negri and others mourn the film star. Father Edward Leonard delivers the final benediction over Valentino’s casket as his last words to Pola Negri are reported.
The Portal of Peace in Blaine Washington commemorates a century of U S Canadian peace. Dedication occurred September 5 1921 and the memorial costing 40000 sits 100 yards from the boundary where the forty ninth parallel meets Boundary Bay.
A concise reflection on folly in vows, arguing that foreknowledge of the future is beyond human reach and thus unnecessary vows are misguided.
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