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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1937
Page
4
A cluttered riverdale station page reflects broad musings on rain in gardens, berry picking, home, modest boasts, housing needs, work or jail, autonomous cars, cooking with egg yolks, and hairlines linked to intelligence, with no specific incident or figure clearly identified.
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes on manners, misheard lines, puns, social missteps, and domestic foibles. The items feature quick one liners about teachers, marriage prospects, anglers, a watch gag with a dead fly, a dachshund baseball dog, and playful wordplay between a gnat and a gnu.
Joseph Lee died at home near Boston after a long life of promoting playgrounds and recreation. He served as president of the American Playground and Recreation association for many years and was hailed as the father of the American playground movement for giving youth healthy outlets in crowded towns.
The piece argues that Americans enjoying relative welfare would judge socialist Russia less favorably after experiencing U S streets. It claims Russians would be astounded by the well dressed, prosperous appearance of Americans and hints at broader social contrasts.
The piece celebrates rising middle class comforts achieved through manufacturing progress. It notes dresses costing five dollars or less appeal to husbands, well kept automobiles in streets and backyards, and the availability of durable used cars at small prices, reflecting a marvellous business organization.
A reflection on tipping as an undemocratic practice. The essay argues that tips create unequal service based on wealth and suggests fixed regular pay for all workers as a fairer system. It discusses waiter and porter reliance on tips due to low wages and questions the moral implications of tipping.
The piece argues a compulsory school athletics program could improve youth health, noting six percent of Chinese high school students suffer TB. It contrasts passive American recess with active year round participation, suggesting broad engagement could curb TB risk and promote fitness.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company issued refunds totaling 224781.55 to 6628 employees under the Railroad Retirement Act. The checks return 3 percent deductions from March to December 1986 and a smaller refund for January to June 1987, reflecting the new 2 percent deduction starting January 1 1987.
Blue Island prepares eight day Legion Week from August 30 to September 6 with a Sunday inter state drum and bugle corps parade expected to exceed last year’s 42 participating organizations. Local groups including Knights of Columbus Eagles Lions Rotary and several clubs and churches will cooperate at 123rd and Western avenue with profits benefiting the Blue Island Community Chest Fund.
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