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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
2
A collage of humorous lines and vignettes featuring puns about marriage money and fashion. Characters include a tramp, a dry agent, and various spouses trading wits on economic dress, jealousy, and everyday foibles. Short quips touch on piracy, politics, and social mores of the era.
The shrub called cr-baby plant or Christ tear is scientifically Erythrina cristagulli. It also goes by the common name eoral tree in horticultural references.
The noted Scotch publisher James Balantyne, friend of Sir Walter Scott, was so pompous and dignified and prone to long words that Scott dubbed him Aldiborontiphosco phornia after Henry Clay's character.
Paramount announces the Greater Movie Season 1925 26 at Riverdale theatre with all releases and major stars. Highlights include The Pony Express The Coast of Folly Gloria Swanson Betty Bronson Raymond Griffith and Pola Negri plus Meighan Dix and Lloyd new comedies and star vehicles across the season.
The September 1 1923 Japanese quake surpassed others in fatalities and damage. It affected a one degree square area with about 600000 houses destroyed and 126000 partially collapsed. In total 993381 people died 43476 were missing and 103733 were wounded.
A New York Sun excerpt describes a woman noting her new boyfriend is a policeman. Even off duty he instinctively raises a hand to halt drivers stalled by traffic and calls out violators while they walk together.
Bartholomeu Dias named the Cape of Good Hope the Cape of Storms in 1486 after storms that hindered his voyage and forced him to sail around the cape becoming the first European to double it.
Simple ceremonies marked the groundbreaking for the University of Chicago’s new chapel priced at 1 700 000 dollars. Wardens Bassi and Engel arrested 22 anglers at Fox Lake for lack of licenses, fines totaling 810 dollars.
Huntington residents remember a severe frost from sixty two years past that destroyed corn and crops and damaged plants. Mrs. William Schuman recalls the incident marking her sister's birth anniversary. The early frost ruined many small farmers in the area.
A brief aphorism notes that a woman does not always wield the final word, sometimes addressing another woman instead, as quoted by Pitt Panther.
Edna Welman of the Public Service Company Industrial Relations Department leads a program teaching artificial respiration to female employees across districts. After recent sessions including Blue Island and planned first aid courses for men, the program aims to provide aid in accidents anywhere a nearby trained person is available.
A brief proverb notes lovers overlook faults during courtship but seek them after marriage, implying change in priorities as relationships progress. The Exchange attribution frames the saying as a dated perspective on marriage dynamics.
In Morocco a popular notion says calves are never killed as the idea holds that harming them would cause cows to stop giving milk. The belief guides local dairy practices and attitudes toward cattle.
Calumet City held a formal dedication for its new Administration Building on Saturday August 22 with Mayor John W Jaranowski presiding. A parade from the old hall preceded the presentation of the city key and a program featuring trustees and a roster of speakers along with telegrams of congratulations.
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