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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
4
The column surveys school openings and youth ambition, noting pupils’ focus on football and education, while commenting on farmers chores and entertainment desires. It mocks quick proposals, hints at free education, and pokes fun at office habits and the motto “Do it now” versus “Do them now.”
Parents are urged to support schools by ensuring their children attend regularly and arrive on time. The article argues truancy and lateness disrupt discipline and learning, and stresses that consistent presence at the start of sessions advances the curriculum.
The piece notes men spending vacations fixing shelves windows stove pipes and screens in a small summer shack. It argues such practical tasks offer rest comparable to leisure pursuits and value the comfort they provide to families.
The article discusses dangers at highway rail crossings as gates lower for passing trains. It notes drivers who smash gates to avoid stopping and others who lose control and hit gates. It warns that fast, uncontrolled driving risks accidents when trains approach.
The United States spends about $60,000,000 yearly to care for 150 000 orphans in asylums averaging nearly $400 per child. States pay roughly $18,000,000 for care in homes of mothers kin or foster care for about the same number of children. About 1 400 orphan asylums operate nationwide.
Canary birds are trained as imitators by placing young birds near older good singers. Training occurs with the room darkened during the process. In 1924 over 150000 canaries were imported from Europe and the Orient.
The Chicago Motor Club Touring Bureau reports Indianapolis avenue from Wolf River to Calumet avenue is now open to traffic, completing the stretch from 106th Street to Calumet avenue. The remaining section from Calumet avenue to Whiting school is slated to open August 28.
Postmaster Arthur Luener announces Chicago post office auctioning 800 or more lots of undeliverable parcel post items at The Annex 726 West Monroe street on Sept 9 and 10 1925 from 930 am to 3 pm with exhibition Sept 8 from 9 am to 4 pm. Items include clothing shoes hardware groceries drugs automobile parts tires jewelry books and radio parts. A 25 percent deposit in cash or certified checks required on all bids.
A boy visits the family home in a Missouri town with his father. The father points to the house and says relatives were born there. The boy asks how, and the father explains with a hint of irony that the house once served as a hospital.
A songwriter famed for writing songs about many girls is pressed by his jealous fiancée after he tries to dedicate a tune to Pauline. The lyricist faced discipline from his partner for singling out Pauline in a new composition.
The unconsciously dressed professor admires spring’s impact as he passes a mirror. He remarks that the first touch of spring turns humanity into smiling, happy beings.
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