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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
4
A column from Kinney Hood Printing Co notes humorous quips on local life. It lampoons boy riders, radio signals to Mars, edible gold, fruit theft, rising farmer prices, speeding drivers aiding auto business, football practice, and anthropologists diagnosing social evils.
The extract notes that early imprints of enterprise influence a boy’s mindset and ambition. It stresses that real benefits require energy and diligence beyond what many youngsters now show, implying a need for stronger effort to reap advantage from early experience.
The Third Annual two day Police Field Meet debuts at Grant Park Stadium on September 6 and 7. Mayor Dever and Chief Collins lead a 1200 strong parade to kick off events raising funds for widows and orphans of police officers. Spectator entrances at Monroe and Eighth with 100 buses ready to shuttle crowds.
Two boys aged 17 and eight were picked up in Chicago while tramp ing to California via Florida. They said they subsisted on berries and rode with motorists. The piece notes wanderlust in youth, historic roaming, and suggests playgrounds and neighborhood ball teams as remedies to keep them home.
A historical note highlights the Van Sweringen brothers rising to prominence in the American railroad field after starting as newsboys. The piece argues that early, energetic, reliable work teaches practical skills, customer relations, and discipline that aid future business success. It notes newsboys’ fidelity and personable charm as factors in long term achievement.
A Cherokee myth retold by Nat ural History describes the spider's brave quest for fire. Various animals fail to obtain heat, while the spider carries ember in a silk bowl from a hollow tree on an island to rekindle warmth for the forest.
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a witty remark about newspaper printing. A young speaker questions the idea of writers and jokes about not knowing newspapers exist as a publication form.
J Fuller Gloom from the Kansas City Star maintains there is little value in chicken salad despite a church and society clearing 91 dollars at a recent chicken salad supper. He states the profit does not alter his long held view on the matter.
April named Battle Month due to many military operations beginning in the month. Notable events include Lexingt on Battle on April 19 1776 Black Hawk War April 26 1882 Mexican War April 15 1846 Civil War April 5 1861 Spanish American War April 21 1898 World War I April 6 1917.
The 1924 spring was unusually late across the Corn Belt and northward delaying most crops. USDA warns of a potential seed corn shortage in 1925 and urges farmers to save the best of their bulk crib corn to use as seed if needed. If frost kills this year’s crop, the saved corn can supply seed for 1925 planting.
A 1767 Providence Gazette item urges Rhode Island householders to supply the public with American catskins for muffs and tippets, praising local catskins as superior to European fur and urging preference for domestic furs. The note reflects colonial sentiment and support for American goods.
The Zendavesta of the Persians containing Zoroaster’s sayings, the Three Vedas of the Hindoos, the Five Kings of the Chinese, the Pitikes of the Buddhists, the Koran of the Mohammedans, and the Eddas of the Scandinavians are among seven Bibles. The Bible is oldest, while the Koran is the most recent about the seventh century. Eddas were not published until the fourteenth century.
English manufacturers have curled the edge of mudguards to form a trough that conducts mud downward beneath the running boards, eliminating the creeping of sticky dirt around the wing of the protector.
The romance languages stem from Latin dialects spoken in Roman provinces rather than classical Latin. The principal varieties include Italian French Provencal and Spanish.
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