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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
4
A collection of wry aphorisms critique modern behavior from drinking water to debutantes, workers, education, advertising, and local commerce. Each quip links everyday modern life to broader social attitudes with humorous contrast. The piece surveys gender roles, class, and civic expectations through pithy lines.
The article notes that public school enrollment reached about 30 million in 1926 and has grown since. It describes a movement for longer schooling, with parents seeking to push children through high school to prepare wisely for life, emphasizing judgment and ideals.
The article quotes Sir Oliver Lodge noting that many claim all discoveries are made yet top scientists disagree. He argues the years ahead will yield significant advances improving human condition, despite skeptics.
The passage argues humanity is in its infancy and a hopeful dawn is visible beyond twilight. It predicts a grand, limitless future with discoveries beyond cars, planes, phones, and radio, and notes rapid progress as millions gain scientific training, making the present seem backward in fifty years.
A broad movement seeks clearer simple laws and quicker justice. Chief Justice Taft urges legislators to cut delays abolish legal technicalities and make statutes easily understood to reduce convicting trouble.
The piece notes that new learner drivers are cautious and focused on improving. It contrasts beginners with overconfident drivers and argues learners rarely cause more accidents while their effort to learn reduces mishaps. It emphasizes attitude as key to safe driving outcomes.
Illinois employs 6 000 men and 600 teams on highways covering 433.65 miles. Over 85 percent of land is on improved farms, totaling 31 million acres. Gas plants capacity is 292 541 000 cubic feet daily. Illinois uses 14.7 percent of U S coal burned for electricity in 1928. Dairy cows near one million valued over 75 million dollars. Chicago Loop sees over 10 000 streetcars daily.
A curious note describes a kitchen pot that includes items some claim are stolen and others not. Investigators pursue leads as community questions arise about origin and ownership.
A collage of short anecdotes and gags includes a New York broker misreading a maid’s note, a child’s puzzled remark about illness and death, a saxophonist mistaken for a cat shooter, and quips about teachers, Azores, evolution, and fashion. The tone is light, breezy, and urban.
A bookseller sent a bill for a book to a customer who denies ordering or receiving it. The exchange includes the line if I did, I paid for it and if I didn't, I won't, ending with a Rog er W Babson quote about stopping advertising to stop growth.
A Hammond youth recalls waking to a missing watch that was moving on its own. An Englewood actor bows at thunder, and a prohibition speaker is mocked when milk becomes dashed with whisky. A doctor jokes about getting the patient on his feet as the patient sells his car to pay the bill.
Malaria remains the most deadly disease across India, tropical Africa, Central America, and southeastern Europe, killing not just thousands but millions and posing a persistent health menace.
A lighthearted Netroit News note explores whether households should feed a daily apple to a visiting doctor and whether to discard the core. The piece frames a quirky, everyday choice as a small cultural moment in modern living.
An oceanographer proposes keeping polar ice in constant motion to stabilize global weather, a notion that could create new service contracts for power trusts. The idea is controversial and raises questions about feasibility and unintended consequences.
Commissioner Bates recommended George Swanson be appointed Chief of Police to fill the vacancy. The council accepted, and Swanson is returning after resigning over two years ago. Captain Vincent remains captain, Adrian Bouk becomes lieutenant, and Frank Bauman is promoted to sergeant.
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