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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1920
Page
4
The passage contrasts spring’s budding hopes with autumn’s substantial achievements. It links to farmers and gardeners’ rewards, nature’s colors, and the Creator’s bounty. It notes both melancholy over decay and hopeful images of fires and stored produce, urging activity as September motivates.
A perceptive commentary on restless crowds along a popular motor road. The piece notes people hurry between cities, lacking time for thought or dialogue, yet observers may gain insights from a 50 mile ride into trends and practices within their line of work.
The piece anticipates 1,500,000 new arrivals next year and calls for a systematic plan to distribute newcomers to avoid slum formation. It urges ensuring employment through agencies and warns against exploitation by high fee brokers while guiding migrants to trades and localities where they can thrive.
The text argues that with 1.6 million new workers entering the workforce the excuse of labor shortage for reduced production should not last long. It frames the arrival of labor as sufficient to remove production bottlenecks and press for improvement.
John Wilkins, who married Robina in 1656, proposed four aviation methods in a book. He favored a flying chariot powered by springs or assisted by an intelligent mover, imagining a device carrying a man within and enabling motion through combined effort, anticipating early Royal Society ideas.
The text notes a 400 percent rise in fees collected by the Secretary of State and a 500 percent increase in automobile license fees, all funneled into the State Good Roads Fund. It mentions recodified corporation laws and a new corporation tax expected to bring millions in, with departments run with private-business precision.
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