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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1932
Page
3
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip notes the irony of a wife’s clean hands contrasted with a friend husband’s roughened knuckles from constant can opening. The playful line suggests domestic routine and shared humor.
A compiled inventory of instruments named in the Bible includes the harp lute psaltery sakbut viol cornet dulcimer pipe trumpet shawm bells cymbals tabret timbrel and gan. The sources enumerate string wind and percussion voices used in worship and ceremony.
A local column recounts social visits and events. Mrs F A Reien visits Watertown for weeks, friends recall a lake voyage with sea sickness, Mr and Mrs Theodore Bork welcome a baby girl, a surprise party for Miss Margaret Kumerer unfolds with cake and games, slight accident injures infant Catherine Niewald but she recovers, Bert Warnicke visits from Nuncia, William Claussen returns from Wisconsin Dells, Edna Schultz visits relatives.
Mr and Mrs B F Dressler observed their crystal wedding anniversary last Sunday with many relatives and Chicago friends in attendance. B F quips that counting chickens takes less time now. An I C R R carpenter Paul Janeschefsky suffered a forehead cut from a flying hatchet at work. Henry and son William Aftermark recount a big catch in Butterfield creek. Dick Schoof and companions fished at Spooner Wisconsin and plan to send the catch.
SOLTH HOLLAND NEWS notes the birth of twin girls to Mr. and Mrs. Barwegen on Saturday September 11. It also mentions Mrs. Bessie Dalenberg resuming studies at Hope College and Clarence Dalenberg leaving for Champaign for duties.
One of the largest single payments to a physician was for inoculating Catherine the Great and her son against smallpox. The fee reached $50,000 with $810,000 for travel and a life pension of $2,000 for the physician.
The Bankers Monthly reports banks are stronger than in years past with higher capitalization, larger average size, and improved efficiency under the Federal Reserve System. Depositor safety rises as investments diversify and competition wanes, signaling a new era of robust banking.
The Clayhole pool at 159th Street and Torrence Avenue in Forest Preserve ended its season on Tuesday September 7 following Labor Day. Attendants are cleaning painting and preparing to drain the pool this week.
Scholars note that pickle making spans ancient to modern times, with Pompeii's rediscovered olives illustrating long held methods. The text links historical techniques to present practices, highlighting continuity in flavor and technique across eras.
The text contrasts blunt honesty with diplomacy, illustrating how two longtime colleagues Bacon and Went let anger fester. Their frank but harsh personal exchanges failed to resolve tensions, ending a valued friendship that had lasted twenty years.
The Russian word nitchevo is described as used to express a mindset equivalent to the American slang phrase I should worry. The note contrasts how speakers apply the term in casual conversational contexts.
In Burdett's view artists display equal self control to others yet carry greater burdens to regulate. The remark highlights temperament as a public matter requiring discipline and steadiness.
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