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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
4
Former country school children turned from loafing and quarrels to forming baseball and tennis teams. The boy who works to play better baseball finds school a pleasure, while families limit quitting for factory work. All nearby schools should foster athletic teams to boost spirit.
The article extols a record corn harvest as ensuring prosperity, noting war lessons push corn usage over wheat and oats, expanding corn products in groceries, lowering feed costs for livestock, and enabling reasonable meat prices.
The first New York to San Francisco air mail carried 16000 letters showing strong demand. Authors predict 54 hours coast to coast now, with future relays and faster flights cutting delivery to 24 hours as aviation expands. Business impact noted for speedier distant customer service and nationwide logistics.
A humorous, misspelled letter from Fritz to an uncle or cousin describes daily troubles. He notes a mule injuring a bladder, a rich auntie dying with fifteen thousand left sewn in a dress, a relative going to six months work, a wife in an asylum, and a plan to mail an overcoat with buttons inside. He jokes about inheritance and asks for a reply.
A partial bank balance sheet shows capital stock paid in liabilities and reserves. It includes figures for surplus, undivided profits, interest and discount, certificates of deposit, and deposits in Cook County with notes on cash, checks, and contingent liabilities.
Public financial returns for First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale Lansing State Bank and South Holland Trust and Savings Bank filed with Illinois Auditor. Reports list loans, bonds, deposits and capital, with cashier attestations sworn September 1920. figures cover resources liabilities and identifying bank details.
The Ascher Brothers unveil a two-year in construction Commercial Theatre in South Chicago on September eighteenth seating 2000. The venue features prismatic exterior lights and a bright lobby with balconies. Don Albert will conduct the Commercial Symphony Orchestra with Chicago’s top musicians. Harry M. Crawford leads the theatre as manager after moving from Ascher's Metropolitan.
An article in The Country Gentleman argues plowing is the biggest job in America, with 500 million acres tilled annually. It notes 25 million work animals and 500 tractors, 1.5 to 2 million plows purchased yearly, and 750 styles produced to match varied soils. It cites misadjustment and wrong bottoms as major farmer troubles and mentions Leonard Kraag’s local ad.
Growing door mats in America uses ald sacking pieces and grass seed. The sacking is cut shaped moistened and spread on level soil then shaded with paper for a week. Seed germinates and after ten days mats are ready. Roots cling to canvas making mat disposal difficult.
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