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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1923
Page
6
Pundit notes warn of education gaps among rural residents leading to crime risk while lampooning city slum Bolshevists. Critiques gas buggy speeders and high taxes. jokes about dogs at the White House and household chores. Comments on fashion costs and election turns.
Country schools should organize supervised football, baseball and basketball to supplement classroom work. Play builds confidence, leadership, teamwork, and moral courage in bashful rural children, teaching them to handle defeat, respect others, and temper tempers. Competitions with other towns offer practical lessons not found in books.
Walter E. Schmidt a prominent district banker was appointed treasurer of the Cook County Forest Preserve by President Anton J. Cermak of the county board and assumed office Tuesday. In other notes the piece warns against washing auto bodies with a rubber hose and recounts Omaha’s event where the Missouri river mudfilled mains and pipes causing a $15 million loss and 200000 people to lose water for a week.
The year ending July 31 shows Canada buying US goods worth 595.415 million and the United States importing Canadian goods valued at 402.157 million. The balance highlights US dominance as a trading partner for Canada across the period.
The exhibit titled Mrs Jarley’s Tax Works portrays rising tax burdens across states. Wooden figures depict tax increases from federal to local levels, with the show tracing transportation relevance to agriculture. Illinois stops total 43, ending at Hast St. Louis on Oct. 27.
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