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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1924
Page
8
Helen rushes to Aunt Emmy to share a get rich quick bee hive scheme. The duo consults the bank after a suspicious booklet and a bank letter warns the project’s makers. Helen vows to seek bank advice before investing again.
Benjamin Franklin is credited with creating America s first circulating library inventing bifocal eyeglasses and introducing the lightning rod through his scientific and civic work in colonial Philadelphia.
William S. Brooks defied orders at a Portland dance hall continuing to clog in the presence of a manager and police. He was taken to headquarters and jailed for mental examination after a night of restlessness in the jail and garage stalls.
Endorsements from Chicago Tribune Daily News and Municipal Voters League praise Frank J Link. Described as a man of high character and excellent record who has fought for taxpayers and decency in municipal affairs. Listed as third on the ballot.
Judge George B Holmes twice elected to Municpal Court and endorsed by Chicago Bar Primary. He presided in 14 police and special courts and tried about 25 000 cases. Civil War veteran with Spanish War service and active in veterans and fraternal groups. Republican primary April 8 1924 with polls 6 am to 5 pm.
A Banker-Farmer column urges young people to consider farming as a rewarding path. It notes current tough times but predicts agricultural profits will rise, with opportunities for leadership and national pride as an American farmer. The piece cites President Head of the American Bankers Association praising farming leadership over politics.
Italy supplied the bulk of lemons entering world trade with about 4,000,000 boxes exported in 1920 and 1921, roughly half the pre war figure. The United Kingdom imported around 1,000,000 boxes in 1921 and 700,000 in 1920, while Germany and the Netherlands followed as major importers after the UK.
The text states diamond as the hardest substance, followed by carborundum. It then notes mercnary and potassium as among the soft metals, with lead and gold identified as very soft and highly malleable, respectively.
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