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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1928
Page
5
Swedish postal savings authorities plan to open 25 000 new accounts for school children with no bank funds and deposit two crowns in each. They seek government approval to use 13 400 dollars of 1927 postal savings income to cover costs. Private savings banks have made similar distributions for years to teach saving.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote notes the dilemma women face when dissatisfied after a barber shop haircut and cannot return or exchange it once home. The remark highlights consumer frustration with post-service remedies.
Walter G. Davis, Republican Candidate for Ward Committeeman, declares support for Louis L. Emmerson for Governor Carlstrom for Attorney General and John A. Swanson for States Attorney of Cook County. He appeals to Republican voters to join the campaign for good government and decency on Primary Day.
Berlin authorities plan to use marsh gas, methane from nearby sewage lands, to light a city district for efficiency and economy. The gas, with 77 to 80 percent luminosity, will be collected from Wass mandorf sewage area into thirty seven tanks of 60 000 cubic meters each and piped to Neukölln gas works for refinement.
London reports that the diamond syndicate controls price rises. Stones of three carats and up will rise at least five percent due to high demand, while small stones remain plentiful from alluvial workings.
Ohio State Journal notes a flood of due payments causes great inconvenience as households scramble to manage cash flow and timing of bills across utilities loans and services.
The Smithsonian Institution plans a large permanent steam power exhibit in about 3000 feet of museum space. It will show engines from ancient toy turbines to modern developments, including the Josiah Hornblower engine, Col. John Stevens boiler and the 1825 locomotive water-tube boiler, with patent office models from Babcock Wilcox Corliss Ericsson and others.
Central railway station in Sydney shows heavy use with more than 1,000 trains arriving and departing every 25 hours and about 250,000 passengers passing through daily.
A Palmistry item from the Paul Dispatch notes a joke about two kinds of palms at a winter resort rooted palms and those you are expected to place a quarter in.
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