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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
5
Notice states an award will be made to John J. Brehm for sewer system construction in Dalton village. Work includes 1200 feet of 30 inch brick sewer and other vitrified tile pipes totaling 26,973 dollars, with a ten day posting period and a ten percent bid discount possibility if owners contract earlier.
Promoters offer land in Texas on the gulf coast with deep soil and high rainfall. Describes crops possible including oranges figs cotton and vegetables. Land offered in ten acre tracts priced 35 to 100 dollars per acre with excursions every first and third Tuesday. Contact H A Wichmann R No 1 Vesper Wis.
Shelves in the pantry stay tidy for years if covered with white oilcloth. Cut strips three inches wider than the shelves, paste the oilcloth on, cover the front edge, and let it come up an inch at the back wall. Clean by wiping with warm water.
Charle Milbain at 147th Street and Lincoln Avenue in Deilea Illinois offers a large quantity of pie plant roots. Delivery can be arranged for customers nearby.
A European astronomer announces a new comet named Curu h but peers insist the object is Fay s comet from 1843. Fay s period of about 70 years led to appearances through 1895 and a missed return in 1903. Cerulli is identified as Fay s comet, resuming its cycle seven years ago.
John Muir discusses a supposed native skill of invisibility learned through hunting and combat. He describes Indians bending to spiderlike webs and bouncing rapidly to blur their presence, framing this as an inherited instinct from generations of hard pursuit and ambush.
A quotation by Stewart Edward White extols success as directing energy toward business achievement. It emphasizes attention to detail industry economy persistence and enthusiasm as duties for citizens seeking to be somebody in the business world.
A college lecture sparks discussion on whether savages and animals possess an instinctive sense of direction or if learned experience guides Indian navigation through forests. The debate contrasts primitive intuition with learned skill and cites spelling as a parallel for mechanical knowledge.
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