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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
8
The article asserts sheep help maintain land by browsing weeds and shrubs, transforming tangled fields into smooth lawns. Angoras excel at this task, though ordinary sheep also perform well if allowed to focus on grazing and given enough animals.
At a Vienna meeting of the Austrian Bureau association delegates from 360 societies voted in favor of Dr Muck’s plan to convene an international exposition in 1911 following the hunt exhibition.
Government of the Falkland Islands acts to end indiscriminate seal and penguin slaughter. Seals nearly exterminated by foreign sealing vessels. penguin populations depleted for plumage and fat. Two bills introduced in the legislative council regulate seal fishery and preserve penguins.
In Vergeze France the coffin of Alexandrine Lau who died young was found empty after her mother was buried in the same grave. The bier had been overturned and the oak coffin opened to reveal no trace of the body. The mystery of the missing corpse remains unsolved.
A Cunard liner Ivernia brought over a hundred young women from England and Ireland to Boston with intentions to wed. Miss Mary He Greaves of Oldham met William Alexander Abbott of Worcester who had paid her passage and secured a marriage license as she debarked.
At a Arborough England meeting Moss Smith encountered a fire incident in a 40 pupil classroom. A Bengal light in a boy’s pocket ignited clothing. Miss Smith calmed the class and wrapped the child in her dress, extinguishing flames with her hands. She then carried the child to its mother before collapsing. her hands and arms blistered and dress burnt.
Citizens are urged to vote for the Board of Education at the Homewood Village school house on Saturday April 30. The Brutlag Colts face the Bears of Englewood at Homewood grounds Sunday at 3 p.m. Local updates mention Mr. Tatgenhorst adding a bathtub to his Maria Street barber shop, ground breaking on a north side Gore subdivision house, and Fred Borgwardt joining Ravisloe Country Club as book-keeper ahead of its May 1 opening.
Mr. Cy Broomhead suffers a severe foot crush at Illinois Brick Co. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Louis Lange. Mrs A Steinbach and Mrs C Schrum visiting Ft Wayne. Corniel Braechler moves in with L Van Dreal. Frosts and cold damaged crops, farmers refrain from comment.
John H Raftery, once a Chicago reporter, recalls the G A R encampment cleanup. The parade segment surprised him as veterans wore new shoes, prompting his lively column opening with the line Heavens, how their feet hurt. The scene contrasts old marching memories with present discomfort.
White Star Line ships will displace 60 000 tons, dwarfing Cunarders at 32 000. They measure 840 feet long versus 762 for Mauretania and sister ships. Despite less machinery, they rival Cunarders in luxury with space for 5000 passengers and crews of 600 aboard.
A near black silver fox skin brought to Edmonton Alberta on February 8 sold for 1075 dollars to a fur dealer, marked as the finest skin shown there in years.
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