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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
7
The British government contests a deep sea expedition to gather scientific data. The Falkland Islands to Montevideo region remains largely unknown with depths under 100 fathoms offering potential fisheries. Since the Challenger voyage began in 1872, advances in sounding and dredging have boosted oceanography and a new vessel aims to build on this progress.
A boy asks for a book title misheard as Resurrection in the darks and Europe’s Fa les. librarians translate for him as Recreation and Aesop’s Tales. Another query for Out of the Twist leads to Oliver Twist after careful checking.
A Republican whip relates a joke about an old country mail carrier who travels from depot to post office for $1 per trip. He claims three trips daily totaling $125 monthly or $8,000 yearly, then explains the math with the line I carryin the mail. The tale ends with the carrier’s simple response and departure.
Storekeepers start Saturdays by hunting small change as seven in ten customers pay with ten and five dollar bills. A single till can be backed by fifty dollars in small coins. Transit lines and vending machines handle tons of coins daily and return them to circulation within 48 hours. Dimes nickels and pennies drive daily commerce.
A yellow cat named Shimmy, mascot of the Aberdeen Fire Department in Washington, vanished after leaving home. Firefighters searched three days without success and found she may have nested in a hose coil awaiting cleaning.
A doggy tale appears in a chaotic report where a fireman accidentally sprays water, launching Shimmy toward the ceiling and into the street. The cat has not returned, leaving residents puzzled by the strange morning accident.
Dialogue notes a reformer enjoying sudden wealth after a stroke of luck. He reportedly met a very rich person plagued by a troubled conscience, hinting at clandestine funding behind the reformer’s rise. The source frames the connection as a pivotal, unspecified stroke of fortune.
A Columbus residence reported a wreath image on a window pane seen after a death. Glass experts said it was a defect from manufacture. A similar Altoona railroad case showed lightning imprinted a yard scene on a window pane, as a thin film reacted to intense light.
A retelling from Our Dumb Animals recalls Abd El Kader who defended Algerian tribes against France and wrote on the Arab horse. A French general is quoted about the horse’s origin, describing God creating the horse from winds and dust, with Gabriel presenting matter to God and blessing the creature with star and bay color.
Prof Balkanyi of the veterinary school in Budapest warns that war to Eastern Europe has left town cats reluctant to drink milk and dogs mingling with village packs. He notes increased nervous diseases in animals and urges replenishing domestic stock from overseas. A separate report describes Beattie’s new milk sterilization method using short heat with electric current to avoid taste changes.
August U. Browder of Chicago, an Illinois Bell collector, is the first in Illinois slated to receive the Theodore N. Vail Medal for saving a woman from a closet death on June 30, 1920. He secured a key, freed the unconscious woman, and applied first aid before a physician arrived. The award honors Bell System employees showing heroism or devotion to public service. Browder will receive the medal and citation soon.
English writer John Bate documented an early chewing gum method in 1686's Mysteries of Nature and Art. His process uses tea or tsinglasse, dissolved in water then strained, with additions of cinnamon, marjoram, rosemary, and brown sugar to create a scented jelly-like chew.
Ceylon exports plumbago the world over for its uses in tasting lubrication polishing and binding. About 7 000 mines range from shallow pits to deep shafts up to 100 feet. natives mostly operate them with the simple dabber, a wooden barrel and rope bucket system. The Meda pola is the principal mine controlled by Europeans.
A pedestrian remarks to a child that she appreciates a polite request to walk on an elevated curb. The brief exchange appears in a Chicago American item. The sentence conveys a moment of courteous interaction between adult and child.
A flower arranging tip advises massaging stubborn stems to make them supple so they bend as desired and stay in place within a vase. The method aims to ease rigidity and improve arrangement control.
Detroit News details Marguerite Belliske Foures described as a captivating and heartless figure in Napoleon Bonaparte’s life. The tale accounts Cairo honeymoon intrigue, a marriage to Lieut Foures, clashes with Josephine, a later Br itish intervention, a proposed match to Henri de Ranchoup, and a late life ending in Brazil at age ninety two.
Sediment in water bottles or cruets can be removed by rinsing with a small amount of hydrochloric acid, then thoroughly with clear water or ammonia water.
A reused stove wick cut in half makes an effective hand scrubber for motorists to remove grease and grime, according to Motor Life. The old wick, usually discarded when it burns short, is praised as a practical cleaning aid.
The article notes female woodcocks relocate young individually for safety. It also offers stain removal advice from ink by soap, lard pre-treatment, and a oxalic acid solution with rinse steps. A brief ad line proclaims Once a Lady Always a Lady and references an English paper notice in the Boston Transcript.
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