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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
5
Thousands of telegrams letters and messages of congratulations poured in at Mussolini’s home in Forli on his forty fourth birthday. The press united in praying the premier be spared to the nation for many years.
William M. Jardine, secretary of agriculture, urged the Country Life association in East Lansing to combine benefits of city life with rural living to stop farm residents from leaving. He warned that relocations often leave farms to support two families and drain rural institutions, calling for stronger promotion of rural advantages.
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas announced at a Kansas American Legion convention in Fort Riley that the universal draft bill will be reintroduced in the next Congress and pressed for early passage. He said the measure would draft the nation's dollars as well as its manpower to take the profit out of war.
Clarence Chamberlin demonstrated a ship to shore air launch by taking off from the Leviathan’s deck 80 miles off New York harbor and landing at Curtiss Field 1 hour 16 minutes later. It was the first launch from a ship’s deck without a catapult, proving passenger and mail air service from ocean liners.
Subject to Illinois boxing commission consent the Dempsey Tunney title bout will be staged at Soldiers Field in Grant Park on September 15 or 22. The 10 round bout adheres to the state boxing statute.
Voters approve a $50 000 sanitary district bond in Beards town by 1832 to 39. Fatalities include farmer Fred Schee killed at Holcomb and 13 year old Alex Snyder who died after a mosquito bite infection in Waukegan. A clerk at LaGrange Club Nicholas Reedy dies in a stair fall. Various other deaths and local events are noted including centennial plans for Mackinaw, births at a farm near Shawnee, and the opening of a coal mine re fit for Wabash traffic.
The Hard Road Jubilee Association of Illinois based at the Wrigley Building Chicago is accused of soliciting funds from highway industry contractors and related firms for a Springfield event on August 25 1927. Officials deny approval and caution that department ties or favors are not granted to supporters or opposers. Also listed are public notices from Dalton Cook County Illinois detailing sidewalk assessments and a September hearing date.
Observers note the earth seems to lose speed then shows signs of uptick, with commentators calling the trend hopeful and suggesting an upgrade in its motion.
A man offers to join a woman for luncheon to reminisce. She agrees to talk while he eats and eventually orders iced tea, a sandwich, another tea, mocha pie, and another sandwich. She notes she has already had her luncheon as the meal unfolds. The scene unfolds in a restaurant with casual dialogue.
A Los Angeles Times observation notes a court ruling that too little talk by a husband or ongoing talking by a wife can justify divorce or mental cruelty. It questions whether any verdict can fairly set a balanced standard for speech in marriage.
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