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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
7
The text lists Ido created in 1907 by Couturat and De Beau front, Volapuk in 1880, Idiom Neutral in 1898 by W Rosenberg, Interlingua in 1908 by Peona, and Occidental by E de Wahl. It also mentions other proposed languages Unial Europal Medial Europan Omney Domni and Romanal.
A word connected with insurance is linked to an annuity named after Lorenzo Tonti, an Italian banker active in seventeenth century Paris. His son Henri Tonti, a loyal La Salle lieutenant, explored the lower Mississippi and nearby regions.
The sage Hi Ho of Christtown comments that envy and admiration of the rich can embarrass good people by demanding extraordinary displays they cannot give. Washington Star note.
A four and a half year old boy in a sunny nursery comments on his mother’s reflection in a full length mirror. He notes "Two mothers, One's enough" as his mother admires a chiffon negligee in the hall. The remark appears after an initial tale of a backward boy.
The term Valhalla denotes the home of Odin in Asgard and the hall for the slain. In Norse myth it became the warriors paradise where battle feasts and honored dead dwell, halls hung with spears and shields, golden roofed, with Valkyries serving feasts.
A Georgia statesman recounts an elderly Black man who sees an unusual instrument in an optician’s shop. The man asks what it is, and the optician explains it is an ophthalmometer. The exchange ends with the man muttering that that is what he feared it might be.
The Boot and Shoe recorder notes that no single man makes a complete shoe. About 150 operations exist, each handled by a different operator on specific machines. Output varies with plant size and quality, from a few hundred to over 10,000 pairs daily.
Describes methods to increase flexibility and release muscular tension through relaxing exercises that progressively target each body part and end with total relaxation followed by energizing, rhythmic movements.
The article notes Port Marseilles as France's third largest city and the principal Mediterranean seaport. It mentions its Phoenician founding around 600 B.C. and Roman era prestige as Gaul's great port, with a current population near half a million.
Alfred North Whitehead notes in Atlantic Monthly that about one third of North Sea fish end up eaten in England or Holland. He jokes that dropping a ring in Boston or London risks not seeing it again, unless sent to the English Fishery Board which ties it to a fish and releases it to recover the ring one third of the time.
A London drama critic, once blessed with Moses’s fame, renamed himself Morton to advance his career. Israel Zangwill, amused yet irked, presided a dinner where he halted the program, quipping with a Biblical start, The Lord spoke unto Morton.
The Columbia State critiques Eve's role as a provider and partner citing her missteps in household affairs. The piece insists she attempted to be dutiful despite cooking mishaps and failed schemes, portraying her as a cautionary figure in domestic life.
A Chicago man who ran over a girl while driving to a hall for a lecture on Public Safety faces courtroom attention. He begins his address to the judge with a quip about being unaccustomed to public speeding, illustrating the incident’s irony.
The 600 foot high Lofty Sanctuary near Enheadle in Staffordshire becomes permanent for birds animals and flowers. Public subscriptions funded its purchase by Staffordshire. The site hosts nearly all Staffordshire birds with habitats for foxes badges deer squirrels and shrews, offering one of the county’s finest views.
The Washington memorial near Alexandria Virginia borrows from ancient beacon towers guiding mariners to harbors. It features four colonnaded stories tapering toward an observation tower at the top.
The article recalls stage coach travel speeds and routes before railroads. It notes Redding Bunting as a famed driver who set a record by covering 131 miles in 12 hours. It highlights long distance coaching as essential for delivering important messages.
The figure of Mother Shipton, reputed English prophetess, is linked to the Tudor period yet evidence is disputed. She reportedly appears in a 1641 pamphlet The Prophecie of Mother Shipton with later verses attributed to her.
The article notes many excavated Pompeii homes share a uniform arrangement of rooms and courtyards with minor size differences. In contrast, the modern home is described as the opposite, implying greater variety and heterogeneity in design.
A strange fact from Path finder Magazine explains that reindeer are the only deer where females also grow horns, though the females’ horns are smaller. Lapp herders use the horns to catch and restrain the deer, lassoing them around the horns.
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