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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1924
Page
5
The lines compare odds of becoming a leader with schooling levels. A common school education quadruples the chance versus no schooling, high school raises it to 87 times, and college education more than 800 times, according to E. J. Bodman in Banker-Farmer.
The piece links Asoka of Mangadha and his reign 255 to 223 BCE with his Buddhist influence and temple legacy. It then describes Peking as three cities in one, detailing inner Manchu and outer Chinese sections and the Forbidden City within the imperial palace.
Experiments last summer in Europe show sunlight on Earth is greater with a dark blue sky than a light blue sky. The study notes higher water vapor tension in the air for the lighter sky and proposes an instrument to measure sky blue intensity for sun heat transmission observations.
A Scottish shepherd kept a clever collie that could locate wandering sheep. After counting the flock, if any were missing the master would say there’s three wanting or there’s two wanting and the dog would search until the missing sheep were found. When the dog died the shepherd placed over the grave there’s one wanting.
Robert Burns enjoyed winter evenings with snuff and tobacco at Mr. Bacon’s posting-house north of Dumfries. The innkeeper and bard shared many merry nights over ale and whisky toddy. Burns gave Bacon his snuff box as a token of regard, a keepsake for years.
In Norfolk, Virginia, the Pilot notes how girls with peach bloom complexions scold their sallow sisters for rouging, a lively dig at makeup use and sportsmanship in a straight flush context.
A 1890 scientific journal hailed the vast reach of long distance telephony as it connected Pittsburgh to Washington and beyond. From 90,000 miles of toll wire in 1890 to over 4,500,000 miles, daily conversations exceeded 1.6 million, pushing back the wall of silence across the nation.
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