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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
3
Jasper ornaments come from India the United States Canada Egypt Siberia and China. The finest quality jewelry jasper is mined in India, with large quantities found domestically and abroad. It is valued for its velvety texture engraving suitability and use in seals fobs cups vases statuettes and inlaid work.
The seaweed known as kelp is described as the longest plant in the world, with specimens reported to reach lengths of 1,500 feet or more.
BDeath-Watch Beetle Wood-worm is the popular name of this enemy insect, and some call it the death-watch beetle, from its habit of making a tapping sound in the wood work it attacks. No wood is safe from it. While it is generally supposed that it attacks only ancient houses, this is not the case, for it will sometimes ap pear in a perfectly new house and pro ceed to bore into the timbers. Roofs and floors are in equal danger, and it will eat a chair, a chest or a picture frame with the same zest.
The name Savannah derives from the Spanish savanne meaning grassy plain. It notes a linguistic link to a landscape term used in early naming.
Mrs John Dunn stands as one of two women to run a baseball organization in the country. Widow of Jack Dunn she owns the Oriole club in Baltimore and manages as a business woman attending all games and serving as an inspiration to her team.
The House of Seven Gables in Salem Massachusetts now offers board and rooms for overnight guests. The Hathaway house dating to 1682 and renovated adjoining cottages provide colonial atmosphere at reasonable prices for out of town visitors seeking refreshment and entertainment in a historic setting.
Peiping reports that the former premier Dr. Wellington Koo will have his Peiping residence converted into a memorial to Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The move, taken without Koo’s consultation, rests on the belief his property may be confiscated as that of a rebel due to service under the Chang Tso-lin government.
In Berlin Connecticut Bernard Mazu rek four of Treasure Fields Saskatchewan had his tonsils removed after a cow poked him in the mouth with its horn while he tried to hook paper to the horn. Dr Goodwin finished the operation and the patient remains at home and as well as could be expected.
Baltimore reports the dried venom of Chinese toads yielding four potent substances. Dr. K. K. Chen and Dr. Bans Jensen of Johns Hopkins medical school identify ergosterol and adrenalin among them, with two digitalis like compounds. Further studies aim to confirm therapeutic uses and species sources.
A chestnut wood fragment found by a well driller in Bradevell Monmouth County New Jersey is dated to the late Cretaceous period about 60 million years ago. Meredith T Johnson and Yale forestry expert Prof H J Record confirm the find, now housed in the State Museum. The piece came from English Town sand formation.
The Suahuaro giant cactus of the Arizona desert endures beyond a century, with some specimens clearly more than 100 years old, unlike many plants that have shorter lifespans.
Washington bulletin from the National Geographic Society ties the Dangar massacre in western Kansu to a spike in value for Tibetan classics in the Library of Congress. It notes Dr. Joseph Rock’s 317 volume Choni printed set and recalls mass killings, destruction, famine, and cannibalism across a broad region near Peiping and the Tibetan border.
Glacier Park Montana reports a strong 1929 season start with visitors from nearly every state and many foreign countries. Hotels auto-stages and saddle-horse facilities are at peak capacity. While men dominate verandas, young women hikers on Rocky Mountain trails outnumber prior seasons. two women walk for every man who dares the endurance test.
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