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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
3
Last year 2,792 physicians in the United States died while 4,262 graduated from medical schools, yielding a net increase of 1,470. About 150,000 physicians exist in the country, with the net annual growth just under one percent. Births exceeding deaths by a small margin keeps the doctor population roughly steady per capita.
Straw is compressed to 200 psi in a wire interlaced machine to form a new wood named solemite. The device outputs about four thousand square feet of board daily and the material is noted for its fireproof properties.
In Alaska and the Aleutian islands blue fox farming has expanded since 1885 with over 100,000 animals now on fur islands. About a third of the herd is expected to be pelled this autumn. Seattle fur sales show averages around 144.50 per skin with higher wild skins at 242. Farmers anticipate roughly 75 return per animal on first large harvest.
Peiping imposes a municipal rule barring boys under eighteen from pulling rickshas. The practice has long been common among poor Chinese laborers who rely on the cheap service, though foreigners rarely use child pullers. The regulation aims to end this sad sight in the city.
Chicago based assistant postmaster John Sikyta narrates mail wagon slogans and proper addressing. In an elevator he pulls a letter from his pocket and realizes his wife had given him the missive to mail three days earlier.
Sir Ronald Lindsay selected to succeed Sir Esme Howard as British ambassador to Washington when Howard retires next year. Lindsay, former ambassador to Germany, is currently undersecretary of state for foreign affairs. His first wife was Martha Cameron, daughter of the late Senator Donald Cameron of Pennsylvania. she died in 1918. Six years later Lindsay remarried an American, daughter of Colgate Hoyt of New York.
Alderman Govier announces that 95th Street will be in good condition from Western Avenue to Commercial Avenue. He secured approval from Superintendent Joseph Butler to repair the stretch from Stony Island to Commercial Avenue using vehicle tax funds. A paved link between Roseland and South Chicago will result. State Street to Stony Island was completed two weeks ago, and Govier now pushes to finish the full route.
A Boston Transcript note mocks the phrase drab life in America while praising the vivid interior hues like pink bathtubs and red sinks seen in many households. The opinion suggests color choices defy the idea of drab domestic life.
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