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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
3
Washington reports treasury officials estimate millions in old size currency will never be redeemed. Hoarding and loss push aggregate unreturned funds above 100 million dollars, with $60 million hoarded and $8.9 million likely saved from $1 bills only.
A trot line is described as four stout lines stretched across a stream or from one bank for a distance with hooks hanging at intervals on short lines, illustrating early fishing gear and technique.
Texas Supreme Court refuses to hear further appeal in the state’s largest land and oil dispute. The case centers on grants given after the San Jacinto victory, with the state contending occupants held 600 acres beyond grants and seeking accounting plus oil revenues. The final judgment awarded 247 acres and about 1.26 million dollars, a ruling challenged through lower courts.
The 1929 midyear population of London fell to 4 430 000 from 4 524 000 in 1921, a drop of 94 000. Marriages reached about 42 301, births 70 089, with birth rate 19 1 per thousand, amid reports noting fewer births than in 1918 and rising marriage figures.
Commerce figures show canned corn supplies will be ample for winter. The 1930 pack totals 15,692,172 cases, a slight 10 percent drop from 1929.
Discovery of the skeletons of eleven persons atop a hill about a mile north of Folsom Iowa suggests the gravesite of victims from an early pioneer day tragedy. The note about Christmas shopping appears as stray copy.
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