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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1927
Page
3
The Dearborn Independent quotes a Chicago professor claiming the Sahara was once densely forested and inhabited by hunter gatherers and tillers, describing historical ecology of the region.
Julius Goldman, a wandering Jewish musician, found himself surrounded by wolves near Nituu Latvia. He played his hand organ and after several melodies the wolves retreated.
Jefferson prepared anonymous designs for the White House but they were not adopted. As president he oversaw the addition of terraces and colonnades to the mansion.
The highest bird flight is estimated at 25 000 feet by large species, with similar types reaching 28 000 feet. Some claim geese have ascended toward 35 000 feet in the Himalaya region.
George H. Perry aged ninety of La Moille, Bureau county, wins a divorce from his eighty one year old wife on grounds of desertion. The report lists various other Illinois items: a $15,000 Collins ville mail robbery verdict in Quincy against Carl Bernie and Earl Shelton with 25 year penitentiary sentences. a Cantrell robbery in Rock Island where $3,000 in jewelry and $38 cash were taken. local dances proposed by the Henry Ford Dancing club in Milan. a Supreme Court order granting a rehearing on a state corporate tax law. milk producers voting to end litigation against Health Commissioner Bundesen. condemnation proceedings for land to complete a Peoria to Galesburg pavement. college discipline over elopers from Lombard College. a gas incident at Freeport. calls for action to curb a spring celebration at University of Illinois. and state fiscal figures showing 1926 revenues at $19,009,502 versus 1906 expenditures of $17,881,188.
The Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs will present its first gala concert Friday March 11 at Orchestra Hall Chicago with a 35 player women’s symphony and a 400 voice women’s chorus drawn from every Illinois district, largely featuring works by Illinois women composers. Also included are tax, banking, and public safety notes from local authorities and state agencies.
A renowned physician urges systematic study of the final hours before death to improve dying patient care. He proposes doctors collect data on physiological events at death to reduce pain and increase comfort, hoping to someday save lives.
A wry note contrasts Louis Pasteur with Napoleon, praising Pasteur as mankind’s benefactor while claiming Napoleon brought misery to Europe and parts of Africa. Imagined in New York, Pasteur would stroll north as Napoleon would be pressed by the crowd.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King indicated that King George VI and Queen Mary may travel to Canada next summer to attend the Dominion jubilee and could also visit the United States. The report notes possible royal attendance and regional implications.
Corpus Christi Texas five men including Willacy County Sheriff Raymond Teller were convicted of peonage by a federal jury. The verdict cites arrests for vagrancy in Raymondville followed by forced labor in cotton fields under armed guard. Separate New Orleans indictment charges abduction sale and enslavement of a family of five negroes by Webb Bellue and John D Ford of Amite County Mississippi. Victims were seized near the Louisiana border and forced to work without wages under arms, then sold to Fr Hurst in Fluker Louisiana.
An article notes Alaska has had a remarkably low incidence of murders and serious crimes, claimed to surpass other U S regions. It highlights the territory’s safety record and contrasts it with national crime trends.
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