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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1923
Page
5
Six miles of telegraph cable were laid and put into service in eight minutes by stretching the cable from an airplane. Three minutes were spent in preparation and five in deployment. The feat achieved a rate of about one mile per minute, with six minutes spent flying and two making connections.
The piece explains how doctors uncovered that a specific mosquito genus transmits the disease to humans. It notes that eradicating mosquito breeding sites leads to immunity and better health outcomes.
The island of Guam in the Pacific, acquired in 1898, lies 5,044 miles from San Francisco and 1,506 miles from Manila. It measures about 30 miles long and 100 miles around, with a population listed as 15,600.
The article notes that Tyndall was among the first to suggest that Earth’s climate changes could arise from thin atmospheric gas canopies that trap sunlight yet block heat from escaping. He proposed such layers could transmit solar warmth while reflecting terrestrial radiation back to the planet.
The wood was first seen in Europe when Captain Gabbons, deeming it worthless, used mahogany to ballast his West Indies return voyage. Woolaston, a Long Acre cabinet maker, crafted a bureau for the captain’s brother, and mahogany soon became a fashionable valuable material.
A college wag quips that the Bible creation story reads like a baseball reporter’s account, noting it begins with the line in the Boston Transcript about the “big inning.” The wry remark blends sport and scripture in playful literary commentary.
Cleaning isinglass in motor car curtains involves rubbing with slightly worm cylinder oil, wiping off excess oil, and removing final traces with a clean cloth dampened with gasoline.
The term Scavensters referred to officials who collected scavage a tax on goods sold within town boundaries. Originally these officials managed levies imposed for road assessment and revenue.
A second grade teacher asked students what a coward was. One boy answered a coward is a boy who fights girls, revealing a child’s blunt, evolving view of bravery and gender in a classroom moment.
Instruction urges placing low shelves around room walls and SIS HOOR for children to store books after story hour ensuring proper care and organization of their volumes.
In 1852 Urban VIIT removed the Pantheon portico bronze vault at Rete to cast the baldacchino for Sant Veter's church, marking a reuse of a historic sacred artifact.
Tax rules for 1922 outline exemptions for single and married filers, head of family allowances, and dependents. It details a $400 credit per dependent under 18 or incapable, plus four installment due dates for taxes. The normal tax is 4 percent on net income over exemptions up to $4,000 and 8 percent on remaining income.
Retiring pew opener notes successors should be welcomed as good Christians until a new entrant is shown to the pews. London Punch remarks emphasize decorum and transition in church seating.
Borax in ancient days was used to clean the surface of molten gold during heme work and welding.
An ordinance of Riverdale Illinois provides polls open at six in the morning and close at four in the afternoon for all municipal elections. It repeals conflicting ordinances and becomes effective on passage approved by Village President Charles Niemeyer and Village Clerk George L. Koehler on February 13 1923.
A condensed aphorism style reflection highlights Ruskin’s view that civilization rests on military, religious, medical, legal, and mercantile professions. It notes each role defends, teaches, preserves health, enforces justice, and sustains commerce, with the soldier and others ready to sacrifice.
A remark from Uncle Eben in the Washington Evening Star suggests a conference to bridge the gap between generations. He notes elders think youths move too fast while youths see elders as behind the times, urging a meeting to seek common ground.
The 1492 voyage of the Santa Maria led by Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 70 days. Historians note earlier Norse crossings between Norway and Greenland prior to year 1000.
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