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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1928

Page

19

Lindbergh Repeats Flying The Mail Route To Chicago

Colonel Lindbergh returns to his old mail route piloting a one ton mail cargo from St Louis to Chicago. Six St Louis ships bring mail marked Lindbergh Again Flies the Air Mail while crowds overwhelm guards. He declines ceremony opting for a quiet welcome and a postflight dinner with old flying colleagues.

St. Louis Chicago Lindy Lindbergh Colonel Tindbergh Sixty-third Street Hamlin Avenue Arthur Lueder Albany Avenue Peoria Sawyer Avenue Northwest Airways Post Office Department Springfield St. Louis-Chicago Department of Commerce Henderson Thomas Wolfe

Calles Army Decisively Defeats Rebels in Jalisco Clash

Dispatches from Guadalajara report heavy federal fire in Jalisco killing over seventy Catholic rebels, including five chiefs. Rebel leaders Velasco and others died. Magdaleno Galvez and Manuel Chaves were captured and executed. Several engagements left authorities triumphant as rebels were dispersed and labeled defeated.

Mexico City Guadalajara Jalisco Andres Giguero Cimatlan Miguel Martinez Rancho Viejo Agua Nueva Velasco Chachalacas Magdaleno Galvez Manuel Chaves Sayula Gabriel Guevara Rosario Lopez Los Trigos

London scientists tap gold to tin and copper race

British researchers in the Daily Mail discussion say copper and tin reserves are dwindling while gold remains plentiful. They predict future tech may substitute gold for copper and tin, and note limited tin sources in Cornwall and overseas deposits.

London Daily Mail Cornwill England Guiana Bolivia Straits Settlements Earth

Sun to Shine for 15 Trillion Years, Smithsonian Scientist Says

Dr. Charles G. Abbot of the Smithsonian notes the sun’s mass loss will take about 15 trillion years to destroy. He explains that stellar energy comes from annihilation of atoms and cites that the sun’s output equals one horsepower per square yard across a sphere 93 million miles from Earth.

Washington Charles G. Abbot Smithsonian Institution

Berlin Chemist’s Ultraviolet Milk Cure for Rickets

A Berlin chemist Doctor Schoell reports a radical rickets cure using ultraviolet treated milk produced in a quartz lamp apparatus. Fresh milk in vacuum exposed to UV rays reportedly kept taste and odor, with University hospital Frankfurt patients cured in four to six weeks. The method promises cheap, scalable production for widespread use.

Berlin Doctor Schoell Jie

Sage Leaves and Lemon Juice as Tooth Tonics

Sage leaves can be rubbed on or finely chopped and used with a brush as a tooth tonic. Lemon juice is another good dental tonic but should be used only occasionally.

Baked in Egypt 3400-Year-Old Bread On Display

A 3400-year-old unleavened loaf from Egypt is exhibited at the Haskell Museum of the University of Chicago. The bread resembles matzos and highlights ancient baking practices.

Haskell Museum The University of Chicago Egypt

Pan American meet ends with ratified acts and aims

The sixth international conference of American states closed in Havana with 21 republics signing the final act. The session endorsed compulsory arbitration for inter American disputes, a permanent Pan American union, a neutral rights treaty, an open aviation convention, equal treatment for aliens, and asylum rights with U S reservations.

Washington United States Havana Hughes Martinez Ortiz Cuba Antonio de Bustamente New World Congress Charles Evans Hughes Caribbean Fletcher Underwood Panama Canal Guantanamo Naval Base Colombia

Strangler Edward Lewis Wins From Joe Stecher

In St Louis Ed Lewis known as the Strangler defeated Joe Stecher of Dodge Neb in two falls to decide the title. The bout drew about 6000 spectators with total gate around 60000. Lewis captured the first fall in 2 16 40 using a head lock and bar arm. Stecher claimed the second fall in 1 18 with a double wrist lock and cross body lock. The Strangler then won the final fall in 12 50 with a double wrist lock and body bar.

St. Louis Ed Lewis the Strangler Lewis Joe Stecher Dodge Neb Stecher The Strangler

Berlin Cabinet Votes to Quit Berlin

Religious differences end the Marx coalition after 13 months of government in Germany.

Berlin Marx Coalition Germany

Ives Portrait Painter Dies After Short Illness

Percy Ives, a well known portrait painter, is dead at his Detroit home after a brief illness. The notable artist had a prominent career and was celebrated for his portraits.

Early golf in America traces to New York debut in 1890

The game of golf arrived in the United States after being well developed elsewhere. The first American matches occurred in New York in 1890 with solid rubber balls. Earlier balls used feathers inside leather but not in this country.

United States New York

Wet feet cure for cold gains support from professor

Prof Leonard Hill in Plymouth England argues cold and wet feet may aid recovery from colds and that open-air treatment can cure common illnesses. He says a cured man with open air experience regards cold as his ally and not a hazard.

Leonard Hill Plymouth England

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