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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1927
Page
3
A collage of blunt social and political quips on spending, presidential term limits, holiday observances, urban growth, public forums, and Groundhog Day as a legal holiday. References to Mrs Coolidge and political figures hint at 1920s Washington satire and public concerns.
In a radio address a college president warns that modern students lack drill for accuracy. He contrasts Three Rs with need for general intelligence and citizenship, urging emphasis on precise results while preserving moral and historical education. He stresses that business standards require exactness and near-right work.
Since 1921 mail robberies total over 15 million dollars in 86 hold-ups. A congressional bill calls for 2000 civilian postal guards to shield the mails. Proponents warn sensational thefts attract criminals and that immediate force deters robbers.
William Foux’s What Price Glory plays Garrick theatre in Chicago to capacity houses. It features a 35 member Symphony orchestra and 30 backstage crew creating effects for a new motion picture experience. Two daily showtimes at 2 15 PM and 8 15 PM with reserved seating priced 50c to 1 50 for night shows and 50c to 1 00 afternoon.
The piece discusses how youths favor rapid, distant ventures and broad ambitions shaped by wartime experiences. It argues that while travel and grand plans appeal, lasting progress comes from patient, competent effort in smaller tasks rather than quick, sensational gambles.
A study compares night vision across species, finding the owl best equipped, followed by a tiger and a domestic cat. Bears show improved night sight, while humans are used as a standard for comparison.
Treasury Secretary Mellon announces $174 million in refunds to 287000 taxpayers for illegally collected taxes, with overall 400 million collected last year due to mistakes. The list, heavy with ledgers, shows large and tiny payments including British American Tobacco Co Ltd of New York at 5.12 million and two one cent refunds to Texas residents.
Campers in northern Australia use a small variety of bus as a substitute for nets and peaceful camping gear. The bus spends the day on the ridgepole of the tent to deter mosquitoes.
King Benjamin, leader of the House of Dinvid cult, bound over for trial in Circuit Court on assaulting Bessie Woodworth a 23 year old former inmate. He was arrested in a raid on Temple Shioh after three years in hiding and brought to court on a stretcher. He remains released under bond of 5000 dollars pending February term.
Burrowing crickets or mole crickets combine cricket traits with mole habits. They dig winding tunnels along pond and ditch borders, raise small molehill like ridges, and feed on roots earthworms and larvae. Eastern U S Gryllotalpa borealis and G longipennis are common. Porto Rican forms damage crops. They have large brown bodies with velvety hair, short wing covers, fossorial forelegs, and ears on the front leg. Two pairs of wings exist though small upper wings and larger hind wings. They are not poisonous.
A compact editorial snapshot argues that sustained business success comes from brains, enterprise, risk taking, and grit, led by a prominent figure who embodies the drive and discipline behind thriving enterprises.
Mrs In sull argues beauty comes from an active mind and emotional coloring rather than diet or cosmetics. She warns against attempting to chase lost youth and asserts the ripe experience of age offers its own beauty.
Boh Flood of Walgett New South Wales owns a team of 26 bullocks he treats with constant gentleness. He never swears at them though he uses profanity in conversation. He works with no whip and rarely raises his voice, earning his team wide envy among carriers within 1900 miles of Walgett.
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