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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1928
Page
3
Department ie aims to study the feeds of several executive departments and independent establishments focusing on personnel and investigating duplications of statistical and other work. A bureau of co-ordination also investigates cases where overlapping of departments can be avoided.
To clean tarnished silver, mix a teaspoon of salt and an equal amount of baking soda in a new aluminum pan with boiling water. Submerge the silver until tarnish disappears, then wash and dry. The silver remains undamaged and clean as with rubbing, though it leaves a soft dull finish that can be polished to a high shine.
A substitute teacher, untrained in primary methods, asked the class what life is. A child named Bobby replied that life is what you have until you run out and then you are dead. The tale reveals the teacher’s error and the child’s blunt honesty.
The text traces perfume to religious rites and consecration, notes the ancient trade from Persia via Egypt, and cites a Greek treatise on perfumery dating to about 300 B C. It emphasizes the long history and diverse uses of fragrance.
Conversation between Mrs. Fletcher and Mr. Fletcher about a long day at work ends with dinner ready. The husband notes business matters were pressing and promises to act on the suggestion soon.
At the American Medical Association convention in Washington Dr Marvin Shie warned of health risks from tattooed permanent flushes and red lips. He spoke at a Cleveland dinner about beauty treatment damage to a woman's constitution and wallet citing Mrs Maturin Mayhew as an example in a humorous exchange over a face lift.
The Bureau of Mines identifies the Fortuna mine near Cologne as hosting the thickest coal seam in the world at 100 meters or 330 feet. In the United States the Mammoth seam near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania yields high grade coal at about 50 feet thick with folds reaching 60 to 80 feet.
At Somotillo on the Corinto Managua Railway line Captain Paul W. Payne and twenty loyal guards repelled an assault by over a hundred Sandino soldiers. Fourteen guards deserted to join the attackers, but reinforcements and a counterattack drove the bandits away. A marine was killed. Desertions imply treachery amid the Nicaraguan guards.
Major General John A. Lejeune will command 1000 Marines reinforcing 1400 troops against Sandino in Nueva Segovia Nicaragua. He sails from Charleston aboard the cruiser Trenton with Brig. Gen. Logan Feland to bolster morale and assess the frontline campaign over about ten days before visiting San Diego and Mare Island.
Secretary Work of the Interior endorsed the Swing Johnson Boulder dam bill to Chairman Smith of the House Irrigation Committee. The Supreme Court denied Chinese passport entry from another country unless citizenship is held there. Senator Dill proposed equipping each senate desk with a broadcasting microphone for radio access to proceedings.
In Ardmore, suburb of Philadelphia, two elderly sisters were found frozen to death in their home. Mrs. Hannah Mahoney, eighty five, and Miss Mary Anne Gibson, eighty three, were identified as the deceased. The ages and relation are noted in the local report.
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