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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1927
Page
6
In Austin Texas prosecutors press for the death penalty against Rev Dr J Frank Norris pastor of Fort Worths First Baptist in the slaying of lumber broker D B Chipps. The defense seeks delay as the trial proceeds.
Henry G. Shirley, president of the American Road Builders Association, predicts over $1.0 billion will be spent on highway construction in 1927, totaling about 55 thousand miles of new roads and raising total improved mileage to 8 million. He notes roads boost farm, small town, and urban trade, smoothing demand and steady movement of goods.
In a fiery raid at Shady Rest near Bloody Williamson county four bodies were found in a burned Birger gang cabin. Charles Birger arrived, speculated the corpses included Steve George and his wife, plus an Harrisburg youth known as Jimmy Sims and Birger's pet bulldog. Coroner George Bell questioned Birger as search for a possible fifth body continued, Birger accusing the Sheltons of the attack.
Panama Canal tolls reached $164,064,037 from 87,598 commercial ships since opening August 15, 1914 through December 11, 1926. Governor of the canal reported the official totals from Panama City.
Seventy seven people perished in a Montreal fire and stampede at the Laurier Palace Movie Theater mostly children. Rescue efforts battled jammed exits as mothers begged to reach their children and the coroner noted many deaths occurred from crowd crush rather than fire.
Representative Fairchild of New York introduces a resolution pledging House backing for President Coolidge policy in Mexico. The Bryan Memorial association designates March 19 as Bryan Day commemorating Williams Jennings Bryan. Washington senators Dill and Jones and Oregon's McNary invited President Coolidge to vacation in the West. Peru rejects U S settlement proposal with Chile on Tacna Arica dispute.
The excerpt argues laughter is a uniquely human faculty and essential, quoting Titus on losing a day without laughter and an old saying equating a small laugh to a long measure. It notes Pilgrims seeking joy in devotion, invoking laughter to ward off sadness.
A whimsical London Answers quip about a thoughtful wife and her husband on the day of execution. The wife asks who must find the rope while the sheriff is obliged to deliver justice. The husband jokes that the rope may serve a future husband and saves two pence.
A wife cures fits of worry and low mood by tracing back to the tiny trigger. She recalls the remark or late delivery that started her distress, identifies it, and then puts it aside to free her mind and face what follows. The method hinges on locating the origin before discarding the concern.
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