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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
6
Illinois brief reports note the death of thirteen year old Augusta Sanders of Vienna due to a blister caused by her shoe. Other items include Peoria seeking 5,000 for sanitary district survey and 1925 labor outlook.
The Winnebago county board considers ending the groundhog bounty after large payments fail to reduce the pest and weighs a poisoning campaign. Wilbur T. Norton, three time postmaster and former editor of the Alton Telegraph, dies at eighty in Alton.
The Illinois Department of Public Health issues an urgent ban on serving or selling raw oysters in hotels restaurants eating houses and railroads effective January 15 1925. Local health officers to inspect oyster dealers and food premises to enforce the order issued January 9 1925 by Director Isaac D Rawlings M D.
Laboratory tests by the Sanga Mon County Farm Bureau show wheat crops escaped damage from the harsh December ice storm. Results indicate no injuries to the wheat stands and imply minimal yield impact for the season.
Chicago car owners gathered at the Coliseum for the Chicago Motor Club annual meeting. Thousands of members and guests attended the election of officers and the planned entertainment amid opposition to Illinois gasoline tax proposals.
The University of Illinois will not request new appropriation for the coming biennium. The board of trustees in Chicago announced a budget of 5,250,000 dollars per year for two years under two headings operation and maintenance and buildings. The operation and maintenance total is 4,250,000 dollars per year for salaries wages travel and related items.
Illinois had seven taxpayers with net incomes over 2 million dollars in 1922 tax returns. Five earned 1 to 1.5 million each totaling 5,228,070 dollars. One was 1.5 to 2 million and one 2 to 3 million. Combined income of the two was 4,333,439 dollars and taxes paid were 178,625 dollars in normal tax and 2,524,885 dollars in surtaxes. Michael Murphy, 103, died at his Hopedale home after a brief illness. He was born in Ireland in 1821 and survived by a daughter, 27 grandchildren and 88 great grandchildren. Winds death rate was 1,200 per 100,000 in 1923, up from 1,130 in 1920.
A man in Burton declares his full name as Bertram Abiff Wel borne Montague Thomas William Henry Lawrence Stupenaduke Simp son Hudson. This appears in London Tit-Bits.
A brief reflection notes how hearing praises and famous eulogies can stir brave young minds to strive for similar deeds. The piece emphasizes imitation of worthy examples and the desire to achieve commendable deserts.
The article details dangerous underwater hazards like Lamb Rock near the St Lawrence and Avocet Rock in the Red Sea. Repeated ship investigations failed to locate the rocks until the Stork finally found Lamb Rock three hundred yards from prior anchorage, with only fifteen feet of water at low tide.
A Persian desert belief holds that a wicked man's soul enters a green owl after death and the owl roams the sands for a thousand years screeching for water.
In this country many letters pass through fifteen stages from mailing to arrival. Postal officials note the lengthy process as mail is sorted, routed, and transferred among regional facilities before reaching recipients.
Paul H. De Isruif notes Osterhout in American Mercury shows a method to quantify injury, vitality and recovery in laminaria. By comparing electric resistance in healthy versus damaged cells, Osterhout derives equations predicting injury and recovery thresholds, marking a new approach to defining disease.
The Bloody Seventh division of the British army features the Coldstream Guards as the tallest, most imposing troops with every man over six feet tall. Their reputation reflects formidable size and strength.
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