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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
5
The earliest reference to a lift appears in Vitruvius describing Archimedes invention a hoisting machine using ropes winding drum capstan and levers. A second device was turned by a man inside the capstan and a primitive elevator still serves a convent on Mt Sinai for passenger and luggage transfer.
Anthropological lab in London reports that the right arm is usually longer than the left, and the left leg longer than the right. Occasionally proportions reverse, but near equality is rare. Right arm strength often exceeds the left, more so in men, with equality more common in women.
The passage argues that aging reveals truth in service and moral rectitude as the meaning of life. Personal success loses charm unless it benefits others, and true credit rests on character, even in humble lives. It praises everyday people who, despite little chance, solve life’s problem through virtue.
A drunken man overheard muttering amid the 1918 city health crisis claims to have seen four great events end war, closed churches, open saloons and muted women as public life shuts due to masks and closed meeting places.
After 80 washings with hard soap sodium silicate and perborate, linen and cotton textiles show higher strength with hard water than soft. Soft water with sodium silicate injures cotton, while perborate remains more harmful. Soap improves luster and yields brilliant white by reflected light. in soft water fabrics show strong yellowish color and pinkish tint. Washing with silica results in white but dull chalky finish.
The piece argues that beauty lies in both appearance and sound, warning that outward polish can mask inner flaws. It warns against ugly words and gracious manners masking selfishness, noting small acts seem larger when done with pleasing mode.
A parachuting general rides a plane north and signals a landing but keeps aboard his parachute and suitcase. He drops his cane and then steps out, landing safely as the aircraft continues its flight.
Multiple property listings from Riverdale Dolton and Danville Illinois. Includes corner business sites 188th street Lincoln avenue and 211 KE 187th street with buildings. several houses on Leyden avenue Park avenue Forest avenue 187th street 186th place and 211 KE. Also 40 acre farm near Salem Allegan County and six small lots 74x163 on 187th and 188th streets. Offers require partial cash and dealer contact L Hadorn A Dickman W Maurer C A Howe Rev M W Franz.
Multiple classified offers list for sale of a waxwell touring car Indian motorcycle household furniture baby carriage eggs incubators and brooders two Ford touring cars Maxwell touring car 1915 Overland roadster plus a lost pocket book with a needy elderly owner. Listings include contact names addresses and phone numbers.
Help wanted ads seek youths for chorus or nurse girl in Dalton area and adult women 18 to 35 for factory work at Buda Company with references. Apply 2 to 4 p m daily except Saturday. Men sought at Rolfe Iron Co near Illinois Central Depot Riverdale.
English poet Robert Southey once joined a socialistic venture named Pantisocracy with Cateridge and a friend to emigrate to America and marry three enslavers. The scheme failed to advance. Southey famed for lucid prose and timing, died at Keswick on March 21.
Dogskins from southwestern Manchuria and eastern Mongolia are woven into rugs and sleeping mats. Hair varies from black to white with finest white coats. Thousands of dogs raised as wealth. dowries link to a bride’s fortunes. A robe uses eight dogs. animals strangled at eight months to season coats. Exports in 1916 reached 806000 pieces.
The New York Medical Journal urges dropping words like lunatic and lunacy from medicine. It notes stigma and family offense, citing a London asylum conference that decided such vague terms should be abandoned to reduce ostracism.
The text explains caviare as salted roe from the large sturgeon caught off Russia. It notes that larger roes yield better caviare, describes sturgeon sizes up to 8,000 pounds and 18 to 27 feet, and says roe quality depends on catching before spawning when roe is hard and light gray.
The piece notes Napoleon III’s 1857 ceremony unveiling the Louvre after decades of work. Two marble slabs mark the project: one recalls Francois I and Catherine de Medici, the other records Napoleon III joining the Tuileries to the Louvre.
A Brooklyn Eagle report explains that air becomes a liquid only when cooled below about 220 degrees F and compressed to 39 atmospheres. Exposure to heat causes rapid boiling. nitrogen escapes faster than oxygen, leaving an increasingly oxygen rich liquid until mostly oxygen remains.
A Sydney Bulletin correspondent describes carpet snakes as adept climbers that reach roosts, roofs, and ridge-lines. The note details their climbing ability, from ladder-free access to crossing walls, and notes two sturdy claws aiding ascent.
An Australian brown kingfisher nicknamed the laughing jackass hawks live fish but adapts to meat in captivity and hammers prey against perches to aid digestion. The piece also highlights pre Colombian gold and copper bells from Mexico, Central America, and Costa Rica, noted for bird and monkey motifs and grotesque heads.
The piece reports that flowers affect singing voices. Sims Reeves avoided roses because their scent made his throat off singing for a week. Another renowned opera singer says violets’ odor leaves his voice husky.
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