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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
6
The Lansing State Bank of Lansing Illinois filed an official condition report to the Illinois Auditor on June 30 1919. It shows resources 326665.91 and deposits 280675.64 with capital 25000.00 surplus 15000.00 and undivided profits 1586.72. The report was sworn by cashier H F W Schultz and notarized by Otto F Schultz on July 7 1919.
Goldberg, mascot of the 122nd Field Artillery, served from July 26, 1917, through battles including St Mihiel and Argonne. He was gassed in 1918, cited by Major A B Davenport, discharged at Camp Grant, and traveled from America to France and back in combat gear. Milon Bach, 12, proudly shows the record of his dog.
Birdologists debate whether the little penguin around Australia and Tasmania is one species or two the so called fairy penguin. After many measurements and a doctor’s report on their blood beat the field leans toward a transitional period with two distinct clans possible yet presently classed as one.
A compact reflection on the scholar’s duty to work hard. It asserts labor as the path to achievement, framing the world as an audience to the scholar’s effort and the atoms of opportunity as chances to excel.
Multiple real estate ads list parcels on 138th Street Lincoln Avenue and 137th Street plus two-story brick and stone basements. Other offerings include 40 acre Allegan County farm near Salem for $1400, six lots on 137th and 186th streets, two Park Avenue and Forest Avenue lots, and a Riverdale corner property with Indiana Avenue. Listings cite sellers A Claussen A S Wickman Wm Maurer C A Howe Rev H M Franz and Danville Oak Lawn area locations with cash or time payment options.
Various items offered for sale including a Waxwell touring car and Indian motorcycle in good condition, a Mowiog macine, four room household furniture, incubators and brooders, two Ford touring cars and a Maxwell touring car, a 1915 Overland roadster, and a single comb Rhode Island Red incubator setup. Also job ads seeking women for factory work at the Buda Company in Harvey and men at Rolfe Iron Co near Illinois Central depot Riverdale.
The text cites several extraordinary hailstone claims, including six to eight pound stones in Namur (1719), a Tartary millstone-sized block in 1843, a 1110-pound stone in Hungary in 1802, and a massive elephant-sized block near Seringa, with notes on the credibility of witnesses such as Father Hue.
A quotable line notes that the first farmer is the first man and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land as voiced by Emerson.
The Flemish term Vlaenderen means the country of the Flemish. In the middle ages Flanders was a self governing county sometimes under France or the empire. Today it is divided between France and Belgium with East and West Flanders in Belgium. The Low Country description reflects its low level terrain.
A southern Indian rubber estate compares to a dairy with milklike latex and strict cleanliness. When tapping is light, rubber is formed into pale amber biscuits or sheets and dried on racks in a warm room or artificial dryer. Finished biscuits appear transparent and pure, easy to judge by light.
The Pavest motor plow, now marketed in Italy, undergoes government testing and is praised as superior to all Italian rivals. It can draw 1 to 6 plows, has four motor wheels, a movable frame, and handles uneven terrain, ditches, and banks. Its small turning radius and low center of gravity reduce overturn risk and upkeep costs.
Charles F. Searle reflects on how a single simple tune travels across the world. Whistled in fields and workshops, it links memories from gullies to rivers and cities from Mississippi to Seine. Its universal reach makes music enduring and dearer to travelers everywhere.
The article reports national averages for mature farm horses at 1203 pounds with Washington state at 1850 pounds as the highest and Florida at 850 pounds as the lightest. It notes Maine at 1325 pounds, and for farm mules an average of 956 pounds with Washington at 1110 and Oregon at 1100 pounds, while Mississippi is lightest at 865 pounds.
The author muses that the moon seems larger in America than Europe, and the sun and stars appear brighter. He suggests these celestial impressions symbolize the rising philosophy poetry and religion of America’s inhabitants, foreseeing their future heights.
The people of Norway have long demonstrated the goat as a productive milk source and income producer. Goat cheese making is a principal farming pursuit, and its popularity as a table delicacy shows Americans have yet to copy it successfully.
Melicent Stone reviews The Bankside Costume Book for Children noting little difference between noble and working class women in the thirteenth century. Working women wore hoods and a wimple, while young girls hid hair with fabric knotted over ears. Tunics were long, often turned up to show an underskirt, and sometimes folded back over the knees with simple pins. Shoes resembled those worn by men.
The frost is praised as a purifier that freshens the air and helps kill foul microbes. It highlights the air’s benefits for tuberculous sufferers and warns that too much frost can be harmful, while just enough is beneficial.
The author laments that sublime Rocky Mountain views yield little romantic naming, noting Mount St. Jenas Mount Shasta Mount Tooker Mount Brown and Pike’s Peak sound as prosaic as grocers’ labels. Even Zebulon Pike’s naming failed to convey ascent’s romance.
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