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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1928
Page
3
The Treasury offers a 334 percent 17-15 year Treasury bond in exchange for Third Liberty Loan Bonds. The new bonds bear interest from July 16, 1928 and mature September 15, 1928. Interest on surrendered bonds is paid to September 15, 1928. Holders should contact banks for details. Washington issued July 5, 1928.
A clergyman records the morals of a cat, praising kindness and restraint. When a neighbor’s cat eyes foul scraps, the woman removes the meat and secretly substitutes a piece of fish from a shelf to feed her hungry friend.
Recitative is a half spoken musical form free of strict tempo used to convey rapid drama. It has been in vogue for several centuries and its exact origin is unclear. It appears in large choral works and various musical contexts.
A preacher in a Deep Water sermon spoke of the tares among the wheat and the mixing of good and evil in the church. He noted the line about Ham in the Ark and then corrected himself to say a human Dam to avoid misconstruction.
A government publication lists 16 837 distinct occupations as examples of the many ways to earn a living in England. The figure underscores the breadth of jobs documented in the study, reflecting diverse economic activity across regions.
The United Mine Workers of America dropped the Jacksonville wage scale in bituminous coal fields and gave districts the right to settle with operators on a mutually satisfactory basis. The move may create differing regional wage scales and requires district conventions or district member referendums for ratification. The 7.50 dollar daily and 1.08 dollar per ton scale, set by the 1926 federal coal commission, was long tied to the Jacksonville agreement of 1924 and spurred operator pressure amid falling production and the Miami wage conference.
London reports Sir Hugo Cundife Owen refused an American offer of £100,000 for Felstead the Derby winner. The sum exceeds the £60,000 high price paid for Call Boy in 1927 by Sir Harry Mallaby-Deecey from Frank Curzon estate executors.
Berlin reports that hundreds of political prisoners in Prussian jails were released or had their sentences commuted under the amnesty act for political offenders passed by the Reichstag. Application of the law in other German states will be delayed a few days for document exchange.
The Queen Alexandra Fund reaches 283000 pounds from Britons worldwide to extend nursing facilities and increase the nurses pension fund. A bronze memorial group will be erected at Marlborough House opposite St James Palace.
Roald Amundsen and William Marconi received the Plus Ultra medal from the Spanish government for heroic conduct and service to mankind. Amundsen, missing since aiding Italia castaways, and Marconi were honored in Madrid.
Noted actress Ellen Terry died in Hythe Kent England. She was born February 27 1848 in Coventry Warwickshire.
Four leaders of a Franco Spanish anarchist group were captured and jailed in Carcassonne after a plan to kill King Alfonso of Spain during a Paris meeting with President Gaston Doumergue was foiled by the French secret service.
Superior Wisconsin reports Roy O West of Chicago was appointed by President Coolidge to be secretary of the interior, succeeding Hubert Work whose resignation was accepted. West, a Coolidge ally and Illinois national committeeman, will likely resign from Republican finance and executive posts as work takes over the national committee chair.
A Moscow Verchernie correspondent alleges Captain Zappi abandoned Dr. Finn Malmgren during the Italia disaster and wore Malmgren’s clothes after rescue. The report also claims Mariano was left underdressed, leading to a leg amputation and Mariano allowing Zappi to consume his body after death.
Police search Morones a political foe of General Obregon. Gen Antonio Rios Zertuche says Morones is believed hid in Mexico City while authorities pursue a rumor of concealment. Rios Zertuche notes Jose de Leon Toral’s confession in the Obregon case.
Washington reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh earned over 204000 dollars in the last half of 1927 with a federal tax around 20000 dollars. Treasury actuary Joseph McCoy estimated Lindbergh’s minimum earnings at 204000, placing him among high earners.
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