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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
6
Oral lore cites a spider charm for fevers in Ireland with a soaked spider as a remedy for ague. Labrador Indians hang a hawk's bone for exorcism of mischief. Seafaring lore mentions wearing a finger ornament made of seahorse teeth to ward off cramps.
The Laramie mountains are a range in southeast Wyoming, beginning near the North Platte River in Naoua county and extending southeast across Al ang and Laramie counties toward the Laramie river. Elevation ranges from about 7,060 to 7,000 feet.
The article notes most birds enjoy splashing in shallow water and daily baths. Some species seek specific water types, with Swallows, Luitissuire, and Walbachie omy preferring clean rain water. Wild ducks travel inland for fresh water.
Five hundred acres in southwest Georgia are devoted to the Lord's Acres tract. The mostly cotton land shows resistance to bull weevil damage with taller stalks and more bolls than nearby fields. The name Lord's Acres reflects its religiously inspired designation.
The body of William Jennings Bryan rode in state from Dayton to Arlington as mourners in towns from Chattanooga to Knoxville gazed upon the casket. Mrs Bryan urged simple arrangements and declined a military guard while telegrams of condolence poured in from across the nation including President Coolidge.
The Baldwin government won approval for a 290 million dollar naval bill by 267 to 140. David Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald criticized the plan, ridiculing the need for such a vast defense budget and suggesting Britain might aid the United States in a Pacific war.
A clerk named Frank Blair Rodkey was killed as two bandits were shot dead and a third captured in a bold daytime assault at the Drake hotel in Chicago. A mob of bystanders panicked while a probing crew armed with shotguns and pistols seized 810,000 and escaped, with two others eluding capture.
A reader asks at what age men stop noticing feminine fashions, noting their own sixty years and suggesting others must inquire. The Houston Post Dispatch comments that films are popular because actions speak louder than words.
An eminent statement reverses old beliefs about prehistoric gender roles. The article claims cave women were the more important sex, inventors of early arts and sciences, who devised hunting snares and clothing making, using wit and strategy over strength. It asserts prehistoric women led, while men remained secondary.
In Chile gray hairs are rare as most residents dye their hair and two dye factories operate to meet demand. Skewed by widespread coloring practice, gray hair remains uncommon among the population.
The article traces the hereditary standard bearer role of Scotland held by the Scrymgeour Wedderburns. It links the Wedderburn name to lands near Berwick and to Walter de Wedderburn who swore fealty to Edward I. Alexander Wedderburn, favored by James VI, accompanied him to England and signed the union. The 1761 extinction of this branch left estates to the heir of the line, now represented by Scrymgeour Wedderburns of Wedderburn and Kirkhill.
Pathfinder Magazine suggests the phrase get one's goat may derive from a contraction of voutee or voutee meaning chin tuft or pointed beard. If so the act would be pulling one’s beard, a deeply humiliating insult in historic contexts.
More than 10000 blind readers borrowed 120000 volumes from the National Library for the Blind in London in the last year. The figures show robust demand for accessible reading materials and ongoing outreach to the blind community.
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