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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
7
William C. Hartray born and educated in Evanston lived there since birth. Practiced law in Chicago since 1897 and worked on many important cases. Served eight years on the Board of County Commissioners and remained deeply interested in public questions as an active Republican.
Doctor Petii of Buenos Aires shocked by finding a pulseless patient under chloroform. He performed direct heart massage with both hands, inducing powerful contractions and eventual return of circulation. The woman remained unconscious for a long time but recovered slowly, overcome by delirium yet ultimately well.
In 1892 observers misattributed Martian projections to mountains seen on the Moon. W. H. Pickering and A. E. Douglass argued they were clouds. By December 1900 the cloud theory proved correct as projections varied, moved, and dissipated, unlike mountains, per Percival Lowell’s Mars and Its Canals.
The Westminster Gazette notes that owls have long favored Oxford with several colonies including Worcester. A new colony now thrives in the Bodleian library and the Tower of the Five Orders in the Old Schools quadrangle. Bodleian staff rescue young owls that land on the quadrangle pavement unable to return to their nests.
A Boston Transcript note cites a scientist claiming six ty-five facial muscles form a frown while only thirty-three create a smile. The piece echoes the idea to conserve energy through positivity.
Near Tokyo Japan a cluster of about 200 caves in the Matsuyama hills is debated as ancient home of the Toshigama or Earth Spiders or as tombs or primitive shelters. The tight six by nine foot chambers with low narrow passages suggest habitation but no artifacts or drawings have been found.
The article explains protective coloration in nature and how eggs gain camouflage. It notes that birds cannot defend nests and rely on blending with surroundings to hide eggs while the mother forages. Egg colors range from spotted sand tones to buff and green to match nested materials.
The narrator reflects on dreams of impossible subjects that elude description yet feel real. The sense lingers after waking, defying words or images, known only to a hidden inner self. Dreams hint at depths beyond ordinary thought, like the elusive fourth dimension.
The people of Pemaquid Maine recall that English settlers arrived there about fourteen years before the Mayflower voyage to Plymouth. The trading colony supplied substantial food to the Pilgrims when Bradford appealed. A fort remains at Pemaquid built in 1690 costing £20000, two thirds of Massachusetts 1690 appropriation.
A humorous exchange discusses penalties for bootleggers. Uncle Bil Bottletop argues a bootlegger should drink his own liquor to face punishment, while the other voices acknowledge the penalties may be insufficient.
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