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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
6
Manila dispatch says Governor General Wood travels with Mrs Wood en route to the United States for his annual vacation, as officials note the trip follows a period of duty in the capital.
The Church Temperance Society of the Episcopal Church adopted a nationwide campaign to promote moderate regulatory measures against prohibition. The board, mostly clergymen, met with two thirds in attendance and called on clergy and laity to aid in sermons and literature and press lawmakers to replace impracticable laws. Rev. Dr. W. W. Bellinger of St Agnes' Trinity parish NY presides.
President Coolidge to depart Washington on June 13 for the Black Hills of South Dakota where a summer capital will be set up. Officials anticipate rapid City as the center for executive offices and most summer callers while he conducts his business.
Washington reports the Shipping Board approved an agreement among eleven intercoastal lines to pool earnings on westbound traffic. The pact aims to prevent rate cutting on cargoes to Pacific ports and marks a new era in cooperative shipping.
London report states Captain Lindbergh, famed U S flyer, will depart this week after visiting royalty and dignitaries. He planned to sail on the George Washington but may return later for a longer European sojourn to study aviation. He vows to travel incognito upon return to Europe and disappear when he reaches St. Louis.
Twelve people are known dead with over twenty missing and extensive damage across Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia. Homes were washed away streams overflowed highways and railroads were blocked. Nine deaths occurred in Southeastern Kentucky with Rosana and Johnson City areas among hardest hit.
Fifteen silver bags launched northeast in a national elimination race to decide the American ballooning champion and the team to represent the United States in the Gordon Bennett cup race next September.
Winnipeg clerks freight handlers express and station workers vote to strike for wage increases. Ballots show 95 percent in favor of a walk out among the western division personnel.
President Coolidge in Arlington cemetery calls for justice over force in settling international disputes. He urges lawful conduct at home and peacetime limits on armaments while preserving a strong military to deter aggression. He notes US wealth and influence, and seeks goodwill and justice in China, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
The text describes Gamaliel as a famous liberal minded Pharisee known as the teacher of the law. It notes his pupil Saul of Tarsus who would become Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles and who, before his conversion, sat at Gamaliel's feet according to Acts 22 3.
The Marion County Alabama News records a brief obituary notice reflecting on favorable credentials. It notes St. Peter will receive the deceased into the afterlife in accordance with local church rites. The item reads as a concise death notice and memorial marker.
A London hospital features a silence room for testing deafness where even the heartbeat and eyelid flicker can be heard. The room aims to measure sensitivity to sound and silence in patients, illustrating advances in auditory tolerance and clinical testing methods.
A Washington Star quote notes that some financiers labeled slippery actually find certain money remains sticky, implying money types resist easy movement and may bind deals.
The quotation attributed to Robert Ingersoll at his brother’s grave praises a life of loving service. It imagines every person helped bringing a blossom to the grave, creating a field of flowers as the measure of human joy.
The three friends referenced in Longfellow's sonnet Friends are Cornelius Conway Felton, Louis Agassiz, and Charles Sumner. Felton led Harvard College, Agassiz was a renowned scientist, and Sumner was a prominent statesman and abolition advocate.
The article notes no standard gold bar size. It cites a five ounce bar valued around $100 and a largest bar about 400 ounces, roughly the size of a building block.
Nature Magazine advises thorough watering rather than surface sprinkling. Water until the soil is soaked to the bottom and excess water drains away, then allow the top layer to dry before watering again.
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