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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
3
A stated motor trip around the earth at 60 mph would take about 17 days. A journey around the sun at the same speed would take nearly five years. By contrast circling the star Antares would require about 1,870 years due to its diameter exceeding 278 million miles, over 300 times that of the sun.
An aged Scotsman on his death bed quips to his priest that he has lived with the queen of terrors for 30 years, mockingly reframing fear as familiarity in a Detroit Free Press anecdote.
The report covers multiple Illinois items: Mrs. Anna Lahiff Dunne’s death in Geneva. Albert Bolander’s suicide in Durand. Elgin sewage system dedication. Kanakee Catholic Foresters convention. Henry Rasmussen’s embezzlement conviction in Joliet. Rev. Mart Gary Smith's new post in Danville. Lake Forest honors Chief Lester Tiffany. a Westville student’s suicide after a quarrel. Anna Lincoln’s death in Carbondale. Crainville quarantine and Ivo Mattingly lawsuit. Lombard College expands business courses. John H. Mayes’ sentencing in Leavenworth for counterfeiting. Sister Mary Torrence’s death in Danville. Dairy Maid Cow named champion milk producer. Moline chosen for next Illinois Funeral Directors’ meeting. a Milk Producers meeting in Elgin discusses higher dairy prices via potential boycotts.
The corn borer bill becomes law. Governor signs and hands it to Director S. J. Stanard for enforcement. Emergency provisions allow immediate quarantines and regulation, with prior publication and public hearing before action.
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