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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
4
A collection of humorous observations contrasts marriage, love, and virtue with public life. It jests about Lindbergh and Chamberlin, knee breeches, temper control, windmills, and the window screens. It notes farmers, brides, cooking, the Mississippi River, and presidential engagement with citizens.
The president begins his vacation in a remote western section. The writer urges curiosity seekers to avoid him and suggests eastern presidents should visit the west and south. The president will meet people who share about middle western conditions, but nonessential visitors burden his time.
A reflection on criminals who boast of successful breaks and defy law. It argues such pride marks them as fools destined to be caught and punished, contrasting their bravado with public contempt for cowardly acts and moral folly.
The reduction of the public debt for the fiscal year ending June 30 will reduce outstanding obligations and improve the balance sheet. Officials projected debt service costs decline as maturities are funded and fiscal stability is pursued amid ongoing budget reforms.
The speaker notes the national debt could be wiped out in about 12 years if payments continue at the current pace. He praises the American people's energy in reducing debt and warns that present taxes still burden households and keep living costs high.
Announcement promotes J. V. Lanigan to Passenger Traffic Manager of the Illinois Central System effective June 1. Lanigan has served as general passenger agent since 1921 and joined the railroad in 1906. G. G. Truesdale becomes general passenger agent, with J. W. Stevenson succeeding as assistant general passenger agent.
The size of paper money will be reduced by about one third starting with the dollar bill. Financed savings to the Treasury are projected at two million dollars annually. The first smaller bill will be released to the public in about a year.
The Chicago Post Office will auction approximately one thousand lots of undeliverable parcel post mail at The Annex 726 W. Monroe on June 28 and 29 1927 with a preview June 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Catalogs available then. Bids require a 50 percent cash or certified check deposit.
The first week of June shows Illinois farmers actively planting and plowing corn, with many preparing ground and cultivating crops. Excessive rains reduced May planting to under half the average acreage, prompting some to switch to emergency crops like ninety day corn or Sudan grass as April rainfall broke a long record and May rainfall set a new record for the month.
Illinois leads in farm machinery presence second only to Texas and hosts large investor pools in power securities. The Grand Army of the Republic began in Springfield with its first post in Decatur. Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, claims the world’s largest generating capacity. Cook County Hospital ranks as the world’s largest. Illinois will consume over 3.6 million barrels of cement for roads this year. The agricultural implement industry uses half a billion cubic feet of manufactured gas annually.
Senator William Marconi, the renowned wireless inventor, married Countess Maria Cristina Bezzi Scala in a civil ceremony conducted by Prince Votenziani, Rome's royal governor. A church blessing followed at Santa Maria Degli Angeli with accompanying social figures.
A shopper browses articles from a weary salesman and laments nothing fits as she plans a birthday surprise for her husband tomorrow. The clerk suggests a prank hideaway behind an armchair and shouting Boo.
General Enoch Crowder personally presented his resignation to President Coolidge confirming reports he would not return to his post. Tu Ying a Chinese student at Ohio State University will receive instruction at Scott Field balloon and airship school with War department permission. Allen F Moore national Republican committeeman for Illinois was proposed for Chicago to host the 1928 Republican convention.
Evansville Indiana Dr Alfred B Hughes longtime Evansville college president since 1917 will resign to take the presidency of Hamline University in Minnesota effective July 1.
City commission weighs gravel street construction as a cheaper option. City Manager N R Harris says costs would be less than current payments.
A playful school scene shows a teacher asking what half of one third is and the hesitant student Ted guessing it cannot be very much. The quip reflects curious classroom humor from a Boston transcription.
Samuel Witherspoon, a Jefferson school student in Chicago Heights, won the Illinois marble shooting championship after eleven matches at Grant Park stadium. He defeated Neal Brogan in three straight games to claim the gold medal, with Kiwanis Club as sponsor and Nathan Seifer accompanying him.
A policeman on point duty stops a small car that tried to slip past his outstretched arm. The motorist confesses he did stop but says he lost his head. He had spent half an hour getting the car to start and hoped to let it run.
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