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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1924
Page
3
Visitors at the airfield heard an officer explain that Kiwis refers to young aviators who have not yet earned their pilot certificates. The term now denotes an aviator who can’t fly, likened to the wingless flightless bird from New Zealand.
The census reports about 87 million sheep locally and 79 million in the Australasian district with Argentina slightly higher. The world total nears 673 million, and annual wool production averages about 3 billion pounds.
Snakes cannot sting but bite, a common confusion traced to older usage and literature. The author notes Shakespeare’s line “What wouldst that have a serpent sting thee twice” as an example of this error.
Cornelian, famed as a charm against indigestion in China and linked to neuralgia and rheumatism by Greeks, is said to be an anti evil remedy. The mineral is plentiful along the Norfolk coast but carries little commercial value.
The text places the cavern of Adul lam in the hill country of Judea about six miles southeast of Bethlehem, showing it could house several thousand people. It dates David's flight from Saul to 1062 B C.
A reflective line urges inner sweetness to govern outward life from George Herbert, linking moral thought to daily conduct and personal surroundings.
The Board of Education of District 156 Calumet City announces a 7 30 p m June 26 1924 bid opening for the Sobieski School building including heating and ventilating. Sealed bids require a 5 percent certified check and a performance bond, drawings available from architects J T Hutton & Son with a $50 deposit. deposits refunded as specified. board reserves right to reject any bid.
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