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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
5
The tower and spire rose 620 feet and the nave became a London rendezvous. People thronged through transepts with baskets of meat bread and coal while Hucksters and peddlers sold wares. Servants shrived and clerics sought livings around pillars until the great fire of 1666 swept it away.
Little Edward feigns illness to skip school. When his mother asks what is wrong he invents a toothache as his excuse. The tale reflects a playful childhood moment and a child’s quick thinking in a domestic setting.
A compilation of multiple house and land advertisements from a vintage classified page. Listings include corner business lots on 188th street and Lincoln avenue with two buildings, a two-story residence with stone basement, a 1.5 story house and barn at 211 E. 187th street, a 40 acre farm near Salem Allegan County Michigan, six lots near 137th and 136th streets, two lots on Park and Forest avenues in Dolton, a two-story residence at Indiana avenue and 187th place, a Lot 650x150 in Oak Lawn subdivision Danville Illinois, all with various contact names and locations.
Miscellaneous listings include Maxwell touring car and Indian motorcycle in good condition offered by John Schultz at 354 E 134th St. brown reed baby carriage. salesmen wanted to solicit orders for lubricating oils greases and paints by The Lennox Oil and Paint Co Cleveland. eggs for hatching Rhode Island Reds and incubators available from Fred A Reyelts 380 Calumet Blvd North Harvey Ill. two Ford touring cars and Maxwell touring car in A No shape by Peter J Van Drunnen South Holland. 1915 Overland roadster in good running condition advertised by John Kickert South Holland. large two story basement brick general store for sale at St John Ind subject to prior sale by J C Ton Oakglen Ill Phone Lansing 69 R 4-3.
Help wanted ads seek a boy aged 14 or older for chores or a girl nurse near Dalton. Another listing invites women aged 18 to 35 for factory work at the Buda Company in Harvey Illinois with references, apply daily 2 to 4 except Saturday.
A reflective excerpt likens youthful friendships to lasting treasures while noting the drift of intimacy with time. The voice laments the fading grasp of a hand after years in the world and the difficulty of forming new bonds as speech and heart resist change.
The gorilla and chimpanzee, despite similarity to man, cannot twiddle their thumbs. The gorilla has a short thumb that does not reach beyond the first joint, with restricted movement. Monkeys share the same number of hand bones but lack a separate flexor for the thumb, keeping it on the finger side and unable to bend around objects.
Traveler C. E. Gouldsbury recalls a dramatic chase in an Indian jungle where a leopard seized the elephant by the trunk. The elephant danced and dodged as the cat clung on, then the man shot the leopard in the head and moved away through the scrub.
Robert Cortes Holliday discusses hunting hack work in the Bookman as a curious occupation pursued for income at times. He treats it as entertainment rich in world knowledge, though not a reliable livelihood, comparing it to sports, hobbies, and intellectual diversions.
The London Daily Chronicle recounts a tale in which Professor Aytoun of Scottish Cavalier Says is loved by North’s daughter. Nervousness kept the lovers apart until the girl asked for consent and revealed the reply pinned on her dress. The note read With the author's compliments.
The article cites Ganot's Physics to note that rubbing a glass rod with cat skin makes it attract light objects, a phenomenon called electrification. It mentions generating electric sparks in a cat's fur by friction and wonders why cat fur works better than rabbit or dog fur, a knowledge long known for centuries.
A facetious rider jokes about resisting but being tempted by cheaper horse flesh. He states he has never been fond of horsemeat yet shows a humorous willingness to try it if the price drops. The remark echoes frontier humor on pricing temptations.
In New Zealand there are 20 acclimation societies organized to protect native wildlife and introduce new game birds and animals. Chartered by the government they operate under supervision and have introduced various species including California quail Australian opossums woodcock rainbow trout and salmon. They pay bounties for destroying hawks and other enemies of useful birds and mammals.
Ancient tribes valued oxen and sheep as a medium of exchange with ten sheep equaling one ox. The Latin term pecunia for money derives from pecus meaning cattle, indicating money as property in cattle.
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