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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1930

Page

5

Water Without Taste Distilled Water Lacks Flavor

Distilled water contains no taste because all flavor-giving elements are removed leaving pure H2O.

Cockney Proves Sobriety with Unbroken Eggs

A London cockney charged with being drunk at Tottenham court presents six eggs from his pockets, none cracked, as he claims indisputable evidence of sobriety. The judge orders witnesses and then dismisses the case, declaring him not disorderly.

London Tottenham Court

Notice to Contractors for paving Dolton streets

Bids for paving and improving Greenwood Avenue and other Dolton streets, Cook County Illinois, are due July 8, 1980 at 8:00 a.m. at the Village Hall. Bids must be on Board blanks with a 10 percent certified funds deposit. The Board may reject all bids and the work is funded by bonds and warrants at 6 percent interest.

Board of Local Improvements Dolton Greenwood Avenue Cook County Illinois Board of William G. Dolton Dolton, Ilinois

Why Not Madame Looking-Forward on wedding gifts

A humorous claim favors sending gifts in pairs so each divorced spouse can keep one item. The note frames paired presents as sensible strengthening social ties and reducing post marriage waste.

Mellon defends Hawley Smoot tariff as business aid

Washington reports Secretary Mellon asserts the Hawley Smoot law stabilizes business by removing uncertainty and guiding future revisions. The piece notes growers, dairy exporters, and foreign trade face retaliatory measures and potential losses of tens of millions as Canada and other nations react. The story also mentions Britain’s empire preference under the Buy in the Empire policy.

Washington Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon Mr. Mellon State Department Moorer Tie Canada United States Cuba Italy Czechoslovakia Germany Ottawa Ont Sam Dominion Great Britain

Trout Gift From Cody Club Brought To Hoover

Joe Cahill of Cheyenne Wyoming presented President Hoover with a fine string of rainbow trout. The gift was offered by the Cody Wyoming club and carried to the White House for the president.

Joe Cahill Cheyenne Wyo Sloover Cody

Swope Plans Unemployment Fund at General Electric

Gerald Swope proposes a GE employee funded unemployment reserve with 1 percent payroll contributions from workers and matching from the company, guaranteed 5 percent on funds, and accessonly when idle labor is needed. The piece surveys economic policy, space talk, and varied social notes from the era.

Gerard Swope General Electric

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