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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1926
Page
5
New York reports farm production and farmer returns shrinking. The National Industrial Conference board notes per capita farmland and crop acreage have fallen since late 19th century, while yields per acre also declined. Overall farm output per urban population has dropped about 20 percent since 1900.
Texas Governor Miriam M Ferguson announces candidacy for a second term. She aims to fully vindicate the Ferguson name by erasing her husband James E. Ferguson’s impeachment record, despite legislative failure in 1925. She predicts criticism over Jim Ferguson’s influence but pledges continued partnership.
Italian government arrests 600 Sicilian Mafia members in a sweeping crackdown. The roundup targets decades of gangland control, political influence, extortion, and robberies on the island of Sicily. The operation aims to curb long running terror and restore order.
About 3000 residents, nearly one fifth of Amarillo population, are ill with influenza per city health department reports. Most cases are mild.
Minnesota veteran leader Col. Levi Longfellow, national patriotic instructor of the Grand Army of the Republic and president of the Minnesota Civil War Veterans Association, died at his Minneapolis home.
The Tinoneston city hall and jail were wiped out by fire, with losses around 30000. The report also covers licensing opinions, notable deaths, census standings, farm meetings, jail needs, rabies in Edgar county, a hotel blaze in East St. Louis, and state museum arms from the Grover collection arriving in Springfield.
The Boys Clubs describe a Christian program for ages eleven to fifteen that links home church and school. It emphasizes character, self-improvement, and community service with awards and no creed, led by L Wayne Emory and open to Riverdale boys and Pioneer Camp of Dalton members.
The old butcher paper once used for wrapping meat is no longer produced in quantities in the United States. It has been replaced by what is known as bogus manila while the original paper was made from straw.
A moral note highlights how a positive outlook alters perception. The text argues attitude shapes satisfaction and suggests optimism reveals more value in life.
In 1781 Sir William Herschel proposed the name Georgium Sidus for the newly found planet. Astronomers rejected the proposal and the body was eventually known as Uranus, its current name, after the Greek god of the sky.
The famed author Samuel Butler known for the satirical poem on Puritanism “Wudibras” is said to have owned the smallest library among London literary men of his era.
The Ritusanhara by Kalisada, about India’s sun seasons, was the first Sanskrit book printed. Edited by Sir William Jones, it appeared in Beneati Chammeters of Caklaitta in 1792.
A report notes Janie, taken to a home for feeble minded, proved sub normal on examination and was returned to the orphan’s home. Mamie confides to Anna that Janie was sent away to be an idiot but could not pass and had to come back.
The term rival derives from the idea of living on the opposite riverbank. It comes from Latin srivalis, linked to rivulets and borders between streams.
Quote from Strickland Gillian in Farm Life notes that wisdom about men and their children often comes after marriage. The line suggests formation of a man into a grandfather through family ties and humor about parenthood.
The Big Bad lands of western South Dakota cover about 2,000 square miles and are noted among arid western regions as a harsh terrain. The term Land of Little Value is applied to several such barren zones across the West.
The first Methodist preacher in America was Philip Embury who arrived from the Irish Methodist conference in 1766. He gathered Irish Methodists in New York City into a small congregation meeting in his home.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes medical science could add about 20 years to the average life and must also improve incomes so people can enjoy those added years.
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