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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1925
Page
3
A Burmese note explains the Palaung child is told never to go under a ladder. The belief holds that the person on the ladder or the last climber’s influence may descend upon anyone below.
A concise ancient Greek maxim set advises that mixing with bad company dulls good sense and that one should confide in only a few when undertaking great affairs. The quotes reflect prudent social and strategic restraint.
Naval officers recount a bright midshipman famed for flippancy in an important exam. He wrote that the action under the circumstances was due to the inherent cussedness of inanimate objects. The answer and the instructor's remarks became famous.
The Louisville Courier Journal urges firm choices in romance urging girls to say no if uninterested and avoid wavering behavior. The note emphasizes decisive stance rather than hesitation.
A new cotton called tan guis has appeared in Peru. It descends from a single immune plant that stood perfect in an infected field and seed from it produced other true to type plants. The crop yields about 800 Pelichyus per unit.
Philadelphia pioneered a rectangular urban plan prepared for a specific site that set a model for modern city planning in America and influenced countless municipalities thereafter.
Springfield allocates health week with Governor Len Small issuing a proclamation designating Sunday April 26 as Health Week and urging village boards to proclaim the observance. The note highlights improvements in Illinois health, noting lower infant mortality and epidemic disease cases and framing health progress as a public good and future goal.
Major General Milton Foremann reports Illinois National Guard expansion from 34 units and 2,142 personnel to 153 units and 10,112 personnel. Camp Grant is rebuilt into a modern training site. In Springfield, Gov. Small names Charles E. Deneen to fill the late Medill McCormick's Senate seat, with urgency for Republican support in Washington.
A lighthearted item riffs on modern motherhood and baby style. The narrator asks if the baby’s “auntie” influence brings fashion flair, framing a playful family moment.
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