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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1924
Page
7
A festival near Paris featured a bridge like game where youths in paper card suits shuffled on a broad platform. The four players called cards to the center to play their hands as part of a carnival spectacle for London visitors.
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois announces a 1924 construction program valued at about $2.625 million for Blue Island district. Superintendent C L Hyatt cites extra equipment at Blue Island station, Harvey and Chicago Heights substations, an automatic Thornton substation, reinforced transmission lines to Kankakee and Hodgkins, and gas feeder extensions to boost Blue Island area distribution capacity.
The Detroit News notes that local Indians deeply revere Mount Misti as a source of earthquakes. Ruins near the crater include a cross from 1677 when Spanish priests exorcised the volcano. A 1912 account by Harry L. Foster describes two stone heaps along a road, ritually linked by passing natives to appease the sacred mountain.
A short exposition notes how several fish bear animal inspired names. Dogfish hunt in packs like hounds, catfish show whisker like feelers, bullhead has a broad horned head, boarfish resembles a boar, eagle ray fans resemble wings, parrotfish displays parrot like jaws and color, and wolf fish uses ferocious teeth.
Frank E. Jack of the Chicago Motor Club attacks motorist taxes, noting nineteen tax methods and sums totaling over half a million dollars annually. He cites $146,000,000 extracted last year by excise taxes and over $200 million from license and registration fees while urging repeal. A humor fragment from the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegram closes the piece.
The Rock Island plans a fire alarm siren at its crossing on Ver mont street activated by a button from the central fire station. Siren warns when the railroad crossing must be opened, and the railroad company will bear the alarm expense.
A shopper at a delicatessen asks about cans of potted ham and a small implement attached to the can. The clerk explains the item is a key that pairs with the product, promising easier cooking and less puzzle for the unaided cook.
Maw directs a dramatic exchange as the director urges Cutie Beautie Bonehead to speak with deep emotion. The star protests unable to improvise, while the director presses for a personal moment about a cerise gown mishap by the dressmaker.
An African American woman involved in a car crash is told she can claim damages. She replies that she already has enough damages and wants repairs instead, highlighting a witty moment between patient and doctor.
Ben Higgins boasted about his car and passed six vehicles with a backward glance. His wife holds his insurance. Reports claim an African lion swallowed a flivver weeks earlier but Higgins died after failing to shut off the engine and collapsing within fifteen minutes.
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