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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1926
Page
5
After an 1814 attack damaged the executive mansion it was whitewashed to conceal the fire. The public soon used the name White House while Theodore Roosevelt later endorsed the term officially.
Strawberries highest production in the United States comes from North Carolina and Tennessee, reported as the top states for overall yield and acreage.
Col Theodore Roosevelt ranks the African lion first among the world’s most dangerous game animals while the gazéty bear is noted as the most dangerous American game animal. The list includes the African buffalo rhinoceros African elephant and the Indian tiger and leopard.
A brief item from The Progressive Grocer notes a customer issue with an eye medical item sent by Neisthor and returned via Mrs Smith. The report highlights a defective eye product and subsequent return.
Capt David H K Theleen has been named technical aide to Secretary Curtis D Wilbur. He will relinquish command of the U S 8S New York in June to Capt Clarence A Abele of the Philadelphia navy yard, then report to Washington for his duties.
Manila report states Second Lieut. John B. Thompson of the United States Army was hanged at Fort McKinley for murdering his seventeen year old fiancée Miss Audrey Burleigh. He claimed marriage ambitions and salary woes drove the crime. Thompson, a West Point graduate, faced court martial and confessed his act while maintaining lack of malice. The body will be sent to his parents in Far Rockaway, New York.
Northern Illinois dairy farmers have tested 81 012 cattle with tuberculin in under two months. Of these, 14 163 are diseased and slated for slaughter, as more than 10 000 have already been killed. Under health commissioner Bundesen and federal vet Dr. Lintner, Chicago’s milk demand spurs eradication efforts lifting the region from its prior rank among the worst infected areas. Over half of the 150 000 milk cattle in the district are now considered disease free.
John W. Weeks former secretary of war has come back to his home city after spending several weeks in Honolulu seeking treatment for health reasons.
The Lincoln Avenue School reports on Girls Athletic Association activities at the Junior High, including tea parties and a Hard Times party, plus basketball in Highlawn gym. Enrollment rose from about sixteen to thirty three. meetings are on the first and third Tuesdays. The group performed a guitar and piano number and hosted visitors. A Cooking Demonstration Team presented At the Breakfast Table at the County Junior Institute.
The Student Council met on Thursday night March 25. Talks on Service to Our School drew interest. Grades six to eight rehearse for an April operetta Cinderella. Sewing exhibit shines with garments on display in the library. Second grade reports the Bunny visited, gave eggs and stories.
Riverdale district 133 held a Tuesday afternoon session with standard agenda items. The program included a piano solo by Florence Wilkens and a cooking demonstration by Grace Dengler, Gertrude Baumgartner, and Flor- dablage appears in incomplete form.
A reflective piece argues that education has moved beyond Reading Writing and Arithmetic to include character, culture and citizenship. It lauds wider school roles, improved facilities, and stronger parent teacher links as signs of progress shaping democracy and community betterment.
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