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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1924
Page
11
A New Orleans States piece cites Doctor Henderson at Harvard Medical School noting the heart pumps half a ton of blood per hour. It recommends ample sleep and a 20 minute mid day rest to lessen heart strain, explaining blood flow changes when standing versus reclining.
A brief notice promotes dyeing or tinting of worn or faded garments and drapery for 15 cents, highlighting convenience and affordability for refreshing fabrics. The ad emphasizes that women can revive clothes and home textiles with a simple dye or tint service.
Advertising copy assures even first timers can dye or tint successfully with Diamond Dyes. Druggists stock all colors and directions come with each package.
A fragmented quotation from American Legion Weekly notes a character named Rastus in a colloquial exchange urging someone to secure work, with a line about a rope in a house and a self-bang incident. The text preserves regional dialect and incomplete attribution.
The piece explains trade winds as steady easterly breezes deflected westward by Earth's rotation and driven by the equatorial heating current. It also notes that a Lady of Distinction is identified by a refined perfume and cites Cuticura products for clear healthy skin in an advertisement style.
In Hollis New York six junior extension club members borrowed from a bank last spring rented a half acre more for beans and hired a tractor. They harvested 144 bushels and shipped them to the Boston market. After paying notes they netted 73 dollars and 77 cents, earning over one dollar an hour. Salmon die after spawning feed Alaska eagles.
A historic Castoria advertisement touts its 80 year legacy as a safe substitute for Castor Oil Teething Drops and syrups. It asserts no narcotics and notes directions and physician recommendations on each package.
Indianapolis governor Warren McCray was convicted of using the mails to defraud. The jury returned the verdict at 6:30 pm after a rapid trial. Judge Anderson ordered McCray moved to Marion County Jail for sentencing. The judge called him one of the worst criminals he had known, saying fair trial was provided.
London report cites a Jerusalem correspondent describing bloody clashes in northern Syria between French troops and irregular Turkish bands. About 300 men killed or wounded as Turks seize arms, with持续 reports of unrest in Syria under French mandate and aviators bombing Syrian villages.
Cunningham offers a cigar to Burris who learns Cunningham has a new baby. Burris jokes about a fourth child as Mrs. C reads a wartime romance, noting the story and family tensions rise in the Indianapolis News.
A terse exchange reveals expectations about suitability for marriage. One speaker notes a woman will make a good wife, while the other dismissively calls her plain and unattractive. The dialogue highlights societal standards of beauty and marriageability.
The readable lines present a dialogue about smoke and cigars with philosophical notes on preparedness, but no clear event, person, or place to anchor a historical news item.
Boston Massachusetts Ford Motor Company filed its February 28 1924 financial statement with the Massachusetts commissioner of corporations showing earnings of $52,263,483 and a total surplus and profit and loss of $442,041,081.72. Assets are listed at $568,101,639.76 with notes receivable accounts receivable cash securities and patent rights and trademarks totaling $271,618,668.20.
Wheeling West Virginia A mine explosion at the Benwood mine of the Wheeling Steel Corp has entombed 114 miners. Rescue workers recovered 22 bodies with 19 in the Browns Run airshaft and 3 in the main passageway. George Trolliday Jr. was identified among the dead.
A union official was killed and eight others wounded in a shooting melee at the Electrical Workers hall on Ogden avenue and Washington boulevard. Samuel L P Bilis, business agent of the Ice Cream Wagon Drivers local of the Chicago Teamsters union, was shot through the heart.
Washington senators approved finance committee plans to raise the tax on corporation earnings from 12 to 14 percent, replacing the capital stock tax which is to be repealed. The committee amendment restoring the tax on telephone and telegraph messages was rejected. The overall tax change was enacted in the house bill.
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