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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
4
A post describes California woodpeckers drilling sap from a tree in Colombia while buff tailed hummingbirds drink the sap and become intoxicated. The spectacle lasts a week as the birds stagger and tumble before the sap ends and they sober up and resume ordinary life.
The article describes a Swiss mourning urn custom where a black edged notice asks for sympathy and mentions an urn on a black cloth covered table outside the deceased’s home. Friends leave black margined cards, and the urn appears on the funeral day. Men typically attend churchyard rites and follow the hearse on foot.
Chicago resident David Herriott urged Taft to enter the 1920 Republican convention as a presidential candidate amid Senate opposition to the League of Nations treaty. Taft’s April 24 reply from Augusta Georgia declines the proposal as impractical, despite appreciating the goodwill.
The Nile supports traditional fishing using lines and dipnets, with lampers on the bank and mud groping as floods recede. Popular catches include the 18 inch bichir with hard scales, the upper Nile honeyfish called the Ouinder fish, and a large mud-dwelling barbel known as binns prized by locals though bland to others.
A fragment discusses the abandoned Silver Mountain mining camp in Idaho once invested in by a syndicate, noting the mill ran ten days before failure. It then describes Persian native bread baked in ground ovens, sheets slapped to oven walls, and rapid baking. It also critiques Chinese towns as non linear habitations with tangled streets and narrow paths outside treaty ports and larger towns.
The author asserts examination with modern instruments without drops and states every patient fitted with glasses is satisfied. They claim glasses prescribed do not produce sexual or other unspecified issues and that vision is improved by use of the glasses.
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