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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1921
Page
2
A New York Times tale from colonial Peru describes a holy black saint whose miracles rivaled white saints. The Spanish bishop, fearing racial influence, bans further displays but relents after the saint offers a solution to a dangerous fall during Lima cathedral construction. The bishop’s choice allows the saint to resume work and the cathedral progresses.
In a Kent village a weekly operation destroys about ten tons of treasury notes with an average face value near one hundred million dollars. Banks and postmasters decide when notes wear out, sending them to the Bank of England for defacement and routing to Holloway for destruction in bundles.
The text outlines a continent based view of race, noting a white world concentrated in Europe and parts of North and South America and Siberia Australia, with a color world centered in Asia Africa and the Americas. It gives rough counts for yellow 600 million brown 450 million black 150 million and red as scarce.
A Spanish physician reports success in curing stubborn hiccups with a method where the patient lies down and pulls knees to chest pressing thighs to abdomen. The position lasts several minutes to press abdominal organs against the diaphragm and halt diaphragmatic spasms.
The episcopal ring was once set with any gem but now commonly features an amethyst or a sapphire. This note outlines past and present gem choices for the ring.
A Muslim craftsman dedicates years to making a personal prayer rug for his Mecca journey. He leaves the carpet in Mecca where it now accumulates millions of ear rugs left by pilgrims.
An account by Leo Slezak describes a dinner with a Roumanian family in Bucha rest. Pastrama and guika provide novel flavors as guests mingle with hostesses and an enchanting girl in a pompadour. The long meal shifts from curiosity to enjoyment as music and conversation fill the room.
A historical note explains that postage stamp gum is derived from sweet potato starch. The mucilage is produced at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and applied to sheets via rollers and hot air drying. Two gum varieties exist seasonally, with summer gum being harder to prevent stickiness in heat.
Rev John Tilden Latta a returned missionary describes Burma where ebony serves as firewood and mahogany floors while dance music is seen as abominable. He cites harmony as essential to Burmese ideas with each instrument in a different key and notes the land offers cheap parrots and monkeys. He mentions monosyllabic language tones and low wages about 16 cents daily with few violent deaths.
A naturalist explains the fall of a leaf as a slow process rooted in plant biology. Spring formation of a separation layer weakens the leaf’s base, forming a cushion that, under weight, severs the organ. The leaf then donates its sugars back to the tree before detaching.
A parable from Forbes Magazine tells of two frogs that fall into milk. One gives up and drowns, but the other keeps struggling until the milk churns into butter and he escapes. The message urges continuing effort despite hopelessness.
The Dom Joao botanical garden in Rio de Janeiro, praised by Harriett C. Adams in National Geographic, features century-old imported bamboos, Victoria Regia lilies, and a Royal Palm avenue 1,800 feet long. Once a royal symbol, the garden now distributes seeds and plants freely across the city.
An old cavalry officer links horse color to temperament and training ease. Bright chestnuts and light bays show high spirits. dark chestnuts and glossy blacks are hardy and tempered. Rich bays are spirited yet teachable. dark and iron grays are hardy and sound, light grays are weaker. Troans strawberry or blue are hardest and best working, easily trained. Rusty blacks show pig headedness. White stockings reveal traits. one white leg marks a bad horse, two legs create uncertain temper, three legs are absolutely safe, four legs means trust for a while only.
Iodine stains on woolen material can be removed by dissolving carnstivel in cold water and applying the solution to the stain. Let the fabric dry and brush off. Repeat if necessary.
Readers send in overheard remarks from city streets. A girl praises Les Miserables as Victor Herberts masterpiece while two well dressed women in a streetcar discuss beauty and aging boasting about a twentieth anniversary with a husband and elusive youth.
The article discusses the moon as a near dead star material and Earth as a tiny remnant, noting their origins from the sun and rapid cooling. It contrasts the sun’s apparent size with stars that are far larger yet distant, and ends with Jud Tunkins’s quip about how a boy’s playful time with a roller skate hints at later behavior.
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