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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
6
A compact note on enjoying readable works with gusto and leaving less accessible pieces to others. It cites a line about Roosevelt’s play from an American Magazine reflection.
The text explains that the mother of pearl or nacre comprises the internal nacreous laminae of the oyster, detailing its formation within the shell.
The text notes that when Bishop Asbury arrived in America there were three Methodist meeting houses and, at his death, about 300 such houses existed. This highlights rapid expansion under his influence and leadership across the early church communities.
The article explains that Panama hats are made from the young leaves of the stemless screw pine in Central America, detailing the natural source and regional origin of the material.
Village of Riverdale in Cook County Illinois seeks a five installment special assessment totaling costs for a concrete sidewalk program across multiple streets including 158th Dearborn Michigan and Wentworth. Final hearing set June 4 1928 with objections allowed. dated May 18 1928.
French doctor Jagot claims to have uncovered two Borgias poisons. One dissolves slowly, the other a soluble arsenic preparation acting instantly. Both are conclusively arsenic-based, with subtle action even physicians doubtfully confirming poisoning.
A brief line from the Sin bMranetsco Chronicle notes that the sure winner in a dispute is not prejudice but the other's common sense, hinting at moral caution in reasoning.
Forty seven of seventy four counties are certified as over three fourths cattle herds tested free from bovine tuberculosis. Seven areas are now accredited or entirely disease free, with a revised map to be displayed in Farm Bureau offices and state quarantine sites. A calendar reform resolution from the Illinois State Academy of Science is sent to Washington lawmakers. Attorney General guidance urges enforcement of rabies laws with discretion to avoid civil action, and a blanket statewide rabies enforcement order may follow.
A. Funk of Decatur IL, longtime Lincoln admirer, calls the Rosamond Grove statue near Pana the most impressive Lincoln statue he has seen. The Lincoln statue, a gift from Capt. John W. Kitchell, a Civil War veteran and Lincoln friend, was dedicated October 29, 1903.
Garrett D Kinney says he will call in eight million dollars from inactive accounts to meet the principal and interest on state highway bonds due May first. He notes April tax settlements from county collectors were unusually small prompting the move.
Representative Henry Rathbone of Illinois seeks a commission to study a proposed transcontinental highway from Atlantic to Pacific. He argues the project would unite the nation, promote cross-country travel, and foster interstate cooperation.
A report by W. W. Hay Christian county farm adviser finds cold weather and late freezes killed about half the cherries in Christian county. Despite losses a good crop remains with expected yields rising from about two thousand bushels last year to three thousand bushels this year.
Secretary of State Emmerson issues a charter to the Citizens Committee to Reduce Taxes based in Chicago to reform tax policy. The plan calls for repealing current full valuation laws, lowering tax rates, and blocking bond issues until taxes are cut.
Oscar FE Carlstrom informs Walter S Lamon that a 25 cent county highway fund can be used to purchase right of way for a state aid road as long as the road is not yet state taken. The state may later take over the bond issue highway. Edgar county case shows state building a road conditioned on county providing right of way.
Anovle Ephraim Adamson, age eighty nine, one of seven Lincoln life guard members, died in Moneaqua days ago. He helped form the guard after Ohio Governor Todd selected one hundred men. Adamson heard Lincoln's last speech and, with others, proposed transfer to fighting regiments. Lincoln advised staying on guard to please Stanton.
Central Illinois farmers face seed wheat shortages after severe cold kills winter crop. Estimates cite up to ninety percent loss in the region. Farmers plow under destroyed wheat and prepare soil for corn as planting advances in central Illinois.
Edward N. Hurley wartime chair man of the United States shipping board sails from New York May 13 as an ambassador of good will for the Chicago world’s fair. He has tentative talks with English French Irish German Austrian Belgian officials to secure backing for the centennial celebration planned for 1933.
OC P Paschen, Chicago building commissioner, shows permits for buildings costing 147.1 million in early 1927 versus 15.1 million in 1928 four months. State Rep Sherman Eckley dies at Peoria home after brief illness, a second GOP primary casualty after Penn Miller, who died the night before Eckley.
Plans for three fraternity houses at the University of Illinois total 21000 dollars with groups Chi Delta Phi Gamma Hue Gamma and Phi Alpha Delta. Houses will be built court style at 50000 dollars each with property costs of 60000 dollars.
Publication of Mrs. Honore Willsie Morrow’s Mary Todd Lincoln stirs renewed discussion on Lincoln and his wife. Critics note little definite fact about home life shaping public career, while Morrow asserts that without Mary Todd there would have been no Lincoln the Emancipator.
Judge Charles G. Briggle will hear a single oil company case in San gamon County Circuit Court on Saturday May 26. The case seeks recovery of money paid to the state treasurer under an invalid gasoline tax law. no jury trial is expected.
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