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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
7
An original photograph preserves the first janitor of New York University who used a large gong and stick to summon students before electric bells. After the 1830 founding, classes began in a building behind City Hall and the janitor led movement between rooms by ringing the gong at each hour.
A Bor mexe tribe in Padang values elongating the neck through brass rings added from childhood. A girl wears a neck ring from an early age, with more rings added until age fifteen to extend the collar. Very long necks, over a foot, are uncommon and valued in marriage.
The last arctic sea cow was seen in 1854 about a century after its initial discovery by white men. Adults weighed up to 8000 pounds and animals fed in shallow river mouths in herds. The beasts were tame and could be stroked, their flesh resembled beef, and whaling disrupted their food supply, leading to their extinction.
Hablot Browne known as Pohib or Phiz influenced Charles Dickens with lively pen caricatures. Browne’s illustrations for Dickens, including the jaunty Micawber, are said to have helped immortalize the author’s work.
A New York road sign proclaims Go Slow and Save Ten Dollars urging motorists to reduce speed. The message emphasizes financial incentive tied to cautious driving. Authorities have not clarified its origin or broader campaign details.
The passage argues manners exceed laws in importance, as good behavior driven by kindness underpins mutually beneficial relations. It cites Lady Montagu and Burleigh to emphasize civility costs nothing yet yields influence, urging natural kindness over artifice for social harmony and happiness.
Reflections on how small beginnings shape big outcomes. A young person’s mindset ignored minor details may miss future chances, while steady attention to small tasks can grow into major achievements. The saying highlights growth from tiny origins.
Letters from 1447 by Antonia Malfante describe Genoese Jewish traders operating from Timbuktu and Touat with African natives across the Sahara to the Atlantic. The texts show Timbuktu as a trading hub and Gao as a rival city, with census taking and large scale commerce.
On Carmen Island in the Gulf of Loreto Lower California the salt beds span two and a half miles. The salt forms in 7 inch superposed strata with water between layers. Excavations reach 11 feet with no salt failure, surface salt supports ongoing production as lower strata refill. A tiny railway delivers salt for 25 cents a ton. Jesuits offered to fund California missions for Carmen Island, king of Spain declined. Reports claim fleets could not exhaust the deposit as salt reforms quickly.
The article notes microbes can shift forms and wonders if different forms of the same microbe cause separate diseases. It cites researchers called sergators and discusses the possibility of a single organism driving multiple illness patterns.
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