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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1925
Page
3
Illinois reports a favorable spring for farm work with wheat losses limited to a small 3.7 percent of fall acreage. The May survey cites 85 percent winter wheat condition, an 81 percent 10-year average, and a 44,939,000 bushel production prospect. rye shows 89 percent condition and 2,442,000 bushels.
Illinois schools plan a Memorial Day tribute to soldiers and tornado victims. A letter by State Superintendent Francis Blair urges including the tornado-deceased children. Separate notes on public wage garnishment and other regional items follow.
A doctor appeared in an English police court charged with obstructing a funeral by parking his motorcar in the main street. He replied that it was his duty if possible to stop funerals.
While resting in Ara Coeli in Rome on October 15 1764 Gibbon pondered the Capitol and the Forum and conceived the idea of writing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
The famous sculpture The Lion of Lucerne, by Thorvaldsen, was finished in 1821 to honor 20 officers and 760 Swiss guards who died defending the Tuileries on August 10, 1792.
A loaf claimed to be baked in 560 B C by an Assyrian baker was discovered by a French explorer. The bread remains in excellent condition, wrapped in cloth and sealed inside a sarcophagus.
The saying The goose hangs high may have originated as The goose honks high and is subject to controversy. Its original source is not known and remains disputed among scholars.
The long crest feathers resemble a quill pen behind the ear giving the bird its name. Nature Magazine notes the Secretary bird's primary business is hunting snakes and similar animals. It is an African, one of the largest birds of prey.
Island in the Pacific is described as the tallest mountain, rising 2,000 feet above water and about five miles from shore, making the base to summit distance reportedly around 80 000 feet.
A terse aphorism attributed to Benjamin Franklin contrasts ease with the storms of concern, suggesting that those with no worries may still face unrest or trouble in life.
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