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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
9
Riverdale Park offers grounds and pavilion for rent for picnics parties and dances. Each lodge society or union in Riverdale and Dalton can use the grounds free for one picnic or party. Address Indiana Ave Riverdale.
The City Council of West Hammond Illinois orders the sale of Lots 1 and 2 in Block 8 West Hammond from the North 1896 feet of fractional Section 17 to the highest bidder. Bids will be opened June 28 1923 at 8:00 PM and published for 60 days in The Pointer. The ordinance is approved by Mayor Paul Kamradt and City Clerk Andrew Stachowicz.
The opal's superstition stems from Russia where peasants view it as containing evil eye powers. During a revolution thousands of pounds worth of opals were destroyed for this belief. Opals are rarely faceted and are usually polished convex like a lens. A cut opal loses much of its color and sparkle due to its brittleness.
In a Richmond Times-Dispatch snippet, a character named Smithers rants about an abundance of stockings. The humorous scene features a table pounding outmultiplied stock requests and a witty clash over what the speaker is, diminishing into a comic line about balance and centipedes.
TE Landon reflects on mental rest and illumination likening a firefly to the mind when it is active versus dormant. The quotation explores the link between activity and insight in a concise aphoristic style.
A reflective note warns that many feel capable of fixing all things. The writer cites Hamlet as a symbol of the belief that the world is out of balance and the burden of remedy falls on the individual. The piece uses irony to question self appointed reformers.
Darwin frogs from Chile display unique breeding where the male carries eggs in a throat pouch and tadpoles emerge from his mouth, a rare reproductive adaptation observed in the species.
A Texan reports killing an eight foot rattlesnake with 24 rattles and a button. In a 1868-62 winter raid, Kansas volunteers with General Sheridan found a Wichita mountains den of rattlesnakes tallying 158. Some snakes measured eight feet six inches in diameter, with sun exposure estimates reaching 200. Indians called the den a medicine den and an aged Arapahoe chief purportedly transformed into a monster diamond-back, progenitor of local serpents.
A rat gnawed through insulation in an electric cable, triggering a fire that caused about 7,500 dollars in damage and temporarily idled about 600 workers. The electric installation and the power plant were put out of action at the Sheffield, England steel facility.
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