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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1927
Page
3
A Berlin musical instrument shop uses a full orchestral double bass mounted on a tricycle as a delivery cart. The inventive setup allows the shop to transport basses and related gear through city streets with a unique vehicle.
A quotation attributed to Horace Maan urges sharing only the truth owed to others while reserving full disclosure when appropriate. It emphasizes ethical communication and the duty to withhold certain details.
A prehistoric eruption left an almost 200000 square mile expanse of solid lava in the northwest United States. The region, enduring since ancient times, marks a significant geologic feature with lasting impact on the landscape.
Secretary Hoover, after four weeks directing relief in the Mississippi valley, is commissioned by President Coolidge to oversee nationwide reconstruction. He will report to the president in Washington and then return to supervise rehabilitation of about 20,000 square miles of flooded territory.
The United States total income in 1926 was $78,649,000,000, up from $77,313,000,000 in 1925 and $70,768,000,000 in 1924, with real income rising 54.8 percent from 1909 to 1926 when adjusted to 1918 dollars. The study cautions on misusing per capita figures and notes variations across price levels and periods.
Britain reports unemployment in Great Britain at 998000 for the first time in a year under a million, with a reduction of 23000 from May 1926 as the government releases figures.
The repair work on the National Palace in Mexico City has been halted due to a fall in government revenues reducing available funding for the project.
The Illinois senate passed a $250000 relief fund bill for farmers in the Illinois river valley and sent it to distribution by a commission. A separate $275000 appropriation to rebuild levees along the Mississippi was reported for action, with districts and totals named. A five member Illinois Valley Flood Control Commission was proposed to study flood causes and report next session.
Grundy county with 11 485 head of dairy and breeding cattle tested free of tuberculosis moves toward accreditation. A third complete test shows 49 reactors, with 7 diseased animals removed from 6 herds and 63 cattle remaining under quarantine.
State Senator J Frances Lochard of Milan and his wife and daughter visited Lincoln's tomb in Spencer county Indiana where Lincoln lived from age eight to twenty one. He spoke on planned improvements at Lincoln City costing between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars. The Illinois Senate debated quo warranto limits on removing constitutional officers and advanced the income tax bill with voter referendum in 1929, while the lower house version was killed in committee.
Oscar H. Carlstrom filed suits in Sangamon County to dissolve 880 Illinois corporations for failing to file 1926 annual reports with the secretary of state. Last year 600 such suits were filed countrywide. The house committee on public utilities backed the McCluggage home rule bill and recommended passage. The Durso bill for a Chicago transportation district was also reported out for passage.
Senator Barr's measure requests 300000 for a monument honoring Thiavis soldiers on World War II battlefields in France. The house committee on appropriations reported the bill favorably.
Representative Mary O. McAdams of Quincy introduced a bill to raise annual fishing licenses from 50 cents to 3 dollars. The measure advanced to the committee on fish and game for review.
Senator Swift won Senate approval for a bill providing 100000 dollars to the state department of agriculture to pay for cattle slaughtered in the tuberculin test campaign.
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