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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1930
Page
3
Ornery Origins and Regional Usage Over Time
The terms ornery and onery derive from ordinary and express contempt. They circulated as provincial forms in Stuart England and persisted in Ireland and the United States through Irish and Scotch Irish immigrants. In America they became associated with southern and western speech, with examples cited from 1830 in the New York Constellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Easthampton
Ireland
United States
American
New York Constellation
Pathfinder Magazine
Bedouins Prize Camel Above All Possessions
Bedouins value camels over wives and wealth, with a single camel capable of days without water driving status. Wealth grows with many camels and servants, and rival chiefs may hire bandits to steal stock. Camels feed on gavan, a thorny weed whose dry root yields strong glue.
Dangerous beauty fad fueled by arsenic use in England
A half century ago England saw a craze for cosmetics with high fees driving young women to arsenic. They used flypapers to obtain arsenic solutions to remove facial blemishes, relying on dangerous properties despite known risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fortune as Scapegoat in Public Blunders
Quote attributed to Mme de Stael. Though brief, the line delivers a pointed social observation: men elevate fortune to an all powerful goddess and then blame her for their own errors. The remark frames luck as a convenient scapegoat in human missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. de Stael
Hoover Accepts Flexible Tariff Compromise Report
President Hoover is said to accept the Senate and House conferees draft as fairly satisfactory. A conference with Mitchell Thacher Newton and Smoot discussed final approval and potential ten day to two week opposition. The compromise shifts report to the President and limits action to sixty days, with swift presidential power and constitutional questions addressed. Senator Robinson criticizes the plan as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Senate
House
White House
William D. Mitchell
Thomas D. Thacher
Walter H. Newton
Smoot
Utah
Administration
Tariff Commission
Congress
Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Senate Finance Committee
Questionnaires Ask Congress Wet or Dry Stance
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment sent a single question to every senator and representative asking if they favor repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The poll aims to force a public record on prohibition ahead of 1930 campaigns and may affect candidates who back the AAPA. The wets seek to expose dry and wet lawmakers by signatures on the Congressional Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
Association
House
Judiciary Committee
Norton and la Guardia
Four Shot to Death in Arkansas Liquor Battle
Four men known as leaders of rival liquor-running factions met at an outdoor carnival in Lepanto Arkansas and opened fire with revolvers. Police Chief W R Adam joined the gunfight. Two gangsters and a bystander died, a fourth man died later, and eight bystanders were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lepanto
Ark
W. R. Adam
Miller's Federation Opposes Purely Domestic Wheat Policy
The Millers' National Federation, in annual session at Chicago, voted against returning to a purely domestic basis for wheat production. It urged the Farm Board to campaign to increase domestic wheat consumption and supported measures to equalize ocean freight rates and curb unregulated futures trading, referencing a Chicago Board of Trade case involving inferior wheat deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Millers’ National Federation
United States
Federation
Federal Farm Board
Committee On Export Trade
Shipping Board
Grain Futures Administration
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Chicago Board of Trade
Committee On Futures Trading
Committee On Resolutions
House Approves Germany War Debt Settlement Plan
In Washington the House approved the administration's plan to settle Germany's 420 million dollar war debt under the Young plan after brief debate and slight opposition. The bill passed without a record vote, aiming for Senate passage this session with broad executive backing. Germany supports the agreement, with Hoover administration backing and State and Treasury endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House O. K
Germany
Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
State
Treasury Departments
Blame Plant Officials for Fatal May Explosion
A coroner jury in St Joseph Missouri apportioned responsibility to Armour and Co officials and employees in charge of plumbing and gas fittings for the May 8 explosion at the Armour and Co smoke house that killed 19 people. The verdict states the deaths resulted from a natural gas explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Armour & Co
South Africa votes to secede from British Empire
The South African assembly approved a motion affirming South Africa's right to secede from Britain. Premier Hertzog spoke after General Smuts argued secession requires consent of all dominions and the British parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Africa
Britain
Cape Town
Union of South Africa
South African Assembly
South Africa
Hertzog
General Smuts
Minnesota farm co-ops urge defeat of tariff bill
Four major Minnesota farm organizations adopt a resolution opposing the tariff bill. Minnesota Farm Bureau federation Land o lakes Creameries Twin Cities Milk Producers association Central Cooperative association sign the document saying the draft would lift living costs harming consumers and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
St. Paul
Minnesota
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc
Twin Cities Milk Producers’ Association
The
Central Cooperative Association
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Kalamazoo Stove Co
Hammond, Ind
Calumet Avenue
Hammond
Twin City Garage
Motorists Association of Illinois
H. W. Monk
Joseph Locher
G. C. Albrecht
Dolton
144Th Street
Dolton, Ill
Elec
Mon
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
U. K
Arkansas
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