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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1930
Page
5
The Field of the Cloth of Gold near Ardres France hosted Henry VIII and Francis I in 1520. The meeting was famed for lavish attire and sumptuous pageantry reflecting royal splendor.
Notes and Queries from June 1864 discusses archaic forms of John. It notes that forefathers wrote Jhon more often than John and that the h sometimes became n, with Jhon contracting into Jho and the h written as n producing Tno.
Tax schedule lists Forest Preserve Roads and Bridges Sanitary Districts city entries and multiple school districts with fractional mill rates and total valuation figures for Thorn Township 31 736 707 and 47 727 923. It notes entities like Blue Island Calumet City Harvey Burnham Dolton East Hazel Crest Hazel Crest Homewood Lansing Phoenix Posen Riverdale South Holland Specialville Thornton and Indian Boundary Sanitary along with Park and Memorial districts.
University of Vienna professor Swoboda holds that human development occurs in seven year cycles with peak faculties at ages seven fourteen and twenty one. He suggests marriages should occur at 20 or 27 or at 35 or 42 if those ages are missed, and claims a parent’s “prevalence” in a child affects inherited traits, for good or ill, aligning with a new cycle based view.
Martyr to principle John Bunyan born 1628 near Bedford England. He refused to give up preaching as a dissenting minister and was jailed in Bedford. After about twelve years authorities released him when they could not extort a pledge to stop preaching. Part of Pilgrims Progress was written in prison.
Mrs. L. E. Fisher of Asheville North Carolina has been named general chairman of the 1930 United Daughters of the Confederacy convention to be held in Asheville in November. She is president of the Asheville UDC chapter and a descendant of Revolutionary War captains William Wood and Jesse Tlarris.
Basque police called migueletes perform civilian duties across Guiu puzcoa from delivering official mail to transporting mentally ill to asylum. They inspect roads teach literacy collect tolls taxes guard savings accounts and settle bets. Proposal arises to study the corps for possible world organization.
Desert Aster, a perennial with a low woody base and slender annual branches, is described as a lavender rayed flower with a yellow center two to three inches across. Its irregular chic air and generous foliage mark it as a standout western composite.
A writer notes that a Canadian scientist says the sun is about ten billion years old and will last ten billion years longer, making the earth and human race likely to endure with possible resets. He discusses global tensions, ideology, and the need for practical governance to keep workers busy and avoid “Red programs.”
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