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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1929
Page
6
President Hoover announced Dwight S. Davis of St. Louis will govern the Philippine islands as governor general. He succeeds Henry L. Stimpson who left the post to become secretary of state in the Weaver cabinet.
About three thousand University of Iowa students, including many coeds, protest the Western Conference faculty committee decision to sever athletic relations. Star pitcher Forrest Swogood leads the anger, blaming retiring athletic director Paul Belling, whose resignation is demanded as he says he tried to clean up athletics without support.
Edna Peters twenty four and a diction teacher in a Miami theater school won a nation wide contest selecting The Typical American Girl. She was chosen from eighteen contestants for the title.
The Graf Zeppelin landed safely in Friedrichshafen Germany after a flight from Cuers France marking a return from its United States voyage. The dirigible was berthed in its hangar without incident.
A dense ledger style entry lists payments and credits for Dolton Park Greenwood Park and district funds. Items include Kinney Hood Printing Co. notices election ballots and bonds, F C Wulff filing and expenses, Meyer Wenthe badges and stamps, and numerous labor and material charges with dates in 1928 and 1929.
A concise reflection argues that inspiration imitates a dash of spontaneity, yielding verses that feel hurried yet carry a vivid spark. The piece compares deliberate craft with freestyle bursts, suggesting the muse shapes tone more than structure.
A clipped note describes a work basket cow used as a keepsake. It recalls how father last sewed on a button there and left the item in that familiar sewing spot.
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