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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1930
Page
3
About one quarter of the United States football fields equipped for night play are located in Illinois. This concentration highlights the state’s investment in sports lighting and evening athletics, reflecting broader patterns in stadium infrastructure and regional development.
Chester Illinois claims the steepest road in the state known as The Chester Hill. Local residents note its extreme incline and unique terrain attracting attention and curiosity from visitors.
Dr. Lloyd Arnold of the University of Illinois warns hunters that any dead rabbit can carry tularemia known as rabbit fever. He urges wearing rubber gloves when handling carcasses and to avoid contact with infected rabbits ticks or horse flies with the hunting season opening.
A $96,000 Lima locomotive requires about 72 million ton miles of freight movement to cover its cost after operating expenses. The railroad earns roughly six of seven ton miles for costs and taxes, leaving one ton mile to pay interest and dividends, with last year’s average freight revenue at 9.28 miles per ton per mile.
London scientists propose a near earth ring of ionized particles around the planet as the cause of magnetic storms. The neutral stream, shot from the sun, travels toward Earth at about 1000 kilometers per second and may persist days after solar activity ends.
Rosamond Rice, head of the Los Angeles county marriage bureau, reports 2719 July applications vs 2458 last year as couples seek Reno Nevada Yuma Arizona or Tia Juana Mexico to evade California's three day waiting period. The so called gin wedding law prompts quicker nuptials and outbound licenses as youths avoid the mandatory等待 period.
In New Haven Connecticut the Second Continental regiment now the One Hundred and Second recovered a gold diamond set medal valued at 1000 dollars. Presented to Col. F. R. Smith it was later kept in a safety deposit vault. Col James Gettys found the location and the medal was given to Cols. Ernest I. Isabell James A. Wagferty and Louis L. Fields who led the regiment during the 14 years it was missing.
A twelve year old boy, Alfred Till, died at the police hospital after a tiger mauled him at Luna Park Zoo. His mother, Mrs. Lynett Hill, donated blood for a transfusion. Alfred, grabbed by the tiger, suffered severe scalp injuries before a trainer killed the animal with a rifle. He and two companions left the enclosure and entered the tiger area despite warnings.
Illinois brief notes show totals for United States Senator and state officials, plus precinct counts for congressmen at large and by district. The item also reports wet proposal votes, local deaths, an arrest, tax assessment, a job plan for winter, a baseball club sale, a teen shooting death, a double homicide, and the defeat of a tax amendment with turnout figures.
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