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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1927
Page
6
Earl Sande former champion jockey was barred from Pimlico after fouling Reigh Count the favored horse in the $40,000 Pimlico Futurity causing it to lose the race. Reigh Count is owned by Mrs John D Hertz of Chicago.
Washington reports the 1926 national income reached 89.682 billion dollars with 1921 to 1926 growth of 43 percent. Per capita income rose from 1637 dollars in 1921 to 2210 in 1926, while prices fell slightly. Officials foresee 1927 matching or surpassing 1926.
The White House discussed plans for President Coolidge to attend the Pan American congress in Havana January 16. Charles Evans Hughes will head the U S delegation with Ambassador Fletcher and Ambassador Morrow joining from Rome and Mexico City. Also named are Senator Oscar W Underwood Morgan J O'Brien James Brown Scott Ray Lyman Wilbur and Dr L B Rowe.
A stone temple car near the Vitthalaswami temple survives intact amid Vijayanagar ruins from the sixteenth century invasions by Mohammedans. The carved wheels and stone elephants attract pilgrims who believe turning the wheels grants merit, though the temple courtyard bears heavy damage.
An English physician argues golf benefits nearly every ailment, asserting it improves general health. The remark includes a nod to sore feet as another condition potentially helped by the sport.
The book Uncle Joe Cannon by L. W. Busbey compiles anecdotes about American politics at Cannon’s request. Clinton Brainerd notes a tale where a rookie member’s maiden speech prompts Cannon to say the good things were old and the new things weren't good.
The article discusses ancient stringed instruments like lutes and guitars as markers of cultivated knowledge. It speculates that superior cultures may have introduced such instruments to other peoples, proposing Arabs spreading a guitar to western Africa and linking the Senegambian banana to the American banjo via Carl Engel's view.
The article states that cabinet membership is a commission at the pleasure of the President for the time being, meaning the President can dismiss or replace cabinet members at will. It outlines the nature of executive appointments and the dependency on the current administration.
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