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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
5
Pagodas are described as Chinese efforts to stay connected with unseen spirits. They serve as dwellings for earthly and aerial spirits when they visit towns, inviting blessings and discouraging misfortune.
The article notes treasures hidden during the Revolutionary era by royalists in New Jersey and Maine and other Loyalist finds across New England. It mentions Tory families evacuating to Canada with valuables buried along their routes and Civil War landowners concealing wealth, much of which remains unrecovered.
In the Richmond Times Dispatch a young hopeful asks his father about starting a chicken business. The father cautions that feeding costs are high and reliance on taxicabs would bankrupt him.
A contrast from Victorian etiquette to modern behavior shows a young man selecting a partner for a party from a list, asking her, and securing consent with casual slang. The piece cites a New York Sun cartoon caption about changing social habits.
A Pacific freighter carrying 2000 cases of liquor from a Mexican port to South America leaks after being blown off course. The captain plans to beach on an uninhabited atoll as days pass. A passenger proposes saving the liquor by wrecking the wireless and remaining on a desert island for months.
The Kansas City Star notes that a third of life is spent in rest and traces bed evolution from ground skins to rush mats, feathers and couches. Ancient customs show beds as social spaces with bridal and widow rites, and Queen Elizabeth held daily consultations from bed.
A London announced expedition sails on a ten month Pacific cruise aboard the schooner St Georges with eight scientists and about thirty wealthier passengers paying £890 each. Part of the funding comes from motion pictures and descriptions of the explorations. The voyage covers over 20,000 miles, about 170 days at sea and 140 days ashore.
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