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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1928
Page
6
Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings notes measles typhoid and tuberculosis remain down while cerebrosPinal meningitis cases rise to levels not seen since 1918. Diphtheria persistently high with malignant Chicago strain. sanitation and toxin antitoxin guidance urged.
Gus H A Radebaugh, director of conservation, traveled from the capital to attend the Great Lakes Fisheries conference called by Michigan Governor Fred Green. The meeting in Waukegan sought a uniform fishing code for inland seas with representatives from all lake states in attendance.
Seven capital cases, four from Chicago and three from Lake County, are slated for the December term of the State Supreme Court, a possible record for one term. If writs of error and supersedeas are granted, executions would stay automatically until review and decisions, likely in February.
In an Armistice Day address President Coolidge calls for building additional cruisers and tighter naval defenses. He rebukes European critics, ties loans to Europe to reciprocity, and stresses a policy of patient aid with stricter conditions on future advances while demanding arms limitation aligned with the Kellogg pact. He notes renewed emphasis on national defense and careful balance of peace efforts.
The famous Bo-tree in the ruined city of Kandy Ceylon is said to date from an original cutting planted in 288 B C It was sent from northern India by King Asoka in the third century B C making this tree about 2216 years old
Archaeologists uncover pipes at Kilcolman near Ireland tied to Edmund Spenser the author of The Faerie Queene. The site locals say belonged to the early user of tobacco in the era, whose vanished house prompted the digs.
A list of principal materials used in artists paints includes zinc oxide lampblack madder alizarine yellow ochre lead oxide red iron oxides mercury sulfide cobalt zinc oxide brown silicate iron and manganese.
The essay notes Lamb's admiration for Spenser and his belief that Spenser's flights of fancy and imagery surpass those of other poets, requiring refined poetic artistry to truly appreciate.
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