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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1927
Page
5
The Pullman Company is described as the largest housekeeping establishment in the world. It purchases vast quantities of supplies annually including matches, drinking cups, towels, sheets, pillow slips, tidies and head-rest covers. The article notes millions of linen pieces are washed daily and the company owns over 9.7 million linen items.
Illinois records show average daily manufactured gas production at 150 904 109.6 cubic feet. This figure outlines the steady output level across the industry for the period reported.
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen reports health status remains strong despite cold snaps. He notes illnesses run above par but pneumonia and influenza are milder than usual. Advice includes liver oil, warm clothing, cool indoor air and better home ventilation.
Fresh eggs sink while stale eggs float due to water content differences. Fresh eggs contain more water, causing buoyancy changes in liquid.
Alva S Kellogg of the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy is the sole living Civil War veteran who heard Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address. The piece notes Illinois achievements in apples, electricity, education, auto registrations, and Chicago cone baking, and cites Illinois origin of the annual college homecoming in 1910.
Professor Boyesen described George Eliot as lacking physical charm and imagined a very sad horse to evoke her face, a remark noted by William Lyon Phelps in Scribner's Magazine.
Mrs O H P Belmont head of the National Women's party says she has never voted and will not until a presidential candidate is fielded by the party. She notes women abroad are advancing in the suffrage fight as she returns from Europe.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department's latest forecast puts 1927 corn production at 2,753,000,000 bushels, up 150,000,000 from October and 106,000,000 from 1926. Nine chief corn belt states yield 1,773,000,000 bushels, with per acre 28.3 and quality 75.2 percent.
Two youths Leonard Cota of Bennettsville Iowa and Harold Kremer of Great Falls Montana confessed to robbing and killing 73 year old Mrs McKittrick the grandmother of Cora on the night of November 1. Police found 27000 in cash and about 30000 in securities in their hotel room after raiding it.
New York reports that more than 150 American aeronautical engineers and aviation experts will undertake a European tour in 1928. The itinerary features air travel for all legs except the Atlantic crossing.
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