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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1928
Page
3
The Brooklin Eagle notes a survey finding women live longer than men though men appear healthier. It also asserts men outlive draft horses though horses seem healthier, suggesting outcomes depend on who is driving.
The exact efficiency from one gallon of gasoline in an automobile varies widely depending on conditions. It may be anywhere from 15 percent to 23 percent efficient.
In Vancouver Province a young Dorothy challenges her uncle Tom who jokes the moon is green cheese. She firmly asserts God made the moon before cows, correcting the fanciful tale.
A concise maxim from American Magazine stresses that character and trust in the other person outweigh the monetary terms of any deal. It urges prioritizing personal integrity and relationship dynamics over transactional leverage.
President-Elect Hoover sails from Palo Alto aboard the U S S Maryland with 31 in his party on a goodwill voyage to South and Central America and beyond. The route includes Corinto Callao Balboa Valparaiso Santiago Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro with possible trips to Uruguay Paraguay and Bolivia.
The United States public health service reports an epidemic in California with 2388 cases to date and 2350 new cases in three weeks. The outbreak centers near San Francisco, with actual figures likely higher than reported.
Mount Etna eruption pauses after devastation in Cantania Sicily prompting land owners and townspeople to plan rebuilding of homes, farms, and lava drowned industrial and commercial properties.
Sigrid Undset, a Norwegian novelist, was awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm for her powerful depictions of life and faith.
Torrential rains and floods in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma leave upwards of a dozen dead and many missing. Cities isolated and property losses run into millions with Augusta Kansas among the hardest hit. Refugees and relief workers face dire conditions as Red Cross teams mobilize to aid affected regions.
Six privates and one officer died when an army transport plane crashed near San Antonio Texas while training. The right wing tore away causing a tail spin. three crew members escaped with parachutes including pilot Lieut Harvey F. Dyer who was uninjured and Staff Sergeant Frank J. Siedenaler who suffered a broken rib.
Growing sentiment among Tejas ranchmen against illegal movements of tick infested cattle into the United States from Mexico could spur a demand for a 6600 mile Rio Grande fence from Brownsville to Tel Rio. The plan is backed by Carroll Drew, Texas livestock sanitary commission tick eradication chief inspector, referencing a prior California Mexico fence.
Admiral Oscar Starck, who commanded the Russian navy in the defense of Port Arthur against the Japanese attack in 1904, has died at age eighty two.
John D. Rockefeller Jr donated 500000 dollars to establish a fund for developing Jewish agriculture in Russia. The grant supports agricultural projects and regional cooperation through the Rockefeller foundation network.
General Bramwell Booth's prolonged illness leads Commissioner Edward J. Higgins to assume command of the Salvation Army, with the council to reconvene in January to decide on further actions.
New York. Radiograms from the Vestris hours before she sank are cited as possible proof of captain Carey’s direct contact with New York before authorizing an SO. The evidence could undermine witnesses who defended the captain’s choice to go down with the ship. A separate probe by the steam boat inspection service looked into prior repairs and inspection laxity.
Prof. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin world figure in geology and member of the original University of Chicago faculty has died at age eighty five. He passed away at Albert Billings Memorial hospital on the university campus from bronchial pneumonia and heart disease.
Miles Noah a nine teen freshman at Colorado State Teachers college died from injuries sustained in the annual freshman sophomores sack rush. He was kicked on the head during the event in Greeley Colorado.
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