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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1928
Page
5
Acme Steel reports 1928 results will exceed 1927 figures with eight months to August showing net income of 1,408,161 after charges or 7.70 a share on 182,958 shares, up about 56 percent from 901,685 or 4.93 a share a year earlier. Sales rose to 9,853,990 from 7,081,106.
Last Friday night four youths robbed a Calumet City filling station and forced the attendant to surrender receipts. The car used belonged to Ed Williams a Harvey police officer, whose son George took it without permission. George Williams and three others were arrested and bonded at 3000 each. They confessed to other robberies and implicated Glen Griener James Nagy William Abraham Jr Louis Giocondo, who were later arrested. Abraham was cleared. Griener Nagy paroled to parents. Louis Girondo confessed to the Picadilly Cafe robbery on October 25 and was turned over to Highway Police. Two others still at large.
Tree Top Plants discovered in British Guiana include ail plants of the pineap ple family a flat joined cactus and a yellow orchid. They perch on a fig tree in a mass that appeared parasitic until long roots reached the ground.
The umbrella is a development of the movable canopy used in the Orient in ancient ceremonial processions for persons of rank. It was introduced into England from Italy early in the eighteenth century.
Reference notes say the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, built by Constantine around 380 A D, remains among the oldest Christian structures still standing.
The article asserts that ancient authors did not mix capitals and lowercase letters. It claims syllables or scripts favored either all capitals or all lowercase usage, reflecting strict typographic conventions of the period.
Harvard university plans a study of how leading business figures achieved success. It will examine education training social background and early experiences to test the belief that many came from poor but honest parents and limited means. The piece contrasts the advantaged youth with the self made street youth shaping perseverance and ambition.
Illinois reports show 11 011 corn picking machines in use during the 1928 harvest about one for every 20 farms. State welfare agencies own 18 747 acres and rent 2 359 more. Electricity output in September reached 566 702 000 kilowatt hours, ranking among the top three in the nation. The 1927 corn crop totaled 418 million bushels, the state's largest and most valuable. Peoples Gas Light and Coke lists over 900 000 meters in Chicago. Through August 1928 Chicago hosted 501 conventions, up 8 percent from the same period in 1927.
Chicago Motor Club directors at a Palmer House meeting direct the legislative department to draft a drivers license bill for the January session. They propose a rider to revoke licenses after judgment in auto accident cases and oppose compulsory insurance as costly and ineffective.
The area of Alaska Hawaii the Philippines Porto Rico the Canal Zone Virginia Islands Guam American Samoa Wake and Midway equals the combined area of seven states Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Utah and Arizona.
Detroit News discusses copper as a major metal in ancient texts noting Tubal-Cain described as an artificer in brass and iron. The article connects brass brass alloy origins to copper and metalworking in biblical history.
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