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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1928
Page
6
Illinois agriculture officials will tour schools statewide to promote farming and teach vocational classes and adult night schools. Experts in dairying poultry fruit and livestock disease control will assist, while fairs show improved governance and fewer objectionable concessions.
The state division of highways awarded pavement, grading, and bridge contracts on Routes 18 89 58 75 107 10S 10N and others in Kendall Bureau Cook Morgan Whiteside McHenry Greene Pike Washington Henry and St Clair counties. Awards totaled from 3 830.03 to 823 468.90 to firms in Springfield Chicago Minneapolis St Paul Peoria and St Louis.
The Calhoun county apple movement totals about 100000 barrels in the new bulletin jointly issued by the division of standardization and markets the department of agriculture and the division of state and federal crop estimates. Illinois fruit estimates place probable commercial movement at 1185000 barrels, slightly below the five year average. Much of the crop will move in smaller packages such as bushel tub baskets with rail shipping and state certificates of grade quality. Three modern packing plants operate this year shaping the distribution.
Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director, announced that professional, technical and clerical staff of the public health department should undergo a physical examination to uphold prevention and health promotion principles.
Census data from Jerusalem shows Palestine recording high birth rates in 1925 and 1928 with 493 per 10 000. Egypt Russia and Sweden follow at lower rates while Britain United States Japan and Tai remain behind. Mosley religious groups chiefly drive the rise though Christian and Jewish sections show declines.
The word Latin comes from Latinium, the area of ancient Italy that included Rome. It identifies the historic region and language roots tied to Rome and its surrounding countryside.
A reflection on who holds ownership of thoughts citing Amerson. The idea suggests thought belongs to the one who can entertain it and the one who can place it, implying control lies with mental engagement and its proper placement.
An advertisement for Kettler's Whooping Cough Remedy promotes its use in treating whooping cough winter coughs laryngitis asthma and throat catarrh. Ernest Kettler R Ph announces the remedy from 87 East 187th Street Riverdale with a Riverdale phone number.
Four burglars believed from Chicago overpowered two night watchmen at Wadsworth Watch Case in Dayton Kentucky. The men were handcuffed to a cage while 150 pounds of gold bullion valued at $43,000 were taken after forcing two vaults with nitroglycerin.
Report shows only two per cent of forest fires in national forests are sparked by lightning while these events still start about 17 per cent of fires overall. Agencies emphasize prevention and rapid response to reduce losses and protect timberlands.
Clinton St. Carnes former treasurer of the Southern Baptist Home Mission board asks authorities for an early return to Atlanta from his police cell. He faces embezzlement charges totaling about 1 million dollars, which he denies.
In Oakland California seventeen year old Erna Janoschek confessed to strangling Baby Diana Liliencrantz last June and was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. The accused admitted the crime.
Orchards owned by Gov. Harry F. Byrd and Thomas B. Byrd will yield apples sufficient for a train eight miles long this year. Officials anticipate large crops across Richmond area.
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