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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1930

Page

9

Calumet Waterway Plan Prompts Major Harbor Scheme

A long range Calumet waterway plan aims to canalize the Grand Calumet river west of Cline avenue linking to the Calumet Sag channel. Maj. Wild will file a report next week to Gen. Brown as the project seeks deep water routes, reduced freight costs, and sewage disposal improvements benefiting National Steel and Gary area industry.

Little Calumet River Grand Calumet River Cline Avenue Illinois Hammond Chicago Local Waterways Committee H. J. Wild United States Army Calumet Lytell Brown Army Engineering Corps Calumet Waterway Congress Gary Colonel Melton Major Wild National Steel Development Port Williams National Steel Burns Ditch Dunes Highway United States

Young Dolton boy wins first prize in vacation contest

Henry Erffmeyer, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Erffmeyer of Dolton, takes first prize of $50 in the first annual vacation contest decided in County Superintendent Edward J Tobin's office after three hours of quizzing and an hour more to name the top student. Hilda Finke, 14, wins second prize of $25 from Elk Grove and Lorraine Wolf, 12, third with $15 from Oak Forest. Honorable mention goes to Leroy Cooper, 13, of Orland. Henry’s farm earnings include 75 laying hens, 101 cockerels, 107 pullets, plus $18.33 from onions and $25 from vegetables. Hilda reports an acre of corn yielding over 100 bushels on the cob and 50 shelled, with reading as part of her project. Judges include Dr. Arnold H. Kegel and Dr. William A. Evans.

Ienry Erffmeyer Arthur Erffmeyer Dolton Edward J. Tobin Henry Erffmeyer Thornton Township Chicago Tribune Hilda Finke Elk Grove Main Township Lorraine Wolf Oak Arnold H. Kegel William A. Evans A. E. Winship Journal of Education Julius Rosenwald Victor Olander Mary McDowell

Large English Deer Parks Ranked by Size

The Savernake deer park tops England with about 4 000 acres. Windsor follows, containing roughly 2 600 acres plus 1 450 acres of Windsor forest.

Ingland Savernake Windsor Windsor Forest

Rainmaking Then and Now in Sacred Lore

In old lore the Indian medicine man sends an arrow at storms and the modern approach uses guns upon the sky. A gold hero reviews ancient lore in the Sacred Field. The magician releases sand to the sky and rain follows. Today airplanes are proposed to sprinkle clouds with sand to induce rain.

Plains of Abraham and Abraham Martin origins

The Plains of Abraham in Quebec derive their name from Abraham Martin a Canadian pioneer and St Lawrence River pilot. Champlain granted him a homestead on the heights where his cattle and sheep herds were once common sights along the river.

Quebec Abraham Martin St Lawrence River Samuel de Champlain City of Martin St. Lawrence River

Reproduced Great Work After TiI Script for Tist Volume

The passage notes Carlyle replaying his French Revolution manuscript after a fire destroyed Mill’s rooms. He rewrote it over nearly a year, producing a version not identical to the original diary but similar in scope and aims.

Thoms Carsie Jeb Stuart Mil Nomad White Mill Carlyle Wiheeh

Germany's World War Losses Detailed

The record notes total German casualties during World War I reached 6,063,760, including wounded, prisoners, and missing, amid a mobilization of 17,900,000. The figures reflect wartime losses and related deaths.

Germany

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