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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1928
Page
3
The article notes the national draft rejection average at 8.1 percent. Maryland reports the lowest rate at 4.94 percent, indicating fewer men deemed unfit for service compared with the national level.
A patent has been granted in England for a hiking cane featuring a tiny bulb and battery that emit a red light. The device serves as a safety signal for walkers on highways.
The column lists residents and guests visiting from Lansing and nearby towns. Trips include trips to Zealand Michigan for chickens, Yellowstone and California visits, and drives to Hammond Calumet City Chicago and three rivers Michigan. Dozens of families and relatives are mentioned with car trips and weekend visits.
Charles M. Hayes of the Chicago Motor Club cites AAA data showing 1927 expenditures at service stations and repair shops exceeded five and a quarter billion dollars. He breaks the total into parts and service supplies, tires, fuels and lubricants, and service labor, noting depreciation and garaging are not included.
A historical note rejects the saying that bats are blind and describes their eyes as efficient. It explains variation among species such as oriental fruit-eating bats with foxlike faces and insect-eating bats being small and softly furred, while the term flitting mice is acknowledged as apt.
The article traces Kennebunkport Maine from its 1629 settlement and 1653 incorporation as Cape Porpoise to near destruction by Indians in 1703. It was re incorporated as Arundel in 1717 and renamed Kennebunkport in 1821.
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