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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1926
Page
7
A Baltimore Sun item notes an architect’s habit of labeling small unused spaces as a closet or a second breakfast room. The column playfully critiques overlabeling and practical design choices.
Litchfield chosen for 1927 Illinois Anti-Horse Thief convention. Mrs. R. W. Masters, Edgar Lee Masters’ mother, dies in Springfield. Louise Cooper, 17, shoots head over school worries in Oakland City Paris. The Sleepers fraternity hold first Ottawa convention during Norse-American centennial. Asa I. Mather seeks police help in Joliet as heir to estate. Illinois corn crop to exceed last year by about 2,000 tons. Attorney General appoints Jerome W. Jurewics as assistant in Chicago office. Urbana police clear Irving Hornstein in train robbery case. Macon county farmers urge federal-state cooperation against European corn borer. Lake County grand jury indicts nine village officials for motor law violations. Ogle County trims farm land assessments 20 percent. Anna P. Judd’s will probated in Juliet worth about 50,000. State’s Attorney Smith served notice of parole motion for Jack Durand. Harry Mackey, Chicago Heights executive, dies from self-inflicted wound. his son notes despondency over investments.
A New York teacher recalls a pupil using the word cavort in a sentence and notes evaporated milk has far less water than regular bottled milk. Evaporation removes about 60 percent of water, making evaporated milk more than twice as rich in solids.
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