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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
4
The railroads report heavier business this season than ever before, with more cars in service than 1917 or 1918. War restrictions and coal zoning have ended, limiting efficiency, while traffic remains strong but transportation capacity lags behind demand.
The Railroad Administration details coal and grain transport efforts with weekly bituminous coal moves around 11.5 million tons and efforts to relieve wheat storage pressure. Texas faces large wheat surplus and storage shortages prompting grain shipments to Galveston and higher car permits. Officials plan a Chicago meeting with railroad officers and grain representatives.
Dr Serge Voronoff head of Physiological Laboratories at the College of France reports remarkable longevity experiments. Young monkey interstitial glands grafted into aged humans and animals reportedly restore youth and vigor. Early trials on sheep goats and bulls preceded a human graft on an eighty year old man. The gland described as a dynamo of strength akin to a fountain of perpetual youth drew astonishment from French surgeons.
A quotation from E. P. Whipple on the true glory of a nation arising from intelligent honest and industrious citizens. It argues that civilization depends on individual character and a constitution that does not grow from that character is worthless.
The Harvey Choral Society will hold its first rehearsal at the Lowell School in Harvey on Monday October 20 1919 at 8 pm under Prof Hugh Anderson of the Metropolitan Conservatory of Music Chicago The society plans annual seasons with Christmas and May concerts plus a May Festival and banquets Readings indicate members from Riverdale Homewood Hazel Crest Delton Blue Island and Chicago Heights may join For inquiries contact L E Stobbs Prof J F Zimmermann Wm W Workman or a local church leader The society invites broader participation with a reception at the school and a slogan Lets Go
Apply a solution of two ounces of oxalic acid in enough water to wet the floor well. Let stand 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse in cold water and proceed to wash without suds as usual.
A boy at the Kingston children's court pleads tired of life as the reason for attempting self harm. Another boy witnessed him placing his head on the railway track and a struggle ensued before he could be moved.
The earliest periodical paper with news appeared in 1622, but the first newspaper advertisement seems not to have appeared until about twenty five years later. The ad concerned a book praised by England's clergy.
Merle is delighted by meeting a new baby brother and receiving a banana on the same day. The family recounts the joyful moment as a playful early memory from the household.
The notice discusses the naming of Henrys as Harrys in England. It notes that Henry VI ascended in 1422, coins called the Harry noble and Harry great during Henry VIII, and quips that Jerusalem will “Harry die” per Henry IV.
Tourmalines emerged as gems in the eighteenth century when Dutch children noticed they attract and hold straws and ashes. Early naming included ash drawers, and later it was found they exhibit electric power, strongest between 100 and 200 Fahrenheit.
The Burmese practice prescribes marriages avoided for those born on the same weekday. Each girl carries a five-letter record of her birth days in her name, with each day contributing one initial letter. All children are named to begin with that weekday letter.
A diner recalls sharing a recipe for no pudding with a friend and others. At a later dinner the prepared pudding appears and a tablemate notes its niceness while the responder quips it is cheap. The remark elicits smiles from everyone present.
A doorstep stain is unsightly and hard to remove. Make a strong potash solution and wash the step, letting it soak. The paint softens and can be washed off with soap and water, then rinsed with cold water. Long-remaining paint will yield to this treatment.
In 1873 on August 1 the world’s first cable car began operation in San Francisco. Inventor Andrew Hallidie developed the cable system. Within a decade Chicago adopted the new transit, followed by 1883 introductions in New York, Washington, Philadelphia and later London.
A small willow table in a South Carolina home, kept indoors and recently painted, now bears four leaf sprouts from one leg. Popular Mechanics highlights this odd growth as a curious local feature.
Charred papers can be made readable by pouring collodion over them. It dries quickly forming a transparent coating through which printing becomes visible. Bank notes and other documents charred by fire have been treated with success using this method.
A newly devised triple-tone bell gives a clear ring from one push, a buzz from the second, and a combined ring and buzz from the third. Buttons can sit at three doors in a house or at three spots in an office or shop to call three different people.
The Victoria Regia in India bears leaves several feet across with buoyancy to support a child. Edges curve upward forming a bowl like form, showcasing large aquatic foliage beyond South America.
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