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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
5
In Trengganu on the Malay Peninsula the native sultan hosts a several day audience. He discusses world affairs and his financial woes. The sultan quips that paying creditors would spark uprisings while neglecting them would keep his name in memory. Prisoners in cages starve without outside care. He asks, why feed them if it would fuel coups.
Samuel Untermyer discusses honor in business and cites Honest John Jones as a cautionary tale. He recalls Jones entering a hotel waiting room with a fountain pen, attempting to fill it from the ink, but refrains, declaring it not honorable.
Dr. Walter E. King lists 388 infectious diseases with organisms not yet discovered capable of passing standard filters. The article notes diseases such as small pox measles and typhus among others and cites Noguchi's recent discovery affecting yellow fever understanding. Eradication efforts for yellow fever relied on destroying the germ carrying mosquito even before the organism was known.
A Texan, R. M. McLain of Z%esdemona, proposes wireless waves cause unexplained oil well fires. He notes fires occur when sites are deserted and suggests metal in derricks concentrates waves to ignite wells, offering a remarkable theory as explanation.
The new patron demands his order while Romeo the waiter consoles him. Cooks are on strike but expected to reach an agreement soon. The scene reflects tensions in a small dining spot captured in a humorous weekly piece.
A jumble of gossip and shop talk unfolds in a Pardee drug store scene. A clerk notes a well dressed woman in the box and a patient asking about Thanksgiving and America’s discovery, while a hasteful customer demands a two cent stamp and a prescription for a mother known as the Bat lady.
Captain RE. ON. Hingston notes in A Naturalist in Him luya that when a spider’s worn web is no longer usable the spider eats it. He describes the ball like mass that can fit a pinhead and the spider swallowing larger prey than its snare. The passage extols the mathematical precision and beauty of the circular Epeira web and its cycle of creation and consumption.
The peacock displays extraordinary color variation in the male during breeding, with the tail or “ruff” ranging from white to brown to chestnut. The male’s showy display rivals the fiddler crab in comic effect, yet the jungle setting explains the peacock’s green main coloration and the peahen’s preference for magnificent decorations. Eyespots evolve from simple color spots over generations.
The Polk inauguration featured the first practical telegraph test at a ceremony with Professor Morse transmitting results to Baltimore. Two inaugural balls were held, one at Carusi's for all parties at ten dollars a plate, and another for Democrats at five dollars a plate where Polk supped with the five-dollar Democrats.
Dr Rich ard Quain notes that Thomas Carlyle suffered from persistent dyspepsia worsened by his fondness for very nasty gingerbread. The remedy Carlyle accepted was grey powder used while he smoked a clay pipe in the chimney corner, a routine Quain says helped him overcome digestive troubles.
The guide describes soaking varnish with wood alcohol to soften and lift old varnish from wooden floors. Apply gently, allow contact time, and scrub to remove loosened layers.
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