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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
9
The piece argues that a supportive home attitude boosts school work while parental complaints against teachers foster pupil revolt. It urges trust in school authorities, noting faults exist but the administration usually knows best in guiding the community.
A brief note on page 1 underscores fame and its impact. The same issue flags a sport page headline about fame as a measure of achievement in Duluth.
Under London streets a network carries 180 tons of water pipes supplying the city. Water is driven by pressure of 750 psi and about 25 million gallons are used weekly. Thirty years ago demand was about 6 million gallons weekly.
Bishop George Berkeley renowned for philosophy writings praised water as a universal remedy. In 1744 he published a book defending its value and promoting its curative powers.
The text notes Ayesha Mohammed as the wife of the Prophet, revered by early Muslims and called the mother of believers for her status and marriage to him at a young age.
New York leads in national income tax payments with Ford Motor Company of Detroit posting $16,493,100 and Henry Ford and Edsel Ford boosting total Ford contributions to over $20,000,000. John D Rockefeler Jr tops individuals in New York with $6,277,669, while J P Morgan shows a sharp rise to $574,379. Other notable taxpayers include Andrew W Mellon and Vincent Astor, with figures listed from various prominent residents and executives.
A Department of Agriculture report projects a 9.07 percent increase in winter wheat sowing this fall, reaching about 46.4 million acres. Under average yields, harvest could total around 40.4 million acres, threatening a domestic shortfall and shifting the market toward a world basis.
Finance Minister Caillaux expects an agreement with the U S debt funding commission within nine days after arriving in Washington on September 25. He plans to depart New York October 8 aboard the France to reach Paris as parliament reopens, taking influential senators and deputies.
Thomas A. Hill, speaker of the previous Arkansas House, indicted by Pulaski County grand jury on forgery of public records. The charge alleges Senate Bill 519, about holdover committees, was not read the third time or voted in the house and that Hill forged a house record entry claiming it was read and passed.
A young Japanese Salvation Army girl avoided a fatal wound when a would be killer stabbed at her chest. The assailant, after believing her dead, killed himself with the same dagger. The Bible she wore over her heart stopped the blade.
The Village of Dolton seeks a Cook County Court assessment for grading paving and improving Park Avenue and connected streets with legal exceptions and cross streets, setting a final hearing for September 21, 1925. Objections may be filed. assessments to be paid in ten annual installments at 6 percent interest.
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