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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
3
Prof A S Eddington told the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London that two or three stars show immense densities. The best known is Sirius’ companion with density about 60 000 times water. a ton of its material would fit in a matchbox.
Eskimos dwell along the northern coast of North America down to latitude 60 north on the west and 50 north on the east, extending to Arctic islands and Greenland. They prefer living by the sea and rarely move more than six miles inland.
The Bell System expands to keep telephone service affordable and universally usable. It plans more than 550 million dollars in new plants and improvements this year, aiming for quick, inexpensive talks anywhere and by anyone, anywhere. There is no standing still in the Bell System.
Winds reveal buried villages along Svitt on the North Sea and a Baltic coast site in East Prussia. On Sylt a settlement from the Ninth or Tenth centuries is exposed, with pottery like Ithenish wares dating to 800–1000. Finds also include fourteenth century artifacts, suggesting five centuries of habitation before dunes hid them.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports food prices in June 1929 up 1.4 percent from June 1928. Sirloin steak moved from 47.4 to 51.2 cents per pound, rib roast from 34.7 to 37.6, pork chops from 34.8 to 87.7, and lard eggs and bacon also rose. Overall, listed food items averaged a 58.4 percent increase since June 1918.
The bullfight season in Mexico begins at the end of November and continues through Easter Sunday. Fights occur nationwide with major events centered in Mexico City.
A brief note quotes a line about souls who find joy everywhere and carry happiness with them, attributed to Faber.
The Village of Dalton in Cook County Illinois levies a special assessment to fund curbing grading drainage paving and related roadway improvements on Shepard Greenwood Ellis and adjacent streets and alleys within the village. The notice names properties described along the South Chicago and Southern Railroad right of way and Greenwood Avenue and sets a final hearing for September 26 1929 with 10 annual installments at 6 percent interest.
Seth Thomas, renowned Connecticut clock maker born in 1786, studied under Jili Terry and established a factory at Thomaston. His son carried on the business after his death in 1859.
A Farm Journal writer notes that Many Articles of Wood Wood appears in over 5,000 articles today in natural or chemically altered forms. He also estimates two thirds of Americans still use wood exclusively for fuel.
National Geographic bulletin notes Chita Siberia as capital of a short lived Far Eastern republic. Exiles founded the jail and Lady Street, now a main thoroughfare. Population about 57,000 with mixed Chinese Russian Central Asian residents. Timber rich region and wood houses with occasional brick or stone buildings. China street markets display dry goods, tobacco, tea, candy, and uncertain sanitation in eateries.
The Dropping Well at Knaresborough in York shire England features lime impregnated waters that create a curiously beautiful incrustation as the water falls over a small cliff.
A quotation from the Houston Post-Dispatch notes that income tax applied to what people say they earn rather than actual earnings would quickly reduce the national debt. The remark implies a critique of tax measurement and government spending.
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