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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1928
Page
5
The piece notes Turkey’s stance on Christianity as not accepted as a religion in the nation described as unique for this stance. It discusses concise wording about economy and communications terms.
Pullman Tech welcomes a record entering class with many students transferring from other schools. Evening courses start September 17 covering automobile repair drafting electrical work and sewing and millinery. A new lathe by E. L. Essley Machinery adds to shop tools and the 1928 football schedule lists games at Pullman Tech against Lemont Gary Harvard Chicago Latin Hammond Harrison Soph. Linblom and Fenger.
The piece explains a folk tale style method for making stone soup to entertain farm hosts. It details the staged process of boiling a rock, requesting potatoes and vegetables, and final meat to create a convincing pot of soup, noting it is a campfire joke rather than a real recipe.
Plans for a massive air demonstration mark the American Legion national meeting in San Antonio. One thousand planes could form a single aerial arc over the city with pilots from war and allied nations invited. Lindbergh and other famed aviators may participate as mass mail shipments are mocked up for a record air mail day.
Illinois 1929 automobile license plates will be bright red numerals on a black field A white letter on green was abandoned after similarities with central states designs caused confusion Missouri reports of 1927 style plates led to further changes Analysts note 1929 Illinois plates cost a little more than eight and a half cents per pair the lowest in the state history
The ancient Greek fire was first used by the eastern empire in the eighth century. The recipe was reportedly learned from India and the incendiary mixture included niter sulphur and niuphfha.
A monologue from the Los Angeles Times noting a roughing it trend in the nation. The piece mocks primitive retreats with humor about exposed plumbing and the lack of full-length mirrors, reflecting an era’s taste for rustic living.
A Connerent church pastor devised a plan using canaries to entertain and quiet children during a baptismal service. The birds kept youngsters calm until the ceremony concluded and the effort proved successful.
Mogul the eight year old, 1600 pound dromedary at the Bronx Zoo earns the facility money by giving rides to children. He carries six youngsters per trip on a two sided seat, operates May to September, with Mondays off, and has earned between three and five thousand dollars for the zoo in three years.
Alamo Tennessee farmer Eth Humphreys reports a $500 yearly gain from wool and lamb sales and urges neighbors to start sheep raising with an initial outlay under $300. He credits stock selection and good grazing and housing, using registered rams and high grade ewes as the flock core. He advises about twenty ewes, one ram for small farms, and notes higher profits if the farmer grows most of his feed.
A London Zoo bird, a rare touraco also called Doctor Johnson, now drinks tea with every meal and refuses water. The piece notes the English tea habit extending to animals, from pets to zoo specimens.
A witty Louisville Times snip remarks on a woman’s habit of peeking at the last page before finishing a book. The quip implies curiosity and reading behavior as a social observation.
A medieval pilgrim from the Holy Land who wore palm in his hat gained the surname palmer. The term derives from the palm fragment carried as proof of pilgrimage and authorized by church custom.
A brief quotation notes that good manners and breeding express internal regard through external signs. It attributes the sentiment to Cato, praising decorum shaped by sense and refined conversation.
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