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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
2
A historical note describes four poisonous snakes in the United States: cinemoc asin, rattler, copperhead, and harle quin. It details their appearances and behavior emphasizing the biocca sin as perhaps the most dangerous, noting it rests in low branches and strikes when provoked.
A Kansas City Star letter notes wolves chasing a man up a tree and bringing a beaver to felled a tree. Old Ontario witnesses praise wild animals for instant problem solving. A Cochrane district writer imagines wolves using a deer hide as a toboggan to haul the beaver.
The article notes flying animals such as the flying fox and flying opossums gliding at night in forests. It mentions the flying mouse living in a match-box and calls these creatures distinctly Australian. It also highlights Australia’s absence of many familiar animals like apes, antelopes, elephants, pigs, cats, wolves, and bears.
Descriptions of Mesembra santhemi and related species show plants that resemble stones in color and texture. One variety Camouflages as a pebble with yellow flowers briefly appearing. Similar plants algae dull brownish gray surfaces and leaf pairs imitate quartz pebbles among hills near Warra.
A geologist explains a 24 hour clock representing 72 million years of earth’s history. Azoic, Eozoic, Paleozoic occupy six, six, and eight hours. Mesozoic spans three hours. Neozoic equals one last hour, with Quaternary shown as ten minutes. Human history would be about 12 seconds on the dial.
A Panama pastime features a jaguar forced into a tall cage within a bull ring. A bull is placed inside while a large South American jaguar is wheeled into a smaller cage and released. The bull usually wins due to space restriction, though the crowd roars with manic energy.
The text describes fish surviving under ice with water at about 39 degrees while surface ice remains thick. It notes fish retreating to warmer layers near the ice, and claims swinging ice above can stun and kill fish, exposing their white bellies. It mentions boys sometimes killing fish through the ice and cutting a hole to retrieve them.
A concise history of tunnel development highlights major feats in Europe and America. The St Gothard and Simplon tunnels traverse the Alps, with lengths of nine miles and 1213 miles respectively, while the Wasserfluh and Khojak passes are noted. American tunnels include Cascade Mountains in Washington, Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee, Hoosac in Massachusetts, and a Detroit River crossing.
The text discusses the Labrador name tied to labor and Portuguese explorers, notes Norse and Cabot-era discoveries, and mentions the peninsula's naming. It also includes brief essays on art as serious pursuit, modern painters, bats hardwood, and parsley used in France, with a quirky aside on absinthe substitutes.
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