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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1910
Page
8
A year after a heated debate in parliament the daylight saving plan failed to become law though Birmingham and Cincinnati enacted and repealed ordinances. The idea drew wide publicity, yet public opinion turned against it as pendulum swings away from the fad.
A compact aphorism by John Oliver Hobbes on resisted temptation. It casts dangerous allure as a monsters that, once defeated, becomes a giver of treasure and reward for virtue. The message champions inner strength and moral victory.
St Peter's in Rome, dating from early centuries, remains the greatest church by size and grandeur as the era of steam and electricity begins, maintaining its rank as the most colossal place of worship.
A writer in the World’s Work measures plowing labor. Turning one acre with a 12 inch plow requires 8% miles of furrow travel. One square mile needs 5,280 miles walked. Matching national plowing effort would need 4,550 plowmen to travel earth to moon and back. About 80,000 men would undertake the yearly 500,000 mile journey.
Tests by Wisconsin researchers found Yorkshire hogs require the least feed for 100 pounds of gain for Poland Chinas and Berkshires. Common stock hogs yielded smaller gains while consuming less food.
A farmer or small trader in Scotland with one or two neighbors as guarantors can establish a banking credit for a fixed limit. The bank honors drafts up to this limit and the customer pays interest only on amounts actually drawn.
Local items report railroad wreck affecting S Metz & Sons horses, neighbors visit and returners from Wisconsin State Fair. Notices of people moving in, building projects, park and utility updates, water works vote, cemetery watering system contracts, and a street macadamizing project. Club ball planned September 24 at Hazel Crest Hall with invites.
The Village of Dolton invites cash bids for a single phase Wagner Electric Manufacturing Company Type AC 10-15 horsepower motor from its water plant. Bids accessed at Village Hall, November 7, 1910, 8:00 p.m., opened at the regular Board meeting. Published in The Pointer as required. Henry Dagny, Village Clerk Thomas Harper, Village President.
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