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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1927
Page
5
Messages of congratulations poured in for former President William Howard Taft now chief justice as he marked his seventieth birthday at his summer home Murray Bay Canada.
Paris reports the American Legion aeronautics committee pushes for a separate cabinet department for national aeronautics. It calls for a five year program to build a true air force and criticizes the current army and navy control as underdeveloped and hampered by limited budgets.
The coastal steamer Kyle chartered by New York interests to search for the transatlantic plane Old Glory and its crew returned to port after abandoning the search. The ship picked up wreckage of the plane a few days earlier.
The Japanese government announces a permanent deployment of four destroyers and two cruisers in Chinese waters to maintain a naval presence and safeguard interests.
In 1910 Dolton dug its main sewer by hand with multiple labor gangs and bricklaying underground work. By 1927 the process uses the Mikado ditch digger and a small crane to set concrete pipes, greatly reducing labor and speeding construction along the Calumet River banks.
Weather remains hot with scattered rain as corn in Iowa shows 30 to 75 percent denting progress, some acreage damaged by heat and moisture shortages. Illinois and Southern States report favorable weather driving good progress, cotton and tobacco yields improving, general pasture and haylands largely good with rice and sugar cane yielding well and labor adequate.
The Outlook presents ten challenging spellings to test friends. Most score five or fewer. the high record is nine. Words include Liquefy embarrass rare ly supersede naphtha sacrilegious tranquillity battalion harass kimoro.
London dietitians present a “perfect meal” featuring cold chicken and egg sauce, new potatoes, salad, cornflour mold, fruit salad with cream, whole wheat bread and butter, and lemonade. The plan includes vitamins A B and C.
A bystander in Detroit recalls the moment a moving man dropped a grand piano on his foot and jokes that the incident triggered the phrase he sought on the golf links yesterday.
The term thunderbolt refers to a lightning stroke that has struck an object and caused damage. It links thunder with a lightning event and is used to describe the resulting harm.
The Buda Athletic Association brings boxing back next Friday September 30 at the Buda Club House with Freddie Fasano vs Willie Wolcott headlining. Local bouts include Carl Small vs Benny Schenck 135 lbs Emil Rosch vs an opponent at 150 lbs Walter Ross vs Jerry Dolam 122 lbs Bud Nardi vs Sally Shuman 118 lbs Sam Adducci vs Zip Seys. Referee plans include a sporting celebrity such as Bat Nelson or Jack Johnson.
The apricot is a native of China, and the remark suggests it would have looked sharper if shaved before arriving in this country. The quip reflects a playful take on imported fruits and cross cultural presentation.
A quirky reflection questions if painters truly embrace the ad claim Save the surface and you save all asserting doubt about slogans guiding female painters.
The columnist notes a humorous twist on the saying as John Hausman jokes that rolling bones may gather no moss, contrasting with the familiar proverb. The line hints at a lighthearted take on aging or change.
The naval observatory notes Mercury has a diameter about 3 000 miles. It adds that some minor planets or asteroids are so small their diameters cannot be measured, with estimates under 10 miles for the smallest objects.
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