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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1914
Page
5
A fragment lists savings subject to notice at 178,777.54 and 825,000.00, demand subject to check at 5,000.00, cashier's checks totaling 66,417.87 with 0 cashier’s items, plus 81,707.80 for demand and 155 at end.
The writer lampoons higher prices for ink paper and type in the newspaper trade. He mocks ink from ink factories, paper costs, and the value of type metal, suggesting subscribers offer emergency funds to cope with the surge.
A novel fishing method among Chinamen uses a light bamboo frame shaped as a truncated pyramid. The fisherman sits in a boat or wades and strikes the water with a wooden clapper to frighten fish into the net.
Spain averages about 3 000 hours of sunshine per year, more than any other European country, compared with England’s roughly 1 400 hours. The data highlights Spain as Europe’s sunniest nation.
Gary contractors were low bidders at Valparaiso on the Burns ditch project. It will cost about 9.2 million dollars to divert Calumet waters into Lake Michigan, draining 25 000 acres in Lake and Porter counties and reclaiming land valued at 1 million. The main channel runs 1.5 miles with nine miles of branches. The New York Central may appeal a Dutch decision in the U S Supreme Court.
A. C. Shaw, claimed to be the world’s biggest railroad conductor, died at Garrett after weighing 360 pounds. He worked for the Baltimore and Ohio on fast freight between Garrett and Chicago, never using the seniority rule due to his size. He preferred to swing onto the caboose at the start and was popular in the community with services held before his burial in Grafton, West Virginia.
Archie Johnson was shot in the right lung and killed at his saloon on East Seventy-fifth Street after noon last Sunday. Ernest Ehrenberg, 8345 Kimbark Avenue, claimed the shooting was accidental and said he left one cartridge in the revolver. Ehrenberg was locked up at Grand Crossing station.
The International Typographical Union runs a technical school to advance members in the art, demanding high orthography, grammar, and broad general knowledge. The union's instruction raises educational standards for printers and benefits apprentices with limited training.
The Bushman who lived at Imberley and refused to learn other languages now returns from Paris. Cambridge Anthropological Laboratory studies him as a new Bushman type. He wowed Cambridge with a dancing exhibition amid the tango craze sparking talk of a dancing chair at Cambridge.
Desolate Lobito bay in Portuguese West Africa offers a natural harbor and long shelled oysters that grow on trees. At low tide oysters are picked from tree trunks below high water. The thirsty interior suffers drought with baobabs thriving. railway work teams carry water supplies as drought bites inland.
A Chicago firm creates a multi use roof facility for employees. Indoor baseball behind wire netting, a lounging room smoker dining room and women’s spaces include library rest room and emergency hospital. A roof garden for women overlooks the city and lake as workers unwind.
The excerpt urges hosts to welcome travelers with genuine hospitality over lavish luxuries. It stresses simple boarding and unforced welcome, valuing inner warmth and intellectual openness over expensive beds and costly offerings. The speaker favors austere, earnest hospitality that honors the guest's dignity.
Soot acids attack mortar masonry woodwork metal and building material. In many European cities soot causes rapid deterioration of statues and public monuments. Inside decorations suffer as much as exteriors from smoke indicating imperfect combustion and fuel inefficiency.
The piece explains ski jumping technique from takeoff to landing. It details starting with a forward bend at takeoff, jumping straight, and balancing in the air, with careful knee bend and parallel skis on landing. Practice is essential.
An analysis of 20 009 English words from the New Standard Dictionary finds 4 842 from Latin through French 3 681 of Anglo Saxon and English origin 2 880 directly from Latin 2 493 directly or indirectly from Greek 102 from American Indian languages 32 from African languages and one Lithuanian word.
Doll collectors show interest in pantomima figures new to the china puppet line. Columbine appears demure in Victorian white with rosebuds while Harlequin charms with a slender reedlike form and vivid parti colored costume. Pantaloon contrasts in white baggy attire.
In Copenhagen police reduce inebriation by escorting drunkards home in cabs and charging the publican who sold the liquor. Publicans now enforce stricter limits on patrons to avoid paying for taxi fare.
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