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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
6
Recap of congressional sparring over tariff measures, party defections, and committee assignments. personal dispatches include King Peter of Servia plans, Roosevelt familial rumors, and Taft tariff views. Also notes on labor, crime, and international politics during the week.
At a New York banquet South Carolinians heard tributes to Wade Hampton. The report notes other items including Joe Gans's tuberculosis risk and a bridge collapse in Los Angeles that killed three and injured two.
Dispatches report Crazy Snake the Creek leader captured and badly wounded in the Conchatta mountains after a gunfight with militia. Nervous Seminoles in Holdenville fear backlash as Frank Coker is jailed for killing local officers. Reports of a broader uprising and negro agitation circulate but remain unconfirmed.
Mrs James H Boyle will not be taken to Sharon for a kidnapping hearing in the Willie Whitla case Attorney Cochran from Sharon arrived to arrange a waiver of the hearing in Mercer jail He said efforts would aim at a conviction and if failed she would be sent to Cleveland on a blackmail indictment The identity of the woman remains a mystery to counsel Cochran
Wilkes Barre officials quote coal company leaders saying no lockout will occur when the labor pact expires Wednesday night. Work will continue April 1 to 3 with workers reporting as usual, though April 1 may see idle time to celebrate the soft coal eight hour day holiday. President Lewis has ordered it. They plan work Friday and Saturday at the mines.
Ex president Roosevelt will be guarded by a bicycle police corps under Commissioner Mezzacapo in Naples. He arrives Sunday and will sail from Naples aboard the Admiral to Mombasa at midnight Monday. Reports of an attack on Roosevelt on the Hamburg remained denied.
CC Burkhart of Chambersburg describes severe eczema spreading from hand to arm leg and face. After doctors diagnosed ringworm and eczema unsuccessfully, he used Cuticura Remedies and was fully cured with no relapse. Potter Drug & Chem Co Boston promotes the product. A humor snippet follows about a husband eating his wife's mince pies.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Pleasant Tablets as halting a cold within an hour with claims of instant relief. It notes price at 25 cents per box and lists Orator F. Woodward of Le Roy New York as a promoter with a free sample offer. The piece also includes other product pitches and light quotes from the era.
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