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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1911

Page

2

News of a Week in Condensed Form at Home and Abroad

Brief roundup of global happenings reported in compact lines. Highlights cover notable events, trends, and developments from various regions, presented in a concise digest.

Washington Receipts Rise as Tax Payments Hit Treasury

The national tax intake shows March receipts near 325000 dollars with total estimated year receipts at 25000000 dollars. Congressional business includes a 265 to 89 House vote approving the Canadian reciprocity agreement without amendments and notes of continued Senate friction over direct senatorial elections.

Treasury Washington House of Representatives Taft Canada United States Senate House Judiciary Committee

Trapped Miners in Elk Garden Mine Amid Debris

A blast at Ott mine No 30, Davis Coal and Coke, in Elk Garden West Virginia entombed 23 miners. One body recovered. rescue crews blocked by tons of debris as they cut through to reach the buried men. Cause undetermined. investigation forthcoming. Rescue efforts advancing via nearby No 20 mine, about 4,000 feet from the exit, with the town of Elk Garden nearby on a hill.

Elk Garden W. Va Ott Davis Coal and Coke Company Grant Cumberland No. 20

Churches Shut by Strike in Muscatine Iowa

Military rule in Muscatine restricts movement after dark with patrols checking business and identity. No public meetings after 8 p m and crowds limited. social and religious gatherings banned while troops stay to quell labor troubles. No major disorder occurs as workers return slowly to factories.

Muscatine George W. Ball Sibley

Steamer Asia Goes Down in Thick Fog Near Finger Rock

The Pacific mail steamer Asia sank off Finger Rock in thick fog while en route from Hongkong to San Francisco. Passengers were rescued and mails saved. The American, responding to distress, searched the area but fog prevented sighting. Later the Chinese vessel Shang Liu from the Taku Steamship line arrived and rescued the Asia’s crew.

Tokyo Pacific Mail Asia Hongkong San Francisco Finger Rock South China Shanghai American Toyo Kisen Company Honghon America Shang Liu Taku Steamship Company

Illinois News Tersely Told Across The State

Joliet reports a family feud ended in a shooting of 36 year old Matthew Feehan by South Chicago saloonkeeper Thomas Gowran. Samuel Reed, owner of 1100 acres in Cumberland county, died in Janesville at 87. A robbery scare in Peoria proved to be a man with the stolen goods in his grip. John Hummel captured after escape from Colorado prison for murder. reward $50. Mike Toole injured by a broken barbed wire stretcher. Mrs. Rena Eggleston near death after taking medicine offered on a porch. A woman’s body found at 319 East Illinois street. Joliet and Will county push for $1,000,000 for a new Joliet state penitentiary. opposition rumors cited. Edinburg man injured when car backfires, leg fractured. George E. Ayer may move to Galesburg. Mrs. Sophia Fein, 98, dies in Belleville during a fire rescue. Fireman George Frailey goes mad near central station. Springfield hosts twelfth annual Disciples of Christ congress. Gibson City chosen for next ministerial meeting. Rev. O W Shields to become pastor in Virden. Rockford to remove deadly drinking cup for sanitary fountains. Clinton school election sees Mrs. Elvira Downey elected to board. other members named. Haldane Clementson in Cook County life sentence for wife murder upheld by Supreme Court. Clinton news reports a six foot nine inch bald eagle captured alive on Tillman Lane farm north of Lune.

Joliet Matthew Feehan Thomas Gowran Chicago Feehan Chicago Street Mattoon Samuel Reed Cumberland County Janesville Peoria John Hummel Colorado State Taylorville Mike Toole Galesburg Rena Eggleston Lfe Barry Illinois Street Illinois John Lambert Merchants’ Association Edinburg George Harrod George E. Ayer The Santa Fe Chillicothe Belleville Sophia Fein George Frailey Springfield Disciples of Christ Northern Illinois Christian Ministerial Association Gibson City Milo Atkinson Bloomington G. W. Kink Pleasant Plains Virden First Baptist Church O. W. Shields Upper Alton Shields Rockford Board of Education Clinton Elvaro Downey A. W Tilley Fred Ball Frank B Harrold Elvira Downey Haldane Clemenson Supreme Court Criminal Court Cook County Tillman Lane

How to Cure Your Own Kidneys

An older advertisement asserts back pain and urinary changes signal clogged kidneys and promotes Dr Derby's Kidney Pills. It claims to cleanse poisons and cure bladder issues and rheumatism, urging readers to buy or test a free sample from Derby Medicine Co.

Bright Dr. Derby Derby Medicine Co Baton Rapids, Mich

These Money Burners Miss Bondsen Stocks at Monte Carlo

Miss Bondsen bets at Monte Carlo and Miss Billyuns proclaims fortune or loss in a spirited wager. The scene captures a playful high stakes moment with uncertain gains and losses.

Bondsen Stocks Monte Carlo Billyuns

Irish Landmark Gone in Ulster Fire at Toomebridge

The renowned temple of liberty in Toomebridge, County Londonderry, burned to the ground the other morning. Built about sixty years ago by the late Rev. John Carey, a Cromwellian descendant once accused of murder but acquitted, the structure was noted for its romantic history and founder's wealth.

Ulster Toomebridge County Londonderry Bann John Carey London Mail

Clearing Kansas of Grasshoppers Tale

A farmer in several steps tests a mixture by feeding grasshoppers and observing die off. A live grasshopper eats a dead one, then many grasshoppers consume the poisoned chunk and die, spreading from 20 to 160000 eaters before the farmer is left untroubled. This report appears as an Anthony Bulletin item about pest control folklore.

Kansas Anthony Bulletin

Dame Nature Hints When the Food Is Not Suited

An Arizona man credits Postum and Grape-Nuts with ending lifelong breakfast distress. He reports improved digestion, no headaches, and 12 pounds gained after switching from coffee and toast to Postum and Grape-Nuts. The advertisement cites the Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville as a related booklet.

Arizona Postum Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

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