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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
2
Notes cover major items from transportation rate boosts for railroads to Wilson selling the White House prize flock. Wool consumption decline, labor wage talks, trade balance drop with Europe, naval expansions, zinc stock sale, political campaign bans for service members, Camp Zachary Taylor line move, record tax take, wheat carryover, whisky theft, crimes in Chicago, gunman conviction, and wage hikes for Washington state miners.
Residents of Dayton acclaimed Governor Cox as the Democratic presidential nominee and joined by thousands in a nonpartisan home coming demonstration. William G. McAdoo announced he would speak for Cox in New York as campaign leaders pledged “Peace, progress, prosperity” as the three word slogan.
A Wichita storm dropped seven inch circumference Halilstones per forecaster C. E. Peterson causing estimated damage of 100000 to 200000 dollars. Indiana ex governor J Frank Hanly died from injuries when his auto was struck by a train near Dennison, with Dr Charles M Baker and Mrs Maude Baker also dead. An El Paso dispatch reports thousands mobilized to suppress rebellions against Governor Esteban Cantú in Lower California.
Mrs Lena Lake Forrest of Detroit Michigan was elected president on the closing day of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs annual convention in St Paul Minnesota. Mrs Little Smith Rupp, film actress and younger sister to Mrs Mary Pickford Fairbanks, has filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Foreign grave statements in Rome report Italy’s poor harvest. Polish forces cross East Prussian frontier with 40 officers and 2000 men. Poles disarmed and interned as dispatches confirm. German bolshevik troops on Marienwerder frontier fraternize amid no hostility. Paris chamber debates a duel ban with a court of honor. Ontario liquor referendum date moved to April 18 1921. Havana church bombing kills one woman and injures several. Brig Gen Lucas escapes Sinn Fein captivity. Harding campaign opens in Marion Ohio. Paris deputies approve broad amnesty for offenses before March 11 1920 though mutiny leaders excluded. Mannix denied land in England per Lloyd George.
A report signed by William D. B. Ainey of Pennsylvania Royal C. Dunn of Florida and John A. Gusher of Iowa urged intrastate rate increases to accompany the interstate rate rise under Ex parte 74 The panel of three state railroad commissioners backed the plan saying it should take effect September 1 1920 The group noted unanimity was not achieved on all points but approved the concept and stressed the need to adjust the entire rate structure nationwide to cover freight passenger and milk rates and related charges The report describes the extensive deliberations during interstate commerce hearings and emphasizes the collective responsibility of state commissions in implementing the new rates The overall aim is to ensure railroad revenues are adequate to support the transportation system nationwide The report concludes that readjustment of rates is underway with a target date of September 1 1920 for the increases
Chicago August 4William Bross Lloyd the millionaire socialist and 19 associates were convicted in a criminal court of sedition. The jury found them guilty under the new Illinois statute making sedition a felony. Lloyds punishment ranges from one to ten years in prison and a $2000 fine.
Woodriver in Madison county Illinois reports population of 8476, an 408.81 percent increase over the past ten years according to the census bureau.
A friend grants permission to borrow her scarf just before a dance. The narrator plans to pass by Peggy’s to avoid suspicion, but the sister delivers the scarf with a warning to be careful and not lose it.
Government representatives present the film showing to engineering societies. The Industrial Building of the United States Bureau of Standards rises magically on screen as a ten minute film documents ten months of construction with daily exposures.
Mrs W shows her new hat to her husband hoping for approval. He critiques the design and jokes that if the hat is to be popular the wheat motif should be rye. The exchange blends humor with older fashion imagery and rural speech.
It argues that motive guides life and idleness lets poverty catch up. the rule urged is to ignore slander to preserve character and focus on purposeful action.
Harrison Rhodes in Harper's Magazine describes the Pacific as a calm cold ocean that exudes a distant aloofness. Fogs carry no salt scent and sunshine yields a blue sapphire surface with no breath. He contrasts it with the Atlantic and notes the sea’s monstrous beauty and inhuman quiet.
Burmese men and women adorn their ears with large bore holes. The lobe hosts objects such as wood pieces, jewels, or rolls of gold or silver. When unused, men thread cigars or small items through the holes. women use them as bouquet holders.
A Louisville Comre ter Journal snippet captures anticipation as a first time camper proclaims excitement for a camping trip. The exchange highlights eagerness and resolve, contrasting hesitation with firm plans for outdoor travel.
A man laments the decline of the profession noting too many outsiders in sideshows. He argues the freak business is falling off as demand wanes and quality suffers.
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