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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
6
A playful exchange quoted as Tudee notes that daytime sleep restores energy for nighttime vigor. The brief line contrasts daytime rest with nocturnal activity and humorously treats IT as a character needing pep to perform.
President and Mrs. Coolidge attend services at First Congregational Church amid large crowds. Secretary Hughes may pursue recognition talks with Mexico. Coolidge plans cautious moves until December address. Wheat storage financing discussed. Cummins seeks one term for presidents. Wage earners improve in 1923, Goats Island closed as training base. Funds sought for three minelaying submarines. Deborah Knox Livingston, 58, WCTU leader and speaker, dies in Newton Highlands.
Reported lynching of a Negro suspect in Sardis Mississippi after confession of assault on a white woman. Chicago bank defaulter Warren Spurgin rumored for return from Mexico to face trial. Rockefeller memorial funds reach 0 361 871 12 in philanthropic grants since 1918. Kansas governor Davis described as very sick. Ku Klux Klan rally at Maxwelton Inn destroyed by bombs. Tornado and cloudburst devastate Leoni Kansas with multiple structures damaged. Train collision near Mount Eden injures several. fatalities reported. Farm land values in Illinois and west of Mississippi rise by about 44 billion dollars in twenty years. Tolu bank destroyed by yeggmen with loot around 20 000. Idaho wildfires threaten Magee area. lightning blamed. US must recognize Russian government for European peace declares Senator Borah. Milwaukee Coke and Gas plant fire kills three, missing three. Diamonds worth 80 000 stolen from Lamport & Holt ship Boswell. New Jersey trolley strike halts 147 cities, 6300 workers. Army bombers to test ship defense off Cape Hatteras within a month. Morgan Co funds plan 20 million Swiss loan. three year notes offered.
Molla Mallory defeats Helen Wills of California to capture the New York tennis title. Other items note German plans for public utilities strikes, Polish parliamentary sympathy for President Harding, and international reactions to deaths and political events.
A facsimile of Theodore Roosevelt's personal message to American soldiers in France was distributed through 11,000 American Legion posts. The letter, prepared as Roosevelt learned of his son Quentin's death, was organized by Cass Connaway of Buffalo and includes contributions from Indiana Governor Goodrich and authors Booth Tarkington and Meredith Nicholson.
Bernard Samuels presents a new device hailed by judges in music as a breakthrough for wind scoring. The sreophor uses foot operated bellows and a mouth reed to sustain tones while the player rests, promising healthier playing and novel harmonies for orchestral work.
A witty exchange contrasts a woman who builds castles in the air with a man urging focus on reality. The quip suggests the dreamer need not worry about mundane chores like housecleaning.
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