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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1919

Page

2

World events brief cover note on Carnegie death and global issues

World events summarize Andrew Carnegie death at Lenox Massachusetts after brief illness. Reports from Washington forecast Kolchak collapse in Siberia. US draft covenant differs from Paris version, with Article X similar to American draft. Government to seize hoarded foods to restore supply law. Col Frederick Mears named Alaska railroad chief engineer. Wilson urges remedies to curb high costs. Senate hears Calder on home banks plan. US corn crop down 27 million bushels in July due to weather.

Foreign Relations Committee Washington Wilson Paris League Col Frederick Mears France Government Alaska

World War Era News Roundup From Across Europe

Reports from Paris indicate General Pershing may be recalled to the United States. Belgium moves to electrify key rail lines. Miss Stuart of Washington named honorary citizen by Somme villages for Red Cross work. Buenos Aires blocks sugar export. Rome passes electoral reform with 224 to 63. Greek peasants casualties reported near Thanto. Five million dollars in gold from the Laurentic located at Queenstown. Kingston Jamaica rice riot quelled by West Indian troops and marines. Minsk news from Warsaw and Turkish holy war proclaimed against Greeks. Liverpool tram strike settled and service restored.

Multiple Fatalities and Far-Reaching War News Dominates Ledger

Drowning victims include Edward Campbell and his sister Katherine near Chester Tl, while Mrs Anni Beebe also perished. A series of trials and arrests follow killings and conspiracies in Danville and Chihuahua City. News wires report mutiny plots crushed, a Kaiser killed, traffic fatalities in Burlington and Stratford, Bermuda hosts 26 US submarine destroyers returning from war service, California oil workers win a $5 daily minimum wage retroactive to July, and a Chicago train collision injures families. Oklahoma politics shift as Scott Ferris declares Senate bid. Bank robbery in South Holland nets $7,000. North Dakota expands milling capacity as federal prosecutions target Chicago packers unfold. Governor Philipp urges price restraint. Leviathan transport brings 31 French British brides and thousands aboard. Race riot indictments rise to over forty in Chicago.

Illinois News Briefs Part of Daily Dispatch

A compilation of short items from Illinois: Ed Bass and Stanley Bass with Fred Turner jailed in Mount Carmel for robbery. Williamson County Labor Day plans in Marion. Mrs Eliza Budds dies aged 96 in Kansas City Kan former Carlyle resident. Dr H W Walker named state civil service medical examiner.

Ed Bass Lawrence County Stanley LD. Bass Fred Turner St. Louis Mount Carmel Williamson County Marion Association Eliza Budds J. J. Gibbons Kansas City Kan Carlyle H. W. Walker Vienna State Civil Service Commission Springfield Christian County Telephone Company Pana Clinton Duquoin Hemphill Carlinville Louis Klum Joe Samrak Klum Samrak Harold G. Watson Dorothy Emmerson Louis L. Emmerson Mount Vernon First Presbyterian Church T. M. Thomas Eear Mildred Walcher Eugenia Moss Bernadine Weber Sfelen Guibert Henry B. P. Ward Ilinois Samuel N. Watson Los Angeles Cal Illinois Cairo Brundage Thinorg

Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Nebraska Woman

Mrs John Koppelmann of McLean Nebraska praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after childbirth. The ad claims the remedy helps with displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities backache headaches nervousness and the blues and invites women to write for special ailment suggestions.

McLean, Neb Lydia E. Pinkham John Koppelmann Re No. 1 McLean Nebraska America

Flying Trips to Europe Prediction

A Louisville Courier Journal flyer envisions rapid transatlantic travel within years with forenoon outbound and afternoon return. It notes travelers may have little left after paying high air fares to avoid other lands beyond the Atlantic.

Europe Atlantic Louisville Courer-Journal

Americans Making Good at Sixty Five

Do not fear aging stay healthy and active with clean kidneys and bladder. Promote waste elimination to avoid uric acid buildup. Take Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules for vitality and vigor but ensure you get the original imported Gold Medal Barbier oil capsules. Sold by most druggists in sealed packages.

Haarlem

Like a Veteran In The Hawaiians Islands Exchange

A wartime reminiscence describes a friend from the American First Field Artillery in Hawaii. He is noted as newly enlisted, very tanned, and bowlegged, with a vivid colloquial tone.

Hawaiian Islands American First Field Artillery

Silence and Dissent in a Drowsy Town

A village pessimist mocks turnout and the town’s spirit as he frets about a lynching turnout. Residents confront fatigue and apathy while the town struggles to mobilize a crowd for collective action.

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Andrew Carnegie Lenox Mass Roswell Miller Kolchak Siberia Kolchai Qmsk Law of Supply and Demand Department of Justice Congress United States Calder New York Senate Department of Agriculture Budapest General Pershing Tie King Albert Belgium Brussels Somme Isle Miss Stuart Red Cross Amiens Buenos Aires Rome Velking Kwang-Chang- Tau Stephen Friedrich Tsungary Sendammnes Thanto Athens Laurentic Queenstown Kingston Jamaica Panama Warsaw Eh Teanans Giisa Minsk Old Province Poland Panderma Liverpool Edward Campbell Katherine Anni Beebe Chester Walter Whitman Notel Charles Holtz Twoltz Danville, St Chihahua City Francisco Villa el Paso, Tex Clarence Kaiser Moline Sam Kell Belleplaine Burlington Atlantic City Reading Railway Stratford N. J Camden Mediterranean Bermuda Bakersfield California George M. McMasters John Conda Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kewanee, N Scott Ferris Oklahoma City Thomas Ir. Gore South Holland Trust and Savings Bank South Iolland, Il North Dakota State Mill and Elevator Association Bismarck Charles F. Clyne Chicago Philipp Madison Wis Illinois “News Peter M. Blwer Lincoln Charles C. Grady Rock Falls Nauvoo Guy S. Dickerson James Mulikin University Urbana Dickerson University of Illinois Illinois Supreme Court Rock Island Bureau of the Census Minnesota Pennsylvania Montana New Jersey Indiana West Virginia Iowa Wisconsin Ohio Bloomington Normal State Utilities Commission Rockford Home Telephone Company Central Union Company Louis Emmerson Sizemore Francis S. Peabody Ife Hinsdale DuPage County B. F. Chipperfield Canton Edward D. Shurtleff Maurengo Wiliam B. McKinley Tinois Iulinois State Chamber of Commercce Quincy Samerson George Woodruff First National Bank of Chicago Robert A. Cameron Leon N. Sandiford Minois Tlinois Journal of Commerce Springfield Chamber of Commerce Chambers of Commerce Peoria Decatur Scottie Atall Druggista A. Ae Eye Book, Company U.S.A
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