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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
7
Trustees of the Illinois Soldiers' Home hear Superintendent Summerville report two year ordinary expenses at 396249.94 and need 534300 for 1909 1910. Budget calls 114300 for improvements and 420000 for ordinary expenses. The home will soon admit wives of inmates with new accommodation.
Trainmaster C P Beamis and Superintendent E Sweeney uncovered a plot to wreck the Bloomington Roadhouse north bound train near Mason City minutes before its arrival. Three rails were loosened on a sharp curve with spikes pulled and fishplates moved aside as police moved in.
Alton painter George Greer fell from a residence roof and was instantly killed after warning occupant James Goudie about roof dangers. The accident occurred minutes after the forewarning, leaving no chance to save him.
The two year old Wayne Gorman son of Mr and Mrs Frank Gorman near Owaneco was badly scalded after falling into a pot of boiling grapes while his mother was making grape jelly. A doctor treated the burns and he is expected to recover.
In Havana, eight divorces were granted by Judge Williams in one day. Decrees were issued to John Barnheisel and Edith E Barnheisel Lulu Harmon and Robert Harmon Sarah E Ellis and Labon H Ellis Albert Hatheway and Lulu B Hatheway Marie Pulling and Nathan H Pulling Almyra Azbell and Alexander Azbell Jamie Taylor and Almanion Taylor Alice Sinclair and Morrison Sinclair. None contested.
A mother testifies that her baby recovered from severe eczema after a year and a half of unsuccessful medical care. She credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing the condition in three months. She adds address details and a date from 1907. The second tale recounts a London bishop story and a school exam joke about Indian products.
A conversation on a bridge features a reprimanding old lady and a wet haired boy confessing swimming. An advertisement touts a 100 candle power Pearl Light Co lamp from Baraboo Wisconsin claiming gas like brightness with safety.
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