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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
3
Maud Gault joins Seabreeze hotel as pianist and meets James Clifford a shy author. Their summer friendship grows into romance as class misjudgments and a dramatic reveal unfold. Clifford is Merrell the wealthy capitalists son and pen name, marrying Maud after a public revelation and family blessing.
Assault at Elgin State hospital leads to arrest of Ralph Lushbaugh on assault and battery charges after he allegedly struck three ward patients with a sock stuffed with soap. Other items include rail electrification to deter loafers, a banter at Alton on the insane hospital, a wedding anniversary, and various local incidents and accidents statewide.
A Kansas City mother visited her husband’s family in a small Kansas town with her two young daughters. On an errand to the depot the children were warned to be well behaved, but they returned singing vigorously. They claimed the slot machine told them to ask the agent for pennies, explaining why they had money.
A constituent asks if the senator is a servant of the people. Sorgham answers yes but warns that a truly first rate servant may resemble a boss in practice.
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