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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
3
An explosion on a Stokes trench mortar during firing practice at Camp Grant killed eight Chicago soldiers of the Eighth Illinois infantry and injured eleven others. Wounded were rushed to Rockford hospitals after on site first aid.見 witnesses described misfired charges and misuse of cordite from firing rings.
Tank wagon and service station gasoline prices were cut two cents a gallon by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The reductions apply to the companys entire marketing territory in eleven Middle Western states. The new Chicago prices are 17 to 19 cents a gallon. Price cutting has been rampant in numerous population centers in the territory for weeks.
Spanish warships bombarded the Alhucemas coast virtually leveling towns after long range bombardment of Alhucemas island. The cruiser Alfonso XIII silenced enemy guns and destroyed rebel villages. Giant planes targeted Abd el Krim's headquarters at Adjir Fez. French forces began a major cleanup against Brane tribesmen north of Bab Morouj near Taza with little opposition.
Fred C. Nickel a 46 year old Dayton manufacturer confessed to robbing the North Dayton branch of the Dayton Savings and Trust company of 21000 dollars on August 14. A special grand jury will be sought to indict him. He has been formally charged with robbery and attempted suicide.
Nome, Alaska reports the Maude returning after more than three years trapped in Arctic ice. Captain O Westling and six crewmen survived the ordeal while Assistant Engineer Syver ston died July 28, 1928 and was buried through the ice.
A tow target trailing a bombing plane was brought down 380 seconds after opening fire. Two batteries of four anti air craft guns each shot down the target from an altitude of 5 500 feet at Fort Tilden.
The eighth annual convention of government employees at Boston on September 7 urges Congress to fix a federal minimum salary of 1500 dollars.
Cass county sheriff John G. Ross deputized citizens to escort 118 alleged I W W members out of Fargo. The group was sent in two loads across the Red River to Moorhead Minnesota. Those not willing to work were detained.
The 1925 national dairy exposition at Indianapolis runs October 10 to 17. Entry closes September 19, announced by W H Skinner secretary and general manager. Over 1,500 prize Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Friesian and Jersey cattle from top U S and Canadian herds expected to compete for international honors.
Detroit progress report says Chicago Colonel Nathan William MacChesney warned national commissioners that without voluntary state law uniformity, Congress may pass broad laws and erode state democracy. He cited federal encroachment on states’ rights and urged states to meet duties to preserve prestige and power.
In Rockford Illinois an interurban train on the Rockford and Interurban line struck an automobile near Freeport. Four died namely Buthelie Col nineteen Florence Klass nineteen Lou Hutton nineteen and an unidentified man found in a cornfield after ambulances left. Two other men were injured in the crash.
In Newport Rhode Island the boiler explosion on the excursion steamer Mackinac cost fifty lives. Sarah Powers fifteen of Central Falls Rhode Island died from burns after earlier fatalities James Henderson and Charles Hoeford died. Patients in the Naval hospital were among the injured.
The text credits Christian Huygens, a Dutch physicist and astronomer, with discovering Saturn's satellite in 1655 and its ring in 1659 and with inventing and perfecting the pendulum clock in 1656.
Mrs Thelma Herman wife of George A Halman Detroit vice president of Hisher Body corporation was fatally injured when she was pulled into the propeller of a gasoline launch while swimming in Lake St Clair one mile off Belle River Windsor Ontario authorities reported.
John A. Stewart chairman of United States Trust and Wall Street veteran marked his 103rd birthday at Convent Station New Jersey.
Field Marshal Baron Franz von Conrad Hoetzendorf chief of staff of the Austrian armies in the World War died at Mergentheim Germany. The death was announced.
A reflection on the ambitious person who rises early and sits up late to pursue a fixed design with unwavering persistence. The text emphasizes constant attendance and steady effort as keys to achievement.
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