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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
3
A catalog of handkerchief craft ideas shows how to make wearables and gifts from linen and lawn handkerchiefs. Projects include jabots collars cuffs and neckwear with lace borders embroidery and ribbon trims plus accessories like aprons muff bags and caps suitable for modest budgets.
Ralph K. Mulford, driving a Lozier, won the seventh Vanderbilt Cup with a 291 mile run in 236 minutes at a 74.63 mph average, beating Ralph de Palma and Spencer Wishart. De Palma in a Niaswagen finished second, Wishart third, Grant fourth, with several others failing or finishing. Weather was ideal and Mulford led from near the fifth lap to the finish as a fierce four car battle ended in Mulford’s win. The Savannah challenge cup and Tiereman trophy races were won by Hughie Hughes and Frank Witt respectively.
Susie Drake visits Four Corners Vermont after a NYC stay, sneaks into Aunt Mehitabel’s, and faces local gossip. A sewing circle recalls her past as they critique her attire and question why she came back before she was better off financially.
The Denver trial of Mrs Gertrude Patterson closes its defense with BF J Easton of Tacoma as the central witness claiming she knocked his wife down before she shot him. Shugart, the prosecution’s eye witness, testified Easton was near the scene while a map-maker described a bullet entering a wall eighteen inches from the ground suggesting Patterson was on the ground when firing.
A suffragist parade in New York City included several Teachers College faculty members. One professor led the male contingent and carried a banner with the inscription The men vote why not we. He joked afterward that it read as if someone would decipher it.
Mrs Louise Vermilya known as the arch poisoner of the century was held to the grand jury without bonds by the coroner's jury investigating Police Officer Arthur Bissonette’s death. Illness kept Vermilya from the inquest but her attorney appeared. jail physicians said she cannot leave for weeks. Witnesses said her closest friends had been poisoned and her own suicide attempt was described.
A sharp exchange between a serious young man and a frank young woman turns on Bible knowledge. She admits not reading all of it yet jokes that Genesis and Revelations are enough, prompting a light barb about how a woman reads books.
In a brisk dialogue Sam Why is mocked for lacking judgment in literature as the speaker prods him to illustrate a flat contradiction. The retort arrives that denying a loan could become a positive decision when pressed.
A concise wedding note uses vivid alliteration as a regional trope, with June the chosen month for the union. The playful pattern echoes similar headlines such as Fastened in February and Spliced in September, illustrating local press style.
Sir Walter Raleigh faced death after a failed South American voyage. His expedition attacked a Spanish settlement on the Cayenne river in Guiana, breaking peace with England. He was executed by ax on October 29 1618 after leaving the Tower without a royal pardon, declaring the blade a “sharp medicine.”
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