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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
2
Washington plans for feeding and sheltering veteran army attendees at Gettysburg encampment next July. Taft, cabinet ministers, Supreme Court justices, and western hemisphere representatives attend. Also reports on trials, rail talks, weathered hunts, and local incidents.
The Balkan War Congress opens a short session with appropriation bills totalling over 4 billion dollars. Germany Austria Roumania and Servia push active war measures after a brief lull, as the Chancelleries face a rising probability of conflict. Durazzo in Albania is occupied by Servian troops, a maneuver Austria opposes as a strategic loss for Servia.
The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Day, held that the Union Pacific through stock in the Southern Pacific formed a restraint of interstate commerce. The ruling orders dissolution of the combine and bars similar future acts. Attorney General Wickersham issued a statement praising the decision. Heike seeks delay in his sugar weighing fraud case while the U S court considers an appeal set for January. The Beach patent suit claim against the United States was dismissed. Bucks Stove case declares Kansas foreign corporation ban unconstitutional, affecting rights to sue in state courts.
Berlin reports the three year renewal of the Germany Austria Italy alliance amid Balkan War tensions. Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg warned that Germany would aid its allies if hostilities arise, promising firm decisive action to defend their interests and European security.
James Bishop of Tiffin, Iowa, was instantly killed when he was cut to pieces in view of passengers aboard two trains near Iowa City as an eastbound Rock Island train struck him west of the city on Monday.
President Harker announces a $10,000 gift from Julius G. Strawn to Illinois Woman's College in Jacksonville. The donation targets the $180,000 ten days campaign. with $70,000 already raised, the drive seeks $60,000 more in Jacksonville and surrounding Kane county.
The English French tunnel under the English Channel was first proposed by Mathieu and later funded. By 1867 plans lagged as rail links multiplied. A 50 million dollar bore was halted by war and funding failures in 1880. Renewed interest follows improved Franco British ties.
Mrs Emma Patterson of Second St Muncie Indiana reports a year long scalp eruption for her daughter. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the condition vanished within a week and hair grew back, with a note that samples and Skin Book were available from Cuticura Boston.
Dialogue shifts to a son pursuing medical studies. Wayback questions the professor’s influence and mocks the notion of a lazy doctor. The exchange hints at expectations and pride in the younger generation.
Mothers urged to inspect every bottle of Castoria ensure it bears the signature. The ad promotes Fletcher’s Castoria as a safe remedy used for over eight decades and urges children to cry for it.
A collage of witty remarks and ad blurbs highlights frugal living jokes and social quips. It includes references to two Fiji islanders, constipation cures, teething syrups, skin remedies, and late hours, with product lines from Dr. Pierce and Mrs. Winslow.
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