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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
2
Washington reports list multiple items from army engineers weather and transportation to tax revenue and prohibition. Highlights include a 1924 waterway bill price tag of 63 million dollars, a postal rate bill, and shipping board views on merchant marine funding. Other notes cover Coolidge invites, auto death toll, liquor law amendments, and labor actions.
One tenth of American workers are linked to railroads per the Philadelphia bureau figures. A $10 million forty story hotel office complex is planned for Broad and Locust in Philadelphia. A Chicago jury found no conspiracy in a Grammel Ulrich liquor case. A Taylorville resident cites a ninety six birthday reason of happiness. A doctor’s pronouncement left a Nashville man given two years to live. John B. Murray dies near Franklin Tennessee at age one hundred. Elbert Gary urges tax cuts and delayed soldiers bonus at a New York League meeting. Three naval aviators die in a San Diego collision.)
A Seoul dispatch cites Koreans total population at 17 626 761 with 17 208 139 Koreans 886 498 Japanese and 32 129 foreigners. A mine cage accident near Sheffield England kills 40 miners and injures many. Captain Darmont is detained in Berlin as spy evidence points to him. Vasquez’s will triggers head removal to ensure death. No new American cardinals will be created. two Italian cardinals named. Rothschild estate duties to British treasury nearly £1 000 000. Slacker Grover Cleveland Bergdoll sues Corliss Griffis in Berlin for 600 000 marks. British fears grow over German military prep. American society Thanksgiving turns grim over pie crust. Mussolini pledges de jure recognition to the Soviet government. Mrs Caruso and Capt Ingram wed in London. Russian clemency commutes 18 death sentences. Dortmund protests ring Munich streets as authorities quell student mobs. Nagoya experiences 40 second earthquake shock. Reichsbank faces heavy demand for new gold money.
Personal obituary notes the sudden death of James B. McDowell of Pittsburgh a 63 year old manufacturer of optical and astronomical instruments. He was known in the field for his contributions to telescope and instrument making and passed away after a brief illness.
A. G. Soderberg of Osco brings sixteen Clydesdale horses to the Chicago International Livestock exposition. The entry highlights the region’s breeding strength and farm industry.
The state director of public health announced a serious child dental problem in Illinois after a series of demonstrations in Elgin Springfield Decatur and Mattoon. Of 3485 children examined, 2387 or 67 percent had unfilled cavities and many others had lost permanent teeth or required fillings.
Wealthy resident Allen F. Moore donates a gymnasium valued at 125000 dollars to a prep school with completion set for next spring. The report notes the gift and future project while detailing local philanthropy.
The ninth annual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural association will cover cooperative marketing transportation and farm taxes. The event will be held in Galesburg January 16 and 17, per secretary George A. Fox. The association represents county farm bureaus statewide.
Francis G Blair announces the resignation of Mrs Hattie Genders of Tsureka from Isureka college after eight years as secretary and treasurer. W E Plopfer of St Louis is named to replace her. Blair cites rural school attendance with Illinois 1920 census figures showing only 43 percent aged 14 to 20 enrolled. calls short rural school courses a potential remedy.
J Carter Strong publisher of grain magazines filed praecipes in district court Chicago for six Middle Western railroads. He says the actions on behalf of several grain farmers allege violations of the 1920 Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on grain overcharges.
Windom Minnesota letters from Mrs C A MogEpe and Mrs IDARYE of Glen Allen Alabama praise Lydia E Bams Vegetable Compound for postnatal weakness and bearing down pains. Both say the product restored strength and helped them manage large families after childbirth.
About 500000 pounds of paradichlorobenzene are used to save peach trees from the peach borer, per USDA reports. The quantity doubled from last year and reflects a major effort to protect orchards nationwide.
An advertisement claims Brandreth Pills use only the best ingredients to relieve constipation. It recommends taking one or two at bedtime for relief.
An editor vows to fire a proofreader after the assistant editor questions why recurring funny mistakes are allowed to pass and reach the columnist. The exchange highlights tensions over accuracy in the newsroom.
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