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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
5
A Detroit News quip praises an East Indian in Paris for his remarkable nerve as scientists jab needles and knives into his body and strike him with hammers, noting what a pedestrian he would be otherwise.
The Golden Bull of 1222 authorized Hungarian nobles to resist the king by force if he encroached on their privileges, framing rebellion as permissible when royal power overstepped.
The 1925 internal revenue total reached 2.584 billion dollars, down 7.6 percent from 1924. Income tax intake was 1.762 billion, costs of collection averaged 1.44 per hundred. Prohibition agents made 62 747 arrests, seized 6 089 cars and 182 boats, with 44 900 cases in federal courts and 39 829 convictions. Sentences aggregated 4 569 years and fines totaled 7.707 million. Tax and penalty collections under the prohibition act amounted to 560 thousand dollars, down from 855 thousand in 1924.
A Dolton resident referred to his pig as Love in a humorous line about a blind pig.
Milk producers serving Chicago proposed raising the price to 15 cents per quart to cover losses while tuberculin test requirements were debated. After a long attorney session the farmers announced they would consult with Chicago distributors before acting.
Frederick C. Hicks alien property custodian dies of heart disease while attending a Belasco theater performance in Washington. Hicks, active in national Republican politics, served four terms in the U S Congress representing New York’s First District. He resided in Port Washington Long Island New York.
Kane county sheriff hunts two men after the bloodstained Jesse automobile is abandoned at West Chicago in the triple murder of Henry Wieske a farmer and banker his wife Eva and their six year old son Ralph in Batavia Illinois.
A mysterious blaze nearly razed the Rogers Park Congregational church in Chicago causing about $100,000 in damage to the building. The fire severely damaged the church, one of Rogers Park’s key edifices.
Vermont, home state of President Coolidge, is named the thriftiest state in the Union in Treasury department statistics. The report highlights frugal spending patterns and efficient fiscal practices across regions.
Seymour Parker Gilbert Jr reports a balanced budget and stable currency in Germany during the first year of the Dawes plan. He notes confidence in commerce as stability is maintained and anticipates the next years as annuities rise to 2.5 billion marks.
Gerald Chapman lost another bid to avoid the death penalty as Judge Hadwin S. Thomas denied both his habeas corpus appeal and a petition to return him to the Atlanta penitentiary to serve the remainder of a 25 year sentence for the Leonard Street mall robbery valued at 2.4 million dollars.
Shipping circles fear the Miramar yacht chartered by hotel man H M Statler may be lost after leaving Charleston Massachusetts on November 80 for Miami and has not been heard from.
Moscow reports that numerous crown jewels of the czar of Russia will be sold in the United States by Soviet agents. The collection is described as including many ancient pieces and valuable artifacts.
A proverb notes a sluggish person makes many small motions yet gains little. effort wasted on many steps without taking the decisive single correct move.
This line reflects a sharp thought on human behavior noting that some individuals absorb or reverse information with ease. It uses a concise quotable style suitable for a brief newspaper card.
Colonial catalog style listing shows GRIP AND COU Kettlers White Pine with Cod Liver Oil Extract priced at 35 cents Comphorated Oil at 15 to 25 cents Kettlers Cold Tablets at 25 cents and Kettlers Whooping Cough Remedy at 50 cents reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century apothecary ad listing multiple products and prices.
A fragmented column lists assorted household and personal care products with prices. Items include Four Fold Salve with Goose Grease, Tasteless Castor Oil, Kettlers Sore Throat Gargle, Fresh Citrate Magnesia, rubber gloves, hot water bottles, fountain syringes, Castolay Castile Soap, sanitary products, Palm Olive Soap, Lifebuoy, Jergens Violet Soap, Auditorium Bath Soap, Gillett Blades, Mellons Food, Dextro Maltese, Phenolax Wafers, Kotex, aspirin brands, birthday cards, toothpaste brands Woodbury’s Soap and Pepsodent.
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