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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
8
A Chicago lawyer recalls Frederick McNally consulting him about a copyright infringement by an amateur publisher. The layman believed the act innocent and harmless, likening the publisher to a village girl selling game to a pastor who questions the origin. The girl explains her father is a poacher to Lord Clare.
A Frankfurter Zeitung writer laments the change from cozy ticking rooms to silent clocks. A Schramburg factory now produces noiseless clocks to suit nervous readers who dread the ticking sound. Another paper notes the anti noise craze dulls former musical noises and may silence birds and alley leaves.
The first Masquerade ball by Division 618 of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at David's Hall Dalton celebrated with prizes for best dressed man and woman, most comical attire, and groups. Also notes health board rooster ban in Waltham and visitor Frank Claussen of St James Minn visiting Dolton.
The Frauen Verein of Emanuel Lutheran Dolton hosted a Coffee Klatsch at Mrs Henry Dillners home. Dolton school exercises were held at Park Avenue and Chicago Street schools while Bowen school Riverdale held exercises Friday. Engine 42 derailed near Oakdale due to switching error with no major damage. Mr H A Little from Crown Point moved into Judge Schaefer flat. Deam moved to a new cottage at 137th Place opposite Bowen. Alban P Reich gifted a souvenir spoon engraved with the Bowen school to The Pointer publishers, promoting artistically engraved keepsakes of public buildings at a low price.
A terse dialogue unfolds as an appraiser notes a house burning while an incendiary remarks that awakening civic manhood justifies the toll. The exchange emphasizes collective sacrifice and public virtue in crisis.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a buyer claiming to explain how his shoes should be made while a shoemaker comments on the shoe’s large inside and "gmail" outside. The snippet ends without a clear event or conclusion.
The church at Stirchall near Cosshciry England stands as a unique creation begun in 1810 by mason John Green who, with no assistance, completed the building seven years later. The solo builder oversaw all work until interior fittings. The church serves a large congregation and gains revenue from sightseers drawn by curiosity.
In a vigorous assertion, Edward Everett proclaims that the earth, planets, and winds move despite opposition. He credits Copernicus and Galileo, noting the Inquisition cannot halt progress, as reason advances toward bolder theories.
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