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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1910
Page
4
A seventeenth century statue meant for Louis XIV was captured by a British ship under Sir Robert Holmes. He forced the sculptor to place Holmes' head on the king's body, creating a unique memorial later associated with Holmes who became Isle of Wight governor.
The ordinance requires steam railroads within Dolton to erect gates on crossing sides within 30 days and to employ a flagman or watchman with a colored lantern, at Park Avenue 138th 150th Main Chicago Lincoln and Frederica streets, with penalties of 25 to 100 dollars per day for noncompliance. It assigns costs to the railroad owners and directs immediate notices to owners upon passage dated February 7, 1910.
Thos E Donnelley head of R R Donnelley & Sons describes English election habits and voter contact systems in London and Paris while noting English printing firms are long established though not as modern as American methods. He contrasts English and American newspapers as more deliberate but less quick to publish in the UK.
The latest social fad is the tub cure. A Washitub filled with hot water and soap suds invites patients to rub linen on a wash board until hands, arms, and face glow pink. Linen hangs to dry in open air, and the first to finish calls out the time for a prize.
A garbled OCR snippet shows scattered times and locations such as Riverdale Dalton and Chicago. The text includes many numbers and abbreviations with no complete sentences or clear event. It resembles a timetable fragment with inconsistent hours and days, including Sunday exceptions.
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