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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
3
Washington reports US refusal to negotiate while Britain’s blockade and Sussex pledges remain. German efforts to amend the 1790 treaty and press inquiries back and forth with Ambassador Gerard color tense diplomacy as German papers hype incidents and travel pressures mount.
The German government through Dr Paul Ritter has informed the State Department it will detain the Yarrowdale prisoners until assured that German crews in American harbors will not be imprisoned. Officials seek a detailed status report on two war vessels and eight merchant ships to present a full harbor condition account. Germany’s stance follows reports of humane treatment but prompts protests if reprisals occur.
A 1825 memorandum from the Swiss minister to the German government requests a negotiation with the United States over submarine warfare, conditioned on not breaking the commercial blockade against England. The US replies that discussion is possible if Germany renews its May 4 assurances and withdraws the anti neutrals policy.
The American Commission for relief in Belgium announced withdrawal from relief work in occupied Belgium and northern France in response to German orders. Director Warren C Gregory reported that most Americans must leave, with only a few under Whitlock allowed in Brussels to supervise. Hoover instructed immediate departure to avoid interruptions during reorganization of relief efforts.
Washington report states Representative Lindbergh of Minnesota impeached the five active Federal Reserve Board members and accused them of coordinating big business and speculation to benefit a conspiratorial group. He claims governors and officials of reserve banks aided the plot and pressured banks outside the system.
Minneapolis residents view the Kenwood hotel ruins as firefighters search the wreckage for a dozen or more bodies believed trapped beneath collapsed walls and floors. Two deaths are certain. nearly twenty are seriously injured as guests on the upper floors leaped into snowdrifts.
Des Moines firm S Joseph & Sons, described as shrewd businessmen, bought 240 acres near Champion Alberta and harvested 10,660 bushels of wheat from the land, averaging 44 bushels per acre and yielding a gross return of about 19,610 dollars. A second buyer, C A Wright of Mio Iowa, purchased 160 acres at Champion for 3,300 dollars in 1915 and reported 4,487 bushels harvested with net profit after costs of about 4,482 dollars.
In Loamsville, a citizen recalls growing up seven blocks from the Carnegie library and the lack of an automobile, sharing a glimpse of education and daily life in hardship.
A playful exchange quoted from Town Topics features a sweet young speaker declaring affection for animals and a witty reply from a willing listener proposing a Welsh rabbit as a lighthearted dinner idea.
An advertisement extols Knowlton's Dandeline as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims brittle colorless hair signals scalp neglect, promises revived luster and fullness after a few weeks, and urges purchase of a 25 cent bottle. The piece ends with unrelated quips about a cashier and love.
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