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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
2
Major world events reported include Britain claiming Kamerun, Russian advances in the Caucasus and near Mush, and Turkish forces captured. German seaplane raids over England cause minor casualties and damage. Mutinies in Egypt, relief funds for Jewish sufferers, a Chicago Eastland inquiry ruling, and various violent incidents fill a broad digest of war and domestic turmoil.
News from Rome reports Pope Benedict XVI has a mild grippe yet continues his audiences. Theodore Roosevelt arrives at St Thomas and is greeted by the governor's secretary in the governor's absence. A severe gale causes millions in damage across the British Isles North Sea and Dutch coast. Dr Henry B Favill of Chicago dies in Springfield Mass from pneumonia. Maurice Vignaux the French billiard star dies in Monte Carlo after a Paris Grand Hotel match on January 29 1904. Irene Langhorne Gibson and George B Post Jr announce their engagement in New York.
Washington lawmakers receive a petition from C B F Sweeney of Boston urging impeachment of Judge George A. Carpenter of the U S court at Chicago over alleged improper practice tied to the Rock Island railroad receivership. Rep Tinkham of Massachusetts filed the petition.
The House Military Affairs Committee completed the first draft of a land defense bill to speed preparedness. It envisions a regular army of 147,000 with 7,000 officers, a reserve drawn from veterans and militiamen, federalized militia under the president, and expanded West Point capacity funded by $260,000. It also proposes a federal arbitrate plant and 700 officers as instructors. The measure could be ready for House action in March with about $155 million needed for next year.
William H Orpet was ordered held to the grand jury for the death of his jilted sweetheart Marion Lambert at the coroner's inquest. Six jurors found incident evidence sufficient for a grand jury inquiry. Counsel argued the evidence was based on hearsay, while the state prosecutor stated the case would be presented to the grand jury.
An official announcement states a Zeppelin was brought down by French artillery near Brabant-le-Roi in the Meuse. The airship flying from St Menchould toward the south was hit by an incendiary shell and fell in flames near Brabant-le-Roi after cannon fire from Revigny.
A massive avalanche in the Salzburg Alps swept away an Alpine shelter. More than 130 were swept to the abyss. 55 are dead, 49 injured, and about 30 remain missing as rescuers search the snowbound area.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal remedy for constipation indigestion and biliousness. It promises relief from headaches dizziness nervousness and stomach distress and claims a 10 cent box secures months of improved health.
A brief, cryptic dialogue suggests a cautious stance on stimulant use with the doctor’s reply that harm arises if one does not use them. The fragment hints at a tense tone and possible social commentary embedded in a larger scene.
An old health column explains kidney and bladder weakness stems from uric acid. It advises four ounces of Jad Salts daily for two to three days to neutralize urine acids and ease irritation, calling Jad Salts harmless and inexpensive.
A recipe for gray hair coloring suggests mixing half a pint of water with 1 ounce Bay Rum a small box of Barbo Compound and 4 ounces glycerine applying to the hair twice weekly to darken gray streaks remove dandruff and improve hair quality It claims safety and low cost and notes the solution will not color the scalp It also mentions a saturated celluloid solution in banana oil as a durable lacquer for brass.
Albert Hargreaves, a Paterson New Jersey policeman, has fallen heir to $125000. The ad promotes Grip Laxative Brome Quinine and Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowels. An E W Groves box bears a signature. The orange tree bears fruit and blossoms together.
Letters from Canadian settlements praise farming in 1915 16. Lohmann family homesteads near Willmont Sask and other South Dakota migrants report high yields oats wheat and cattle success. Readers named Goetz Blake Hooker Brandon and others note rich harvests and modernizing farms.
Capitalists in the United States back a hog ranch and packing house on 20000 acres in Pinar del Rio Cuba about sixty miles from Havana. The project signals a major industrial initiative in Cuban agriculture and meat production.
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