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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1924
Page
2
A Washington summary notes claims against Mexico over five decades, farm, rail and debt data, law and order events, grain exports, tax debates, and public notices. It mentions AFL support for Obregon, arms deals, paper rates protests, and a flood of other national items.
Three African American robbers shot and killed Patrolman Vincent Shiba and wounded Patrolman Joseph C. Lamb at Seventy-ninth Street and Merrill Avenue before fleeing. The incident follows a string of city crime reports from the era. The other item notes the 1924 budget of the American idle society for translation publication and distribution of Biples totaling $1,172,319 announced by Frank Jr. Mann, general secretary, in New York.
Ashton Slatvey seventy of New York dies suddenly on the Ormond Bench golf links while playing with John D. Rockefeller Sr. Their acquaintance had spanned five winters. John F. Cramer ninety two, Milwaukee publisher and former Western Newspaper Union vice president, dies. Survived by daughter Mrs Eugene R. Pike of Chicago.
Soviet authorities declare Archbishop Tikhon, once head of the Orthodox Greek church in Russia, rearrested in Moscow as the apartment allegedly served as a center for counterrevolutionary activity. In London dispatches Turkish President Mustapha Kemal and his wife were wounded by a bomb during an attack on their home. An autopsy at Toulon found the Dixmude commander killed by an in-flight explosion, with officials stating the dirigible was destroyed midair.
Former congressman Frank T. O Hair of Paris announces Democratic gubernatorial candidacy. Rev H F Caslow resigns at Sterling to take a new charge in Woodland Michigan. Christina Meeker 18 suffers scalp torn by glove factory machine at Sigel near Effingham. I E Hess, Illinois bird lore author, dies at Polo after ptomaine poisoning. USDA sought to save oak trees in Freeport parks blighted last year. 1861 Mississippi secession document presented to Lombard College in Galesburg. Enforcement of prohibition adds about 145000 to Will County treasury, mostly distributed to school districts. Rev R D Brown resigns Bloomingtion to lead Lovington Christian church. Independent school near Quincy, built 1846, burns, with historic oak beams and benches. 1924 La Fayette visit to Illinois to be remembered in Springfield celebration. Urbana high school wins mixed chorus state contest. Harrison and University high schools place. George S Hilton keeps 50000 of negotiable securities in Lenox safe. a conservator is appointed. Phi Kappa Epsilon formed at Illinois with international student eligibility. Masons from Illinois Missouri Kentucky attend Cairo cornerstone laying. temple due spring. Father Cyprian Frank of Quincy to China mission with Passionists. Moonshine mash disposal solved by prohibition agent Wiley Kal with dynamite. giant vat blown bottom and emptied.
A deer spotted near Caledonia in Boone county has been grazing with cattle on local farms. The report notes intrusion of wildlife into farm pastures and highlights agricultural impacts.
William HH Garretts wills a $90000 estate to the widow with the stipulation she support their six sons while they operate the Garretts farm east of Elgin. They will also receive $200 annually each. Organized labor will confront unemployment seriously for the first time at the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis January 23, led by Duncan McDonald of Springfield, former Illinois Mine Workers president.
A hobby show on New Year’s Day by the Monmouth Young Men’s Christian Association invited boys to display pet hobbies while parents exhibited prize pumpkins and cakes at the county fair. Exhibits covered manual training art pets and collections.
The board of directors of the Illinois State Teachers association appropriated $10,000 to establish a bureau of statistical research in Springfield. Robert C. Moore of Carlinville, secretary of the association, will head the bureau.
St. Clair county officials combed Ti mer Conklin’s Belleville area property for illicit liquor. After an hour of searching they uncovered a pit beneath an old feeding platform in a chicken yard containing five hundred quarts of beer.
An old advertisement claims a product cures biliousness constipation and sick headache and is sold at local drug stores. The short notice promotes a medicinal remedy in a period style.
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