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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1914
Page
2
Washington Secretary of Labor Wilson disclosed that investigators cannot unite the warring factions in northern Michigan copper strikes and that the department cannot force an end, while Congress resumes with major actions planned on cotton futures taxation, antitrust matters, and military spending.
The steam er Comet with disabled engines was picked up by the revenue cutter Acushnet and tug Standard south of Nantucket. High officers and 275 men will stay on the island while the first marines from the Philippines depart around January 19 for Guan base drills.
Two thousand eight hundred Mexican federal soldiers six generals and fifteen hundred refugees are in U S border patrol custody at Presidio Texas after the evacuation of Omaga and Villa rebels occupy the village One hundred fifty prisoners were executed by Villa s men A plot to kidnap the American Charge OShaughnessy and wife sparked a railway attack Japanese troops land to protect the Mexican legation Four hundred Marines on the Isthmus of Panama are ordered to Mexico s east coast Huerta vows to resist any surrender while Washington ponders a practical policy shift
Foreign arrests of union leaders and labor chiefs on sedition charges accompany the Transvaal railroad strike. Plan for nationwide defense and possible martial law actions emerge as tensions rise amid railway violence and casualties. Cardinal Amnette denounces tango dancing as sinful in Paris churches. John Jasper guilty in a Dickens mystery trial led by George Bernard Shaw. staged at Covent Garden.
Governor Glynn and Attorney General Carmody agreed on immediate arrest of Harry K. Thaw as soon as he leaves New Hampshire with a requisition from any state. Carmody said it is inconceivable Thaw be released on bail after New Hampshire Governor Felker signed requisition papers. Final bail appeal action for Thaw delayed several days. Federal Judge Aldrich ill and out of court in Brookline Massachusetts.
Eugene Grace died in Newnan Georgia from a bullet wound he received in Atlanta nearly two years earlier. He had partial paralysis after the shooting and had accused his wife Daisy Opie Grace of the crime. She was tried for attempted murder and found not guilty.
A conversation reveals a performer notes time by wrist watch placed on her wrist. The joke hinges on the absurd idea of telling time from pulse, prompting laughter about timing and gadgets in the group.
Reports from Alberta and adjacent areas describe superb harvests with high grade wheat, oats, and barley yields. Notable notes include Marquis and Red Fife varieties performing strongly, record farm shipments anticipated, and infrastructure strains from a 23 percent acreage increase.
Brief literary exchange reads like a vintage dialogue where longing and recognition collide. A man and woman test enduring affection as memory and choice frame their future.
An advertisement touts Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops as offering relief from coughs and colds with a single dose, boasting strong audience approval of spirited acting and urging purchase at Druggists. It also mentions William Henry Harrison as former governor of Indian territory and promotes Putnam Fadeless Dyes and Dr. Peery's Vermitage as a remedy.
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