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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
6
Instructions outline a scarf pattern in ivory wool about seven ounces, with 16 inch chain, alternating close and open stripe rows, and fringe forming knots at each end. The method uses double crochet stitches and front thread technique to create open stripes and textured edges.
The article describes making fashionable stocks to match tailor waists and shirts. It details linen stock construction with double layered collars, linen pieces tapering to a one inch width, buttoning ends, and a tab with embroidery. It notes harvesting from worn-out vests to create many stocks at little cost.
From Paris comes a fashion of ribbon threaded through the hair ending in an airy bow on the left side. The style evokes the paintings of Madam Le Brun and adds a delicate touch to evening dress.
A simple white cardboard covering for a fern pot is outlined. Create a paper pattern by tracing around a rough cut of the pot, transfer to cardboard, and cut to shape. Add floral designs, bound upper edge with ribbon, and set the pot on a small saucer to protect the wrapper from drainage.
In Peoria attorneys for most of the late Lydia Bradley's heirs contest the will claiming she relied on spirits of her husband and children. Bradley Polytechnic Institute could lose funding if the will is invalidated. Harriet W. Griffith, an heir at Proctor Endowment Home, seeks release to pursue potential gains, after agreeing to assign future funds to the home.
A roundup of recent events from multiple Illinois cities and towns. Local authorities report new developments, community meetings, school updates, and economic shifts shaping regional life this week. Public notices highlight upcoming deadlines and city projects.
Miss Clara Pollak of Peoria and Mandell Frankel of Indianapolis eloped after a week of courting and were married in Bloomington. The bride, a social figure, had been engaged to Alfred Enslinger of Chicago but chose Frankel.
Chicago Heights mayor Lee H. Hook was indicted by a grand jury in Judge Windes court on six counts of misconduct in public office. The charges cite allowing a chuck a luck game at the Victoria hotel on November 23 and claim the mayor had an interest in the game. Further indictments of other officials were expected.
Arcola-Owen Devere, a young farmer, shot James Hickey and his son Eid Hickey as they passed by Devere’s farm with a load of corn. The elder Hickey died from wounds after trying to aid his son. Devere fled, later surrendered to the Arcola marshal and was jailed in Tuscola.
The Bryan Anti Sullivan club is organized in West Chicago with James O. Monroe as chairman. Monroe, a long time Democratic county committee leader in DuPage, aligns with anti Sullivan forces and earned the nickname Illinois kicker after Peoria in 1906. The club begins with 100 members.
The Trades and Labor council with Spring Valley Peru and La Salle branches passed a resolution demanding an apology from President Roosevelt for calling Charles Moyer William D Haywood and George A Pettibone undesirable citizens. A copy was sent to the president in Washington.
Mount Pulaski police officer C. E. Anderson received a revolver carried by a bandit during the Clinton bank robbery pursuit. Deputy bank cashier L. R. Murphy presented Anderson with $25 as reward for the capture and recovery of the gun.
The Anti Saloon league campaigns in Bureau county asserting victory in Princeton Tiskilwa Sheffield Neponset Manlius Mineral Walnut Wyano et Ruda LaMoille Malden Ohio and other towns at the spring election.
Mr and Mrs Moses Springston quietly observed the fifty ninth anniversary of their marriage at their home on South Walnut Street.
In Toledo a German naturalization applicant faced questions on polygamy at his hearing. The judge pressed for understanding, and the man quipped that one wife suffices amid high prices, prompting local humor reported by the Toledo Blade.
Mrs Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports using Cuticura to treat a neck sore a facial tetter and recurring hand and wrist itching. She says two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment cured her and that one set also helped her uncle's baby and another infant with similar sores.
A commuter hands a five cent cigar to the brake man and recalls that the whistle near Long Oak reminds him of where the engineer first met his wife. The piece blends a nostalgic train vignette with a medical advertisement offering FPAZO ointment and a money back guarantee for piles.
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