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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
7
A nostalgic sketch of a rural Independence Day celebration with a grand parade of floats, flags, and a Goddess Liberty, amid boom of anvils and fireworks. The piece recalls lively spectators, jovial clamor, and patriotic scenes ending with Washington’s set piece and homeward travel.
In a western town Gloria aged nineteen celebrates independence on the Fourth of July with six admirers. John Hammon refuses to sign her declaration until presenting a hidden proposal a constitution and a ring signaling a life union. Gloria accepts joining with John in a fitting moonlit pledge.
Sangamon County grand jury returned indictments charging Representative Lee ONeill Browne Ottawa and Representative Robert E. Wilson Chicago with conspiracy to bribe. Frank J. Traut Beardstown Louis D. Hirsheimer Pittsfield and A B Johnston Springfield face bribery or perjury counts connected to senate house chamber refurbishments. Additional details note the broader political scandal and planned bail. In Chicago a Browne jury attempted bribery plot was uncovered with paid agents watching jurors from a hotel back room.
An Illinois romance began after an auto accident near Vermilion and led to a marriage in Danville. William J. Gould of Lafayette, a barber, and Miss Matilda Wagner of Vermilion, Ohio, carried on a mail courtship after meeting when Gould helped a stranded motorist.
An Arkansas woman Mrs. M. A. Oblin of Russellville reports severe kidney trouble with backache edema and palpitations. After failing with doctors she used two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and recovered fully. The ad endorses Doan's Kidney Pills 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A German professor in a girls college jokes about detention after class. A student advises peers to take courses with men professors to learn from them. The wife warns her husband about standing bareheaded on damp ground at a funeral, lest he catch cold.
S. P. Keyes of 147 Congress St Boston reports twenty five years of severe skin humor covering head and neck. After costly doctors and hospital efforts failed, he found cure with Cuticura Remedies and was completely cured in a short time. Testimonial dated Oct 12 1909.
William J. Sadler reports rapid recovery from pimples after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for ten days. He states doctors failed for months before, and his face is now clear. Address 1614 Susquehanna Ave Philadelphia May 1 1909.
An adjourned north town council meeting features a baillie who, blindfolded, correctly names every drink tested. After failing to identify a mystery liquid, a councillor hints to try water, prompting the baillie to recall tasting a similar drink in childhood.
An old advertisement touts Murine Eye Remedy with claims to soothe eye troubles. It urges readers to buy at druggists or request free eye books from Murine Eye Remedy Co in Chicago. The note ends with a chivalric motto and a signature line.
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