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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
6
A compact digest notes actor James Sk. Sackett sustaining a compound fracture in Brockville Ontario after a bathroom slip. Washington reports multiple war era actions including anti anarchist measures and war debt oversight.
Reports from Prangins say former Emperor Charles of Austria is ill and attended by a Swiss doctor. The Prams council grants Poland permission to use General Vatier's army to restore order in Castile and drive outlaws. An anarchist plot to assassinate King Alfonso during a Cortes reopening is linked to Tuesday ceremonies. Estonian officials in Copenhagen say Estonians recaptured Wenden and Rooper from German forces and push front advances. Rome sees serious anti government demonstrations Sunday night. police pushed back crowds at Premier Nitti's residence.
A Paris dispatch reports Doctors Mueller and Hall pledged good faith on Germany’s plenipotentiaries as terms may later change. President Wilson sailed from Brest with the peace treaty signed. the world war ends as the last plenipotentiary signs in Versailles. The Rhine protocol and Polish undertaking accompany the treaty and Versailles deposits it in Paris.
A jumble of criminal cases and political notes reports suicide of a death row inmate in Mineola. a large North Dakota fire destroys town blocks. a Kansas deputy sheriff killed by liquor runners. a mob of Southerners travels by passes. a Louisville suspect wounded after crime. harp of swindlers in Muncie. a Berlin Red Cross worker dies by self harm. and Massachusetts ratifies the federal woman suffrage amendment with votes in both houses.
The 1919 Versailles peace treaty was signed at 3:45 PM in the Hall of Mirrors ending the war. German delegates signed first, followed by Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and others amid protests from China and South Africa. The ceremony featured Allied soldiers, and German officials left separately after signing.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as relief for kidney related symptoms such as headache indigestion back pain and urinary trouble. The copy claims two centuries of efficacy and offers a money back guarantee and direct import from Holland.
The London letter from Simon Pure in The Bookman jokes about engagements and asks if a prospective fiancée can cook. He notes many replies say they don’t know the answer, calling the suitor’s concern a practical test.
A notice explains that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross safety mark. It warns buyers to seek an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions for relief from headache toothache neuralgia and colds and notes small tin boxes of 12 tablets cost only a few cents at drugstores with larger packages also available.
A stranger asks Harold his age and the boy replies six, noting that both he and his father are small for their ages in a serious, wry exchange.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root a pure non stimulant herbal kidney liver and bladder remedy. It promotes purity quality and efficacy with sample offer of ten cents and requests mention of the newspaper.
A Penn State Froth item jokes about a character claiming to be an expert on policemen because his father accompanies officers frequently, though he has never held the role himself. The gag plays on familiarity with law enforcement as a humorous credential.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for facial care and Cuticura Soap for quick wash, claiming improved complexions and relief from dandruff itching and rough hands. It urges applying ointment on rising and retiring, then washing off after five minutes.
Senator Sorghum defends lengthy sentences saying they pack big thoughts into small items. He cites merchants using similar tricks to make a small article seem impressive by broad bundling.
A Louisville Courier Journal note argues a yard of fabric at nine dollars is reasonable because it yields a complete gown, underscoring value in material and craft.
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