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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1916

Page

9

Allies Lose In Air Aerial War Reports July 5

Berlin reports heavy Allied losses with fifteen enemy aircraft downed inside German lines. London and Paris relay raids and air battles north of the Somme and around Verdun with multiple Allied aircraft missing and balloons set afire.

Berlin General Army Somme Meuse Baron von Althaus London War Office France Lille Ministry of War Verdun Charnal Nancy Belfort Luneville

Hughes likely to open campaign with August coast swing

Bridgehampton July 4. Charles E Hughes plans a presidential campaign kickoff in the second week of August with a tour to the Pacific coast. Tentative stops include St Paul Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Salt Lake City Kansas City St Louis Chicago among others. The trip is viewed as a preliminary whirlwind tour.

Bridgehampton N. Y Charles E. Hughes Pacific Coast St. Paul Portland Ore San Francisco Los Angeles Salt Lake City Kansas City St. Louis Chicago Hughes

Train Kill Injured After car Crash in Farson

One person died and five were injured when a car carrying the Dudgeon and Frazey families was struck by a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul passenger train at Farson. The deceased is Mrs. Danford Dudgeon of Stockport Iowa. The injured were Banford Dudgeon Carl Dudgeon and Mr and Mrs A V Frazey and their son, all of Stockport. They were taken to a hospital in Ottumwa where doctors said all would recover.

Ottumwa Farson Danford Dudgeon Stockport Banford Dudgeon Carl Dudgeon A. V. Frazey Fairfield Chicago United States Buffalo Concern Rockford W. F. Woodruff Rockford National Bank Woodruff St. Charles Hewitt Callender Joseph Calender Columbus N. M Namiquipa Mex J. J. Pershing Callender Pecatonica Rebekah District No. 4 Kittie Dailey Violet B. King Stella Nallett Union M. Williams William Shipman Woodstock Elgin Warren Taylor Taylor Interstate Telephone Company Duquoin John T. Galbraith Carbondale Ninth Illinois Volunteer Regiment S. N. Hunter Greenville T. HE. Perley Count von Koenigsmarck Knights of Pythias Dunne Mexico Margaret Rensburg Springfield United States Internal Revenue Agents Mllinois Washington

Six Die in Powder Blast at Emporium Plant

Six men were killed instantly and five badly burned in a powder explosion at the Aetna Explosive company plant in Emporium Pennsylvania. The dry house was demolished. The known dead are Max Lewis and Otto Toner both 20s from Emporium.

Emporium Aetna Explosive Company Max Lewis Otto Toner

Five Crabtree brothers vow to answer country’s call

Dixon family members Charles Harry Edward John and Paul Crabtree sons of the late Judge John P D Crabtree pledge readiness to volunteer if needed citing their father’s Civil War legacy. Chicago reports a wartime meat shipment plan to the Mexican border for U S soldiers.

John D. Crabtree Dixon Charles Harry Edward John Paul Crabtree John PD. Crabtree

Genuine Eloquence and a Clergyman’s Untimely Insight

A collection of humorous vignettes from Tit-Bits. An Irish traveler contrasts eloquence with poverty seen in a beggar, and a clergyman laments low attendance at men only services as the verger offers sardonic advice. The wit tortuously critiques sympathy and behavior.

Too Many Motorcycles in the Age of Politics

The exchange notes that while age has its cycles, this era suffers excess motorcycles. It argues it is easier to elect a good man than to keep him virtuous after election.

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