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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
3
Former New York pastor Reverend Joseph J. Hitchcock, once linked to the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, was jailed after being indicted on two counts of obtaining money under false pretenses through charity subscriptions. Authorities say he claimed to be an agent for the society as prosecutions proceed.
A sprawling state items column reports transfers at state schools, a fatal incident near Pekin from earth moved by a steam shovel, poison mushroom illness in two families, a coroner’s self defense ruling in Springfield, a wife killed by her husband in Carbondale, Crow and groundhog bounty payouts in Winnebago, a meat market owner’s suicide in Westville, a coal dealer officers’ election in Peoria, a Polo shooting incident, Crops report along the Carthage rail line, a Cairo ferry shooting, railroad payroll and shift changes in Bloomington, a preacher’s fraud conviction in Aurora, and a Catlin post office safe-burst attempt with stolen tools.
An anxious mother asks about toning up Clara with iron after nine o'clock breakfast. The father responds with a practical suggestion that she should take a flat iron as a remedy, reflecting a period tone from the New York Sun.
Promote Cuticura Ointment as a solution for dandruff itching and scalp irritation. Claims it improves complexion hair hands and skin with fragrant emollients and toiletries. Offers free samples by mail via Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
General Pavlovitch commands a hill assault and learns the objective is secured in German hands. Sergius Julioffski confirms the hill taken within twenty minutes and reports German occupation thereafter.
A Scottish guide teases an English visitor with a famed echo and whisky run. The guest shouts for two bottles of whisky and waits, but the guide jokes that the echo may be absent while a lassie brings the whisky.
A lawyer shows zealous effort when handling sizable estates especially wills. The article notes the strong interest of lawyers in securing favorable outcomes for substantial legacies. Also mentions cottonseed meal rising in popularity as cow feed in Canada.
The Shattuck cave near Bisbee Arizona opened during a 1913 blast at the Shattuck mine. A vast chamber 340 feet wide and 175 feet high appeared with crystal walls and a 40 foot stalactite chandelier. Minerals from the cave were sent to Michigan College of Mines for study and display.
A self confident young man orders lunch in a restaurant and asks for something funny to read. The waitress frowns at his request and points out a mirror placed before him joking that it will provide the amusement he seeks. The exchange ends with a witty retort.
A quoted reminiscence recalls finding a summer refuge that offered perfect quiet yet failed to satisfy as the speaker split time between travel by train and car and the lure of moving pictures and a band. The exchange hints at unrest beneath apparent calm.
The Warrenpeas live in a sunlit bungalow as Mulligan steers a gasoline boat under the side porch at 7 50 pm. Warrenpea, in evening dress, descends to bid good night to Barbara who proclaims him the prettiest man she has seen, while mentioning she hasn’t seen God yet.
Higgins mocks Wal loper's new auto claiming it cannot turn turtle. The exchange ends with police intervention five minutes later as tensions escalate.
Mrs. Platt accuses her husband of knowing too much while Mr. Platt defends his three decades in real estate. The exchange highlights a tense domestic moment rooted in long experience in property dealings.
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