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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
3
Charles Scaratt, once named an honor man at the Joliet penitentiary, surrendered to authorities after returning on his own accord from an escape. Warden Edmund M. Allen welcomed him back as Scaratt called himself a dirty bum and asked to be placed in confinement.
Mount Vernon reports Elsha Sprouse dead as grief over his sons fades after Henry Sprouse is sentenced to hang for wife murder near St Louis. John Sprouse serves time for dynamiting his father in law’s home. State crop bulletin notes wheat excellent, corn lagging. oats best on record. Shriners temple opens in Rockford with class and luncheon. Edgar County grand jury indicts Ad Cook and others for horse stealing. Meeks, Ward, Bayes charged with thefts. Fire relief funds must be returned by Urbana officers. RoNiver, 23, to head pneumonia entomology at Illinois. Murphysboro jury fails to reach verdict in wife murder case. Geneva reports Peck robbed and buried. East St Louis approves St Elizabeth school addition. Joliet votes to annex territory. Murphysboro finds not guilty in murder at Gorham. Vienna hosts rural carriers meeting and Yeomen convention planning.
A son schemes to coach his parsimonious father into buying a new overcoat by creating a bargain display at Greens. The plan succeeds as the father buys the coat at $25, prompting bragging and a club ovation, then resells it to an old friend for $50. The son laments he can no longer pull off the ruse.
Two Negro spectators argue over a close umpire decision in a comic black dialect. They propose an umpire with a photographic man to take a picture of every play and postpone calls until the photo proves whether a runner is out.
A joke unfolds about a doctor warning that paper money carries germs and promptly accepting a two dollar bill as payment for the information. The exchange plays on the irony of medical caution met with simple money.
A whimsical line recalls Aladdin rubbing his lamp and asks if it can keep mosquitos away. The note mentions London's largest theater with a 3000 seating capacity.
A dialogue about imminent travel and business obligations. A person weighs staying to avoid a loss versus leaving to attend a director’s meeting and honor a railroad ticket deadline. The other party urges delaying, but the first insists on going tomorrow or risk financial consequences.
The sole survivor of a wreck in a hospital cot rejects suing the railroad, arguing a jury would find contributory negligence on his part. He says a clear case against the line would fail under fault.
Two men digging fern roots on an island near Danville Pennsylvania unearthed an rust crusted iron box believed to have lain hidden for years. Opening it revealed silver coins valued at about 17000 dollars. The coins are Mexican and Spanish in origin and the discovery rekindles legends that Captain Kidd once hid treasure there.
The excerpt notes that Noah’s contemporaries were bound by the logic of things to go under, questioning why they failed to seek shelter from the rain. It implies a lack of knowledge or foresight that prevented prudent action.
Brief fragment shows a judge praising someone who speaks like a book with abundant volume in her speech. The quotation hints at literary or formal communication style cited by the judge, but lacks context or full attribution.
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