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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1907
Page
4
A Carmi girl Ella Yates, eighteen, found a box of bright dynamite caps and tried to pierce one with a knitting needle to make a necklace. The cap exploded, tearing off her hand and likely causing fatal injury. The event occurred during a Sunday activity at a local church where Dolten M. Bera Rev led services and activities.
Beginning Thursday July 18 the town imposes a 10 PM curfew for boys and girls in South Chicago with church bells signaling curfew and police arresting violators to hold them at the station overnight. The plan, agreed by ministers and the police, aims to curb juvenile roaming and protect girls.
Ginter dominated with only one hit allowed as the Athletics beat Maryland 10 to 0. Kruse, Ralph, and Hi lead the offense with multiple hits and scores, while Ginter fans three in the sixth. The game previews next Sunday's 2 p.m. start and a Riverdale Park picnic by Rippe's Athletics.
A brutal attack east of Hammond left five wounded before George Hanlon of Hammond led a bold chase. The fugitive, armed with a shotgun revolver and knife, was shot in a swamp after Hanlon swam a slough with his rifle above his head. The body was taken to Gary, Indiana. The man’s identity remains unknown, suspected to be an escaped lunatic. The era saw panic among residents amid robberies of chicken coops. Also a 22 year old woman, Anna Normoyle, fell to her death from a 14th floor window at the Masonic Temple during a separate incident last Wednesday. In 1898 Greenleaf killed himself after shouting a warning from a railing on the sixteenth floor.
Public notice announces Dolton Illinois plans to sell village owned real estate described by lot lines east of Engle Street. The sale is open to highest cash bidder with board right to reject any bid, August 13, 1907 at 8 PM in the village hall. The ordinance preserves a 20 foot strip for a switch track and reserves a prior public interest.
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