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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
6
Fire in an alley of the Dan Hart grocery storeroom on the second floor caused several thousand dollars in damage to Hart grocery ins 1,600 and 1,266 insurance. Frank Wyie jeweler stock and building 500. Bradley Lewis millinery parlor 600. Bradford Weise dry goods stock damaged by water 500. Night Watchman Charles Adwell raised the alarm. citizens fought the blaze with a hand engine, saving adjoining structures and valuables.
Springfield special grand jury indicted Deputy Coroner Frank E H Early for allegedly offering $100 to Assistant State's Attorney Wines to delay the murder case against Dudley to the next grand jury session. Early denies money offered and says he suggested investigation at the October session.
Bloomington resident Lindsey C. Powell aged 72 died at his home after a life that included crossing the plains with Buffalo Bill and Kit Carson, a year with Cody’s cowboy Indian fighters, and service at the Kit Carson agency in New Mexico. He had lived in Bloomington for two years.
Loren Vittum, 43 son of EB Vittum a Knoxville farmer, ignored a no swimming sign and entered a pond on Eckdall farm near Galesburg. He drowned, with his body recovered after two hours in the water.
Adah Wilson of Chicago filed a trespass suit in Peoria against Charles E. Chandler president and treasurer of the Anti-Urk company seeking damages of 25000. The case promises to be one of Peoria's most sensational in years.
Mrs Nellie M Sperry files in circuit court against Charles Thompson James Rabbitt Thomas Lane Andrew Weakley and Robert H Clement to recover 9000 her husband Dr John W Speerry lost to them in gambling actions and details.
Clarence Wemimer ten years old tried to bathe his dog Fido from a boat in the Mississippi. The dog resisted and the boy was thrown overboard and drowned. In White Hall lightning struck the Anthony Seely barn four miles west of the city, burning it with 1080 tons of hay 200 bushels of corn and farm tools. total loss $3000.
In Charleston a 14 month old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Emson Hunt, died attempting to climb a rail fence. He fell with his head between the rails and the weight of his body broke his neck, the death coming almost instantly.
Reports from Havana describe strands of hair and a dress fragment recovered from the Illinois river by W S Sutton a clam fisher. He noted a heavy load on the grappling hook that lightened as it was pulled in fearing a body was lifted from the river bottom and released. A search for a floater continued along the river.
Mayor Maltby had closed the city’s saloons with a Sunday lid that was said to fit perfectly but has been recalled. The reversal led to open rear doors and usual business resuming, leaving questions about the motive and timing.
Virden delegation P F Delehanty Walter Shepard and Dan Brown of Carlinville endorse F W Burton for senator Louis P Daley and W H Behrens for representatives and John McCarron of Farmersville. Fairfield saloons closed April 7 ends marshal office and leaves town without police protection in Golden Gate Wayne County.
A savage fight arising from a family feud in Peoria Heights injures three men. George Hoffman a plasterer suffers knife wounds while Christ Bayer of Peoria Stone and Marble works lies in bed with wounds and bruises. Carl Kapler is also injured and incapacitated.
Carmin-Charles Taborn and Elias Edwards attended a church festival and clashed after leaving. Taborn allegedly attempted to whip Edwards, who fired, striking Taborn in the right eye and jaw.
Officials refuse the Pana franchise to the Hillsboro Mattoon and Charleston Rail Way company citing failure to permit the line entry by the agreed route. In Taylorville, litigation over estate of Nancy Card-Wanchatski-Rhodis begins within a week of her burial, involving two houses on one lot and about $300. In Bloomington Leonard Baby Bliss is adjudged insane and sent to Jacksonville asylum.
A home novelty describes using a wall mirror and candlelight to cast a hand shadow on a wall. By placing grotesque facial cutouts on the glass and aligning two paper masks, a moving shadow appears with lifelike eyes and mouth, delighting a group.
A conversational scene from Royal Magazine features Naomi and George sharing a moonlit moment. He muses on strange fancies and whispers from the unseen world while Naomi acknowledges faint voices they imagine as departed family calling the dog.
A pun exchanges clever wordplay about a conundrum and a maggot on a branch. It concludes that one twists riddles while the other proves riddles twists.
William has learned to use the ditto mark and values it as a time saver. His next letter home includes repeated snippets like "Dear Father" and mentions family members such as Mother Sister Pat Brother and Sister Fay.
In a humorous exchange from Chicago Daily News, Sandy Pikes jokes about reciting poetry to a woman in a wayside cottage who instead asks for a rustic title. The quip hinges on a pun between wood and woodpile and the poet’s boast.
A device requires only a 45 degree mirror a glass sheet a screen and a paper board to draw accurately. Light from an object reflects from the inclined mirror to form a virtual image on paper guiding quick rough outlines with later detail work. Good interior work favors strong lighting and blackened inner surfaces for clarity.
The Strand Magazine explains that lines A and B seem misaligned with A and D but, when continued, they meet at the intended points, producing a correct arch rather than a flawed curve.
Husband explains a quirky test to tell fresh eggs by holding the egg in the hand and speaking to it about suitable content. The wife reacts with curiosity as he dodges a frying pan.
George Kennan and Frederic Villiers sought food in a Japanese tea house but faced a language barrier. After drawing simple food images, a waitress returned with bath gowns towels and soap, bringing a puzzled relief to the travelers.
A humorous exchange recalls a man who wakes in a foul mood only to have it vanish when a train guard greets him. The anecdote ends with the guard’s greeting erasing the initial grouch and a light, bemused tone typical of a Chicago Tribune item.
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