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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
13
A Brooklyn wife restrained her husband by a strangling hold and extracted his teeth to force payment of a $15 feed bill. She kept the teeth as ransom until he produced the money, after he refused to go to the center.
London reports show 80,183 boarders in 40 work houses and 45,821 indoors on outdoor relief in Greater London. Rate stands at 26.5 paupers per 1,000 population, a historic high. The note contrasts with commentary on spousal abuse and forgiven faults in love.
A London Sketch contrasts two bachelors a married man who keeps receipts and pays bills promptly and a bachelor who is unscientific and robbed by footpads behind counters. The piece frames the bachelor as easy prey and highlights prudence versus vulnerability.
In a Weekly Dispatch column the article asserts the wife is the real ruler of the home and its finances. It argues the husband earns the money but would cause chaos if he controlled spending, calling the wife the real chancellor of the exchequer.
Skat, now rivaling bridge, is a purely German game whose home is Altenburg. Early records trace its origin to 1817 when Hempel, a professor at Altenburg College, evolved it from other card games.
A two foot nine by one foot six inch sundial is mounted on the splay of the south east window of Holy Trinity church in Dartford England. It records time from 2 pm to 7 pm on sunny days when light reaches the window. The item sits among notes on stained glass and fashion from a periodical.
The Gougers Grove event in Kankakee drew a large crowd with young Riverdale residents winning prizes. Little Anna Kipley took first in a 75 yard dash winning $5 gold rece. Alma Kelly won first prize in the egg race, a silk umbrella. May Verhoeven and Laura Verhoeven won second prizes in respective races.
Eight month old Joseph Frostole Bouchard son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bouchard of 111 138th Street Riverdale died Thursday morning from cholera infantum. Parents and nine siblings mourn. Funeral held at St Marys Catholic Church at 2 pm with Father A Riss officiating. Interment Oakland Cemetery. The bereaved receive neighbor and friend sympathy.
Riverdale Park offers Sunday afternoon and evening with music dancing and boating. Peter Ver hoeven as proprietor maintains order in the dancing hall and park and invites the general public to call and spend a pleasant hour at any time during the day or evening.
A report from the Firemens Running Team in Lincoln states they won two races and harbor high hopes for more victories. A fuller account will appear in the next Pointer issue.
Local column notes an M E Sunday School ice cream social at R Schwarz residence, August 6. It also reports Miss Minnie and Miss Mary DeTurk visiting Reading PA, a death in Green Leaf Kan, Riverdale visitors, Riverdale sewer assessment hearing on August 6, and Judge Schafer and wife traveling to Nevada MO for health treatment with the Green Special train.
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