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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
5
A satirical column questions wartime rivalries and bets on global conflict with humorous asides about boxes cars from Russia and a German note. It includes a German overreach joke and a baffle of a hat memory incident at a West End hotel.
A prominent community member offers high praise for the newspaper as a trusted source of local news. He reads it to stay informed on events, bargains, and greetings, and hopes to become a prepaid subscriber in time.
A collection of quirky notes across the nation. In Canfield Mrs John Moore has a ton of children and total weight reaches 2085 pounds. In Devil's Lake K O Anderson misses his train and sues for damages after a late wedding. In Huntsville grads wear overalls and gingham gowns while Prof Pierson commends them. In Milwaukee Louis Mueller, 45, returns home after 31 years away. Center Point’s mare Grace makes 3370 trips and 67460 miles. Grand Rapids man Joseph Bendell, 97, smokes and drinks brandy daily yet counts toward a hundred. In St Louis Miss Katherine Besse, 18, regains normal eating after surgery fair.
Have You Any If you have any articles about your premises you want to dispose of put a want ad in The Pointer Good second hand furniture farming tools and other equipment are always salable and it costs but a few cents to let people know what you have to offer Every week someone reports a ready sale of some article advertised in our classified department the use of which is becoming more and more general.
An editor or reporter notes that many people say nothing special is happening when asked for news yet some know something readers will find astonishing if not in the next paper. The piece urges informing the newspaper man.
The Little Calumet River from its Laporte source through Porter County to Porter near Gary has been dredged and straightened for about forty miles. Plan to extend the project to link with Burns ditch and Lake Michigan. Two dredges have operated for over a year on the work.
Agriculture officials declare the foot and mouth outbreak largely wiped out though vigilance remains. More than 124000 animals were killed at an expense estimated between 35 million and 60 million dollars, shared by federal and state governments.
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