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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
6
Washington obituary notes former U S senator Thomas W Palmer of Detroit dies after long illness. Born in Detroit in 1830, he served in the U S Senate beginning in 1883 as one of Michigan’s prominent civic leaders. The piece places his death in a broad wartime and political context.
A collage of 1920s briefs reports bandits rafting the Illinois River robbery attempt on $6,000 payroll. a guard killed, others injured. Frank Ryan assault case in Indianapolis. Roosevelt libel win in Michigan. Ice plans in New York. political graft indictments in St Louis. Burns and rail receivership in St. Louis area. Willie Hoppe defends balk line title in New York.
Bulgarian troops destroyed Hadji village between Salonika and Serres and massacred Mussulian residents. The note cites war activity amid eight months of Balkan conflict and a claim of mass violence.
The U S Senate opened an inquiry into an alleged insidious lobby seeking to influence the tariff bill. Sixteen senators testified and denied knowledge of any lobby or improper money. President Wilson directs the probe but will not appear. Senator Reed to cross examine witnesses as Overman and Walsh push for scrutiny.
Missouri Supreme Court unanimously discharged William R. Nelson editor and owner of the Kansas City Star from contempt of the Jackson county circuit court. Nelson had been sentenced to one day in jail for publishing a report claiming Judge Guthrie refused to dismiss a divorce suit until fees were paid.
Gen Mrs Flora Drummond a leading suffragette figure underwent a successful operation in London on Monday. She fell ill during police court proceedings against suffragette leaders in early May.
Paris hosts the World’s Women’s Congress as it opens, June 4, with suffrage to be discussed but subordinated to broader topics on the agenda.
A collection of brief Illinois news items includes an escape from Geneva State Home by Alice Hopper and Wallie Jones, a botany instructor’s resignation to Williams College, a fatal pay-wagon ambush near La Salle, a major Chicago house fire, a fatal car crash near Danville, mine rescues in Herring, a disappearance linked to a Morris funeral, officers elected in Freeport, a Plano youth declared sane, and a Marion man’s suicide amid ill health.
The exchanges describe persistent effort with a quip about a gerapper and a man who owns a motorcycle, suggesting a lighthearted vignette on character and hobby.
A terse exchange about proof of innocence turns to a grim remark that those who claim no guilt are unnamed, as the dialogue hints at the certainty of death bearing silent judgment. The clipped dialogue evokes fatalism and the weight of legacy.
A dialogue fragment shows Mrs Newedd questioning a tramp about a man who once visited. The tramp denies being him and explains the man left his old clothes after dying, mentioning a homemade pie given earlier.
A reader asks the information editor which utensil properly handles beef stew. The exchange frames a family dispute over whether a table spoon or a fork is preferred for eating stew.
Mrs Crocker notices poor sound in a theater box and learns from Mrs Stone that the noise may come from a nearby brewery. The social couple, newly wealthy husband and his wife, attend a box party and discuss society knowledge.
A Kansas woman reports memory and stomach relief after quitting coffee and using Postum. She notes regular heart rhythm and steadier nerves, saying Postum tastes as good as coffee. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum and a booklet “The Road to Wellville.”
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