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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
5
A collage of jokes and quips about Jones family fame a stubborn watchdog a colonels lie detector and futile witticisms. It also notes an electric light meet in Seattle a tale of divorce bills and a milk price quip.
An entertainment program of songs drills sketches recitations and plays will be staged in the new Lincoln Avenue School auditorium on Thursday and Friday nights June 13 and 14 at 8 o clock by pupils from all Dalton Public Schools. Admission is 25 cents to raise funds for starting a library for all school pupils. The effort aims to receive strong community support.
Judge Edward F. Dunne begins a month long handshaking tour across Illinois after leaving Chicago by car. Receipts of royal welcomes at Chicago Heights Steger Grant Momence and Kankakee mark his first stops with a likely route through many towns including Gilman Paxton Gibson City Hoopston Danville Urbana Champaign Alcola Mattoon Effingham Olney Flora Salem Vandalia Greenville Edwardsville Carlyle Belleville and East St Louis. He plans informal stops as advised by local leaders and may adjust the schedule to deepen outreach.
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