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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
6
Clarence Maybery of Macoupin county, 29, claimed his 19 year old bride an hour after marriage. He filed a warrant against Edgar Suttles of Ellsbury, a 22 year old druggist, alleging kidnapping. The bride said she wed Maybery after threats and later returned home with her mother.
Mrs. W. P. Johnson proposes an odd plan to hatch chickens using bees. Eggs are placed atop beehives separated from honey by carpet strips, a novelty in Vermilion Grove.
Pana announces G. B. Coffman of Mendota chosen as superintendent for the coming year at a salary of $1,200. The Cherokee and Franklin Street assessment rolls are confirmed by County Judge J T L Morgan after objections over benefits were withdrawn. Chapin hosts the Illinois Christian Missionary society Fifth district annual meeting.
Beulah Bagley three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bagley from 16 miles west of Murphysboro suffered unconsciousness as an Illinois Central freight train of 60 cars passed over her on a track while attempting to follow her father to work. She revived after doctors worked to restore consciousness and is recovering.
Miss Lida Bridges who slept four days last fall and awoke with a vivid heaven description will marry Raleigh Taylor this month. The license was issued here after her recovery from a long illness during which she described conversations with her grandfather and four deceased brothers.
Springfield friends of L T Dickason of Chicago expect him to be elected commander in chief at the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment in Toledo Ohio next August. He has strong Illinois support and owns coal and hotel interests with Chicago offices. He once led the Illinois Sailors and Soldiers' Home at Quincy and served as Danville mayor after the Civil War.
Adam Rydal once rich, dies in a Prophetstown saloon with no money remaining. He and siblings benefited from two large estates over time, totaling about 1 million dollars. Petersburg game warden reports issuing 876 hunters licenses to local sportsmen in the past year.
Narrative honors medical staff and heroic surgeons in war. An English surgeon mortally wounded at Majuba hill saves a wounded comrade by morphine injection before dying. During the 1874 Ashanti campaign at Amoaful two Highlanders aid a neck gunshot officer, a surgeon insists on saving him despite exposed fire, rendering aid by tying the carotid artery.
Isabel Butchart quotes Molly about daisies that change color when planted head up and wolves and bears hiding under beds. A simple nightlight on a tray is proposed to keep dangers at bay as a practical bedtime precaution.
A goat tethered at a corner of a half acre equilateral triangle field can graze half the grass when the tether length is about 1781 inches. The solution notes six quarter acre sectors form a full circle, yielding a radius of 1781 inches (approximately 48 yards 3 inches).
A stern visitor accuses a Baltimore Sun reviewer of misnaming a recent book. The editor defends the phrasing insisting the correct spelling should use a 'y' in History.
The New York Sun notes tiny humor in admission slips from Gouverneur Hospital. A cabman named Bird injured himself by “falling off a perch” and another patient hurt by “falling off water wagon” highlighting light, unconscious humor in serious records.
A Harper's Weekly quip recounts a gentleman questioning a laundryman about a missing shirt. The laundryman retorts that the shirt was laundered before it was lost, after the customer protests having just paid for the service. The exchange showcases dry humor on consumer expectations and laundry service.
Composer Bragdon, working on a symphonic poem with Father’s Music, endures a lusty nursery cry for five minutes. He suspects the mother will rescue him, then asks upstairs if Harry is teasing the baby. The reply: No papa. He learns that Ethel and the child’s lullaby could not soothe him.
A pithy reflective note gives a witty contrast on affection and loneliness. It uses a French proverb about silence as a path to wisdom, hinting at unreciprocated love and self awareness. The tone is aphoristic and lightly humorous.
A proverb states that chasing two horses leads to catching neither. It cautions against divided focus and suggests choosing a single goal to succeed.
A simple stage trick to entertain by pretending to read a chosen person's thoughts. Tear a sheet into pieces and distribute them, then withhold a final piece from the chosen participant saying you expected to give it but did not. This feigned misdirection suggests thought reading.
A boy asks what his grandma does in heaven and another child’s direct answer is she is simply “standing up, looking round.” The piece then shifts to a cigarette ad noting Lewis’ Single Binder cigars cost more than other 5c cigars with a Peoria, Illinois factory reference.
Herbert Samuel and Wilfrid buy apples. Herbert takes half plus one, Samuel takes half of the remainder plus one, Wilfrid takes half of what remains plus six. Determine the initial number of apples.
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