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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1925
Page
6
Notice announces a primary election at Riverdale Village Hall on March 10 1925 for President and three village trustees. Parties participating include Peoples Party and Independent Republican Party. Polls open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., dated February 18 1925.
Dolton will hold a primary election to nominate candidates for three village trustees and one police magistrate. Citizens Party and Independent Party continue until a specified closing time. Dated February 18, 1924, at Dolton. Village Clerk WM. G. Dolton.
An altitude of 6000 feet was achieved by eagles larks and crows in a coordinated flight display. The birds demonstrated soaring and high altitude behavior observed by witnesses and reported by local observers.
The Sixty-eighth Congress closed without major laws, but President Coolidge signed the salary raise bill. Cabinet members, the speaker, and the vice president see salaries jump from 12 000 to 15 000, representatives and senators from 7 500 to 10 000, effective March 4. The House and Senate spent final days approving routine measures and funding while World Court and judicial bills stalled.
Public honors for Friedrich Ebert, first German president, drew vast crowds in Berlin. The funeral train left for Heidelberg after a simple republican ceremony. Officials estimate 150 to 200 injured as throngs surged along Wilhelmstrasse and Potsdam station.
Indictments issued for six alleged St Louis gangsters in the Poerhontas mail robbery of June 15, 1928. Named defendants include William Colbeck former leader of Degan's Rats Oliver Dougherty William Kayter Bartley Martin Eddie Leonard and Lee Turner Colbeck and Downsherfty already serve terms at Leavenworth. Judge Fitzhenry ordered $50,000 bonds for the remaining defendants upon capture.
Vice President Dawes swore in eleven men not in the thirty-eighth congress as new senators. Ten of them took seats for the first time, while T Coleman Du Pont of Delaware had previously served in the Senate. Re-elected senators also renewed their oaths for new terms.
Springfield outlines a proposed $510.8 million budget for the University of Illinois over two years. It covers $2 million for new buildings, $8.5 million for other expenses, and various additions including a new library unit and armory upgrades. Payroll exceeds $3 million. other annual costs include operation, repairs, and equipment.
Supreme Court rules federal agents may stop and search vehicles for contraband liquor without a warrant in a Michigan case brought by George Carroll and John White. In a Georgia case by Sig Samuels the court holds states may ban possession of liquor legally acquired before federal prohibition. Chief Justice Taft delivers the opinions with McReynolds and Sutherland dissenting in the first case and Butler in the second.
San Bernardino County California covers 20 175 square miles making it the largest in the United States while Bristol County Rhode Island spans 24 square miles as the smallest.
Wiggins recounts a six month letter correspondence with Helen, noting her offer to sell the letters for 50 dollars each as part of a Farm and Fire side piece. The exchange highlights loneliness and negotiable personal mementos amid rural life.
Sir Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation in under three years. He departed England in December 1577 and returned in September 1580, where he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
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