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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
6
The week’s brief item notes cover Taft engaging business leaders for policy input, bills on free sugar and expanded corporate tax, U S Senate demands Colombia talks on Panama, Mexico border tensions, and pending local and national conflicts. Also noted are labor, legal, and crime incidents across the United States with several court actions and international unrest.
Two more battalions of U S troops are to be staged for protection of foreign interests in Peking and Tientsin with Minister Calhoun ready to call in 700 more from Manila. Yuan Shi Kai’s son appeals to soldiers as mutiny yields 600 killed and over 14 million dollars in property loss. Peking quiets after troop parades. Tsitsikbar clashes reported in Manchuria.
Col E Z Steever sent Lt Hill and a squad to Columbus New Mexico to investigate reports of a clash between American cowboys and Mexican rebels at Rancho La Palmas, 30 miles from Columbus on the Mexican side. Americans reportedly killed or wounded several Mexicans and retreated on foot after their horses were killed.
A man fired three times as Leopold Rothschild, son of Baron Lionel Rothschild, entered a bank motor car in St Swithin's Lane London. A detective was wounded in the melee and the assailant was arrested. Rothschild, born 1845, is a deputy lieutenant and JP, with ties to Hamilton Place Newmarket and Acton.
General F. D. Grant recalls a Boston Tory at a Washington birthday dinner who stayed out of the Revolution, traveled on the Continent, and returned to cold reception. His mother explained his duty to protect the family and estate, but a Boston belle coolly confesses she would have acted the same, calling herself a coward.
Mrs. Mary E. Breig of 2522 Brown Street Philadelphia describes two months of painful cracked bleeding hands with itching and blistering. She followed a newspaper tip and used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, healing quickly and avoiding time off work. Sample soaps and ointment offered by Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A reflective line notes that a man’s appeal may be drawn to a woman who shares his wealth and status, suggesting compatibility hinges on financial similarity rather than romance alone.
In Covington Missouri and Brownsville Indiana readers report relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Jennie Green says monthly hemorrhages and weakness improved allowing work. Mrs O M Cine credits avoiding surgery and recovery from prior medical advice.
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