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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
5
Jacob M. Dickinson, departing to join President Taft's cabinet, reaffirmed allegiance to Democratic principles at a farewell Iroquois Club banquet in Chicago. He argued the choice balanced regional and party considerations and pledged to uphold Taft's policies without compromising his beliefs.
Morris Illinois postmaster Henry Clay Claypool collapsed from apoplexy at 11 o'clock last night during a Knights Templar degree ceremony in the Blaney Commandery asylum. He died moments later as a ceremonial address concluded with a lament about the angel of death striking the roll.
Joseph Welch of East Chicago was killed Monday while duck hunting on the Calumet river near Palestine Indiana. In a boat with Louis Miller Welch became excited when ducks were sighted and discharged his gun blowing off the top of his head. The boat capsized and Miller swam to shore with Welch’s body.
Sanitary District Trustees plan an experimental sewage disposal station near 92nd Street and the Calumet River to test cost effective water purification. Estimated cost about 10000 dollars. construction to start once site and machinery are secured, within thirty days.
A deep sea skipper reports his ship was battered by a gale rated force ten, a term linked to the Beaufort wind scale. The scale, devised by British Admiral Beaufort, measures wind from calm to hurricane, with force ten signaling severe storm conditions.
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