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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1908

Page

2

Week's Events Review Highlights Fires Deaths and Trials

A chaotic week spans a Kalamazoo fire damage to 106000 dollars, deaths of Iowa curator Charles Aldrich and New Orleans congressman Adolph Meyer, a Denver murder trial of Giuseppe Alia, a deadly prison break at Deer Lodge, and naval diplomacy over the Tatsu Maru. Also notes rail pay, floods, and a Nashvill e court ruling on segregation.

Kalamazoo Mich Charles Aldrich State Historical Department of Iowa Boone Adolph Meyer New Orleans Giuseppe Alia Denver Col Leo Heinrichs Congress United States Point Loma Cal Navy Department Admiral Evans Connecticut Frank Conley Deer Lodge Mont James Robinson Japan Peking Macao Charles E. Hughes New York Republican State Committee David Waldo Raco Independence Ramirez Arbelaez Lima Peru Union Lumber Company St. Paul Mina Manitoba Pedricktown Bridgeport N. J Baltimore Knickerbocker Trust Company Mme Anna Gould Count Boni de Castellane Paris Prince Helie de Sagan Waukegan Ill Philip W. Mothersill W. G. Voliva Zion City Army Auto Grant New York City R. H. R. Loughborough Fort Leavenworth Kan Germany Willhelmshaven Nassau Supreme Court Nashville New Mexico School of Agriculture Mesilla Park Tex Appalache Mill Pond Greers S. C Niigata Daniel J. Ainsworth Revenue Cutter Rush Seattle Wash Indiana Wabash Lafayette South Penu Collinwood North Collinwood Lakeview Union Trust Company of Detroit Democratic State Committee of Minnesota John A. Johnson Senate Monetti Montrezza Waterbury Conn William Virginia Campbell Thompson Alexander Campbell Campbellite Washington British Isles Ireland William Slade Clark & Co Philadelphia Helie de Sagan Emperor William George Worthington Nebraska Pittsfield Mass Lisbon Portugal Manuel Victoria Yekaterinovar Russia M. Staroselsky Kutais George A. Cooke Methodist Episcopal Church Brandon J. R. Day Syracuse University Dr. Day Roosevelt Traffic Club Charles Hughes Michigan Don Eduardo de Belstegui Gary Columbus L. IL. Olds Seed Company Clinton Wis Mexico Walter F. Baker Boston Bogota Callao Straus Harry Goldstein Chicago O D. J. Anghes New Rochelle N.Y Joseph Stufker Alton Louis St. Louis Dell Ellis Brighton Farmers’ State Bank William Esser Brooklyn N. Y E. W. Bliss Company Hattibell Cook McReynolds George S. McReynolds Chicago Board of Trade Joliet King Edward William Adler State National Bank of United States Grand Jury Girardville J. E. Levy Curry Robertson John Henry Hawkinsville Congo L Leopold Belgium Bryan Omaha Ned B. F. Bush Western Maryland Railroad Bush Lave Martin Kirtland Redfield Proctor Proctor Union Church Proctor Bridget King Sheffield John Charles B. Landis Frankfort Ind Armstrong Cork Company Sturgeon Bay Frear Honolulu Evans China Huangpu Union Bank of Commerce Rio Janeiro E. L. Cavanaugh Hetty Green Hoboken Court Theater Meiningen Victor Emmanuel Italy Venice Conner Kentucky American Tobacco Company International Harvester Company Pennsylvania Railroad Company East River Long Island City Hitchcock Committee On Ways and Means Walter Wyman The Public Health Service Cortelyou Rice Hill Black River Falls Frank P. Glazier Chelsea Taft Elmer J. Burkett Curtis Guild Eben S. Draper Ilinois

Judging by the Results

Col. John F. Bishop recalls a Tennessee incident with his grandfather a minister and a villager who mispronounces conversion. The exchange ends with a quip about the Almighty not influencing the villager’s conversion.

Col John F. Bishop Tennessee Ted New York Evening Telegram

Cuti cura memory cures eczema cited in letters and jokes

Anecdotes and trivia on eczema cures with Cuticura, including a Michigan letter from 1907 about a child cured after summer flare ups. The piece also shares a racist joke about kleptomania from an Illustrated Sunday Magazine and a cartoonish line about a ship’s lack of a rudder.

Indiana Sarah BE. Lusk Coldwater Mich Lynchburg Darky Jedge Illustrated Sunday Magazine

Price Delivers Impartial Tariff Talk At Club

Professor Price presented both party views on tariffs to the Woman's Current Events club. The scene shaded with compliments as participants likened tariff debates to lovers comparisons, noting the free traders as other girls.

The Doctor's Gift and the Grape Nuts Cure

A Pennsylvanian recounts how Grape Nuts eased chronic indigestion and biliousness after a doctor recommended it. He notes rapid improvement within a month and a sense of renewed vitality, praising the cereal and the inventor. The ad cites Postum Co. and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.

Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

Rooster Weather Vanes and Irish Banter

A humorous tale from Connecticut about two Irishmen driving through the state noting barns topped with rooster weather vanes. Dennis explains the rooster and river motifs exist to avoid the eggs being collected, a joke on rural life. The ad line markets a medical treatment for piles with a money‑back guarantee.

Connecticut Boston Dennis

Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Help for Women

Claims of widespread success and testimonials for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts. Says the product relieves female distress, avoids surgery, is made from roots and herbs, and restores feminine health.

Lydia E. Pinkham Pinkham Lynn Mass

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