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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
6
The dispatch highlights notable events in Illinois cities including municipal actions, community meetings, and local developments. Officials from several towns address infrastructure upgrades, school programs, and public safety efforts amid statewide concerns.
Rev Billy Sunday spoke to 1400 at the Methodist church and accused local reporters of liquor interests influencing their columns. He claimed papers publish saloon friendly articles while presenting them as advertisements.
Taylorville will see a new concrete armory for Company B Fifth Infantry this summer. The 142 by 75 foot building site is not yet decided.
At Litchfield the Twenty first district Republican convention selected William Barry Ridgely of Sangamon and Frank R. Milner of Montgomery as delegates to the Chicago rally. Resolutions praised President Roosevelt Senators Cullom Hopkins and Governor Deneen and instructed the delegates to back Joseph G Cannon for president. John W. Kitchell of Christian was named presidential elector. The session was harmonious and lasted one hour.
In Woodstock MeKeury county and Livingston county delegates were chosen for state and congressional conventions with Speaker Cannon endorsed. Kewanee Henry county central committee selected delegates with no endorsements. Wavana saw a Republican primary with ticket nominations for supervisor Jacob Dehm clerk Albert Price assessor F A Morphem highway commissioner Eli Lofton. Carlinville Macoupin central committee adopted resolutions endorsing Senators Hopkins Cullom and Speaker Cannon and selected delegates. Representative Behrens was commended.
Dr J T Allen president of Aurora college famous for a 60 days peanut diet is sued by widow Leegson who claims she taught at his school without pay after he accused her of flirting with pupils a judgment of 26 is awarded.
A southern city rich man is accused of treating the poor as subjects of a bizarre “scientific” salvation. Scottish antiquaries reveal Roman occupation evidence near Edinburgh, with a Roman museum display at the national portrait gallery and finds at Newstead, Melrose, and Abbotsford including helmets swords and Samian ware.
A dialogue riffes on a man’s Paris sojourn. One speaker notes he has been in Paris for a year and must be wealthy. The other recalls his former riches and then reframes wealth as gained knowledge from long residence.
Foreign papers discuss funeral expenses for Carlos and the Portuguese crown prince. The article cites Alexander the Great with 5,000,609 dollars, William II with 125,000, Grand Duke Nicholas about 200,000, Camot’s funeral at 80,000, and Wellington’s 1852 burial at 850,000, noting lavish rites and notable expenditures.
A Boston baby responds to a request with wit as he refuses insult to intelligence despite being asked to take medicine. The playful dialogue centers on dignity and the child’s insistence on honesty. The exchange highlights personality and humor in a domestic scene.
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