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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
3
In two Sears Roebuck advertisements prices were quoted incorrectly. The company notes years of accurate advertising and states the errors were printer caused and not intentional.
A reflective notice featuring an Emerson quote about beauty and landscapes, noting the inevitability of beauty existing within every scene and suggesting nature cannot be surprised or seen in a bare state.
A Bulwer-Lytton reflection on vanity noting that those who prize appearance are prone to heightened susceptibility and intense feelings across matters, suggesting a link between vanity and emotional quickness.
West Virginia Senator Guy D. Goff has quit his bid for the Republican nomination and re election due to ill health. The move was announced by state Republican headquarters.
Washington report notes the house approved the rivers and harbors measure without a record vote. The bill totals more than 111 million dollars and includes proposals to acquire New York’s Erie and Oswego canals by the federal government. The measure faces senate review with President Hoover signaling no support for a higher 55 million dollar river and harbor appropriation.
The term trench mouth refers to Vincent's infection first noticed around 1897 and later known to have become epidemic during the World War I period.
Rev James A Wilson fifty nine year old Mennota Methodist pastor was found guilty by a jury after twenty one hours of deliberation for shooting sexton Amos Elliott and his wife in an argument over a letter the pastor sent to widow Emma Wagner. The verdict on the twenty ninth ballot carries a sentence of one to fourteen years.
In Laguna Beach fifty year old actress Adele Ritchie killed Mrs. Doris Murray Palmer with a single gunshot to the heart and then shot herself through the mouth. The incident, linked to a three year feud, follows her recent divorce from actor Guy Bates Post now in Honolulu.
Nearly 400 delegates representing 100000 members of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform adopted a platform calling repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Mrs Charles H Sabin of New York City was elected the first president of the group, previously led by temporary officers.
Judge Edgar E. Pomeroy denied bail to Joe Carr and M G Powers both alleged Communists charged with attempting to incite to insurrection a capital offense under Georgia law.
The report suggests Rudyard Kipling is the leading candidate for the vacant poet laureate post after the death of Robert Bridges. Public and literary circles are weighing Kipling for the ceremonial position in London.
The Knickerbocker club organized baseball in September 1845 and staged the first official match at Hoboken New Jersey on June 19 1846. The leading nine reached 21 runs after four innings and were declared winners.
At Red Bank New Jersey a railroad station scene releases carrier pigeons and observers note their homeward direction. Arthur Brisbane muses on education and direction as youths prepare for life. Oklahoma unveils a statue to pioneer women and William Manck retires after 48 years as a letter carrier seeking a pension. Professor Shapeley cites a new planet beyond Neptune, while Japanese humility and Stalin’s auto purchases frame other dispatches from the era.
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