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Riverdale Pointer in Riverdale, Illinois

07 May 1909

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Riverdale Pointer

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Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1909

Page

6

Great Congress of Peace Workers Held in Chicago

The second National Peace Congress opened in Chicago with about 25 000 attendees from many nations. Taft and Secretary of War Dickinson could not attend. sessions featured remarks by Gov Deneen Mayor Busse and Rev Bartlett, plus debates on arbitration, Hague conferences, and universal peace led by Dr Trueblood and various professors.

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Great Congress OF Peace Workers Chicago America Taft Dickinson Congress Schurman Cornell University Jenkins Lloyd Jones Emil G. Hirsch Robert Treat Paine Boston Hamilton Club Charles 58. Deneen Fred A. Busse A. Hugene Bartlett Benjamin F. Trueblood The American Peace Society Trueblood Peace Party Berne Switzerland Apat David TL. Dodge New York City New York Peace Society International Court of Arbitration Dean W. P. Rogers Cincinnati Law School Hirsch Paul 8 University of Wisconsin H. T. Kealing Nashville, Tenn David Starr Jordan Leland Stanford, Jr University Music Hall Jane Addams Joseph B. Burtt Graham Taylor Chicago Commons Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor Organized Labor and Peace John Spargo Yonkers, N Commerce George E. Roberts Commercial National Bank of Chicago Women and Peace Ellen M. Henrotin Belton Gilreath Birmingham Ala W. A. Mahoney Columbus James Arbuckle Spain Colombia St. Louis Marcus M. Marks National Association of Clothiers Philip N. Moore General Federation of Women’s Clubs Lucia Ames Mead Orchestra Hall William J. Calhoun William S. Hull Swarthmore College James Brown Scott State Department Charles Cheney Hyde Mandelhall University of Chicago Louis P. Lochner Madison Wis Richard Bartholdt Missouri Interparliamentary Union Edwin D. Mead Mead Great Britain Germany United States Washington Jefferson Franklin Republic International Tribunal Movement For International Justice Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff Herman de Lagercrantz Sweden Wu Ting Fang China Alfred Mitchell Innes Halvdan Kant University of Norway Tayi
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Illinois Brevities Highlights From Springfield and Beyond

Springfield Abner Smith former Cook county judge pleads before the pardon board seeking clemency in a Bank of America conspiracy case. Miss Mildred Coffman of Chicago named Sangamon probation officer to oversee juvenile cases. A broken rail near Waldron prevents a Chicago bound train wreck. A Chicago jury orders Louis Cone to pay 3000 for the death of Eugene Orvis’s son. Gov Deneen announces several county appointments and reads background on Alle Renne’s death. Other notes cover shootings near Faston, church fights in Zion City, Evans ton Woman’s club election, and marriages in Quincy.

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Springfield Abner Smith Eimount Cout Cook County Board of Pardons Bank of America Pardon Board Gov. Deneen BE. A. Snively Charles Eckhart Smith Busse Chicago Mildred Coffman Sangamon County County Board of Supervisors Springfield Woman’s Club Miss Coffman Shippy Kankakee Marshall Pollenger Waldron Depot Peter Lulay Peoria Free Employment Agency Clinton T. Swartz el Paso Woodford County George C. Stullken Edwardsville Madison County RE. P. Sperry Monadnock Building A. L. Renne Pontiac Alle” Renne Marshall Field & Co Faston Landon Mollie Joseph Dobson Zion City Christian Catholic Church John Alexander Dowie Evanston Ulysses S. Grant James P. Thomas Bloomington Carrie Smith E. Mammen Quincy Alan Urquhart Patrick Campbell Helen Bull William B Bull Girlhead
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New Strength for Old Backs From Dean's Kidney Pills

Mrs. Joannah Straw of Canton South Dakota 81 years old credits Dean's Kidney Pills with transforming her health after three years of rheumatic pain and backache. She reports renewed energy sleep and appetite and says she is as well as a much younger woman. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

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Joannah Straw North Broadway Canton S. D Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, N. Y
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Nobody Lives Here But Us Sign Stuns Neighbors

A Langworth family corner house faced constant interruptions from passersby asking about other inhabitants. To end the nuisance, the boy Langworth hung a sign reading Nobody lives here but us, prompting neighbors to stop asking and setting a local tone of humorous defiance.

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Do You Really Love Me George Tie Moment

A brief exchange over a tie prompts a family moment about affection. A young girl's aunt brings her to church where her first experience includes a vision of God in a white nightgown and people asking to hear him speak.

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Early Experiences in a Telephone Lesson

A young office boy answered a ringing phone by shouting who is there. The caller replied I’m 105. He then hears it’s time you were dead. The anecdote contrasts inexperience with a grim punchline.

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Old Soakers Saturated with Caffeine

A Huntsville Alabama woman describes long term coffee use causing stomach trouble and insomnia. After quitting coffee and trying Postum health improved in four months with better appetite and sleep. She endorses Postum as the solution and notes readers should consider the advertised product.

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Huntsville Ala Wellville
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