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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
8
An overcharged dynamite blast at Scrap Iron Yards Riverdale blew off the roof of the shear shed but caused no injuries and light damage. A river launch in Riverdale Park, winterized on the Calumet, is overhauled and set for a probable launch next week.
The Messers Shubert debut at the Garrick draws instant praise as a lavish musical revue. Jefferson De Angeles Blanche King and Alexander Carr headline an 80 member cast with burlesques and imitations of Broadway hits from this and last season. The show features elaborate scenery and includes notable numbers such as The Thief The Great Divide Polly of the Circus The Auctioneer Brewster's Millions and the Rose of the Rancho. Carr imitates Warfield and Post Russell, Queenie Vassar mimics Anna Held among many novelties in the production.
A New Haven Register essay extols the dog as humanity’s truest companion. It laments how humans have mistreated dogs and urges laws to protect them, praising dog loyalty as a noble ideal and warning that a man who cannot value a dog lacks essential soul traits.
A Western paper recounts a tale where a well dressed stranger buys a year’s subscription with eight dollars and leaves. The sheriff later seeks the supposed thief, but the foreman defends the man as a subscriber, denying a retraction.
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