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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1924
Page
2
Washington reports the senate approves the Democratic tax bill 69 to 15, with a 425 percent cut in 1923 revenues payable in 1924. Other items include the Japan exclusion delay, the soldier bonus moving toward law, and calls for a world court opposed by the House.
Illinois news items report a June 3 vote in Sterling on Sunday theater. Other notes mention goiter among University of Illinois Urbana students, a Camp Zachary Taylor WWI reunion, and multiple local incidents across the state including electrocution, a bank safe theft, veterinary demand, burglaries, a state law on muzzled dogs, and a hydrophobia death.
More than 100 shots were fired in a confrontation southeast of Harrisburg between federal officers and moonshiners. The report also notes deaths and other state news, including political resignations and local developments across Illinois.
Spot the famous bulldog alerted authorities after John McAlroy aged sixty five collapsed on a sidewalk in Waukegan. The trained dog made a trip to the police station from the city outskirts, probably saving his owner’s life.
Mrs. Joe Novak of Louisville Nebraska says she married twelve years before her son was born and suffered female troubles until using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports 36 bottles gave relief and now praises the remedy and its makers to others. A nationwide canvass shows 98 of 100 buyers benefited.
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