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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
2
President Wilson nominates B O Sweeney of Seattle to be assistant secretary of the interior. Mrs Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson plan a Cornish summer trip before July first with White House brides expected to join. The president will visit Cornish during July and August.
Domestic Frank M. Ryan and 19 other members of the International Association of Bridges and Structural Iron Workers must report June 6 to resume sentences in Leavenworth for conspiracy to transport dynamite on passenger trains. The case centers on using explosives to wreck non union labor structures amid a wider labor conflict.
Biographer cites Francisco Villa born circa 1868 in Durango state with a life marked by cattle stealing and homicide. The piece details his early crimes, banditry in Durango and Chihuahua, robberies, torture of captives, and mass killings during the Mexican revolutionary period led by Villa in alliance with Madero and Urbina.
The Tulle France Red Cross society conducted a house to house visit to gauge willingness to donate money clothes furniture and other items for wounded at Tulle hospital. Surplus would be returned if unused and even the poorest pledged small items. The tally showed hospital space would be insufficient to hold all promises, suggesting wartime offerings would be even greater.
A conservative figure is quoted saying he will never be fined for loitering. The remark underscores a stance on law enforcement and personal behavior in public spaces.
George Miller recounts a severe facial infection starting as a pimple that itched and burned, worsened into sores reaching his eyes, and resisted two salves. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment samples, his condition improved next morning and he was cured after 26 days with one cake of soap and two boxes of ointment. Cuticura ads note global availability and free samples.
A Pittsburgh Press critique notes a state judge ruling cabbage heads in a neighbor’s garden are real estate not personal property. The piece questions whether stealing produce could be theft and suggests only civil action could remedy title disputes.
A dialogue in a large department store features a polite floorwalker guiding a puzzled caller. The exchange touches on directing the customer to the range department while referencing items like rifles and kitchen areas, illustrating a humorous miscommunication in the showroom.
The Indianapolis Star notes a simple question about dinner value and appetite with a brief, humorous reflection on hunger and adequacy. The line ponders what suffices for a meal amid daily need.
A Tennessee woman credits Postum with curing coffee related indigestion nervousness and insomnia. She stopped coffee, tried Postum and gained weight from 117 to 170 pounds while avoiding tonics. The ad notes two forms Regular and Instant Postum with pricing and preparation tips.
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