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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1924

Page

2

Foreign lawsuits and world events burden readers weekly

Edith Kelly Gould loses her suit in Paris over half of Frank J Gould estate. Earthquake shocks hit Erzerum Hassan Kale and Wars pure villages with about 120 dead. 70 Republican prisoners freed from Curragh camp in Ireland. Yankee flyers travel 878 miles across the Pacific landing on Kuriles. U S flag hissed as Paris Olympic boxing ends in U S victory. Martial law in Lisbon and Sporto amid fears of general strike. Tokyo protests U S immigration bill to Washington through Ambassador Hanihara. Three American aviators reach Yetorofu after a 5500 mile flight from Paramuion Islands in seven hours. Dublin faces poverty from unemployment. charities strained. Becker Steel at Willich seeks receivership in Germany.

Prominent Officials, Educator Die Unexpectedly

John Hall McClement, sixty two, longtime director in multiple corporations and former Edison General Electric comptroller, died suddenly at his Brooklyn home. Justice James H. Cartwright, eighty one, Illinois Supreme Court justice for 28 years, died at his Oregon Illinois residence. Augustin J. Ruffling, forty nine, Catholic educator and former vice president of the University of Detroit, died in Cincinnati Ohio.

John Hall McClement Edison General Electric Company Brooklyn James H. Cartwright Ilinois Supreme Court Oregon Ill Supréme Bench Teev. Augustin J. Ruffling The University of Detroit Cincinnati Ohio

Various 1920s News Items Mixed From Papers

Bank of Detroit branch robbery yields thirty thousand dollars. Scarlet fever serum shows success in eighteen Sydenham hospital cases. Jose Arcosa sues Governor Wood in Manila over his dismissal. Twelve thousand miners skip work in the Pittsburgh Wilkes-Barre coal district. Garrett Biblical Institute votes 124 to 1 against war with a lone vote by a girl. Utah Governor Mahey proclaims Yellowstone entrance opening June 19. Civil suits trial notes remittance sheets vanish since Waukegan case.

Tehigh Valley Coal Company Pittston Wilkes-Barre General Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston, Ill

Black Gold Wins 50th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs

The Derby's fiftieth running saw Black Gold owned by Mrs. R. M. Heats of Tulsa and ridden by Jockey Mooney capture victory at Churchill Downs. Louisville Chilhowee finished second, Beau Butler third, Altawood fourth. Time for the mile and a quarter was 2.054%4 and the gross purse totaled $63,000 to the winner's owner.

Black Gold R. M. Heats Tulsa Okla Mooney Churchill Downs Louisville

Coolidge Nominated by Republicans in Oregon Primary

A Portland dispatch reports Republicans approved Calvin Coolidge as their presidential candidate by a 3 to 1 margin over Hiram W. Johnson. Senator Pat Harrison was named temporary Democratic chairman and keynote speaker for the June 24 national convention, with William G. McAdoo arranging, and the Coolidge national HQ opened in Hotel Cleveland. Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed his own lead for the Democratic nomination from New York.

Portland Ore Calvin Coolidge Hiram W. Johnson Pat Harrison New York William G. McAdoo Coolidge Cleveland, O Hotel Cleveland William H. Butler Franklin D. Roosevelt Smith

Washington House Rejects Veto Of Soldiers Bonus Bill

Washington vote 318 to 78 defeated the Presidents veto of the soldiers bonus bill. Also reported Cyrus Woods resigns as ambassador to Japan due to mother in law illness. Six destroyers to return from European waters in July after relief work at Smyrna.

Washington Cyrus Woods Japan United States Smyrna

Corner stone laid for cathedral as cost noted at 350000

Scottish Rite Masons of Peoria laid the cornerstone for a new cathedral with an estimated cost of 350000 dollars. Modern Woodmen groups in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin plan a picnic at Pecatonica fair grounds on June 28. Preparations were made for eniesiain 26660.

Illinois Wisconsin Pecatonica Fair Grounds

Illinois colleges seek entrants for intercollegiate meet at Bradley Field

Twenty four colleges in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic conference have been sent entry blanks for the May 23 and 24 track meet at Bradley field Peorian. Between 300 and 400 athletes are expected to compete. Statewide topics include an Eureka election contest and a prison release story. The Illinois American Legion mails 200 000 pamphlets on flag respect to more than a million school children. John Robinson, 80, released from Joliet prison vows to go straight. State Treasurer Oscar Nelson reports a May 1 balance of 40 376 077 30 with 26 351 500 in inactive depositories and 13 998 357 81 active reserve. cash in vault 26 219 99. Bonded debt stands at 92 195 800.

Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Bradley Field Peorian Illinois American Legion Bloomington Oscar Nelson Springfield

Fragmented Meteorite Found Near Joliet Home Site

Readable fragments describe a front meteorite piece dug from a Joliet area lawn at George L. Harley residence. The report notes the discovery amid other local items including civic notes on Tampico fire service, Evanston growth, and school walkouts.

George L. Harley Joliet

School board bars married teachers from renewals

The East Moline public schools will not renew contracts for teachers who marry during the school year. The board passed the ruling to bar married teachers from eligibility for contract renewal in the next academic year.

East Moline

Rabies Warning After Harrisburg Death and Rabies Test Boom

Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings Springfield health director issued a rabies warning as authorities report one death in Harrisburg and a surge of dog heads submitted for testing. The Joiner school district West Frankfort adopts a 12 month term with grades one to four in May to November and grades five to eight in November to May. The plan aims to cut school expenses.

Harrisburg State Laboratory Isaac D. Rawlings State Springfield Joiner West Frankfort

Illinois water supply dire challenge warned by academy head

R Jelliff, president of the Knox County Academy of Science in Galesburg, told the seventeenth annual conference of the Illinois State Academy of Science in Elgin that inadequate pure water and continued river pollution threaten Illinois’ people.

Illinois R. Jelliff Knox County Academy of Science Galesburg Elgin Ilinois State Academy of Science

U S Works Fast on Bonus Plans

Washington reports rapid progress on soldier bonus payments with printing of application blanks held up by funding gaps. Secretary Weeks estimates administration costs at 4.5 million dollars. Congress expected to appropriate funds soon. Printing office prepared to handle 30 million blanks and 15 million instruction books. certificates to be produced by the engraving bureau. Clerks will verify details. veterans urged to provide accurate information only.

Washington Secretary of War Weeks Budget Bureau Congress Government Printing Office Bureau of Engraving War Department

Japan to protest to U S seek league verdict

The privy council plans a formal protest within ten days of the American exclusion act signing. A request to the League of Nations or the Hague court to take up the matter is likely. The foreign office notes that America’s nonmembership in the league does not bar its involvement.

U. S League Tokyo Privy Council Japan League of Nations Hague Court Foreign Office America Mussolini Corfu Greece

Soviet Regiment Mutinies Near Baikal and Kills Officials

The Baikal near Chita mutiny involved a Soviet regiment that refused orders to move toward the Amur district. After killing civilian commissars and looting the Baikal arsenal, the soldiers dispersed into the woods as outlaws amid anti-soviet actions sparked by strikes.

Berlin Baikal Chita Far Eastern Republic Amur

War Dept Warns Vets Against Fake Bonus Blanks

Washington warns all veterans eligible for the bonus to use only official blanks issued by the government. Agencies may claim to obtain the payments with their own blanks, but such forms will not be accepted.

War Dept Washington War Department United States

Five Sailors Lost in Wreck on Lake Superior

A gale wrecked the steamer Orinoco off Montreal Island in Lake Superior. The captain, chief engineer, one wheelsman and two crewmen drowned. The tug Gargantan responded to the distress and attempted rescue after wireless notice to the owners.

Lake Superior Sault Ste. Marie Miech Montreal Island Gargantan

North Dakota Bank Reopens Fourth in State This Year

The First State bank of Calvin in Cavalier county reopened for business becoming the fourth bank in northeastern North Dakota to resume operations in 1921. The Calvin bank reports a capital of $15,000. Other reopenings occurred at Langdon Larimore and Wales.

Bismarck N. I Calvin Cavalier County North Dakota Calvin Bank Langdon Larimore Wales

Posse Kills Bank Bandit After Noon Holdup

In Winnipeg detectives retook Goulding and Portage Avenue Bank of Montreal branch after a noon hour robbery. Frank Martin of Winnipeg was killed in a running gun battle with a posse minutes after the holdup. About $2,000 in cash was recovered.

Posse Daylight Bank Winnipeg Frank Martin Goulding and Portage Avenue Bank of Montreal

Also Mentioned on This Page

Edith Kelly Gould Paris Frank J. Gould Erzerum Hassan Kale London Free State Curragh Ireland Pacific Kuriles Islands Lisbon Sporto State Department Hanihara Yetorofu Islands Kuriles Mande Paramusirn Islands Dublin Becker Steel Works Willich Rhenish-Prussia Germany Bank of Detroit Mich Sydenham Hospital Baltmore MD. E Jose Arcosa Noile Manila Govenor General Wood Charles BR. Mahey Utah Salt Lake City Yellowstone National Park Len Small Waukegan Panama Colombia Interior Department McKinley San Juan Counties New Mexico Representative LaGuardia J. Zach Spearing House of Representatives H. Garland Dupre Louisiana House Senate George Remus Brookhart Committee Jess Smith Forestry Service Montana Department of Commerce Turkey Great Britain France Commission On Relations Belgium Diagnostic Laboratory State Health Department Urbana William R. Franklin Rockford Clint University of Ilinois E. 8. Coath Prudential Life Insurance Company Chicago Charles C. Lee Charleston Lee P. G. Peterbaugh Illinois State Dental Society Peoria John J. Donelan Reindeers-Clark Decatur J. S. Baldwin Fred W. Reindeers Mount Pulaski John Clark Winnebago Board of Supervisors Public Woods Forestry Commission Southern Illinois Teachers’ College At Carbondale Flora Olney Lawrenceville Indiana State Line Vincennes Illinois Commerce Commission Midland Trail Eureka James Anderson Frank Pfeifer Pfeifer John Robinson Tampico Walter J. Brown Danville Evanston University Greenleaf Henry M. Byllesby John Chanler White Minois Frank Farrington Illinois Mine Workers Hartwig Harms Glenville Neb St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Shelbyville J. B. Kieffer Sugar Creek Millikin University Board of Managers Samuel Morris Middletown Frank L. Smith Dwight New Republican State-Central Committee Charles Pence Clifford Ireland McDonough County Macomb Belgian Congo Eureka College Emory Ross Myrta Ross Centralia U.S N. Dakota Bank
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