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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
4
Local briefs from Various Cities and Towns cover civic meetings, school activities, and community events. Reports highlight municipal decisions, festival plans, and public notices across several counties.
The Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution statewide conference elected G Elwood MacGrew of Chicago as treasurer and Henry C Todd of Oak Park as historian. Regent is Mrs Charles V Hickox of Springfield. vice regent Mrs Charles Irwin of Ottawa. secretary Mrs Robert W Colville of Galesburg. They will meet in Jacksonville next year and voted to create a registrar office to track Daughters without chapters. A loving cup was bought for Prof Blear of the State university for Wort Massac embellishment and $100 was given to the Lincoln Park association.
A federal grand jury indicted Miss Ottie Louisa Reed a former Pontiac post office money order clerk for embezzling 1600. Reed pleaded guilty and the sentence was suspended until the April term as the money was repaid. The court signaled no punishment likely. In Canton Miss Clara Slack was released from the South Bartonville asylum after a cousin sued doctors over her commitment. Champaign Police Chief McKinney devised a venue-change tactic by subpoenaing the magistrate to prove Urbana lies in Champaign county and the exact sunrise time on the offense date to hinder transfers.
Mary McDonald widow of Michael Cassius McDonald sues executors to claim dower and deny second wife Dora Feldman Barclay McDonald a share. She seeks annulment of a divorce decree based on elopement with Belgian priest Joseph H Moy sant said to have gone to France.
Joliet reports Chicago chosen as the meeting place for next year’s Tinois Newspaper association convention. Officers reelected include President E. E H Bartlett Register Gazette Rockford Vice President HH M Pindell Journal Peoria Secretary A O Lindstrum Mail Galesburg Treasurer W W Miller Whig Quincy Directors Verne H Joy Central Sentinel Ww F Dumser News Springfield J H McKeever Moline Mail. Delegates concluded with an automobile ride along the route of the proposed deep waterway extension after the session.
Belvidere residents defend Mrs. Kittie Jenner Spearing saying she is wrongly restrained at Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane after transfer from Chicago detention. A. E. Jenner, longtime city clerk, and relatives dispute the commitment as insane. Marion County almshouse removes patients to Anna. five paupers, including a 9 year old, sent to state hospital.
Scoby Charity, night baggageman for Winds Central, was arrested in Freeport on embezzlement charges for a registered mail package containing $3,000. In Danville, Marshall Wilhelm, a former soldier, faced bigamy charges after remarriage following an apparent misinformed death of his first wife.
Sterling notes Hon T J Henderson touched the gate and water began to flow through the canal completing a $7 509 000 government undertaking begun 25 years ago. Congressmen Caldwell Lowden Lorimer United States Senator Hopkins Gov Deneen and other leaders attended and spoke as hundreds witnessed the opening and a preceding parade.
Vreeport Scooby Charity, an Ili nois Central employee, was arrested on a complaint by Postal Inspector Fraser of La Crosse. He is charged with stealing a registered money package containing about $2,000 in transit from Madison to a point near Dodgeville. The package, handed to a railway mail clerk for delivery, was never delivered and Charity claims it was stolen from a bus. He was held under $3,000 bond. He had served as United States Commissioner until the preliminary hearing.
Charleston hosts the tenth annual convention of the Eastern Illinois Teachers association, with a record 1,076 attendees. Urbana will host next year’s gathering as officers including President Thomas J. Briggs and others were elected. Deserts Home When Triplets Come reports J G Cavanaugh abandoning his family after triplets arrive, leaving a destitute wife and 14 children. neighbors assist.
A vintage Delineator recipe roundup details lemon flavored sauces for boiled fowls fish puddings and a lentil sauce. It covers lemon butter sauce lemon sauce with eggs and corn starch thickening methods plus lentil preparation using ham bones or salt pork with spices and herbs.
In Glamorgan Wales an owner wagered his fine horse would ascend three steep hotel stairs. The animal climbed to the third story but refused to descend. After three days it was freed with ropes and pulleys, costing ten times the initial one dollar win.
A recipe describes stuffed noodles with cold chicken or veal, spinach, onion, milk softened bread, and egg, seasoned, wrapped in a noodle dough, boiled ten minutes, then served. Leftovers can be fried in butter for the next meal.
Take two pounds white fish and two pounds pike. Chop and grind with one onion and two crackers. Season with pepper and salt. Mix in two eggs, form balls the size of a small apple, boil in a quart of water with half an onion for one hour, garnish with lettuce or parsley, and optionally add blanched almonds.
Instructions describe scoring the cork of a medicine bottle to create a groove, reinsert the cork, and count drops one by one without pouring tea quickly. The tip implies a method to regulate dosing by marking the cork for easier drop counting.
A simple custard is enhanced by topping each cup with a preserved strawberry or candied cherry or a spoonful of jelly or marmalade. Tiny mounds of whipped cream add a final touch.
Women and girls are urged to improve posture and walking style. The article cites common faults such as turkey toe and pigeon toe strides, recommends standing tall with a straight line from ears to feet, and walking on the ball of the foot to avoid a mincing appearance, with tips like a book on the head to practice balance.
A reader asks for party ideas for a December 13 birthday on a Friday. The adviser suggests simple date notes on invitations, a large cake with 21 candles, candy box souvenirs, and a decor theme with black cats and owls to echo Friday the 13th.
A plan for fourteen teens ages fourteen to seventeen includes ice cream and cake, table decorations with flowers and candies, and inexpensive place cards. Suggested activities include a soap bubble contest, a nail pounding and button sewing contest, and a superstition themed party with each guest wearing their aversion.
Paisley ribbons and vuelvets have crept into vogue and are charming on a hat of white and dull pink shading up to plum. The latter moire forms the doublure to the brim and meets the bind of Paisley, great bows fall either side softly without stiffening.
A described ladies suit features a loose coat with a pinned fold over the shoulders and back, black velvet collar, two front rows of buttons, and sleeves matching a regulation coat. The skirt sits in inverted box plaits around the lower garment.
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