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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1917
Page
2
A stark call urges every citizen to guard the nation’s wheat meat fats and sugar to sustain the war effort. It warns that allies and sacrifices may fail if home front supplies are not protected and conserved daily.
Pershing's forces exchange heavy shell fire with German emplacements on the American front in France while Allied units press the Aisne line. Secretary McAdoo touts the second Liberty loan as an overwhelming success with a raised quota. Hoover warns of a German plot to strike stockyards and grain elevators, urging nationwide yard protection. French officers train in the United States and American torpedo boats rescue an escaped steamship. Pershing travels with a French general to the second German line and remains a focal point of praise for calm leadership.
Washington Secretary of War Baker announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Biddle, former president of the Army War College, as assistant chief of staff when Gen. Tasker Bliss retires December 31. Wage increases of 50 to 78 percent loom for cal miners of the United States. Wilson authorized a 45 cent per ton coal increase to meet the higher wage scale. Wilson urged every home and public eating place to pledge support to the food administration and comply with its requests.
A chaotic roundup notes dairy price pressure by Wee & Chanelle Dairy Company and a failed Crown price fix effort. An Indiana farmer Albert Waldo killed his wife and her brother then himself. Six of ten German POWs escaped Vert Athepherson camp and were recaptured. DOJ reports price violations by dealers in retail fuel and chemicals. A Chicago man fined for wrecking a Liberty Bond subscription blank. John P. White resigns as UMWA president. Frank J. Mayes to take over as president with White becoming an advisor to the national fuel administrator in Washington.
Reports from Berlin and Paris claim Austro German forces opened a major attack on the Isonzo front pushing into northern Italy. Prisoners and guns flood the tally as village captures and large-scale advances continue along a wide front.
Berlin reports Austro German forces drive into northern Italy and push the Italian armies back to the Adriatic coast. Cormons captured and Isonzo front collapsed as Italian and civilian retreat spreads along the Adriatic. Rome says Italian troops check the advance and all movements proceed as directed.
William E. Bowers of Averyville was arrested for espionage. James S. Williams, Illinois fuel administrator, left for Washington to join a coal conference. Henry Quoss, 35, received a 35 year term for murder at Pana. A bank robbery at Crossville netted $5,000. a bank hold up at Monee ended with suspects jailed in Joliet. A fatal shooting occurred in Chicago family crime. A large wave of collisions, arson, and robberies populate the state. Community figures and political leaders travel and contend with shortages and reform.
President Wilson spoke as a party leader and individual urging the woman suffrage issue to voters across states. He addressed about 100 New York suffrage delegates and pressed men of all parties to support suffrage in the state. Contracts were made for 200 million pounds of raw sugar at 6 14 cents per pound, with wholesalers facing a price rise to 35 cents before a later reduction.
Foreign II was announced at Madrid that the Spanish cabinet has resigned. The chamber of deputies by an almost unanimous vote at Rio Janeiro declared that a state of war existed between Germany and Brazil the vote was 149 to 1. President Brazil once sanctioned the proclamation.
Pacifist leader Herbert S. Bigelow was abducted by men in white robes who whipped him with a blacksnake whip near Florence, Kentucky, reading a Belgium relief polemic before the lashes. He was later found near Cincinnati and admitted to a hospital. friends say his condition is not believed to be serious.
Washington reports from Rome say Italian lines hold against a massive Austro-German assault. London notes quick French and British steps to aid the Italian front. U S officers doubt but hope Cadorna can check the drive if army morale remains intact. The Rome dispatch claims all Italian forces obey the general staff.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote recalls a small Indiana town with a “Sample Room” that lacks chairs or tables. The bartender says the rule is to prevent patrons from drinking longer than they can stand, highlighting early temperance sentiment and novelty of prohibition-era gaps.
A concise exchange notes that crime can be committed despite no excuse, but warrants may exist to justify or pursue it. The dialogue frames guilt and enforcement as intertwined in law enforcement discourse.
A short dialogue snippet notes a husband’s late nights and a spouse’s playful objection. The line implies domestic familiarity and humor within the page’s chatter. No further context or names are provided.
Harmony notes a rival's swagger as matching the length and style of his stick. The remark underscores a confident stance in a game or duel context.
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