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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1907
Page
3
National and local results show John L Johnson winning the Cleveland mayoral race as Tammany loses ground in New York City. Governors were elected in Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland and other states, with varied party outcomes and notable Louisville mayoral result.
The report lists mayoral and statewide results from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Rhode Island, Mississippi and Ohio. Cleveland mayor Tom Johnson wins with 43,339 votes. Whitlock and Toledo fare similarly, while Illinois shows strong Prohibition gains. Local option votes dry in 16 counties with majorities for the “dry” side and notable city outcomes in Salt Lake, Jacksonville, and Duquoin.
In Galesburg a local youth who worked as a patent gas burner agent stole 170 dollars from Simms, hid the money in a trunk, and later confessed after attending Billy Sunday tabernacle meetings. He agreed to repay the money under sheriff’s supervision, with Simms moved by the display of remorse.
Benjamin W. Pope of Duquoin aged 54 and Mrs Ida Lee Manion aged 24 were arrested at the Burlington hotel in St Louis. Manion’s husband, Mount Vernon businessman, traced his wife to the city and secured police arrest. They were released on bond after questioning.
Kankakee attorney S R Moore filed an injunction suit against local high school football alleging it is prizefighting. He accuses superintendent L N Tracy and principal L W Smith of aiding the vice, citing foul language and moral decay, seeking $10,000,000 in damages.
Chicago attendees urged expansion of juvenile court and law with calls for a secure place for youths after court. The group reported a monthly deficit near 700 dollars as state funding covers only ten dollars per girl, with 15 dollars needed. Officers elected include President Mrs Henry Solomon and Treasurer Mrs Lawrence W Mc Masters. A plan to sell Evanston property valued at 55000 dollars, mortgaged for 25000, to move the school to Park Ridge was discussed.
Dr. T. J. Allen defends peanut diet leading a trio of dieters including Edgar Brobst who eats eight plates of beans in one sitting. rival James Hureell abandons green onion plan after six weeks while Henry Spoden sticks with sauerkraut as others hold firm into the fifteenth day.
Lincoln Thomas F Holmes and Oscar J Menzel were arrested on complaint by State Mine Inspector Thomas Hanna for violating mining laws related to shot firers after a deadly accident at a local coal mine. Holmes released on recognizance, Menzel bonds $200. Lepuschitz died when the shot was fired by himself. Martha J Rogers dies at 70 in Litchfield after heart trouble. State Senate passes architect salary raise and library, education site power bills. 13 year old Glenn Arnett injured in home made wire stunt.
Mrs. William Robinson welcomed triplets in Pana, all three daughters. The event marks a joyful addition to the Robinson household with the newborn girls reported by local observers.
A home mixture of Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla is touted by a physician as cleansing and strengthening the kidneys and urinary tract. Claimed to ease backache and bladder weakness, it is offered at nominal cost and warned to be tried before Bright's disease. The Scranton Times first published the prescription in October 1906, then other papers repeated it.
A brief scene shows a couple during an engagement, a misheard question about romance triggers hurt pride. The woman confesses a misunderstood remark and embraces the man, seeking forgiveness after a tense moment.
A minister dines with a fellow preacher when his houseguest six year old daughter asks Dr. Still to pray for rain so it will pour tomorrow. She jokes she has a new umbrella and mackintosh as motive. The remark ends with a quip about the eternal womanly.
In a playful exchange from The Catholic Standard and Times a mother asks Mabel about the hour a young man left last night. Mabel suggests it was nearly eleven, while the mother believes it was later, prompting a dreamy remark from Mabel about how time can feel different.
A Wisconsin woman describes heart palpitations and nervousness from coffee, then shares how Postum Food Coffee improved her weight and cured her symptoms after a few weeks. She notes her children like it, her sister now makes it correctly, and she offers to let Postum use her name.
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