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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1923
Page
8
R M Fleenor of Otterbein Indiana says kidney trouble plagued him for 25 years until DODD'S relieved his inflammation of the bladder and backache after two boxes. He claims a remarkable cure and full restoration of health.
Advertisement promotes Gutiura Soap as a universal product for shaving bathing and shampooing. It asserts doubled razor efficiency and skin purity health with no mug slime germs or irritation, even with twice daily shaving. It emphasizes one soap for all uses and lifelong skin benefits.
The week reports the 1924 Red Cross budget at 12 million dollars and US taxes over seven billion, up 250 percent since 1912. Other items note hog cholera losses, planned reserve bank branch bids, reparations survey limits, a wheat duty increase petition, and several notable retirements and awards.
Notable figures pass away from pneumonia heart disease and natural causes. Samuel W. McCall, 73, former Massachusetts governor and congressman, dies in Winchester. George R. Huntington, 55, president of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway, dies in Minneapolis. Edward L. Hamilton, long-time Ohio congressman, dies at a St. Joseph sanitarium after an operation. E. O. McCormick, VP of Southern Pacific, dies in San Francisco of heart disease. Charles Nelson Earle, 98, Los Angeles firearms inventor, dies at home.
Saturday results show Illinois 7 Chicago 0 Michigan 9 Iowa 8 Minnesota 84 Northwestern 14 Notre Dame 34 Purdue 7 Indiana 32 Hanover 0 Yale 31 Army 10 Cornell 82 Dartmouth 7 Navy 9 Colgate 0 Centrée 10 Kentucky 0. In Memoriam Kentucky’s pride won the 50 000 Latonia championship stakes Zev finished second five lengths back My own horse took third with the mile and three quarters in 3 00 4 5.
Foreign Flection shows large gains for libel and socialist factions in London despite only about a quarter of returns tabulated. Albert R. Tlauser of Akron, driven by a failed war-brid e plan, injured himself in Paris. Germany’s Dresden based dye trust plans moved assets to America. Chancellor Stresemann in Berlin assumed dictatorial powers after postponing the Reichstag. Germany’s potato crop is forecast at 37,000,000 tons and beet sugar at 400,000 tons. Madrid decrees impose penalties to curb profiteering and aid price reductions for essentials.
The White House states the United States will not force aid or counsel on Europe. It emphasizes readiness to help if sought, and notes ongoing discussions between Secretary Hughes and Ambassador Jusserand, with hope France may reconsider its stance. The policy remains non coercive and aimed at guiding rather than demanding.
Band of robbers held Spencer Indiana for two hours early Tuesday morning. They set guards on all roads out of town and cut electric light, telephone, and telegraph lines. After wounding two citizens who tried to interfere, they robbed the First National Bank and the Exchange State Bank of $13,000.
Lansing reports that the United States spends about 5.6 billion dollars annually to own and operate 14 million motor vehicles, with the total vehicle investment near 10 billion. Wisconsin State Highway Engineer spoke before the Michigan Good Roads association, noting operating costs exceed half of all tax revenues.
Twenty seven men died in a Glen Rogers coal mine in Raleigh Wyoming Coal Company territory. Inspectors led by R M M Lambie said the blast was confined to one entry in a remote mountain district about 25 miles from Beckley.
President Coolidge issues a Thanksgiving proclamation noting two national traumas, the death of President Harding and the Japanese earthquake, as tests that refine the nation and its people. The country is urged to give thanks while facing adversity.
Chicago voters elected Mary Bartelme as Circuit judge by a 14 048 plurality. In Cook County judicial races thirteen Republicans and ten Democrats won, with most candidates chosen by the Bar Association primary.
Tammany Hall swept ten judiciary seats in New York City delivering a strong win for Democrats. Upstate voters boosted Republicans in the state legislature, tempering the party’s celebrations.
The saying suggests humor in pranks depends on the victim's perception. if the target enjoys the joke, it is considered justifiable, otherwise not. The statement frames humor as subjective and dependent on consent or reception.
A witty literary note questions Bill Tilden’s tennis prowess. The quip asserts he is poor in doubles and even worse in singles, contrasting public perception with humorous critique.
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