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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
2
A testimonial from Mrs. M. Lovie of Tyrone Pennsylvania praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for run down health, nervous weakness, and left side pains, claiming it restored strength and enabled continued housework and factory labor. The letter endorses the product as a reliable body builder and urges sharing its benefits with other women.
Senator Sorghum replies that full understanding cannot be assumed. He notes in Europe they spoke of a million marks but none of them had counted a million in their own lives.
A Washington statement urges urging President Coolidge to back American participation in the World Court. The navy reaches 86 000 enlisted strength for the first time in a year, with over 11 000 new recruits since July. Major topics include tax cuts, treaty versus Volstead acts, reparations limits, grain exports, and notable deaths and sports results from the weekend.
A group of 50 Shriners from the United States has reached Mexico City led by Tinickle of Indianapolis William Davis of Portland Oregon and R C Cory of New York City. The report notes other international moves including monarchs in Europe and German money concerns as unrest grows in Berlin and Greece plans a regency.
Berlin Chancellor Stresemann told Rhineland and Ruhr representatives that these areas must shift politically and economically for themselves as the federal treasury cannot bear unemployment costs in occupied zones. The conference left rail status to regional authorities and signaled talks toward a possible Rhenish state allied to the Reich. A bank of issue for a Rhineland gold currency was tentatively approved.
In Illinois a bankruptcy petition was filed in U S District Court by Anthony Messman alleging Governor McCray of Indiana is his partner in a Will County farm. The schedule lists notes signed by Messman and McCray totaling 41,250 with a blanket 50,000 in other notes. The Messman farm was once a leading Illinois stock farm.
The White House indicated on Tuesday that the United States will not join allied protests against Germany allowing the Hohenzollern family to return. President Coolidge explained America’s insistence on retaining the right of people to choose their government, and that right should be extended to others as well.
Sun Yat Sen forces confirmed to have seized Waichow. General Chen Chiung Ming’s northern troops take Sheklung, sending thousands of Sun troops fleeing toward Canton. Many drown in the East River during the retreat as reports note.
Fireman Fred Whitcomb of Peru Indiana died instantly on his first run as the locomotive engine of local freight No 76 was backing from a brick yard in Attica Indiana. Fireman Al Shanks of Tilton Illinois likely fatally injured and 17 others including 18 section men were hurt in the crash.
Omaha Nebraska William Drew, son of a wealthy German family near Woodbine, Iowa, was brought to Fort Crook to stand trial for evading the draft during the war. Drew is said to have been hidden by German families around Woodbine during five years of disappearance.
A jokey exchange has a man asking his best girl for a kiss and receiving the reply Piggly Wiggly with Help yourself as the playful twist. The line shows a comic pun rooted in a store slogan.
Mrs. Alice Van Arnam of Davenport credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with restoring her health after childbirth and during the climacteric period. She reports relief from pains and symptoms, continued strength, and urges others to seek medical advice or trial tablets from the Buffalo hotel.
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