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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1915
Page
2
Across Europe and beyond, reports detail Verona bombings killing and wounding dozens, Italian liner Ancona sunk with hundreds feared dead, Churchill resigns to join the front, conscription looms in Britain, and Booker T. Washington dies at Tuskegee. Other notes include factory damage, a tornado in Iowa, and several political shifts.
The Austrian embassy in Washington accepts responsibility for the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona and blames its officers. Vienna accuses the liner of trying to escape. The Post Office Department in Washington announces higher compensation for midwest railroads carrying mails for four years from July 1, 1915. President Wilson reviews a cabinet-backed legislative program including national defense ship-purchase and revenue measures. John R. Rathom supplied information on Austrian plots to disrupt US munitions. David Starr Jordan says a neutral-nations meeting may occur before Christmas to promote European peace.
Winston Churchill, former first lord of the admiralty, defended the Dardanelles plan in the house of commons and blamed Lord Kitchener and the French government for Antwerp. Sir Arthur Markham later attacked Kitchener as responsible for both blunders and withholding information. Churchill stressed the decision was deliberated and backed by war council. He warned progress may be hard but expected eventual improvement.
President Wilson directed Postmaster General Burleson to reinstate George Burkitt, assistant postmaster at Winnetka Illinois, after he was dismissed for remarks about the president's engagement timing following Mrs. Wilson's death. Burkitt was fired by Postmaster A M Sloepfer who accused him of criticizing the president.
New York November 17 John Purroy Mitchel mayor of Greater New York was rushed from his home to Roosevelt hospital and operated on for appendicitis. His condition is serious though he has been ailing for some time and the operation was deemed necessary by his physician. He is thirty seven years old and still youthful for the office.
Mrs Lotta Carswell Hume helped organize and lead the Woman's Social Service League of Changsha in 1913. The Chinese-led group, funded mostly by Chinese donors, provides disease prevention and relief while offering elite women a path to service. American nursing training at Johns Hopkins influenced American methods adapted for Chinese mothers.
The article argues against day dreams in business urging firm planning based on market study, costs, and competition. It emphasizes using reasoned plans to accumulate wealth, warning dreaming can hinder progress and delay earnings. It stresses relying on solid facts to secure a credible bank balance.
Charles Lamb urges generous pity over scrutiny when a visibly distressed person seeks aid. Do not question the veracity of the plea or the number of dependents. give freely and imagine you have relieved a needy bachelor if the claim proves exaggerated.
Washington statisticians report per capita salt use about 100 pounds and sugar 89.14 pounds last year. Much salt is used in curing meat and fish for export and in pickles and ice cream. the note also claims the U S eats more ice cream than the rest of the world combined.
A cartoon caption shows three men at a conservatory entrance. The elder with hair, the son with thin hair, and the bald grandson are identified as three generations. The joke hinges on family lineage and social aging.
A Ripon Wisconsin resident testifies that kidney back pain hindered work until using Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root. He praises immediate relief and recommends it to others while noting purchase from a local druggist. An sworn affidavit confirms the statement. Send ten cents for a sample and booklet. bottles sold at drug stores.
Fragmentary lines describe Dauber as devoted to his art yet unable to profit. The quips imply a tension between artistic vocation and financial success, with a skeptical note on the speaker’s livelihood versus ambition.
The two longtime courters are now married, and Watson must heed every word his wife speaks, reflecting a humorous, domestic update on their union.
Mr Comrox jokes his wife’s rising social circle makes him feel out of place. He comments that he does not belong in the gay social whirl this winter. The dialogue highlights a strained marriage and social ambitions.
A young man enters a haberdashery and tries to return a necktie purchased two days earlier. The salesman notes the tie is worn, while the customer admits wearing it to propose to his best friend, who refused.
A woman swore off coffee for two weeks at a time, drank Postum instead, and reports dramatic relief from distress, chest pressure, palpitations, headaches, and digestive issues. She credits Postum with improving health without medicines and notes Postum comes in Cereal and instant forms sold by Grocers under the slogan There’s a Reason.
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