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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
5
An anecdote recalls Mr Spencer’s balloon descent mishap among fisher folk who used the net for fishing lines and cut the balloon for waterproof clothing. The excerpt contrasts humor with sorrow noting flawed human judgment and the impact on character and beauty.
The West Hammond village board may revoke the saloon license of Frank Zanaszuk after a wager involving Charles Wisniecki and John Makowski led to Wisniecki drinking fifteen glasses of whiskey. Eleven glasses were poured into a larger glass by Zanaszuk, who hosted the bet. Wisniecki died the following morning.
Alderman Bihl urges Chief Justice Olson to establish a South End branch of the Municipal Court in the nearing 115th and Indiana police station. He notes the area is 16 miles from city center and requires local access to relieve officers from Hyde Park and South Chicago duties. He calls business groups and clubs to back the effort.
More than 10,000 people gathered at Quincy Mass Fore River Shipyard to witness the launch of the battleship North Dakota. Gov John Burke and Miss Mary Benton led a christening party from North Dakota along with officials and many ladies.
A 17 year old girl blacksmith, Minnie Hegemann of St. Louis County, marries Alfred H. Smith, a wealthy county man. Known for shoeing horses and mending wagons, she helps her father in his smithy, handles a heavy hammer, and is skilled with firearms.
English society shows growing interest in President Roosevelt’s London visit of 1910, surpassing excitement for any other American except possibly Mark Twain. The upper class admires him as one of the world’s greatest men and says it is an honor to entertain him.
A New York physician owns the largest static electricity machine ever built. Twenty glass discs, each forty inches in diameter, rotate against twenty other discs to generate continuous sparks about thirty inches long and three quarters of an inch in diameter.
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