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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
6
A broad digest of incidents worldwide includes streetcar riot injuries in Louisville, Roosevelt inviting governors to a May meeting on natural resources, a string of personal tragedies, and various political and financial developments. Notable items cover submarine boat contracts, fires in Alaska and St. Louis, international tensions in Formosa, and deaths or crimes from Oklahoma to New Jersey.
Frank H. Warner was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Esther C. Norling on July 23 in Denver. He shot Mises Morling at a Forty second street store, then killed John C. Wilson at a hat shop before being captured. A patrolman faced dismissal for cowardice. In Boulder, J. W. Reeve was convicted of second degree murder with a minimum ten year sentence for starting a dynamite car fire that killed three and destroyed property.
In Buffalo Judge Haze day, the U S circuit court granted a temporary injunction for the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad restraining the Switchmen Union of North America Buffalo lodge No 4 and its officers from breaking a wage scale agreement. The petition warns a threatened strike could jeopardize the contract. injunction returnable November 23. Mercantile firms and large shippers urged action to avoid tying up a trunk line during peak crop shipments to the coast.
A head on collision between a freight train and a light engine on the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad near Steuhenville, Ohio, Monday night killed engineer Martin Gilday and badly injured two trainmen and two others. Both engines and several cars were wrecked and splintered in the fog shrouded accident.
Worry over finances drove Oscar Nelson a wealthy Duluth furniture maker and former alderman to take his own life by inhaling gas at his Rockford home on Monday. Nelson had lived in Duluth for 20 years.
Constantinople Commodore R D Buckman an American naval adviser to the sultan has been promoted to rear admiral in the Turkish navy with the title pasha confirming a rare cross national promotion and honor for a foreign officer in service to the Ottoman state
A Washington D C attorney and Anti Trust League counsel endorses Peruna for catarrhal disorders calling it a great remedy and tonic. A Canadian resident recounts recovering from la grippe and pneumonia after two months of Peruna and helps a bedridden young woman regain strength to work as a tailor.
Peruna tablets provide a solid form for those who prefer pills over liquid medicine. Each tablet equals one average Peruna dose, delivering the traditional medicinal ingredients in a convenient dose.
In a Felixstowe dog case a witness valued the dog at 125 dollars while another called it worthless. The judge awarded 62.50 dollars as a fair average. Nathan Straus opens milk booths in New York City selling pure sterilized milk to the poor for one cent a bottle. He insists on absolute cleanliness in all operations and uses hot water and BORAX to cleanse bottles. The article notes the first use of a banquet menu in Germany dates to 1489.
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