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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
2
Officials in Washington consider sending troops from Mania to Chinwingao to safeguard a sea route between Peking and the coast under the Boxer treaty. Meanwhile, bills to amend the Sherman act, protests over trust policy, and various trials and international tensions fill the news.
Witness Ches ter Anderson testifies how ten men from Lincoln county conspired in Shady Bend to tar Miss Mary Chamberlain. Barber Edward Ricard lured her from a buggy while Sher rill Clark Delbert Kindelsparger and others aided, masking actions and delaying as the victim was assaulted.
Reports to the state department say Ramon Caceres, president of Santo Domingo, was shot by two men as he left Leon Vasquez's house. He died at the American legation about a half hour later. Assassins fled to San Cristobal. unrest appears widespread. Endicott serves as charge in countrymen's absence.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney trouble and backache with a testimonial from August Strong of Minneapolis Minnesota. It notes purchase through Mr Skinner and offers sample bottles and a booklet, urging readers to mention the paper when writing to Kilmer Co.
In a terse exchange a speaker refuses immediate payment for a suit, promising to write the employer. The buyer mentions purchasing three letters with cash on delivery and labels the letters as C O D, signaling a dingy credit scheme in a halted transaction.
Irven Hutchison of Three Rivers Michigan recounts four years of dry eczema on wrist and shin and how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills cleared his skin. He praises the remedies and urges others with skin diseases to try them, noting a free sample offer from Cuticura.
Bishop Thoburn, a missionary in India for 50 years, asserts at a Washington patent office that the plow shows 600 improvements while India has not invented a single improvement on the toothpick in 2,000 years. He claims nations without God lack inventive faculty and are among the earth’s savage unenlightened peoples.
Mary D Brine notes smokers prize the Single Binder cigar for its rich mellow quality promising a bright side and satisfaction.
A grain laden car from Western Canada is shown at the Coliseum as part of the United States land and irrigation exposition. The Canadian exhibit highlights homestead lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with strong yields in wheat oats and barley. The display includes a robust vegetable section and informs visitors that government crop reports will be available from the nearest Canadian Government agent after publication.
A fragment discusses the death of a figure nicknamed Daring Ike. The speaker notes he was shot through the heart, and remarks that his heart was always weak, implying a long-standing perception of vulnerability.
An old advertisement urges immediate use of Doan's Kidney Pills at first signs of backache or urinary issues. Customer David P. Corey from Ionia Michigan recounts severe kidney trouble needing a cane and bed rest before recovery after using the product. The slogan Remember the Name Doan's appears with price 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York listed.
A disputing orator confronts a London editor over a speech he delivered at a dinner the night before. The editor replies that the paper was friendly to him, but the speaker insists no lines from his remarks were published.
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