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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
2
A condensed national round up notes Beveridge hailed as Progressive candidate, court and election wins for Woodrow Wilson in California, suffrage passage in Kansas, Louisiana vote miscount indictments, cabinet reshuffles, rail wage increases, a fatal car crash in St. Paul, and a nationwide postal probe into a race suicide scheme.
Sporting Kodji Yamada takes third money after a 600 to 299 loss to Ora Morningstar in New York. The Oriental earns about a thousand dollars for his debut premier tour event. Charlie White defeats Pat Moore in Kenosha in a ten round lightweight bout. Willie Hoppe defends his 18.2 balkline world title by beating Ora Morningstar 600 to 276 in New York City.
President Taft and notable figures delivered speeches at memorial exercises in the Republican club, honoring the late vice president James 3. Duke. In New York, Duke’s tobacco magnate son welcomed a baby girl in his fifty seventh year. Fires caused fatalities in France and Spain as scenes of panic and explosions claimed many lives.
Ortie E. McManigal testified in federal court about the McNamaras plotting mass destruction in Los Angeles. The plan involved placing charges on aqueduct lines and water mains, using Schmidt’s device to ignite multiple fires, while jeopardizing the city’s water supply. McNamara also proposed sending McManigal to Panama to blow up canal locks or to steal a magazine of explosives to dump into the locks.
United States Senator Isidor Rayner of Maryland died in Washington on Monday after a five year neuritis struggle following a six week illness. He was 62, born in Baltimore, and served in the House from 1886 to 1892 before becoming a senator in 1904. His death could affect Senate control after March 4 as a Republican succession looms.
John Schrank, the man who tried to kill Colonel Roosevelt, was moved to the Northern Hospital for the Insane near Oshkosh, by Deputy Sheriff Fred Becker after the municipal judge Backus ordered commitment following a commission of alienists who ruled him insane.
Seoul November 27 The new trial on appeal of 106 Koreans convicted September 28 of taking part in a conspiracy against the life of Count Terauchi the Japanese governor general of Korea began Tuesday with hearings in Seoul.
Two Corn Products Refining plants in Waukegan Illinois and Brooklyn New York were wrecked by explosions an hour apart. Twelve workers died at Waukegan and fifteen at Brooklyn with twenty three injured in Illinois and no deaths in Brooklyn.
Thomas Martindale recalls a Philadelphia hunter during deer season who fired into a thicket and shouted for all to exit. Amid the confusion the hunter counts himself as having shot a buck, while companions confirm everyone is out, prompting a humorous misfire of pride.
A terse exchange reveals a family bargaining moment as the speaker confronts fear and recalls previous requests to a father for access to three sisters. The humor and tension hint at underlying family dynamics and social expectations.
In a tavern talk the landlord notes calm businessmen like bankers and storekeepers are handling affairs, while inexperienced incompetents rush to seize control of the post office for everyone. The washing machine agent and others voice weary skepticism about the new administration.
An old newspaper ad block promotes Cole's Carbon salve claiming instant pain relief for burns and cuts and Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels. It also includes a quip about marriage and appetite. The copy mentions noscar and sugar coated granules.
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