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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
7
Nellie Burt wakes with a headache and wears her burdens as she overworks while Charley toils in his shop. A heated quarrel over housekeeping clouds love, until a scaffolding accident injures Charley and she tends him, learning patience, gratitude, and a hard earned reconciliation.
In Centerville New Jersey a wandering laborer sacrifices his sandwich to plunge into the Morris canal and rescue brothers William Phelps 13 and Charles 11 who were drowning after a sunken boat accident. The grateful farmer offers him pay and clothing, but the tramp continues on his way saying he is going nowhere.
Western cities earn colorful titles such as Duluth the Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas and North Adams the Tunnel City. The essay notes Pekin Celestial City Racine Bell City Lowell Shoe City Holyoke Paper City, then a short humorous tale about Minnie resisting egg beaks and asking if she must eat the beak too.
A census of the St. John’s road workhouse in London shows 1613 inmates with 1150 over 60. The age breakdown reports 60–69: 486. 70–79: 511. 80–89: 159. 90–99: 11. and one inmate aged 101.
A quirky passage hails the flea as a formidable pest, calling it the Samson of insects. It notes its strength in biting, claiming even a lazy man would spring into action to avoid its bites.
Cardinal Gibbons states wealth without religion is unsatisfactory. He argues a man who has neither wealth nor faith faces a worse condition, emphasizing spiritual values alongside material success.
East Chicago couple John Cicicero and Madalena Fillip wed on a trolley car as Justice George W. Rieland conducted the ceremony. The rapid 30 mile per hour ride ran ten miles from the courthouse to New York bound plans with attorney Abe Opfenheimer acting as best man while the conductor kept collecting fares.
Chicago Mayor Busse sends a parchment message by motor boat down the drainage canal toward Ottawa aboard the Lizzie S. Captains Flaming and Ballou command two clubs boats while Commodore Wiese carries the official bearer role. After Ottawa, the fleet heads to St Louis to hand the president the document and relay messages from Joliet Lockport Peoria and other towns.
Charles Edward Armstrong and Bertha Schlumpff eloped from Peoria to Lacon. The groom was arrested an hour after the marriage on a warrant by the bride’s father for abduction. The Peoria state’s attorney refused to prosecute Arnsdale, and both parties are under age, with possible larceny charges.
Vandal group cut down 500 two year old hard maple trees on three main residence streets. A $700 reward is offered for information leading to the capture of the vandals. In Bloomington, noted horseman John Sherman horn dies of heart trouble at his home.
The Illinois Liquor Dealers association endorses what it calls reasonable legislation to regulate liquor traffic and cites the habitual drunkards law as harmful. It proposes city registry of drunkards, and East St. Louis will host the next meeting. Officers elected include President Henry F. Maiwurra of Chicago and Secretary Michael J. McCarthy of Chicago, with a slate of state and district delegates.
Ex governor Ford’s daughter Mrs Anna Davies remains in a Springfield hospital as Rev G Niebuhr seeks options for her care beyond the county farm. George Youle, missing MecLean County man, is found near Dunlap with $100 reward paid. Fred W Cobb cancels a marriage license after learning Rosa Rhoades to sign. Illinois Central adds 86 freight, 5 passenger, 10 switching engines worth about $1 million. Jefferson County Medical Society elects officers. R W Gardner distributes over $7,000 in cash gifts to Gardner Governor company employees. Bert Schutz transferred to Fort Leavenworth federal prison to serve four years.
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