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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1923
Page
11
The Detroit News recounts St Peter's Basilica in Rome built over 176 years from 1450 to 1626, during which 28 popes reigned. It cites an estimated $47 million base cost plus almost $1 million for the sacristy, and notes most pictures are mosaics with few oil paintings.
Representative Fred A. Britten told President Coolidge he traveled unofficially in Russia and, after seeing its regime, now opposes any U S recognition or official dealings with the Bolshevik government. He cited lack of press freedom and subjection of 150 million people as reasons against recognition.
The conference on citizenship ends its three day session with a plan to enlist churches educational societies fraternal groups and both men and women in a nationwide effort to enforce the Volstead act. The campaign aims to curb prohibition violations in cities and rural areas across the country.
Berlin reports a violent clash on the Thuringian Bavarian border at Meiningen as troops and workers fought after chants for the Soviet States of Germany. Police failed to quell the riot until a reichswehr detachment opened fire after stones were hurled, killing five and injuring many.
A crew bored through a three foot thick concrete and steel wall at Werner Bros Fireproof Storage and stole from the safe deposit vault. Police estimate the loot at $100,000 or more.
A woman robber stopped a Galesburg and Kewanee electric car conductor named Fred Current as he entered the yard. She brandished a revolver and robbed him of about $60 before fleeing in a car that arrived at the scene.
Governor McCray of Indiana is accused of forging a note in a lawsuit filed in the circuit court. Brownstown Loan and Trust Company sues Meyer Kiser Bank of Indianapolis, alleging the bank sold them the note.
An old advertisement page features a claim for California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative for infants and children, touting no narcotics and urging readers to ask druggists for genuine product. It also promotes a free Portland Cement Association booklet on concrete around the home and a Cuticura beauty regimen for itchy scalp and clear skin.
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