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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
2
A roundup of political shifts including Estrada handing Nicaragua to Gen. Luis Mena, and President Madriz’s exit. Medical updates on Mayor Gaynor, military and political figures in Illinois, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Fire, forest, and safety debates. census estimates place U S population near 90 million.
Mulford in a Lozier captures the Elgin National trophy after a 305.08 mile race finishing in 4:52 29.84. Livingstone places second in a National car and Artie Greiner third in his National. Contributions mention treaty changes and political notes from Taft.
In Bow Street Magistrates Court London American dentist Dr Hawley H Crippen and his typist Miss Ethel Clare Leneve faced formal murder charges in the death of Crippen's wife Belle Elmore. Inspector Dew testified Crippen contemplated self destruction at sea as part of his flight from Britain. He said Crippen hoped to voir dire the affair and asked Dew to allow a reunion with Leneve. Both suspects were remanded until September 6 without plea. The report also notes ongoing speculation over Leneve and the supposed mutilated body.
The Illinois Central case against Frank B Harriman Charles L Ewing and John M Taylor resumed in Judge Brugge meyer's court. Theophile Reuther testified Ostermann Manufacturing president Henry C Ostermann threatened to kill him if he revealed the $1,000,000 car repair fraud at Hinds Central. Missing papers tied to the larger graft and a river float anecdote were noted as part of the disclosures.
Mayor Emil Seidel Socialist declines to join the Milwaukee Press Club reception committee for Colonel Roosevelt’s visit, citing an un scholarly and unfair stance in the Roosevelt movement and his spare time devoted to the effort. The letter to Frank Cannon details the refusal.
An old advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers 100 dollars for any case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes circulars, with Crussgists selling the product at 75 cents plus Hall's Family Pills.
Midshipman Smith aboard the Indiana at Plymouth England contracted typhoid, rumored to come from a briar used by his Annapolis roommate who had typhoid. The incident is cited as proof that concentrated nicotine cannot destroy a typhoid germ. The navy medical department will study the theory and future midshipmen may be urged to use their own pipes.
At a July gathering in a small city mayor William Smith read the Declaration of Independence at length. A sharp whisper from a former schoolmate doubted the mayor’s intelligence, suggesting he never wrote such words.
In Soak, Howell notes the treasury department claims washed paper money lasts twice as long, while Powell jokes about the poor devil waiting during laundry.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a wry exchange about wealth and judgment, noting the stereotype of calling someone a fool only after their money vanishes.
Mrs. Charles Barclay of Graniteville Vermont praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health during the change of life. The letter claims wide endorsement and a long track record of curing female ailments including inflammation, ulcers, weakness, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and nervous prostration.
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