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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1914
Page
7
Springfield report states burglars blew the Citizens State Bank safe in Edinburg Christian county took four thousand dollars and fled by auto. The cashier saw the explosion timing as he opened for business and neighbor James Crowley heard an approaching car shortly after.
An Illinois roundup reports Civil war veteran C Wickersham found dead from apoplexy in his home cellar. A train fatality near Havana claims Roy Van Lanningham. Clyde Smith foils a burglary at his dry cleaning shop. Mrs. Herman Zuber dies in St. Adams hospital days after son Rudolph’s death. County salaries fixed in Madison County. Moro Post Office robbed of stamps and notes. Dailey town established near Penfield in honor of P. M. Dailey. Illinois State Fair opens with high attendance and $100,000 in premiums. Four boys allegedly steal Theodore Fischer’s auto in St. Charles. Turtle shipments surge from Bloomington area. Distilleries prepare for higher spirits tax with August tax collections rising. Mountain Park monkey chase ends with display and cries for help. Farmers along Northwestern railroad suffer poultry depredations near Pottstown. Danville bank teller Harry S Shutts pleads guilty to a 16 year embezzlement totaling $27,000.
Castoria earns strong support from physicians and medical societies for its harmless profile and quick relief of stomach pains and nerves. It aids digestion and serves as a safe substitute for Castor Oil, containing no opiates and not stupefying users, per Haiti's Journal of Health.
General Macomb with 3500 troops, fewer than 2000 fit for duty, prepares to meet a British force of 12 000 to 14 000 veterans near the Saranac, rallying reenforcements to boost defense before battle. The Red Crossiver uniform policy and YMCA aid for nurses arriving in New York are noted.
A dialogue unfolds with a suitor proposing marriage at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. He delays to allow fairness with another suitor, threatening to accept if he does not proceed. She then withdraws her offer, and he responds by waiving the other chance to take her.
A quirky line from the Boston Evening Transcript describes a fly perched on a slice of Swiss cheese declaring the scene as an ideal golf course atmosphere. The anecdote blends sport imagery with humorous observation.
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