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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
2
President Taft refused a joint debate invitation from Eugens Vu and Socialist party nominee Debs, signaling no public clash with the candidate despite calls for a platform discussion.
Taft welcomes 2500 scientists to the fifteenth international congress on hygiene and demography in Washington. He explains revocation of the Indian affairs ban on religious garb in Indian schools. Bureau bulletins show food prices rising about 40 percent since 1890 and meats about 65 percent. Hitchcock delays enforcing the newspaper publicity section pending AG Wickersham opinion. Costa Ricans petition to withdraw U S forces in Nicaragua. Public Health Service seeks five insanity experts for alien examinations.
A roundup of brief items reports tax rulings in Kansas on Eewin Hawley estate, fatal train wrecks in Minnesota and New York, the third rubber and allied trades expo in New York, a Milwaukee mill fire at Berger-Crittenden, a fatal aviation crash by aviator Russell Blair, a florist manslaughter case in Brookline, Russian aviator Semeniouk’s scare in Chicago, mass strike at Colt in Hartford, destruction of Cornell’s club house, large cash theft via rail express, a 5000-strong mob strike action in Superior, and international tensions from Santo Domingo to Nicaragua with naval actions and Italian victory at Derna.
Personal T. J. McGrath steps down from the post of superintendent of motive power at the Chicago and Alton railroad. No successor named. Mrs. Carleton Washburne, once Miss Hieluise Chandler, begins self supporting life, works for her husband’s company, and will illustrate for a magazine. Robert A. Wellman dies at sixty after falling into a St. Joseph hotel elevator shaft. he is the brother of Arctic explorer Walter Wellman.
In fog on Monday the steamer Obnoska sank after a collision with an unknown vessel on the Dwina river near St. Petersburg. Of 150 aboard, 35 were rescued as panicked passengers, many peasants, frantically crowded decks and improvised lifeboats failed. Boats from the other ship aided survivors.
Miss Lillian Adams guided a team that compiled indictments against Newton C. Dougherty, former Peoria city schools head. The grand jury returned fifteen true bills on forgery and embezzlement charges, with bond set at 800 dollars each totaling 12 000 dollars.
Judge George Hutton of the Los Angeles superior court who presided at the Darrow bribery trial withdraws from reelection citing health strain. He will lead an American Archaeological Society expedition into New Mexico and Arizona to study ancient irrigation systems of prehistoric races.
A large number of Americans in Foo Chow face life threats as the city trembles from an incipient revolt led by the police chief who has defied central government. Federal troops have arrived from Peking to quell unrest while foreigners seek safety within legations.
Washington September 25 Porter Charlton faces a final decision on whether to return to Italy to face charges in the murder of his wife. The Supreme Court will hear his case on October 14 marking the end of a long legal wait.
In this excerpt from St Nicholas the text argues that dreams serve a scientific purpose by preserving sleep. It explains that dreams arise from minor physical disturbances and create a harmless, absorbing fantasy that keeps the sleeper in bed and undisturbed, such as a snowy landscape where skating continues the illusion.
A Universalist Leader argues rural emigration stems from teachers using city based curricula in country schools. The piece says rural students are taught urban life as ideal, prompting youths to abandon farming for cities.
The essay discusses the decline of the parlor as a formal space and the rise of the living room as the central, everyday hub. It notes the piano and comfortable chairs now sit ready for daily use, reflecting a shift toward practical, homelike interior design in homes.
Orchids can be grown at home with minimal effort. Use a soap box with a glass lid placed in sunlight. water sparingly as the glass top slows evaporation. In winter heat via an electric light wired into the box if your house is electric powered.
Maude explains she is home from Girton and asks her mother for a diminutive argenteous truncated cone convex on its summit and semi perforated with indentations. She is asking for her thimble.
A vintage advertisement touts Cole's Carboli salve as a most effective cure all available at all druggists for 25 cents and tic. The ad is followed by a cartoon caption about an honest congressman and a note on retirement reflecting public sentiment.
A witty exchange about aging and compliments circulates as two women discuss appearances. One remarks on youthfulness, the other expresses surprise and gratitude while noting others who seem older yet look less refreshed.
A dialogue-style note reveals Goetz Coyne-Lord De Broke, newly married into the family, chiding business concerns while Dustin Stax defends the bargain he secured, hinting at export deals and family finances.
A patient with severe gastritis was treated with food rather than medicines. After four years on Grape-Nuts the individual recovered, gained weight to 153 pounds, and gained color and strength. The letter, from Postum Co. in Battle Creek, promotes the product and its benefits.
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