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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
3
New York millionaire landowner Tommy Ardmore travels to Atlanta chasing a girl who winked at him on a passing train. On the depot platform he encounters friend Harry Goswold and Virginia professor Ye Antsete en route north.
On a Virginia university-bound journey, Ardmore pushes a daring quest tied to Alexandra as Griswold, his lawyer friend, travels with him. Griswold reads about a New Orleans Cotton Planters meeting where governors clash, drawing in a mysterious young woman who reveals keen interest in the telegrams.
The Kennebec Maine Journal reports displays of family heirlooms at Green fair including a 150 year old blue spread tied to Mrs Mehitable Mower, a towel from Burgoyne era, a wooden pitchpipe from 1800 Winthrop church, and pewter ware. Items also included Mrs Ann L. Fogg iron dishes, Mrs Fred B. Parker pumpkin hood, straw bonnet, home woven pieces, a 125 year old bedspread by Mrs Dorcas Dearborn, and a hand carved flax hatchet shown by Augusta Daggett.
The piece notes workers under 150 pounds were discharged from railroad workshops while those over 190 pounds, unless unusually tall, were released as streetcar conductors for being too fat. It laments age and height biases with forty-somethings struggling to find work and the under twenty fives blocked from promotion. It questions if future labor will be dominated by a narrow band of ages and builds.
A quotation notes gender roles in commerce and leisure, contrasting men at gaming and racing with women at the bargain counter. Mine Sophronisba Breckenridge argues women seek equal gains and fair returns in a male dominated public sphere.
An advertisement claims well kidneys filter uric acid and waste, while weak kidneys cause rheumatic pain backache and urinary disorders. Testimony from Rev Abram Weaver of Georgetown Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing his kidney trouble after a fall at a Baptist conference. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo price 60 cents a box.
A brief fragment from Puck lists humorous baby address lines attributed to Emerson Carlyle Shakespeare Bacon Hume Dickens Newton Eliot and others. The quoted phrases resemble playful nonsensical talk and regional slang style.
A doctor bored with waiting decides to seek patients. He tails a cucumber buyer home and waits four hours. At midnight the door opens, the man bursts out and asks if a doctor is needed, only to ask for more cucumbers instead.
An 1890s advertisement offers a reward for proof of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It features endorsements from Walden, Kinnan, and Martin of Toledo and describes the remedy as a blood and mucous surface agent taken internally. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A lighthearted dialogue shows a wife and husband debating luxuries and necessities. The husband admits taking a cab home last night, calling it an absolute necessity, while the wife questions the restraint. The exchange highlights humor in urging thrift.
A blunt speaker declares belief in speaking his mind and calling a spade a spade. Miss Cayenne agrees noting many are that way and that the tendency corrupts vocabularies, turning them into parrots.
An advertisement touts Spahn Distemper Cure for horses and dogs with claims of cure, prevention, and a half million bottles sold last year. It urges druggists to stock it from Goshen Indiana and offers agents and a free book. Also notes Lewis' Single Binder cigar and a vanity quip about wisdom.
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