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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1909

Page

2

Shipboard Escape Tale Ends with Hidings and Pranks

The Iris guides to Antigua after Capt. Buzbey hides in a galley locker with the cook and mate aboard. Hawker returns alive, the crew laughs at the ruse, and the cook keeps silent about the prank on the drowning scare.

Capt Buzbey Gover Cook Iris Gord Ingy Angin Antigua Capts Hawker Bond Cape Henry St. Johns John Gray Cap'n Cap’n. Hawker Bob Buzbey Capt. Hawker Burbey Capt. Buzbey Capt Burbey Enok

Who Is Your Plumber Judge Mayes Remarks on Plumbing

In a Mississippi supreme court case Judge Mayes calls plumbing an honorable and necessary trade. He notes the job often requires plumbers to return to the shop after repairs. This casual remark reflects the daily challenges faced by plumbers.

Mayes Mississippi Supreme Court

Spoiled Child Shows Real Life Training Says Woods Hutchinson

A Success Magazine essay argues that the spoiled child is better prepared for life than the model child. It claims frank expression reveals true sentiment, while the obedient child hides feelings and vents only through others or later in life.

Woods Hutchinson Success

Perfumed Chrysanthemum Soon? Florists Watch The Bloom

Florists nationwide wonder when growers will produce chrysanthemums and dahlias with a agreeable perfume. Experts note current blooms emit varied scents some disagreeable while the dahlia aroma is unpleasant. About 100 specialists pursue the goal with no success yet. The bloom may arrive with the blue rose, promising a totally novel fragrance.

St. Louis Globe Democrat

Schwab Denies Truth Claim on Marriage Market

At a New York dinner Charles M. Schwab rebutted the London Truth assertion that American men are at a discount in marriage markets. He notes heiresses marry for titles, not men, recalling Monte Carlo comments about Sallie Bangs and Prince Champignon.

Charles M. Schwab New York London Mr. Schwab Monte Carlo Sallie Bangs Prince Champignon Sally Mayhbe

No Resentment in Class Mockery Dialogue

A professor declares modern women share savage habits, prompting a matronly rebuttal about jungle ladies and insults. The exchange contrasts stern critique with calm defiance.

Regulators Handle Cosmic Threat Mock In Barroom Talk

A crank talks of a dark planet hitting the sun while men in a bar brush it off. One says he alerted a congressman who will introduce a bill making such acts a violation of interplanetary commerce.

Cultivate Appreciation in Daily Discourse

Cultivate appreciation as the antidote to detraction. Embrace diversity of temperaments and differ with neighbors in a good spirit to maintain harmony and civility.

London is Named the Finest City of Great Britain

The passage declares London as the supreme city of Great Britain, contrasting Edinburgh Dublin Oxford and Canterbury for learning beauty colleges and cathedrals and praising London’s overall supremacy.

Edinburgh Dublin Oxford Canterbury Old Cathedral London Great Britain

Two Years Of Freedom From Kidney Trouble

Mrs. J B Johnson of Columbia Missouri recounts severe kidney trouble and dropsy after an operation. She says after using Deans Kidney Pills the swelling subsided and kidneys began functioning. She reports good health now and notes the product price of 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

J. B. Johnson Wee St Columbia Dean Johnson Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y

The Alternative Quip on Marriage and Death

A young wife complains that if her window were eight feet high she would have tried to kill herself after quarrels to elicit tenderness. He counters with a sharp reminder that some wives do not survive such acts, implying fatal outcome or abandonment.

Questionable 19th Century Patent Medicine Advert

An assortment of medical claims and testimonials promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and other tonics and patent medicines. Claims include a $100 reward, internal cures, and various endorsements from druggists, alongside unrelated quips and product slogans.

Hall

Doctors Failed Then Found Relief with Pinkham's Remedy

Willimantic Connecticut resident Mrs Etta Donovan reports five years of extreme female health troubles including backache irregularities dizziness and nervous prostration. After trying three doctors with no benefit she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered her health. The ad touts the compound as a safe standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities pains and other female ailments with proven thousands of cures.

Willimantic Conn Sins Lydia EH Pinkham Etta Donovan Lydia EF. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham

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MR. Grouch Bank of the Law J. C. Plummer Daily Story Pub. Co Regulators F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo O. We F. J. Cheney Walding, Kinnan & Marvin All Druggista Pettit Howard Bros K. W. Grove Lewis’ Factory Peoria Lydia E.pinkham
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