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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1909

Page

3

Wet and dry battle shapes Illinois city swings

Kewanee and many Illinois towns held bitter local option battles as mayoral races produced a mix of wet and dry outcomes. In Kewanee the wets won with strong female polling presence. Elgin, Harvard, Danville, Bloomington and Joliet also voted on liquor issues amid sweeping party shifts and local reform campaigns.

Kewanee Alexander McLean O. D. Peterson H. Sterling Pomeroy C F Sullivan Andrew T. Boyle Illinois Elgin Albert Fehrman Joseph Newman Fehrman Newman Illinois State Dairymen’s Association Elgin Police and Fire Commission Vickers Danville Louis Platt Citizens William F. Baum McLean County Bloomington Secor George Noble Minonk el Paso Weldon Robert WL. Carlock Edward Holland Carlock Chenoa W. E. Goudy E. S E. E. Steel J. J. Lavinder John Musgrave Robert Liddell Wets Mattoon Charles T. Welch A. H. Messer Charleston T. T. Shoemaker C. HE. Kincade Belvidere William L. Pierce Berton Z. J. Myers C. C. Jones Bushnell J. E. Harris Fairfield H. W. Pitner George W. Lewis Harry C. Biggons Larkin MacLin Ss. T. Pendleton S. W. Colbert W. M. Ryan Sullivan Moultrie Arthur Levington Bethany Dalton Wity Allenville Pontiac W. C. Graves W. H. Bentley Carmi Claude M. Barnes Hiram Brannon Barnes Rosebud J. W. Perkins F. D. Guker J. F. Holtman Charles Thieman Dan Kaffal Philip Hahn Marion St. Marie Newton Joseph Littleman Isaac Stewart S. F. Lauger Grayville Claude O. Mills W. EB. Norris John Feverstone John F. Taylor John Lindsay A. J. Baldwin W. L. Skiles Shawneetown M. Carney Marsh Wisehart Albion Charles Emmerson Alton Edmund Beall Charles Clifford Mount Carroll Jason B. Paul Chadwick J. B. Taylor Antilicense Shannon R. C. Miller Scott Cowan Miller Lanark Citizen G. M. Wales Savanna Henry Lartz Dr. McGrath Joliet John R. Cronin Decatur Charles M. Borchers Charles F. Shilling Borchers Shilling Rockford Mark Jardine Charles E. Jackson

Saving Paint Money By Hiring a Safe Painter

A house owner can avoid poor results by avoiding the cheapest option and by using the National Lead Company's House owner's Painting Outfit No. 49. The kit offers color schemes, specifications, and a paint adulteration detector, and promotes pure white lead from Dutch Boy Painter. The company provides guidance and ensures access to its products through local dealers.

National Lead Company Trinity Dutch Boy Painter National Lead Co

Why NY Theater Tickets Skip Start Times

A New York reader questions why theater tickets do not show performance start times. The implied answer is that punctuality is rare, making the hour unnecessary to print and wasting printer’s ink on a trivial detail.

New York

Lane's Family Medicine tonic tea advert promises relief

An ad touts Lane's Family Medicine tonic laxative tea as a cure for head and back aches and general fatigue. It claims to clear the head, relieve stomach and bowels, and restore strength with broad promises, offered at druggists and dealers for 25 cents.

Lane

The Old Time Ad Wit and Teething Syrups

A garbled ad column riffing on road advocacy offers a quip about paying a legislator. It promotes Marine Eye Remedy with claims of safety and soothing pain. Teething syrup for children is advertised as a remedy, ending with a proverb about deep thinking dodging death.

Farcical Exchange Ends In Exit From Apartment

An amused medical man urges a woman to breathe deeply for health while she mocks a new direct'ry gas and exits in haughty fashion. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the comic scene as a street theater of urban life.

Ry Gas Cleveland Plain Dealer

A Hot Time All Around Joke Exchange

A joke exchanges a lawyer and witness about arson. The prisoner answers that the accusation is a burning shame, delivering a light pun on heat and fire.

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