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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
7
Brooklyn Hagle offers a sensational account claiming German trenches in Poland were comfortable and well supplied. He describes water filled ditches aiding warmth and cover, raiding rowboats for reinforcements, and ice walls enabling leaps against Russians. The tale ends with humorous mixups of trench entry as troops swapped shelters.
A Philadelphia Record report notes voters in Santo Domingo marked with indelible ink to deter repeats, but some erased marks and may have voted multiple times. An extreme case recounts a one legged man who voted six times using various implements and disguises to repeat voting.
A compact quotation from Woman's Home Companion describes a smile as the lighting of the face and the heating system of the heart, comparing outward charm to inner warmth.
A stray exchange about mailing coins leads to a street scene in Battery Park where a couple sits beneath flickering shadows. The man notices Liberty Island’s statue in gloom while the woman muses on the small light signaling greater liberty.
An advertisement claims Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment treat dandruff itching and scalp irritation to promote healthy hair. It invites readers to sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. The piece ends with a note on the silent majority.
The American Humane association asks clergymen of all denominations to observe Sunday May 23 as Humane Sunday to spotlight protection for suffering children and animals. Dr. Wm O Stillman president Albany NY will send literature to humane society supporters.
A child's wish to recapture spent pennies leads to a lesson about gifts that can be broken. The exchange with his mother reveals a simple appetite for more candy and the urgency of choosing presents that endure rather than vanish.
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