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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
7
Mrs Herbers of Larwill Indiana describes relief from long lasting fatigue nervousness and right side pain after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She notes improved energy ability to work on her farm and care for three children and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
A six year old girl Mary Lou loves Presbyterian Sunday school after brief exposure to a Methodist, admiring a young teacher and saying she would choose Presbyterian if she could live life again. Also an advertisement touts Cuticura for sore hands with steps for soaks and ointment use.
A playful exchange mocks the traditional Christian marriage ritual. The wife character suggests removing the question of “Who giveth this woman in marriage?” while the husband quips about a bill of sale. The dialogue ends with a wary caution against fanaticism.
Happpy Littleton known as William Harrison, Southern middleweight champion, is noted for a baritone voice and literary tastes. He wrecked the knuckles of Billy Shade in New Orleans and has defeated Joe Chip, Battling Ortega, Joe Borrell, and Jack Bloomfield. He is described as an ex god and one of many American Legion boxers who earned laurels nationwide.
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant of the U S Marine Corps, accepts the American Legion invitation to attend its fourth annual convention in New Orleans in October. He cites Louisiana as his native state and his interest in the Legion’s activities. Lejeune’s career includes Spanish American War and World War I service with the Fourth Brigade Marines of the Second Division.
Rumors of prison labor probes by Seattle’s American Legion prompt an investigation. A Philadelphia firm plans to salvage the Lusitania’s rumored 5 million dollars. Leonard Paula of Grinnell College breaks track records in Chicago. Virginia proposes a memorial highway across the state. Hanford MacNider becomes a Sioux Indian tribesman named Oheya. New York postal veterans form a Legion post. Cincinnati donates its zoo for a Legion day. Philadelphia Auxiliaries fund a 2500 marble shaft at Arlington National Cemetery.
The article outlines Captain Amundsen's projected route from Cape Barrow to the North Pole 1275 miles away with a further 485 miles to Cape Columbia totaling about 1760 miles and possibly 2000 miles with deviations. It questions how he will identify the pole and notes the polar voyage as a drift objective.
A brief note contrasts a dramatic line from the Boston Transcript with a social statistic noting the average Greek family eats meat only once a year. The juxtaposition highlights cultural and media perspectives in a compact clipping.
The excerpt mocks Spain's special tax on bachelors and proposes a counter idea to level wages by trimming pay envelopes to three dollars weekly for lunches and transport. It ends with a wry remark about irritability and creativity.
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