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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
3
A playful verse describes a small Collie black and sleek in a barnyard, kicking up heels and flustering its tail with joyful fun. A Piggie in the pen roots round for treats, while a Chickie in the yard scratches for crumbs. A Baby in the house plays and laughs during the summer days.
An elastic glove with open work cuts for fingers and thumb attaches at the wrist with a strap. The curved outer edge forms a concave dish to grip water, preventing slip and increasing hand surface for propulsion, as noted by Scientific American.
A brief humorous snippet shows Mary telling her mother her ear aches not from the hole but the surrounding ruffle. The mother dismisses her concern, sending her to play, only for Mary to return with the same complaint about the ruffle near her ear.
A Scotsman correspondent describes a robin joining a Sunday morning service in an asylum. The small bird perches on the window bar, swoops to the floor to sing with a silver treble, returns to its perch, and resumes silence until the next phrase, then sings again with joyful fervor.
In Los Andes Argentina valuable minerals are reported including rubies opals crystallized quartz and onyx along with talc gypsum and earth suitable for porcelain production. The discovery highlights scarce population area and potential mining interest.
A playful counting verse tracks ten kittens through mishaps and departures until none remain. Each stanza shows one cat leaving or disappearing, reducing the count from ten to zero with whimsical events.
A Georgia inventor creates a rearing billy goat toy for children. The device uses elastic figures and a sliding platform to propel the goat forward to butt a mannikin, causing it to topple before resetting for another round of play.
Harper's Weekly reports a cascade of animal tears from thirst pain and loss. Horses mule camels cows apes sea lions elephants and orangutans are described as crying or weeping in response to distress and death.
A sack race involves children placed in sacks fastened around the neck and raced to a winning post. If sacks are unavailable, players may have arms tied to their sides and legs bound together. All start at a signal and the first to finish wins.
A gentleman long ago ordered a library be built with precise measures. He requested six feet of theology six feet of metaphysics and nearly a yard of old civil law in folio format, illustrating a taste for substantial volumes and legal texts.
A brief note asserts that lasting progress comes from a steady, unwavering mindset. It emphasizes perseverance over momentary ease and frames persistence as the key to sustained achievement. The statement highlights mental discipline as crucial to enduring success.
Article details a 1200 bushel corncrib with 3000 cubic feet capacity and 42 ton load. It prescribes dimensions 12 by 24 by 100 feet, concrete pin foundations, hemlock framing, 14 gauge perforated iron floor, and 11 to 12 gauge mesh ventilation to deter rats, with specific joist and stud spacing and a model using window blinds.
The design describes openings above the shelf for shoveling in corn and allows doors on sides or ends to be rat proof with wire cloth or perforated sheets. The building can store other grain using building paper as needed and is described as affordable while offering full protection.
The ladder uses inwardly recessing stiles where steps fit and hinge to open one way. When folded the steps split and tuck into the stiles, with back supports and side pieces jointed to fold compactly. It stores as small as a four inch plank yet remains as safe as a solid ladder.
Public health notice urges covering rain barrels to stop mosquito breeding. It warns a single barrel can harbor enough pests to infest a neighborhood or farm, linking malaria to a specific mosquito species and stressing proven connection between pests and disease.
Dairymen favor hornless cows and use a cauterizing stick rubbed on horn buttons at one week old to stop horn growth, reducing the need for dehorning.
Practical farming tips on seed quality crop rotation and planting timing. Suggestions include sowing weekly for quick vegetables, avoiding poison ivy, timely hay removal, manure spreading, and staggered corn varieties to extend eating season through frost.
Editorial urges gardeners to maintain order and remove faded blooms and fallen leaves to preserve the garden’s charm. It argues that neglect dulls beauty despite any remaining flowers.
National Association studies estimate about fifteen percent of prisoners nationwide have tuberculosis. Of 80,000 inmates, at least 12,000 are infected, with worse conditions in Pennsylvania Kansas and Ohio. The remedy is new prison buildings to replace obsolete facilities.
A Philadelphia man recounts seven years of intense itching and scaling on his leg that ruined sleep and weight loss. After trying many doctors, the Cuticura Remedies finally cleared the condition following use of Cuticura Resolvent with Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
A compact dialogue contrasts a clever woman who can fool a man throughout life with a clever man who can only fool a woman until she discovers the truth. The exchange highlights wit and gender dynamics in a sharp, period voice.
Mrs. Narcissa Waggoner of Carterville Illinois reports ten years of back and head aches nervous and dizzy spells with unnatural kidney secretions. After three doctors diagnosed paralysis and could do nothing she used Deans Kidney Pills and was permanently cured gaining strength beyond prior years. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels with a note on happiness and action.
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