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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1923
Page
8
Advert explains Wetcher’s Castoria used for over 380 years as a safe substitute for castor oil paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups. Claims no narcotics and provides directions on each package with physician endorsement and genuine signature.
A London playwright taunts Shakespeare at the Savage Club claiming the bard lifts plots. An old criminal retorts by challenging him to lift one of Shakespeare’s plots and write a play to show him up. The exchange centers on who truly creates success.
A fragment advises removing fingerprints with kerosene and wiping with a hot water cloth. It then notes that roads to happiness and misery often run parallel, reflecting a philosophical musing alongside cleaning guidance.
A suite of monuments honors Maj. John Wesley Powell, explorer of the Colorado, with recent markers at Illinois Wesleyan University and Maricopa Point. The piece recounts Powell’s 1869 and 1872 river expeditions, his role in founding ethnology and geology institutions, and his influence on the Grand Canyon’s national park history.
A Pacific coast visitor recalls Emil Hodson, owner of the eastern Washington hog sold for 1500, and J H Thuey of Winlock raised the 860 hen sold last spring. Spokane hotel men sponsor the joke that ham and eggs may rise, with the slogan hat more ham and while you can.
A brief comic exchange shows a child preferring geography to hide a detective tale and notes sea-sickness as a distraction from troubles, with a light humorous tone.
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