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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
9
An old fashioned mustard plaster product Mustarine promises fast pain relief for lameness sore muscles stiff neck cramps earache backache headache and toothache. Distributed by Wells & Co Le Roy it’s advertised as containing real yellow mustard in a yellow box.
A Paris fashion note surveys current millinery, highlighting black hats as dominant with tete de negre and cuivre tones, velvet and plush sailors, Chantilly lace brims, and draped berets. Monkey fur trims replace aigrette, veils spark debate, and oriental turbans from large tulle scarfs appear via Maria Guy and Suzzane Talbot.
The piece notes fashion shifts toward neck enveloping high collars in wraps and fur trims. It highlights chin enclosing collars in hats and coats, pure white fox or Mongolian goat fur, and coats matching dress linings as a Paris trend.
A vintage Joseph Triner Co advertisement touts Triner products as the "jewels" of the manufacturer. It lists American Elixir of Bitter Wine and Angelica Bitter Tonic along with Liniment and Cough Sedative as dependable remedies for indigestion headaches and rheumatism. The ad promotes their availability at druggists across the United States and Canada.
The advertisement states catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local ear applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains the role of the Eustachian tube and mucous inflammation and offers Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a bloodborne remedy, with a promise of a hundred dollars for uncured cases and free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co.
Advertisement style plea urging readers to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and blood builder. Contains testimonials from Ira Clark and C. W. Johnson praising health benefits and claiming improved vitality. Offers free vivid story about Texas oil fields from Chas. H. Jackson.
New York state may have lost about 90 000 people in 20 months due to a very low birth rate and influenza ravages last year. The death rate has fallen to 10.4 per 1 000, the lowest in years, while July and August birth rates were 18.7 and 18.8 per 1 000, about 29 percent below 1918.
In 1917 there were 1,882,132 people reporting incomes of 2000 dollars a year or more, totaling 11.19 billion dollars and averaging 6100 dollars. The average tax paid was 368.56 dollars. Only 141 earned 1,000,000 dollars or more, about half of whom were women, with 315 others in the 500,000 to 1,000,000 range. About nine tenths of wealth lay with households earning down to 1,000 or 2,000 dollars annually.
A brief exchange notes the phrase principal places of interest as offices of money lenders. The line reflects on memory of favors owed, hinting at debt and reciprocity in local affairs.
The two ton city hall bell will be melted in place using acetylene torches due to a unsafe tower and corroded steel supports. Building Commissioner McKelvey says lowering the bell is too dangerous and the project will cost about $1,500 with the bell weighing six feet high and four feet wide at the base.
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