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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
7
In a Chicago hotel a group of traveling men boasted of sales. A drummer declared no house in the country has more men and women pushing its line than mine. When asked what he sold he cried Baby carriages and fled the room. The piece promotes Defiance Starch as safe for fine fabrics and a strong stiffener reducing usage for a flawless finish.
A burglar bursts in awakening the head of the family and demands money. The victim reveals the stash is in his wife's dress pocket, which the intruder then takes. No further details on location or outcome are provided.
An old reader notice extols Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children while recalling a surgeon’s blunt response to a patient’s case. The passage winds through reflections on journeys and surgery, then touts Defiance Starch for its extra content and value.
A Buffalo News feature promotes Defiance Starch with a money back guarantee if not better for laundry. The ad mocks a weightier man’s suitability for pajamas and ends with a domestic vignette about a girl singing to test Mr Spoonamore’s love.
A bank line scene shows Marguerita from Italy cashing out $312 in one dollar bills after a long wait. She adds a gold piece and grimy bills from a red handkerchief, insisting all money is indeed hers and asking to see it all. Also notes a toy balloon record trip and a stork with a wooden leg in France.
A village near Mexico City reports a ten year old boy carried a donkey on his shoulder for a quarter mile. Police confirm the feat after tests, finding strength of two men. He is jailed and may threaten others when released.
A fragment describes a fox hunt in western Massachusetts with 200 huntsmen 100 yelping hounds and an anxious rider crying tally ho and away. The text references Cleveland Plain Denier as a source or participant in the scene.
In a Pacific avenue tale, Judge Blank’s wife cooked for a week after losing her cook and earned an ermine cloak from the judge. Mrs Jerome repeats the yarn to her husband Jerome asking what payment she deserves, prompting a wry reply about a crepe meal.
A Piermont New Hampshire mother recalls her son, treated with all three Cuticura remedies after severe eczema from four months old. By age three years four months the child improved in two months and was well in six months, according to Mrs R L Risley in 1905.
James Whitcomb Riley meets many acquaintances on a September morning and laughs at the weather small talk. An ad extols white goods laundered with strong Defiance Starch for best appearance. A short daily thought honors a little fun and life’s gentle progress.
A collage of 19th century advertisements and adlike quips. Claims tout cures for deafness catarrh and nervous disorders with offers of money free trials and mail order remedies. Also includes quips about school excuses sermons cold cures and tobacco ads interwoven with generic proverbs and mantras.
Miss Marie Cahill selects her new play cast using the Bertillon system to measure chorus girls. She notes the method helps avoid mirage and ensures the “real thing.” A tale about marriage and illusion follows, ending with a moral on diffusing knowledge.
Guaranteed to cure itching, bleeding or protruding piles or money refunded. Advertises a single binder cigar and a crank remark from a 19th century paper, noting Marcus Aurelius Lewis and Peoria factory link.
An advertisement extols a laxative claiming truth and quality for all well informed readers. It emphasizes that Syrup of Figs and Senna cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage increases, noting physician approval and urging purchase of genuine California Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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