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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
5
A reflective poem bids farewell to the Old Year, noting broken time and fading festivals. It contrasts purer snows and sweeter roses with the passing pageantry and lingering ties of memory. The speaker laments the end of a year while cherishing lingering fellowship.
A reflective note on mercy as a sign of true nobility linked to Christmas cheer, urging inward contemplation of virtue.
The piece describes electric sterilizing ovens used beyond instruments to treat stubborn wounds or ulcers. Heat penetrates tissues beyond surface antiseptics, temperatures reach about 600 degrees F, yet skin remains unscorched as perspiration shields the patient.
The text explores how odors originate from airborne particles rather than water soluble substances. It notes that dampness intensifies scent and that garden air after rain carries stronger smells. It states vapors, not bulk liquids, carry odor and that applying eau de cologne into the nostril may produce no detectable odor.
London parish priest John Richard Green, author of a noted history, played a key role in epidemic relief in 1866. A record recounts he carried a dangerously ill man from an upper room while draymen refused help, slipping down stairs but surviving with the man uninjured.
A witty anecdote recalls Lord Ampthill recalling Bismarck reading Anderson's story of the Ugly Duckling. The cygnet faces jeers from ducklings before swans acknowledge him. Bismarck remarks his mother was told she hatched a goose, not a swan.
Blue Island police report a recurring con artist who poses as a working man with a dinner pail and cashes counterfeit checks for about 15.50 each. The suspect, linked to Harvey and Chicago Heights operations, has duped saloonkeepers and merchants in multiple towns this year, with at least two accomplices believed involved. local coverage notes similar past incidents in January and April.
Classified items released from The Pointer paper list a dressmaker Mrs Casner relocating to 13709 Leyden Avenue Riverdale over a hardware store to sew in and out by the day. The page catalogs livestock sales lost items rentals and multiple real estate listings from Dolton Riverdale and Dalton with numerous contacts and prices.
A writer notes that mutual courtesy between generations should work both ways. Japanese youths are gentle to elders and elders treat the young with consideration, reflecting a cycle of respect learned from experience.
Land listing on Lincoln Avenue near the G E R R depot in Dalton. Lot 80424 measures a fraction of an acre to a half acre. Contact L F Kippey for details and pricing.
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