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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1923
Page
9
James H. Allen describes a cure for rheumatism after years of study. He claims his preparation Allenrhu dissolves noric acid deposits in joints and muscles and can banish symptoms. He offers to refund money if the first pint does not show recovery. Buck & Rayner Drug Stores in Chicago will handle mail orders.
A compact set of comments on dress and virtue. A line notes skirts and neat appearance while another observes that a man’s true deeds appear at his funeral. A brief wry exchange on morality and reputation.
Maggie receives a Christmas stocking with a doll Johnny Naples and cloth dog. After New Year’s Eve, her father fills a New Year stocking with nuts fruits and small gifts. Maggie learns the stocking marks a gentle family tradition and joy for the season.
Morning bell at Billingsgate marks the start of trade in one of London’s oldest markets. Freight cars fill streets from three o’clock as Danish and local fish arrive fresh for sale. Porters, Jews, shopkeepers, and hotel buyers mingle amid shouting salesmen and checkers.
One customer at a notion counter wonders about Haroldine who doubles her fist. Johnette explains she is waiting for her fiancé and just discovered the so called big diamond in her engagement ring is paste. The joking chorus asks what comes next as she contemplates the future.
The Detroit News notes how Master began as a title for rank and learning and gradually broadened. By the end of the 17th century the abbreviation Mr. emerged as the written form with obscured pronunciation, becoming the sole accepted writing for the title in that use.
A clergyman advertised for an organist and music teacher. A respondent, stating both roles held for years, offered to apply for the vacancy, noting the position was available to either a lady or a gentleman.
A wife suspects a burglar while a weary husband jokes about courage. A mother gives a boy a knife as luck, he earns a sixpence at school, then returns the penny claiming he no longer holds the knife. An underscored proverb notes the underdog is safe if he does not howl.
A witty quip reports on mourning and devotion with a remark about remarriage exchanged between Mr Gnaggs and Mrs Gnaggs in a New York Sun column. The snippet highlights attitudes toward love and loyalty in a brief humorous exchange.
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