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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1909
Page
6
A dialogue reveals a quip about extracting gold from quartz. Wedderly jokes that women use tears to extract it from men's pockets, returning the focus to humorous banter rather than any literal method.
An old promotion asserts health depends on right living and timely remedies. It touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the one perfect laxative, urging purchase only from the California Fig Syrup Co. and through leading druggists.
The Peruna Company of Columbus Ohio offers the 1909 Peruna almanac with regular astronomical content and astrology. It lists mental traits for each zodiac sign and provides lucky and unlucky days free of charge to those who request the almanac. Address and details are supplied by the company.
In a light exchange a speaker comments on new neckwear styles while the other notes a little ruff around the neck as a loving remark. The tone is intimate and fashion focused with a hint of jest.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and humorous snippets. Remedies promise quick cold cures with whiskey mixtures and syrups while jokes from a courtroom scene play on witty exchanges. Advertisements for eye salves laxatives and soothing syrups mix with light satire.
Nevada legislature accepts an anti Japanese resolution after removing Roosevelt references and debates alien land ownership while Assemblyman Dodge seeks to block the measure. In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Komura outlines Japan's aim to maintain peace and strengthen US friendship.
Seventeen men die in a Tuesday morning blast at No 2 Short Creek mines owned by Birmingham Coal and Tron Company. Five victims are white and twelve are Negro. Officials suspect a windy shot caused the explosion. The mines lie ten miles west of Ensley along the Birmingham Southern railway. Rescue teams cleared rooms and passages. the mine itself remained largely undamaged.
In Fort Worth a courtroom shooting during the Willie Mulhouse trial wounded six people. Dave Ross and James Smith are among the injured, with bullets striking John Haines and A P Wiley. Verna Ware and her brother Charles Ware were arrested on charges related to the incident.
In Des Moines the Iowa State Federation of Labor held a special session Tuesday night and vigorously condemned Representative W. P. Hepburn and several Iowa colleagues for their recent stance on the government census printing bill.
report from west of the Missouri River says a recent cold snap killed hundreds of cattle. remains lie along the railroad line as witnesses describe extensive stock losses in the Aberdeen area.
In a Harper's Weekly excerpt, old Potts laments spending $900 on his son Bills Yale dream and mocks his son’s supposed lack of sense. He recalls asking Bill about tomorrow’s rain and receiving a humorous, contrite reply.
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pa describes twelve years of eczema on hands arms and feet with swelling itching peeling and raw patches. After trying salves doctors and finally Cuticura remedies he saw vast improvement and his hands and feet healed quickly with no trouble since. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston promotes.
A brief humorous note from Germany features a tramp delivering a light exchange. The text references beer to raise health and asks about preferred beer color. Published in Fliegende Blaetter.
An Irishman approaches a boss builder at a long dig on Thirty fourth street. The Irishman recalls being fired the previous day and says his wife reproached him for the firing. The remark ends with a humorous aside about domestic trouble.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure that cannot be cured by Haila Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Letters from Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo druggists praise Mr Cheney and note the cure tablets and pills sold by druggists.
Robert Rustler questions the title of a new song while a chorus lady confirms the title The Proposal and a B minor key. They debate shifting to A flat as the ideal key.
A brief exchange cites a man’s wife for beauty and grace and notes he leads a charmed life, highlighting a witty personal remark as a cultural aside.
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