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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
2
A collage of snippets on tastes politics health and wit. The piece mocks trends from taxes to mosquito science while lampooning public figures and maritime myths. It notes a New York cafe permitting women to smoke and previews a year of aerial travel chatter.
A marriage in New Haven centers on a quirky match after a golf shot struck and stunned a gentleman. Recovering, the officer apologized and the couple pursued their relationship. The anecdote notes a change in vigor and privilege regarding the match, reflecting social norms of the time.
Portugal reels as King Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz Philippe are assassinated in Lisbon while returning from Villa Vicosa. Queen Amelia shields her sons as six attackers fire on the royal carriage. Manuel Bulea identified among the regicides. Manuel II rises as king amid renewed monarchist support and Franco forced to quit.
An old testimonial notices Cure for eczema in a boy named Owen and praise for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites cures of female ailments by the product, with addresses and dates, urging readers to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
Mrs. Hardapple and Hiram argue the value of a cow killed by a city driver. They settle on an exaggerated claim of a prize Holstein worth $500 and threaten legal action if paid in full.
In Tusten Sullivan county a snowball rolled by boys smashed into Farmer Schneider’s chicken coop. The massive lump captured nine hens with legs and heads protruding as it traveled to the next farm’s barnyard where pigs ate five of the birds. Fort Jervis dispatch to the New York World.
A reader in the Chesterfield Advertiser complains about a chewing gum slot machine in the Sea board Air Line depot waiting room at Cheraw. The device is said to be out of gum or malfunctioning, having yielded no gum after a two cent deposit Saturday night, and the machine should be removed or properly tended.
A doctor testifies that in summer and at country homes he observed families using Postum as healthier than coffee. After switching two years ago both coffee and tea were discarded, leaving Postum as the sole beverage and the doctor's digestion improving since then.
A Long Island burglar reputed as highly enterprising escaped a new county jail and took all the locks and door knobs with him. If captured, he should be promoted to the nation’s best penitentiary as a tribute to his genius.
The ad asserts Brown's Bronchial Traches cure coughs sore throats and relieve bronchitis and asthma. It adds that an industrious man can earn a living but often must earn a living for many others, implying a promotional or business angle.
A fragment notes Broro Quinine as a laxative product with a signature attributed to K W Grove and a claim it cures in one day for 25 cents. The text also includes moral maxims and a cigarette ad praising Lewis' Single Binder cigars as quality equal to pricier brands.
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