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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
3
On Good Ground a flirtation matures quickly in ecclesiastical soil. Calvary Alley by the author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. To dyspeptics Garfield Tea offers a steady course to regain health. Why not you.
Fresno spurns Jack Pantry after he nervously offers a tiny trinket from a jeweler box. He trips over a $200 vase, and Fresno ends the scene in a frosty exit, leaving the pair in comic embarrassment.
A man warns of looming trouble after experiencing a vivid premonition. He acts on the sense of warning, taking steps to protect himself and others as neighbors react with a mix of skepticism and concern.
The passage describes Madrid as the world’s greatest bull fighting city where fans across classes worship famous matadors. It details the corridas arena setup with pens, picadors on old horses, and banderilleros as flags and darts color the scene. The matador appears in vivid satin, wielding a red flag that provokes the bull and mirrors the day’s bloodlit drama.
Glenville residents faced a water outage after a frozen pipe from Gen Howard Carroll's estate spring caused by a garter snake that had crawled in during Monday night’s cold. William Van Winkle thawed and captured the snake, displaying it in a jar amid neighborly verification.
The Panama project begun during the canal build era moved seven isolated lepers from a forlorn building to a 1907 Palo Seco hospital with land for self-sufficiency. The Mission of the Holy Comforter adds a chapel, school, infirmary and gardens, giving residents renewed purpose and community.
Gladys sees three untidy children outside a house and learns there are ten children in the home, cared for by a single aunt who cannot always keep them clean. Her aunt notes that ten children could have a party without inviting anyone. The piece then touches on the rarity of the first English directory in the British Museum and a quip about finding English in any directory.
A short wartime line sketch where a speaker predicts Jim’s doom on any front as a shell hits him first, claiming an odd natural affinity makes him a target due to being “such a nut.”
Hon. W. J. Hanna warns in a January letter that Europe faces severe food shortages and urges stern economies by producers and consumers. He cites France and Italy deficits, shipping limits, and U S export goals, calling Canadians to increase production and make sacrifices for soldiers and Allies.
The notice urges readers to stop idleness and engage in cultivating lands in the United States or Canada. It highlights opportunities in Western Canada and the U S, urging swift action to tiling and productive use of land.
A humorous Life quip contrasts a machine that cuts and ties wheat with a wittier claim of a single device performing cutting threshing grinding and pricing. The joke highlights fears and feats of mechanization transforming farming tasks and costs.
An advertisement for a homemade hair treatment by Cam Aphay claims to darken gray hair gradually. It lists Bay Rum glycerine and Barbo Compound as ingredients, notes easy preparation with water, and asserts the product will not color the scalp or rub off.
The Ohio State Journal notes continued food distress with scarce supplies and compares the low parsnip availability to other declining staples. The piece emphasizes hardship in access to basic produce amid broader shortages.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine to prevent frequent colds by building up the system and cleansing the blood. It asserts internal action on mucous surfaces, notes price 75 cents, and offers testimonials with a $10000 cure promise.
A 1920s style advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming extensive customer testimonials. It offers sample bottles by parcel post and lists Binghamton New York as the company location. The piece ends with a critique of well meant excuses for poor performance.
Nellie B. Rittingham of Baltimore Maryland says after four years of organic troubles nervousness and headaches a doctor urged an operation. She used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and says it completely cured her restoring her ability to work.
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