Smiles and ice cream spoons in a playful hello
The piece notes the average girl seems born with an ice cream spoon and quotes Charles Clees on smiles revealing the heart rather than the teeth.
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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1920
Page
3
The piece notes the average girl seems born with an ice cream spoon and quotes Charles Clees on smiles revealing the heart rather than the teeth.
Frederick William Hohenzollern, former crown prince of Germany, cables President Wilson offering to surrender himself for trial instead of about 900 Germans demanded for extradition. Similar messages go to Britain, Belgium, Italy, Japan, France. Germany plans a counter list of allied war crime indictments.
London reports Cairo is bursting with wealth from cotton deals. Some natives in mud huts have earned large sums and are leasing land at high prices while paying off family mortgages. A British official estimates Egypt’s wealth at least 100 million pounds amid a surge of new millionaires and demand for luxuries, though provincial standards remain unchanged.
The statement urges including the rural church in plans to improve country life. It emphasizes social and community value, implying church roles in cohesion, welfare, and rural development within the local context.
Coffman warns that Castoria bottles are cited as a remedy for infants and children while asserting that three hundred thousand children die yearly in the nation from preventable diseases. The remark highlights concerns over infant care and medical regulation.
A advert promises Pape's Cold Compound will relieve Stuffiness, nose running, headache, feverishness and sneezing within hours. A dose every two hours up to three doses ends grippe misery and costs only a few cents at drug stores. The product acts without assistance and tastes pleasant.
Quicksilver or mercury is described as scarce and versatile. It highlights its role in gold amalgamation on copper plates, refining gold from ore, and its medical use as blue mass with rose water. The piece notes its dangers as bichloride of mercury and its importance in high quality mirror production.
A humorous London Answers snippet recalls a quarrel where a wife asks if her husband was annoyed by his pencil sharpened with her razor. He confirms twice, noting he stopped shaving and attempted to write with the pencil instead.
In a terse exchange at Lts Place the query asks where a bight of water lies and is answered that it is generally found in the mouth of no river. The odd riddle hints at a geographic feature without a river mouth association.
An advertisement proclaims Garfield Tea will conquer dyspepsia, arguing the world outgrows war and endorsing the health claim with a bold promotional tone.
European national sports long centered on tournaments and jousts where noble participants and a royal spectator set rules. Contenders aimed to unhorse rivals with blunt lances in front battles, while a knight unseated by side blows lost honor. Jousts resembled deadly duels, and surviving riders risked loss of knighthood for improper saddle use.
In a humorous exchange from the Buffalo Express, Flannigan questions Norah about a new Jazz record asking what kind of music it is. Norah identifies it as a fox trot while a playful line questions how many tin cans the fox had tied to his tail when he trotted.
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