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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic that cleanses the scalp, revitalizes hair roots, and stops hair loss. It claims after a few applications hair gains life, brightness, and thickness and advertises a cheap bottle at drug or toilet counters.
Drugstore reports show many people suffer kidney trouble without knowing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is said to be effective and popular. An insurance physician notes kidney disease is common and many declines stem from unrecognized trouble. Sample bottle available for ten cents by writing Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY with paper name.
A cryptic dialogue fragment presents a back and forth where one speaker claims self mystery while the other disregards domestic constraints. The terse exchange hints at hidden roles and personal autonomy within a private space.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that settles digestion in the stomach and intestines. It claims to cleanse the alimentary canal, stimulate bile, and improve liver function, saying it has been in use for over fifty years in households worldwide for indigestion nervous dyspepsia and constipation. It urges purchase from druggists and dealers everywhere.
The advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on each tablet and package. It lists uses from colds to rheumatism and notes small tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists. It ends with a reflective line about hunger of the heart.
The Illinois report covers multiple items: the state high school basketball tournament at the University of Illinois on March 18 19 and 20. a Dixon opera house fire causing 125000 loss. Evangelical association meeting in Naperville starting April 15 with Bishop Breyfogel presiding. wage increases for Springfield carpenters to 1 per hour from April 1 after a 25 cent raise. County 100 employee petition for 50 percent pay rise at County Board rejection. White Hall Hudson garage fire causing 50000 damage with minimal insurance. Rockford census dispute over undercount. Girard offers 500 reward for Deputy Marshal Guy Harlan death. sale of central Illinois coal properties to Illinois and Indiana Coal Corp for 2935000. tax probe arrestee Lauer held in 30000 bail. unions seek 125 per hour in Chicago building trades. Springfield housing committee forms to create housing corporation. Jacksonville school tax vote to raise salaries 921 209. Keeley Institute at Dwight shifts toward hospital use for veterans. Headley Indiana buys prize boar Cherokee Roller for 10600. Cols Sanborn and Allen awarded Distinguished Service Cross. Illinois Retail Clothiers convention elects officers led by Klee Hirsch Carney Carson Prody and others.
The Illinois constitutional convention faces a bold clash over labor relations with Lee Mighell proposing a nine judge industrial court to curb strikes and compel arbitration in essential industries. The plan would regulate wages hours service and may seize control of industries deemed indispensable.
Advertises Garfield Tea as a natural remedy for constipation with carefully selected herbs sold at all drug stores. Claims the certificate as license to rule the roost is referenced in a humorous context. The note emphasizes availability through drug stores and positions the product as a natural option.
Vivid wartime scene with African American laborers resting near Argonne front lines and a mule rider, a shell erupts and humor turns to tension as a roadside crowd reacts. The Home Sector quotes Senator La Follette on profiteering streetcars and a Japanese line that replaces seats with standers to boost profits.
A terse remark notes Mabel’s fearful shock when she caught her husband in the truth. The aphorism suggests reform from necessity lasts only as long as the need persists.
A portrait of Horace Plunkett portraying him as student farmer author politician and reformer. He is noted for wit and once joked about needing both a wife and elocution lessons after a Dublin lecture. The anecdote underscores his versatile public life and bachelor status.
Dialogue references hiring farmer ettes for sowing, contrasting with last year when dollies sowed more than they reaped, and a criticizing remark about a son and his mother’s support.
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