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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
7
University of Illinois discusses how mutton demand hinges on producing strong uniform ewes and well grown lambs. Emphasis on robust constitutions, early and uniform lambing, and using vigorous short service rams to avoid late births and improve marketable quality.
An article on catalpa sphinx caterpillars detailing their appearance behavior and life cycle. It explains they threaten catalpa trees in Illinois, how to detect early, and control methods including leaf picking spraying arsenate of lead or paris green, and manual removal by shaking specimens from branches.
An advertising feature on kidney health explains how weak kidneys cause back pain and other ailments. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a quick, non toxic remedy and shares a Chicago man’s dramatic recovery after taking the product, including passing kidney stones and eventual lasting improvement.
Stella Lite questions belief in the supernatural while Irvington Boothlette remains skeptical, saying he has never seen proof. The exchange hints at differing views on unseen forces.
A home regimen using Culicura ointment applied at partings across the scalp helps soothe itching and prevent dry thinning hair. Wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water next morning. shampoos weekly or biweekly are often enough. Free samples and 32 page Skin Book available from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A garbled reminiscence mixes a Philadelphia Record quote on freethinkers and marriage with vintage remedies Mrs Winslow’s Syrup for teething and coy ad copy. It references alfalfa and timothy Clover mix, farm sale and rent notes, and a Sioux City advertiser.
Dr. F. Kebler of the Agriculture Department told the American Society for the Study of Alcohol and Narcotics that 99 percent of cocaine and morphine in the country is used by patients aided by physicians prescriptions. He warned state laws fail to curb the drug habit and that medical overuse fuels growth. Dr. J A Patterson echoed the claim, saying most treated for drug habit in his institution trace to physicians prescriptions.
A Mexican laborer in San Bernardino endured months of severe pain until a physician extracted two beans from his head. One bean had sprouted into an embryo plant nearly an inch long, growing inside the ear canal after entering through the left ear.
Witness recalls the moment of the collision with the train and the abrupt impact described as seeing stars. The remark implies a sudden, startling experience during the incident.
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