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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1914
Page
7
A New Hampshire inventor creates a toy dump cart that dumps its contents by a spring release. The bottom lifts and the contents roll out while the cart moves, driven by a single wheel horse and a small spring mechanism.
In a Protestant mission school on the lower west side a four year old girl mispronounces a line during Psalm 23. While the class chants surely goodness and mercy shall follow me the pupil blurts out surely the good Mrs Murphy will follow me all the days of my life. The teacher notices the error only after the line is finished.
A guest remarks how glad they are to dine with the family. The host notes that without the arrival there would have been just 13 at the table and mentions their mother's superstition about making the narrator wait.
A veteran tells his great grandson how a bullet grazed his head at Chickamauga, then the boy replies, noting there is little grazing left on the scar. The exchange captures memory across generations.
The piece surveys regional speech and customs from the New York Sun, noting how travel changes idioms in venues like train smoking cars and cobbler shops. It highlights shifts in games, shoe terminology, livery terms, and even regional expletives across states and provinces.
A small electric car built for Master Tom Hoyt son of a Cleveland consulting engineer, complete with clutch brakes and dummy shift lever. The toy runs at a top speed of six miles per hour and is designed to be the most practical little car ever constructed.
The article explains that ancient silver and gold coins equaled values of animals, with Kesitah meaning a lamb. It notes the Latin pecunia derives from pecus for livestock and describes early coins bearing animal images such as horses, bulls, and hogs, later replaced by other figures as values shifted.
Four year old John defies mother’s orders to touch the lawn mower and runs it along the lawn twice before stopping. He explains he would rather stay inside an hour than not run the mower at all.
Advertisement notes that delicate feverish children gain relief from Mother Gray's Sweet Powder for Children a stomach cleanser and liver aid. It claims 24 years of use by mothers, 25c at druggists and a free sample path to Olmsted Le Roy New York. Also promotes Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops 5c and general proverbs.
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