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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1916
Page
3
A health tip suggests drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion appetite and complexion and notes lime stone phosphate is inexpensive. The snippet ends with an ad and a quip about Bulgarians cooking the allies’ goose in Greece.
A vintage advertisement praises California Syrup of Figs as a harmless remedy for constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful cleanses the bowels within hours, noting benefits for liver and stomach, and urges parents to buy the 50-cent bottle with printed directions for all ages.
Frederick Maryland minister Rev W H Warner credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with saving his life after a long struggle with sciatica lumbago nephritis and nerve related pains. Ad promotes Dodd’s Kidney Pills Dyspepsia Tablets and a free book with household hints music and recipes plus Laxative Brom Quinine for colds and Grove’s signature on each box.
Gordon Leith, manager at Waltham & Co., risks his fortune to repay a gambling debt owed by his friend Harry Merriam. Leith confronts the gambler Davenal at Gregory’s cafe, using a high stake whist game to cover the IOUs. Merriam learns of the plot, sees Leith’s sacrifice, and Harry vows to reform with Vera Merriam unaware of the danger.
Official Peking announcement states the Bank of China will increase capital by 20 million dollars. Half funds from government property sale and half from public subscription. The move positions the Bank as a leading and large capital institution in the Far East.
The report notes that forty percent of the explosive makers and shell packers in Germany are women, half of tent and haversack makers are female, and seventy five percent of workers in tinned meats and preserves are women, highlighting gender roles in wartime industry.
Illinois Taxpayers Alliance holds its annual meeting January 25 at 12 30 p m in the east room of the La Salle Hotel Chicago Attorney H R Rathbone will address on a new phase of the pending constitutional amendment Members are invited to suggest propositions for the year ahead Also reported shipping fever threatens horses sent to the Illinois National Guard from Kansas City twenty nine expected to escape the illness and five thousand dollars in costs are noted for the lot Fire devastates part of Royalton near Herrin destroying eleven businesses including a large Madison Coal store with total loss around twenty five thousand dollars and limited insurance A fatal church fight at Hickory Church near Casey leaves one youth dead and another at large Civil service examinations announced for February 5 Across the state teachers and clerical postings are listed Duquoin Perry County Teachers elect new officers Meanwhile Dixon reports a major fire damaging the business block and destroying the local telephone exchange Two hospital inmates are involved in a fatal quarrel in Jacksonville and a 25 year courtship ends in marriage at Mount Sterling
An old promotional ad extols Cascarets as a remedy for sluggish bowels and upset stomachs. It promises a clear head and healthy liver by morning, noting a 10 cent box for temporary relief and system cleansing overnight.
The drill sergeant falls on a wet parade ground while demonstrating a movement. Recruits laugh as Murphy grins, and the sergeant scolds him asking what is so funny. Murphy replies he was thinking of the possible laugh if the incident had happened to the sergeant.
A traveler at an inn complains of worsening vision and inflamed eyes after rubbing green spectacles. He asks for brandy, while a Quaker seated by the fire offers a peculiar remedy advising him to wear spectacles over his mouth for a few months to allow his eyes to heal.
A reader testifies that prolonged coffee use harmed an elderly mother’s heart and stomach, while switching to Postum improved her condition. The family notes headaches lessen, appetite and well being improve, and the writer claims wide benefit. Postum Cereal and Instant Postum are offered by Grocers with pricing.
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