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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1920
Page
3
Summit New Jersey reader Victoria Kerra shares a testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges others with menopause like symptoms to try the product, claiming improved digestion sleep and energy after use.
Freeport consistory and Scottish Rite bodies plan their annual ceremonial on February 24 to 26. Other local items note tax and public-safety issues, resignations, new club plans, and a flying-pioneer Miss Nellie Browne Duff. A sleepwalking Mt. Auburn farmer and a Rock Island railway suit also appear.
Springfield report by the legislative reference bureau questions the justice of peace system in Cook County and southern Illinois, noting abuses and high numbers of justices. It cites 92 900 justices and 650 police magistrates statewide and notes defaults in rulings. Separate notes cover municipal league meetings in Springfield and revenue clerk examinations on February 21.
The Greek peasantry hold that three Morai fates determine a newborn's future. Preparations include setting furniture aside for their arrival and offering honey bread wine and money as bribes. Do not mention the child's beauty while the Morai are in the house to avoid a curse on looks.
A quip contrasts George asking if a partner will love him after giving up habits with a reply that she cannot love a perfect stranger, reflecting urban humor and social nuance from London Answers.
A traveler recounts a roadside camping night in the East disrupted by a car with bright headlights. A wife, startled in the rear seat, runs to shield herself as a companion hits the wrong switch, revealing the hazardous moment and the ensuing laughter. The narrator notes men’s aversion to irreverence in women and references blunt speech versus blunt action.
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