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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
7
A humorous exchange between a young husband and wife over a pudding. The husband calls the dish rank while the wife insists it is all imagination and claims the cookbook says it tastes like ambrosia.
The passage quotes Shakespeare as saying Hamlet is as sane as the Fourth of July. A drug store claim links constipation relief with prompt results and real benefits. The text also questions whether money spent on sheet music constitutes an investment in rolling stock.
William Dietrich discusses the Poland China hog as an American fat type developed in southeastern Ohio from diverse preexisting swine strains. The breed combines size, thrift, and prolificacy with good fat meat quality and flavor, and has diverged into medium and large types with distinct strengths.
W C Coffey outlines optimal timing and methods for farm flock shearing. Early spring or late winter shearing yields better wool if barns keep sheep comfortable, with cautions about health, dung, second cuts, and fiber integrity. Proper setup and careful handling reduce fleece loss and damage.
The scene on a London street shows Charles Dickens sharing pennies with a shivering beggar boy. When the lad earned two pennies, he proposed two hot buns each, and Dickens then took him home to feed and clothe him, beginning a path to a better life.
Mrs W J Cleland of Kingsley Michigan reports a severe skin eruption on her thirteen month old baby’s cheek spreading to the eye and nostrils. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the sores were soothed and healed within days with no relapse. Sample offered free by Cuticura Dept L Boston.
An English earl, recently deceased and childless, hired army pensioner McMicken as lodge keeper. Months later McMicken’s wife bore a son, prompting the lord to storm the lodge and boast that his duty was to open and shut a gate, not to propagate.
An OCR fragment includes an ad for Cole's Carboli salve promising quick healing and scar prevention, a garbled sample offer from Black River Falls Wisconsin, a political aside about a candidate who "also ran," and several short lines about cigars, love and health remedies.
Mrs Demma Brroune of Sikeston Missouri describes long months of pain cramps backache headaches and nervous prostration. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength allowing her to work and enjoy life. She urges others to try the remedy after other methods failed.
The ad urges mothers of babies with eczema ringworm or rash to use Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment to stop itching clear eruptions and reduce worry. It notes most druggists sell Resinol Soap 25e and Resinol Ointment 50cc and offers a mail order receipt from Resinol Chemical Co Baltimore Md.
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