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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
3
A young Blake lands a secretarial job with Mr. Fagan, but the romance with Muriel sparks trouble. Fagan, a fierce Irish businessman, assumes Blake hid loyal Orange ties, orders him dismissed, then relents after a comic cross fraternity grip reveal.
Harper's Weekly reports that in Mammoth Cave Kentucky blind fish seek darkness in illuminated aquaria and die under bright light. Eyeless spiders avoid light as creatures inhabit the cave. The light may be perceived by touch or other senses.
A writer praises Miss Agnes Repplier for her English usage in essays and recalls her quotable style. He highlights a line from her work about lovers as odious, and cites Ruskin urging influence to evoke noble feeling.
In Mount Vernon Frank Sullens and Ernest Harrison, prisoners for abducting Dorothy Holt, are charged with murdering farmer Miller whose body was found in an old well. Sullens accuses O Bryant and Gibson. Gibson serves a Chester forgery sentence. Other notes cover Ray Pfanschmidt’s death sentence, historic trees toppled by a tornado, John Stark’s escape and recapture, Nathaniel Riddle’s ninety ninth birthday, ministerial resignations, robberies near Springfield, a regional reunion, a saloon tetanus death, a suicide over domestic trouble, and a heat-related injury in Rockford.
D N Foster aged seventy five who engineered John A Logan’s 1877 Senate defeat died at his Sterling home. The notice lists regional deaths including Elgin Baton and Harrisburg incidents, with multiple accidental and violent events across the state.
Reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta indicate crops will be near or at last year’s area. Abundant sunshine and timely rains promise a bumper harvest. Wheat oats barley and flax progress late but in good condition with favorable moisture and warm weather forecast for several weeks.
A playful exchange at a hospital setting features a medical student claiming duties in internal disorders and a quip about tooting one’s own horn. The dialogue pivots on professional roles and light humor in care settings.
Swarthmore and Baltimore women report relief from long standing female troubles and fears of surgery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ads claim testimonials are genuine and urge other women to try the remedy during life changes and post childbirth concerns.
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