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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
3
The ad touts Hoods Sarsaparilla as directly acting on the blood to purify enrich and revitalize the body. It invites readers to purchase today in liquid form or as chocolate coated tablets called Sargataba.
In a humorous exchange, Officer Muldoon complains about a suitor flirting with servant girls, while Chalker the milkman suggests charging the man with impersonating an officer. Senator Sorghum recounts denying a request, noting the visitors left sympathetic rather than angry. Thoughts on love and character appear in wry asides.
A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills will be sent free to anyone on request. Address Professor Munyon at 53d and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia. Medical advice is offered confidentially, and the pills are advertised as a liver and bowel tonic that avoids irritation and calomel. Regular bottle of 45 pills priced at 25 cents.
Instructions for crystallizing peaches and cherries with sugar syrup, peeling, boiling, sun drying, lemon juice, mace and geranium leaves. Details cover layering, sealing, and variations, framed as a home canning guide from Good Housekeeping Magazine.
A simple wooden block 2.5 inches wide and 3 to 4 inches long forms a wall mounted broom holder. A hole sized for the handle accepts the broom. a hinge at the opposite end mounts it to the wall. In use the broom weight keeps the brush pressed against the wall, and lifting the block frees the broom.
A novel cake method suggests never beating eggs. Fold unbeaten yolks into creamed butter and sugar then add beaten whites last with gentle stirring. The guide claims one trial convinces doubters, despite breaking standard cake practice.
Stew one pound of gooseberries with sugar. Mix one-half pound of bread crumbs with one-half pound of finely chopped shredded suet and two heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar. Flavor with lemon or ginger. Layer mixture and gooseberries in a buttered dish, top with mixture, bake an hour, serve with custard sauce.
A recipe combines butter and lard with molasses for a ginger cookie dough. It adds cinnamon ginger soda and brown sugar dissolved in coffee, then mixes with flour to form a soft dough. Cut shapes bake quickly about 15 minutes.
A resident proposes a plan where a driver installs heavy grease on the vehicle number plate to obscure the plate after a collision. The scheme aims to defeat vehicle identification and police tracing.
Trained nurse Emeline Green of Osage Iowa testifies Doan's Kidney Pills aid severe kidney disorders and backache in confinement cases. She praises them for dizziness bloating retention and other kidney and bladder troubles. Sold by druggists and stores nationwide price 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Claude Vautin an English mining engineer recently returned from Peru on the Zacapa. He gathered antiquities including a Jesuit map of South America drawn in 1592 showing missions and travel routes to Cuba and Peru. His other find is three gold Inca death masks hammered from metal.
The Kennebec Journal notes lobsters remain cheap though not as low as in the old days. Prices have fallen to 16 cents a pound, down from 50 cents from fishermen and up to 80 cents a pound in Boston and New York earlier in the spring.
A Florida reader details health troubles from coffee and credits Postum from Battle Creek Michigan with restoring health and clearing complexion after substituting the hot beverage. The letter, signed by the Postum Co. claim, notes the publication of similar reader letters and a promotional slogan There is a reason.
A private theatricals anecdote from the Boston Transcript recalls a guest praising the hostess for her performance. She demurs noting a younger, prettier actress would suit the role, and the guest replies that she has proven otherwise with charm and wit.
A dialogue fragment explores nature and fish with a quirky hypothetical about fishcackling over eggs. The mood hints at satire and absurd speculation.
A fragment lists Cole's Carbo salve 25c 50c with free samples from J W Cole Co Black River Falls Wis. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup teething 25c, Lewis' Single Binder 5c, untaxed tobacco offers. Ad tone notes moralizing lines and a brief social aside about bachelors and girl chums.
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