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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
7
The California Fig Syrup Co states its product meets public health standards and is manufactured by their exclusive method. It claims full purity and uniformity in every package and urges buyers to purchase only the genuine article from leading druggists.
A teacher asks where the Hottentots live and a pupil, Mary, replies she cannot visit the neighborhood because her mother forbids it. Mary’s answer reflects a child’s limited exposure and curiosity in a public school moment quoted from Youth's Companion.
Champaign reports officers elected for the Illinois Association of Letter Carriers with names for president and other posts. Harrisburg notes a panic averted at the opera house when a false fire alarm caused a rush to exits. Decatur recounts Henry McEvey’s legal death and estate funds burned in California. Danville covers a fatal shooting at a beer party aftermath.
A Weymouth mayor during a royal visit to King George caused uproar by shaking the queen's hand instead of kneeling. Col. Gwynne corrected him, the mayor protested that everyone did it because he had a wooden leg, and the queen and king shared a smile at the mishap.
A Chicago man recalls an itchy eruption that covered his hands and spread, causing intense itching and sleepless nights. After trying various doctors and treatments, he reports relief within days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, with the eruption clearing in about three weeks. November 1907. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
An unnamed speaker recalls unexpected confinement and reflects on ending life in a cage. The tone suggests regret and resignation as the narrator confronts a restricted, bounded existence.
A tourist asks how many children a weary woman has. She jokes she cannot know until supper, naming Willie at fishing, Tommy breaking in a colt, Georgie borrowing a shotgun to hunt, and Esmeralda Ann considering elopement.
An assortment of vintage health ads and quips promoting Argo Eye Remedy for conjunctivitis with postal mail order, Marine Eye Remedy, Hamans Wizard Oil for joints, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and Lewis' cigars. Includes unrelated maxims and jokes about alimony and ignorance.
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