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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
3
In a moonlit moorland tableau Denis O Halloran, an Irish captain, intervenes as Col Francis Yorke clings to a grim scheme beside a gallows. A fleeing lady and a stern colonel reveal a web of family feuds and Jacobite tensions ending with O Halloran declaring support for the king.
Dr James Curtis Hepburn of Orange New Jersey may attend Princeton commencement this June to mark the seventy sixth anniversary since his 1832 graduation. He later earned a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1886 and recently turned ninety three. Of 1287 Princeton alumni from 1832 to 1852 only 151 survive, eight are listed as business men, while classes 1833 1836 1837 and 1838 have no survivors.
A playful stalk of lines notes that a ring around the moon is said to forecast storms. Sir Percy counters with a cheeky anecdote about a ring on a finger signaling similar weather superstitions.
In Yonkers Statesman dialogue, a mother scolds Ethel for monopolizing conversation while insisting on propriety before marriage. The exchange centers on social restraint and family expectations.
A group of women boarded a New York streetcar and attempted to pay fares with a half dollar. The conductor pointed to four seats up front as paid and asked if the two women beside them were implicated, suggesting the others were part of the accomplices.
It is believed that by marching 33 miles in ten hours and a quarter with a single rest of an hour and a half, an English battery of mountain guns in Egypt has established a record.
Naval officers say accidents stem from two causes collisions due to maneuvering and explosions in ammunition stores. They argue fleets must train to peak wartime efficiency, accepting risk as the price of keeping ships and crews prepared.
A Pearl colored hat young man tells a friend Evangeline is an up-to-date girl. He recalls two years of calling on her and notices a celeb rat painting titled The Kiss in the parlor. Under the artwork, a sign reads Do It Now prompting action.
In some regions the old fetid idols reappear as car mascots on the front grills. Owners shape grotesque figures to guard against crashes, with popular choices including a police officer with watch, a barking car and a crowing rooster.
Pera Musitch inn keeper of Konstan tinovok Servia planned theft of a gold purse from his charge a female guest. He killed his wife after believing the guest was in his wife’s place and confessed when he dragged the body to bury it.
A Philadelphia reader shares how a Lynn Massachusetts writer promises strict confidentiality for women seeking medical guidance. The letter recounts the doctor’s long experience and the confidence she inspires through private correspondence.
Patient testimonial extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including displacements inflammation and irregularities. The ad dates back thirty years and touts the product as a standard female remedy tested by many.
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