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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
7
A young man offers a rough poem to an editor who pays with an unfilled check and promises future submissions. At the door he hints the editor forgot to fill the check, prompting a comic reveal about rough drafts and corrections. The exchange ends with the poet since the editor claims the check was issued in the rough state.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble without realizing it. The ad claims Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root restores kidney health and cures related ills, offering a sample bottle for ten cents and noting larger sizes are available at drug stores.
The text notes that hot pressing methods in the United States yield superior cottonseed oil. It highlights American-designed machinery in use abroad and in Europe, Asia Minor, India and China, asserting the U.S. leads in plant design and production processes.
A lighthearted proverb notes that as a baker increases bread production his kneading effort grows larger. It emphasizes that effort and output are proportional in baking tasks.
After years of searching Mr. and Mrs. Marcy plan to move their six sons to Alberta. The couple toured Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta seeking a suitable home for a large family. They were impressed by prairie yields and stock raising opportunities and have purchased an Alberta farm to move to next year.
The article surveys living creatures with two similar parts capable of separate life, noting rare human cases such as Helena and Judith, the Hungarian sisters, the Siamese twins, Millie and Christina, and Rosalie and Josepha. It discusses higher occurrence in lower animals and the idea that selective breeding could yield a race of double monsters.
Mrs OBrien asks if laundry bills are high with Mrs Casey replying the charges are by the piece and that losing 80 pieces helps keep costs down.
A Voronezh Soviet in Russia promotes a Street University, placing placards on main streets to teach general knowledge as citizens walk. The Izvestia quotes the plan as a simple path to learning, bypassing traditional bourgeois universities.
A quoted exchange from the Boston Transcript recalls a disagreement where a wife stops speaking for an hour and then suddenly erupts in reaction. The snippet captures domestic tension with a vivid, abrupt emotional shift.
The text notes animal fats excluding butterfat reached about 80 percent of United States vegetable oil output in 1917, up from 70 percent in 1912. Including butterfat, animal fats in 1912 were about twice vegetable oils, while by 1917 fats and oils were nearly equal in total production.
At the Bridge Club Loraine Virginia fainted during play. Dorothy remarks it was provocative of her and notes she might have waited until she was dummy.
A wry exchange notes that improving health may not reflect in better language, suggesting progress is visible in speech or behavior rather than medicine alone.
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