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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
3
A brief item trivia from the Kansas City Journal notes a playful query about fashion history. The column recalls a time before girls wore spats and asks what they wore instead.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a simple at home remedy for all corn types. Apply a few drops to the corn and lift it out with the fingers without pain or surrounding skin irritation. Sold at drug stores for a small price with easy sourcing via wholesalers if local druggists lack stock.
A special form of electric fan is used in markets to keep flies away from goods on display. The device helps maintain cleanliness and prevent spoilage by creating a barrier of moving air around merchandise.
A Newark News excerpt depicts a confrontation where a woman accuses a teacher of tearing Henry's shirt. The teacher admits grabbing Henry by the collar after he behaved badly and fled. The woman raises a ball bat and warns she will strike next time.
Few mothers realize how many delicious dishes can be prepared with Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti. Skinner Mfg Co has prepared a beautiful cook book with recipes to serve it in a hundred different ways. Write Skinner Mfg Co Omaha Neb for a free copy. All good grocers sell Skinner Macaroni and Spaghetti.
Suspected diamonds are tested by pressing between two coins to check for impressions. Real diamonds resist marks, but paste or fake stones may have crushed edges. A lens examination helps confirm authenticity. The saying notes that wise men prevent others from becoming wiser to them.
An advertisement warns that aging and poor kidney function threaten life and stresses using water intake and avoiding meat salt alcohol and tea. It promotes Anuric tablets from Dr. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York as a cure to drive uric acid from the system and prolong life.
An article by Raymond G. Fuller cites government and organizational reports showing secretarial work becoming a major vocational path for college women. Simmons College in Boston offers a full secretarial course, with graduates entering business, teaching, law, medicine, and clubs, while salaries in New York rise with experience. A survey of 800 college women in secretarial roles finds 30 percent in suffrage or social work, with other placements in schools, public offices, firms, and law firms.
A Glasgow captain aboard a torpedoed Greek ship in the Mediterranean clung to a spar with a Frenchman. When a storm raged a fellow survivor bound his arm with a necktie, preventing injury until an Italian destroyer rescued all aboard at dawn.
Two women discuss evening amusements after leaving the opera. One praises Lohengrin while the other prefers Carmen. The conductor, flustered, apologizes for a remark and hints at a single motorman as a dating option.
The brief argues worry shortens life and compares worry to anger poisoning the system. It cites a federal health bulletin condemning excessive worry and praising active social engagement as a blessing.
The text argues there is no penny in US coinage and explains the one cent is the hundredth part of a dollar. It notes that half-cent pieces were once minted but no longer exist.
A reflective line notes that a person must create their own path or yield to others and that matrimony seeking wisdom for a woman may be futile if it fails to empower her.
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