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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
8
Fashions Set by Soldiers Across Ages
The Baltimore Sun notes that Alexander the Great ordered his troops to shave to prevent beard grabs in combat. It cites that modern trench soldiers grow beards as protection against cold, forecasting a revival of beard fashion due to war conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander the Great
Baltimore Sun
Asia
Alexander
Europe
Short Cut Help Sparks Quick Cash Regret
A practical philanthropist offers to help while a shabby visitor recalls fending for himself. The visitor admits stealing from another’s cash register years ago. In contrast an Australian bush turkey nest is found to weigh five tons. A woman’s talk shifts to serious matters and she grants a man a chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durance Vile
Grape Nuts Diet Helps Restored Nerve Health
A Wisconsin woman recounts near collapse from overwork and illness and credits stopping tonics. She began eating Grape Nuts with cream four times daily and milk, slept better, gained weight, and felt improved after about two weeks, with Grape Nuts and fresh air named as the key agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Tme
Illlinois State News Highlights Multiple Local Tragedies
A string of Illinois stories reports deaths and disasters across towns. Mrs. Sarah Blankenstein dies at 82 in Eldorado. Hiram Beard, 60, dies by suicide near despondency over ill health in Petersburg. Other items note fires in Galesburg, a baseball figure Fred Donovan's death in Springfield, and more local incidents from Jacksonville, Dixon, Clinton, Decatur, Waterloo, Bethany, Chicago, Rockford, Moline, and Galena with various causes and civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Sarah J. Blankenstein
Wesley Chapel
Petersburg
Hiram Beard
Galesburg
Springfield
Fred Donovan
Bright
St. Johns Hospital
Jacksonville
John, W. Crowe
Jacksonville Parish
Routt College
Dixon
Harvey J. Angle
Fifth Infantry Iinois National Guard
Clinton
St. John’s Catholic
Sandusky-Portland
Thomas C. Codt
Decatur
Katy May Gebbert
Harry S. Gebbart
H. S. Gebbart Dry Goods Company
Waterloo
Thomas B. Crowe
Thomas M. Crowe
Emily N. Kent
William Kent
Dupe
Bethany
Rosa Sommers
Nancy Kendall
Chicago
David Campbell
Lincoln
Rockford
Boy Scouts of
John Hede
Margaret Hede
Lincoln State School
State Board of Administration
State Board of Health
Kewanee
Tony Kaslnski
Jin
Greenville
Shoal Creek
Jesse G. Bennett
Pawnee
O. L. Martin
Illnois Central Railway Company
Pawnee Junction
Galena
Andrew Swenson
Swenson
Rock Island
Ge.g. Davis
Geneseo
Ilinoia National Guard
EH. W. Laurie
Sterling
John W Reig
Moline
Ed Donoven
Baby Care Tips and Odd Ads From Old Paper
Bath with hot water and Cuticura Soap for irritated skin on babies. ointment on finger tip if irritation exists. Free sample by mail with book from Cuticura Boston. Also an ad suggests keeping eyes young with Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago and a quip about wealth and selfish children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. L
Boston
Gray Isis
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Spring house in order with Dr. Pierce tonics
Advertises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a vegetable remedy free from alcohol that cleanses impure blood and clears skin conditions. Also touts Anuric from the Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York as an eliminator of uric acid for backache scalding urine and rheumatic pain with rapid relief in gravel and gout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce’s Hospital
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