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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1915
Page
3
Cynthia and Charley Askew struggle with poverty until Cynthia agrees to perform in a circus auto ride for three weeks to raise funds. After fear and desperation threaten their marriage, Cynthia proves safe, returns with nine hundred dollars, and they prepare to leave for the West together.
An invalided soldier was asked what gave him the most comfort on the firing line. He replied that tobacco came first and next to that a machine gun.
French farmers raise about 315000000 bushels of wheat annually. The yield is sufficient to supply France with strict economy and without aid from foreign granaries.
Fire in Quincy destroyed the Mulliner Planing Company facilities, burning sash and door departments and lumber sheds valued with a $40,000 loss. The blaze also damaged the Burlington freight house and endangered the segregated district in existence since the Civil War. Insurance covers about 75 percent. origin of the fire is unknown.
A roundup of short Illinois items: suicides in Peoria and Bloomington linked to finances and forgery scandals in Chicago. a deputy coroner killed by an interurban strike near Sterling. a Perry County foray into lynching acquittal. a fatal auto crash in Elgin and a large slate of civic and Masonic events across the region. A collie saves a man from a bull near Orangeville.
Gregory County tale features Colonel Johnson, Alfalfa King, owner of vast lands and banks, who bought his first alfalfa seed from John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. He touts alfalfa as the best aging crop and urges readers to request the seed company catalog and seed packages by mail.
A witty dialogue contrasts sympathy for trench soldiers with a quip about war service. One character asks if the other was ever in the army. the reply notes not, but mentions digging sewers as a humorous retort.
Dr. Aug F W Schmitz of Thomas Oklahoma reports a twenty five year backache linked to Bright's Disease. After two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills relief began and ownership of the condition improved. A subsequent relapse led to three more boxes with full eventual relief and no further trouble. He urges use of Dodd's Kidney Pills wherever available.
An exchange advocates traditional discipline as the best method for raising children. A speaker dismisses new methods and argues for a firm corporal approach, claiming belief in a good lickin.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy for darkening gray hair. It claims natural color, covers gray in days with regular use, and also stops dandruff and itching. The remedy sells at drug stores for about fifty cents in a large bottle.
A brief exchange features lines about a fine fare and a course dinner. Belti notes a distinctly American tone in the phrasing.
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