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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
6
The advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe, stamped with the Bayer name and Cross, and advises taking one or two glasses of water after dosing. It notes small package costs and mentions larger packages sold by druggists, listing common uses from colds to rheumatism.
A Florida Times-Union joke set features Senator Sorghum explaining why prophets are not honored at home and a piano salesman selling a piano to a buyer who chooses the one with the most keys. The exchange mocks political scheming and consumer choices in a brief humorous vignette.
A collage of snippets reviews old customs including boars head lore as Governor Goodrich jokes about refined times. It also recalls a train incident, drugstore humor over oil pricing in a North Side store, and club chatter about Cheatem and cooks with temper.
Berlin reports say the Kapp revolt collapsed and Dr. Wolfgang Kapp stepped aside to let Friedrich Ebert resume the presidency. An agreement allows Ebert to call elections for a new Reichstag within the next thirty days with a reconstituted government and ministers from the Kapp-Luettwitz faction potentially joining.
Copenhagen reports unofficial Schleswig plebiscite totals with 138,025 votes for Denmark and 48,148 for German rule in the second zone. Danish majorities appear in Goting Hedhensum and Utersum. four districts’ results are pending. The northern zone voted February 10 to rejoin Denmark.
Capt. James MacWeeney of Charleston Mass and five crewmen are believed dead after two coal barges Nos. 7 and 10, part of a three barge tow from Norfolk to Boston owned by Consolidated Coal Co of Boston, broke free and sank six miles northwest of Block Island Rhode Island.
The cabinet of Alexander Vaida-Voevod resigns. The king asks Gen. Fozav Averezov, interior minister in the outgoing cabinet, to form a new government.
A Louisville Courier-Journal humorous note questions beliefs in long engagements and asks where to find a flat, reflecting social concerns about housing and marriage. The snippet uses regional voice to lampoon commitment and living arrangements.
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as a complete toilet set to cleanse soothe and perfume. It claims daily use keeps skin clear and safe for a busy routine. An exchange between a City Man and His Son adds a light anecdote about work habits and parental trust.
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