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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
3
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims a teaspoonful clears foul waste without griping and promotes quick recovery from illness, urging mothers to keep a 50 cent bottle on hand with directions printed on the label.
The pampas near Buenos Aires span about 2,000,000 square miles, nine times England's size and double Mexico's. Vast flat plains stretch 2,000 miles with few towns, owned by distant elites in Buenos Aires or Europe. Immig ration and open opportunity lag as old wealth preserves isolation, while cultivation now includes sciences, history, government, and economics per Charles W. Eliot.
A woman asks what the wild waves say while standing on the silver lining of the main. The man responds that they utter little, likening the noisy yet voiceless waves to some people they know.
In Venezuela Lake Maracaibo supplies fishermen with both salt and fresh water catches. Local crews report diverse species and ongoing port activity amid riverine trade and coastal markets.
Simultaneous uprisings in Petrograd and Moscow topple Nicholas II. Czar abdicates for himself and the czarevitch, ending the Romanov dynasty as a duma committee takes power for three months. A new cabinet, led by Prince Georges Looff, is announced with broad support from provinces and generals.
The U S consuls report the sinking by submarines of the City of Memphis Illinois and Vigilancia in the war zone. Fourteen Vigilancia crewmen and several Memphis sailors are missing. the Illinois crew landed safely. The losses heighten the sense of war while Congress plans its next steps.
The article describes settlers in Western Canada paying for 160 acres of land with the crop from 53 acres of wheat. John Larcome bought in 1915, broke 53 acres, sold most of the crop for 2970 dollars, land cost 2640 dollars, leaving over 3800 dollars to cover operations.
A brief vignette from the Princeton Tiger quotes two figures by a well. He asks where to drink and she lowers her eyes. When raised, they are filled with water signaling an implied solution.
An advertisement proclaims that freezone can lift any corn with a few drops and is sold at drug stores. The claim notes the drug dries on contact, does not irritate surrounding skin, and promises painless removal of corns or calluses.
The statement notes that juries are being suspended in England due to the risk of hung juries. It suggests anxiety over potential acquittals and ongoing legal uncertainty.
An advert touts ethine-double strength freckle treatment. Apply nightly and morning to vanish freckles with a money back guarantee. Also notes unrelated facts about Cuba tobacco and Turkish government bakeries.
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