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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
3
Daily morning drink of hot water with limestone phosphate touted to wash out uric acid toxins from the digestive tract and joints. Advocates claim relief from rheumatism lumbago headaches constipation and stomach acidity. mentions royal endorsement by the Prince of Wales.
Excursion boats on the Quad Cities area cease calliope service for the season. A Midwestern fatality prompts a $20 settlement after cattle damage claims. Police arrest suspects in a Black Hand plot as a money-for-robbery scheme unfolds. Counterfeit half-dollars lead to two-year federal sentences, with one-year for another youth. Aurora teachers face self-evaluation in an efficiency report. Pullman Car Company shops guard against a strike with 500 workers, demanding higher wages and longer hours. Witnesses in a mail-violation trial receive two-year terms. University of Illinois battery members may be sent to Mexico with diplomas for those in good standing. Bloomington promotes transportation leadership changes at Chicago & Alton. Chicago tweaks center-city policing tale with a splash of humor regarding shamrocks. Illinois plans a statewide livestock association to counter rail-rate disputes with a Peoria-organized launch set for March 28.
Letters from women in Harrisburg Albert Lea and Pittsburgh describe relief from female weakness back pain irregularities and fatigue after using the Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills One writer says the remedy helped after a lifelong sickness and three doctors gave up on her All women are invited to write to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for confidential advice
An advertisement urges use of SPOHN'S for distemper in young horses and all ages. It claims safety for any colt and prevention of distempers exposure. Available from druggists and turf suppliers at 50¢ to $1 per bottle, $5 to $10 a dozen, from SPOHN MEDICAL CO Goshen Indiana.
Advertisement for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders claims to ease colds fevers headaches stomach troubles teething pains and worms in 24 hours. Marketed by Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York the product has been used by mothers for 28 years and costs 25 cents with free samples. Sunny Side of March notes five pay days in March 1916 despite wet weather.
A judge notes the divorce agreement allows each parent to have the child half the time with the respondent insisting on custody in alternating days. The court records reflect a generous division aimed at shared parenting.
A historical advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a liver and stomach stimulant. It claims the product builds rich red blood to nourish the heart nerves brain and organs, making the body feel clean strong and vigorous as bad blood purges and new blood fills the veins.
An advertisement touts Doctor Pierce's Anuric as a potent remedy to remove uric acid causing backache neuralgia gout and rheumatism. It claims Anuric is 37 times stronger than lithia and suggests visiting a drug store or mailing for a trial package and full treatment at 50 cents.
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