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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
6
A collage of curiosities and wry observations touches on Carmen Sylva, Hetty Green, air travel ambitions, polar explorers, suffrage, annual taxes, and royal matchmaking. snippets note King Edward, the Mauretania voyage, and a protest against divorce, with light satire and social commentary throughout.
An article explains common paint problems signal adulteration and the need to repaint. It promotes a complete painting guide with a color book, specifications, and a device to detect adulteration, offered free from National Lead Co. with directions for Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49. It also highlights the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a purity guarantee.
A writer notes odd prayer practices in sermons including a layman’s upsittings and downsittings petition, a minister translating a Latin sentence, and another clergyman nearly finishing a long prayer before the sermon when he suddenly declares an anecdote.
A New York letter promotes eating less meat and greasy foods with Grape Nuts as a healthier breakfast substitute. The writer claims two years on Grape Nuts cured dyspepsia and nervousness, saving money on medicines, and improving family health and happiness.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria bought what is described as the largest lot of fancy grade tobacco yet sold to a U S factory for Lewis Single Binder Cigars. The twenty four carloads will power the Peoria operation for over two years with an extra price paid for the selection. Smokers of Single Binder Cigars will welcome the premium quality. Footrest advice suggests using a carpet remnant or worn rug for invalid comfort.
A collage of advertisements touts Lane's Pleasant Tablets for colds, Marine Eye Remedy, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Brom Quin ine slogans, and Lewis' Single Binder cigars. Mentions sample offers, prices, and supplier details, with brief quips and jokes interspersed amid the product pitches.
Names and addresses from many states are cited as living proof of the remedy's power to cure female diseases. The ad asserts no compensation for using their names and claims the product is reliable and truthful in its promotional statements.
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