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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1911
Page
3
Miss Selina Sue, a River Bluff grocery keeper, hosts a daily nursery for neighborhood babies in her store rear amid soap boxes and a window view. Cynthia Page visits with her infant brood while Selina feeds and soothes the children, likening motherhood to a divine, tireless vocation.
In small town dialogue Miss Selina Sue reveals a new soap box baby and hints at a recent marriage to a mysterious man. Miss Cynthia cautions about trust while they discuss babies Ethel Maud Kinel Maud and a humorous nosepin incident. The scene blends gossip and gentle humor among neighbors at a grocery door.
A boastful man from New York, staying at a Washington hotel, harassed staff and guests for days. He demanded two parlor car seats for the 4 oclock New York train and ordered tickets delivered to the station. The two seats ended up in different cars as the train departed.
A professor suggests apes may be taught to speak, possibly further than parrots. He believes chimpanzees could eventually utter words by manipulating mouths and throats, as with the deaf, and may even converse with humans in the future.
A brief note from Stray Stories features a chaotic dinner moment as a hostess and guest spar over a comic quip. The observer recalls an upsetting salt incident, underscoring the humor of social miscues.
A goat consumes one eighth as much feed as a cow yet provides more than that proportional share of milk. The comparison highlights goats as efficient producers in relation to their diet.
A reflective proverb notes that smiling through trouble costs less effort than recounting it to every person one meets, suggesting resilience and discreet handling of distress. The line emphasizes calm endurance over public venting.
A stage thunder event promises no rain showers while a spiritual blessing is reported, drawing attendees seeking a religious or contemplative experience rather than weather outcomes.
An advertorial warns backache as a sign of advancing kidney disease and claims Dr Derby's Kidney Pills cure by restoring kidney filtration. It urges sufferers with urinary changes or bladder pain to try a sample before buying a 20 or 60 cent package, sold at drug stores or via Derby Medicine Co Eaton Rapids Michigan.
The speaker weighs life in the country versus the city and notes the choice hinges on mood. They joke about potential dangers, saying they might be attacked by a cow or a motor car depending on mood.
Low colonist fares to California entice buyers to the Marcu se tract in Sutter County near Sacramento. Prospects include Pan-American Exposition gains in 1915 and the potential for profits from fruit growing dairy and farming. Rich soil water and climate advertised. contact Homeseekers' Information Bureau Omaha Nebraska for details.
Hiram pauses at the door with a steel trap and warns Maria that a skunk will be inside next time. Fifteen minutes later he returns calling Maria to release him, then berates her for laughing at the situation.
William Dean Howells argues that vivid phrases trump lengthy prose at a New York Authors' Club dinner. He cites a colorful line about a baby shouting to its mother to see a man buttering bricks as an example of memorable phrasing.
Advertisements tout Trask's Ointment as reliable for catarrh and all inflammations. Consumers are advised to ask their druggist and others who have used it.
An assortment of sensational claims promotes patent medicines and social tips, touting stomach and liver tonics, veiled widows, bargain purchases, and romantic manipulations. Products like Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Garfield Tea and PAZO ol in promise cures with refunds and quick relief, while social quips poke at vanity and manners.
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