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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1910
Page
14
A rammer shattered by a Sudanese blow during Abu Klea is followed by a humorous claim of payment and a joke from a gunner about breaking government property. A later moonlight escapade features a witch and mockery of a man invading a field long held by women, with a quip about a joy-riding aeroplane crew.
A cartoonish exchange from Puck portrays an advertising manager explaining why his circulation is strong after a life insurance firm rejects his application for lying in answers. The quip underscores the tension between claimed reach and veracity in marketing pitches.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a nutritious partially pre-digested food that aids stomach digestion and feeds brain and nerve centers with vital phosphates. It cites The Road to Wellville and urges readers to drink Postum Cereal Company products.
A Rockford teen, Marie Lind, was enticed to Chicago by a man for marriage. Dr Frederick Hynick lured her from home, deserted her in La Salle Avenue lodging, and remains sought by Chicago police. Peoria reports looming mine union talks ending in likely strike over tonnage rates closed shop and shooters. Chicago notes barbers challenge new qualification law, a man shot by accident while cleaning a revolver, and a mayoral group elects officers. Helen Chamberlin dies by gas accident. a Pinkerton guard claims accidental shooting. James Colby dies after being struck by a freight train.
A veteran recalls kidney trouble after the Spanish American War and credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief. An anecdote from Harper's Magazine follows, in which a boy cheerfully admits he can name baseball pitchers rather than the twelve apostles, in a lighthearted school scene.
A scan of mixed content includes an 19th century Catarrh Cure advertisement from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio claiming a hundred dollar reward for a cure, a testimonial, a drugstore product note, and several short humorous quotes and product mentions.
A historic advertisement touts the Daily Appeal magazine founded in 1658, offering information about California land and opportunities for investors, homeseekers, miners, farmers, and fruit growers. It invites readers in Maripose Town to write for the illustrated prospectus and mail the handsome publication.
A garbled OCR passage references Maggie and Marjorie debating a preference for a man, mentions a car color matching an automobile, cites Winston?s Soothing Syrup for teething and a few other brand names, and ends with a vague single binder cigar and tin foil mention.
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