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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
5
A jumble of anecdotes and social trivia, including a mule accident, flag day notes, political scraps, theater remarks, egg production stats, and farm listings, all skimming through midwestern life with quirky asides and local color. Names, places, and dates appear in fragmented form, preserving the lively period voice.
Cleveland man George Travern walks into Thompson's on Clark street and boasts he bought the copper domed federal building for 150 dollars. The manager questions the claim, while Travern presents a bill of sale and a street-sign riddle to prove ownership.
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