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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1922
Page
2
Baptist preacher Rev B M Bridges of Mooresboro New York says Tanlac restored his appetite and energy after ten years of indigestion. He reports improved nerves sleep and weight gain and urges others in run down condition to try Tanlac. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
A lighthearted quip from the first tee at a Midway city public course captures the clash of golf and sports talk as players joke about scoring a goal while enjoying a casual round. The moment blends local leisure with sports culture.
The ad warns buyers to ensure Bayer appears on the package or tablets to guarantee the authentic Bayer product. It promotes aspirin for ailments like colds headache toothache and rheumatism and notes prices for twelve tablets and larger bottles.
An English inventor unveils a table with a zigzagly cut top allowing instant conversion between a square form and a long narrow shape. The design aims to save space and suit varied dining or work settings.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It guarantees no spotting fading streaking or running and advises telling the druggist fabric type before dyeing. The ad is followed by a joke about an American heiress divorcing a foreign nobleman and receiving a rebate instead of alimony.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving and bathing claiming double razor efficiency and skin purity with no irritation even when shaved twice daily. It promotes one soap for all uses and also hints at a reckless chauffeur described as an automaniac.
Obituaries and incidents include Jacob Gambel of Gimbel Bros dying of heart trouble in Atlantic City. Mrs Oscar Hammerstein’s disappearance after a note about self harm. Gov Kendall fracturing a rib in an automobile crash near Des Moines. Natchez Mayor William G Benbrook dying at 66 after 33 years in office. and author Thomas Nelson Page buried beside his second wife in Rock Creek Cemetery Washington.
President Harding and Secretaries Hughes Weeks Wallace and Daugherty voted by mail from Washington. Other cabinet members returned home to vote.
In Tuesday’s election Democrats gain four senators lose one and edge Republicans in the lower house leaving independents likely to hold balance. A coal mine disaster at Spangler Pennsylvania leaves over fifty believed dead with many others injured or missing. Also reports include refugees from Smyrna set to sail November 11, a prison release, a socialist magazine folding, a mass shooting suicide in Amesbury, a Duluth to New York water route, and tornado damage in Kansas and Nebraska plus tax and fire losses and a drug store hold up.
The United States will receive 50 million dollars from Great Britain on November 15 as interest on war loaned funds. Overseas reports also note Berlin buyers flocking to William II memoirs and other global events.
A downtown Los Angeles store named the Hut helps veterans released from hospitals or homebound disabled veterans sell handicrafts and work at trades. Rupert Hughes leads a large committee including editors publishers and Legion members to fund and run the venture on a strictly business basis with support from the Needlework Guild of America and the American Legion.
The piece highlights Mayor George E. Leach of Minneapolis dubbed the Little Colonel for his Legion achievements. It notes Minnesota mayors active in the American Legion, including St. Paul’s Mayor Nelson and others, plus Leach’s war record with high decorations and current role as colonel of the One Hundred and Fifty first in the National Guard.
Mrs Emma Gunter of Decatur praises Golden Medical Discovery for a bronchial cough and Favorite Prescription as a tonic during pregnancy. She urges others to obtain these remedies from local druggists and to write for free medical advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
In a terse exchange, Cactus Joe admits winning all the money in a party poker game last night but explains the haul was unusable, forcing him to divide the winnings among players to prevent the game from breaking up.
A humorous quip notes that a man’s hunger does not always align with how old he feels, suggesting mood and appetite vary with circumstance rather than age alone.
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