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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
3
A passenger pursues a long delayed Ozark train in a bygone era travel piece. The narrator battles doubt, watches an old station clock, and encounters a humorous country stage of passengers, porters, and a relic day coach amid a ceremonious journey back to an antiquated rail era.
On an Ozark bound trip a diverse group shares a peculiar bond as a decaying train limps toward a sleepy stop. The journey becomes a pastoral awakening where time slows, impressions grow, and travelers find solace and a new, softened view of life on the rails.
Charles M Schwab, guest of honor at an American Boiler Manufacturers association banquet, said he once felt insignificant, then declared he had become somebody. He recounted hiring a carriage and overhearing a bystander call him by his status, prompting a child to ask which one.
Many stars we see at night may have ceased to exist centuries ago. Light from distant stars takes hundreds or thousands of years to reach Earth, so we observe them as they were long ago.
The women of Mexico organize a mothers congress with its first meeting planned for December. President Signora Luz Gonzalez Cosio de Lopez leads the group whose aim is to aid all mothers who need support.
Practical home tips on reusing fabrics for dusters and linings, marking stockings, hanging damaged sheets, and safeguarding handkerchiefs. Also how to care for lace curtains, crack ice without noise, polish shoes with a lambswool dauber, and a simple furniture polish recipe using benzine linseed oil and turpentine.
Boil four quarts of grape juice in an open preserving kettle until reduced by one third. Prepare tart mellow apples peeled cored and quartered. Place in a porcelain lined preserving kettle and cover generously with grape juice. Simmer gently until apples are clear and tender. Seal at once in sterilized jars.
A treated duster made from cheese cloth wrung of turpentine and dried is praised as a lightning fast cleaning aid. It collects all dust without scattering and leaves surfaces brighter after use.
Invert all hard cooking dishes over steam or hot water for a few minutes and every particle will wash off easily. This works especially well for dishes used with syrup bread or pastry dough.
A ten-cent small-sized scrubbing brush is praised as the nicest tool for washing out a bathtub. The item is described as appealing to the men of the household as a sensible way to tackle a dreaded duty.
A fragment lists ingredients for nut cakes including three pounds of sugar half a pound of butter a pound of finely chopped almonds grated lemon rind three pounds of flour and a teaspoonful for a cake baked in a moderate oven
Mrs. R C Richmond of Northwood Iowa reports kidney trouble backache dizziness and head pain lasting years. After using three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills the backache vanished and she remained free of trouble. Pills sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Cape Cod man and a Londoner share a train from Liverpool to the capital. They compare fogs, joking about ladling fog for egg floats and burning coal soot as fuel. The Yankee pockets his flag after the exchange.
Mrs John G Klumpp reports a six week old boy suffered a painful facial eruption worsening despite doctors. Scratching eased with Cuticura Remedies, eczema cleared over time, and by age seven the problem supposedly never returned. Newark New Jersey dates Oct 17 and 22 1907.
A witty Tatler snippet describes a railway carriage wedding ruse in Sheffield. A couple, claimed newlyweds, reveal a prank when rice scatters as the groom declares he has stolen the bridegroom's overcoat. The scene notes their sangfroid amused fellow passengers.
A South side woman visits a Denver butcher shop to buy a roast. The cranky butcher explains the bone issue is the cow’s fault saying cows would be in awful shape if they ran around with out bones.
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