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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
7
A historical column notes that many operations on women are unnecessary and that fear of surgery affects women. It argues hundreds or thousands of surgeries are performed in hospitals that could be avoided, highlighting medical overuse and patient concerns.
Letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for saving lives and curing female troubles. Mrs Barbara Base and Mrs Arthur R House report relief from issues once deemed operable. The ad calls the product a long standing standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and related pains inviting letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The article extols Kit Carson as a legendary American scout and frontiersman. It recounts his Kentucky birth, move to Howard County Missouri, apprenticeship and youth, later Taos life, and burial with wife in Taos New Mexico. It notes his frontier skills and the desire for more details on his Howard County boyhood.
The piece warns that winter drainage differs from summer, advising temporary surface drains at season end to prevent soil loss, damage to gutters, and uprooting young trees. It suggests closing these drains in spring or keeping them shallow and unobtrusive to avoid visible signs on lawns. the humor follows with a joke about a band mishap and a broken trombone.
A well known New Yorker fond of jokes pretends to reveal only four words ending in dolls. He recounts a tale about three true words ending in dolls and jokes that a group now hunts for mythical fourth, amid club chatter and amused disbelief.
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington suffered months in bed with weakness swelling and sleepless nights. After four doctors said no cure she used Deans Kidney Pills and soon recovered enough to leave bed and return home. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
Susie asks about the newborn at your house and its appearance while Sammy notes the baby is a fashionable latest arrival. Maw is delighted as if the baby just arrived from the milliner.
The passage contrasts ancient Greek headwear with bare heads as a sign of dignity and freedom while noting slaves wore skull caps. It echoes era advertisements and miscellaneous product lines such as TANS cigars and Mrs Winslow soothing syrup, ending with a quip about scandal in school.
Hall's Catarrh Cure offered with claim that deafness from catarrh is curable by constitutional treatment. Advertisement touts remedy for mucus tube inflammation and offers one hundred dollars for a cure not achieved. Includes product sales details and a constipation pill suggestion.
A visitor notes a wife’s ritual of removing her husband’s shoes after dinner. The husband says the act has a method, keeping him at home, since once slippers are on he will be too lazy to return to town.
A group of foreigners tapped a keg at Lake Altoona Pennsylvania but could not draw beer. Investigators found the bunghole blocked by a snake that crawled into the keg while it lay empty and died when the keg was filled.
The fragment promotes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and mentions a tobacco offer. It also includes a quotation attributed to Aristotle about friendship and justice. The source reads like an old classified or promotional snippet with brand names and a signature line from Lewis' Factory in Peoria.
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