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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1913
Page
7
This article surveys festive neckwear and sash fashions for Christmas. It highlights net and lace collars, jabots, and fischu designs, buttoned edges, velvet ribbons, and rhinestone accents, plus six new sash and girdle models with buckram buckles and varied ribbons. It notes the popular wishbone sash and advises shoppers to use fashion as a guide for gifts.
A man in the seventh row opened a beefsteak with knife and fork during the first act. An usher cited rules against eating in the theater, the manager was summoned, and the patron left with his beefsteak. He noted candy indulgence by others and criticized the play as he departed.
George Miller of Aurora Illinois describes a skin disease starting as a pimple that itched and burned, spreading to his face and eyes. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment, used with a bandaged neck, for a cure after twenty six days and buying a cake of soap and two boxes of ointment.
The famed actress Lillian Russell shows a playful side in Paris after binding up wounds for Theodore P. Shantz. At a Pittsburgh dinner a young architect asks for heartbreak remedies and she quips about a gold band orange blossom water and raw rice as the guaranteed cure.
A humorous exchange shows Miss Wapley rebuffing Mr. Simpkins with a test of employment ability. The line implies a witty social dynamic and a woman asserting standards in a playful dialogue.
A public notice urges caregivers to inspect every Castoria bottle for safety and authenticity, highlighting the familiar Fletcher’s Castoria signature and the claim of over 30 years of use to reassure parents and guardians.
A fragment notes Kate asking for money and receiving assent from her husband. It then mentions coughing from bronchial irritation and Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops sold in drug stores. A French ash-propelled hydroplane is described for shallow American rivers, followed by a Roman Eye Balsam product.
Western Canada reports record threshing yields across wheat oats barley and flax with top quality. Wheat averages near forty bushels per acre and oats from fifty to over one hundred fifteen. flax yields varied by wind. Many new settlers cleared debts, expanded farms, and built wealth through mixed farming and large scale operations aided by improved machinery.
A Philadelphia Geographical Society member lauds Donald MacMillan for his restraint. He cites MacMillan’s stance on alcohol and excuses, recounting a sailor’s excuse about misfortune leading to drinking as a cautionary tale.
An advertisement touts Dr Peery's Vermifage Dead Shot as a prompt remedy to expel worms from the human system. It argues that taking a chance on this elixir is better than risking a certain failure.
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