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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1919
Page
3
Advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for colds and grippe with doses every two hours up to three, claiming opening nostrils stops runny nose and headaches, costs only a few cents and contains no quinine. It asserts the medicine acts without assistance and tastes nice.
A special British government commission continues to wind up affairs of the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace, London, in 1851.
An advertisement urges insisting on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package with proper directions for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It claims Bayer means genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years with a handy tin of 12 tablets costing a few cents and notes Bayer as a trade mark for monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid.
A brief dialogue questions why a captain recently met from overseas answered briefly when asked if his company remained in good running order. The exchange hints at discipline and efficiency aboard the vessel.
An old fashioned remedy claims fifty three years of nationwide use for coughs bronchitis and colds. It promises restorative sleep and easy morning expectoration with Boschee's Syrup made in America and recommended as a household remedy.
In a light exchange a speaker jokes that fish is brain food and another replies with a whimsical offer of whale meat, capturing a playful bias about foods in a casual chat. The brief vignette reflects a humorous tone rather than a formal event.
An old advertisement declares kidney disease risks and promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a quick relief. It claims two centuries of use, direct Holland sourcing, and refunds if unsatisfied, urging purchase at drug stores in scale packages.
The line suggests that jokes fail to mask genuine gaps in knowledge and that efforts to disguise ignorance are ineffective when the task or truth demands real understanding.
Illinois brief highlights include Charles Chadsey winning reinstatement as Chicago schools superintendent. Springfield health reports 355 deaths and 101 births in October. Watson bank robbed of Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps, with bloodhounds used. Chicago police plan wage raises for janitors. Chicago white-collar and church appointments noted.
Dr. W. A. Evans warns that a future influenza epidemic will be more severe than last year and urges following medical advice to prevent outbreaks. The ad promotes Turpo as a preventive germicide, claiming it reduces flu germ lodging when used in the nose and advises buying a thirty cent jar.
A quirky dialogue follows Miss Kate and Wil as they tease about head quietness and rattlebrained notions. A note on opals explains water content creating iridescence and a digress about world visioning. Also mentions influenza theory and quotes Herrick on living well with a final line about a square deal.
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