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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1923
Page
8
Bertha Vosberg of Wyndmere North Dakota reports backache relief after a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The ad promotes a large 60cc box, urging readers to try the drug store first with a money back guarantee and mail order option.
A quoted bartender prods others to hustle with hard work as Mose Lazibones retorts that the claim is an infernal lie, citing the fate of four wives. The exchange appears in the Baltimore Times.
An ad asserts Allcock's Plaster as the best way to belief pain with direct outside application. A woman in a domestic scene laments her husband’s money focus, saying he need not tell her, as he reads and talks about only horse races.
A harmless vegetable butter color called Dandelion has been sold by drug stores and general stores for 35 cents per bottle. The item has been popular for five decades.
A humorous exchange suggests a tall trombone player would maximize stage space by playing over the head of the musician in front, ensuring clear visibility and audibility in a crowded orchestra pit.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing itchy baby rashes and burps with hot baths using Cuticura Soap, followed by Cuticura Ointment and a fragrant Dusting powder. Priced at 25 cents each, the ad claims purity and gentleness for infant care.
A fragment shows a couple discussing marriage duration with quick numeric splits. The exchange asks how long they have been married and replies with durations totaling twenty years across three stretches.
An advertisement claims thousands stay healthy by taking one or two Brandreth Pills at night. The pills supposedly cleanse the system and purify the blood, presenting a simple nightly regimen for wellness.
A short dialogue shows Lou planning a visit to a friend named Sue with a playful remark about a “permanent wave” indicating a steady stay or ongoing change. The exchange hints at casual conversation and a light mood about travel and style.
Washington plans a session of an international parliament of women next year. Representative Dickinson backs tax cuts for large incomes. Senator Smoot supports inviting more allied powers. President Coolidge signals support despite GOP opposition.
Anthony Caminetti former federal immigration commissioner died at his Jackson California home. George Taylor seventy four president of American Express and American Railway Express died at his Pelham New York home. Weekly college football scores include Michigan Ohio State Wisconsin Notre Dame Yale Princeton and others. Zev defeated Papyrus by a scant nose in a Churchill Downs match race with a 2 06 3 5 time for a mile and a quarter.
The secretary of the Illinois farmers institute at Springfield says institutes will be held in 96 of 102 counties this year. The report highlights widespread educational outreach across the state.
A Dusseldorf dispatch reports food riots in the Ruhr with 138 dead in clashes with police and twenty four killed in Rhineland battles. A Stuttgart rail collision kills seven and injures twenty. Paris speaks of France’s debts as Poincare faces parliament.
Berlin reports say German separatists seized Mainz city hall late Tuesday, as clashes widen between royal German forces and Rhineland republic factions. In Siebengebirge battles 180 villagers killed separatists. Friday and Saturday saw 8,000 to 4,000 separatists against 5,000 loyalists amid looting and heavy losses.
Seventy one Industrial Workers of the World members jailed for criminal syndicalism are confined to San Quentin in solitary punishment. They refused to work and demanded the release of their leader J B Childs, ending in a dungeon diet of bread and water, according to unofficial prison authority notices.
Congress will be asked to appropriate nearly 40 million dollars for prohibition enforcement in fiscal year 1924 1925. The plan includes 9 25 million for enforcing laws 28 5 million to expand coast guard service and 1 25 million for drug law enforcement.
In Tunica Mississippi a Black man named Ed Hardy fatally hurt an elderly Black woman and stole $500. A mob of Black residents detained Hardy after two white men handed him to a guard. The crowd then killed Hardy and threw his body into a river.
In Minnehaha county, three McAdoo adherents won clear majorities to nominate delegates for the state party convention next month. The county provides about 9 percent of South Dakota's Democratic vote. Ford supporters were decisively defeated by the McAdoo camp.
Chas St. Osborn, former governor of Michigan, announced here that a separation contract has been executed. He denied reports of any contemplated divorce, saying he preferred wild places while his wife favored civilization.
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