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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
7
Advertisement touts Dr Derby's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble and related symptoms. Claims women and men regain health when kidneys fail to expel poisons, with guarantees and price options 25c 50c or free sample via Derby Medicine Co. Eaton Rapids Mich.
A comic dialogue shows a policeman noting a man seeks the marriage license bureau, implying trouble in a playful exchange. The scene riffs on curiosity and civic procedure with witty wordplay.
His Honor Unimpaired. The old shoemaker denies selling inferior goods and instructs the shopman to mark an inferior shoe as fit for a queen. The scene ends with the principle that doing good to others yields inner reward, echoing Seneca.
A poem praises God for rain sun dew grain harvest and warmth and sorrow. It thanks God for hope fear storm and peace and notes human labor and divine quickening, blessing God as the source of growth and praise.
Minnie, fleeing a quarrel with Percy Kincaid, is struck by a falling limb in a storm while returning from town. Rescued by a passerby and sheltered by a poor Turners farm family, she awakes to a new chance at reconciliation with Percy. Thanksgiving turn to a quiet, hopeful reunion.
An old advertisement block touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a cure for rheumatism neuraglia and other pains. It promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and claims universal happiness as a remedy for sadness. A Bible quotation about understanding is included.
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