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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
6
In Cherry Illinois the St Paul mine rescue ends with 21 men alive from 310 trapped for seven days. Heroes Eddy and Waite led a disciplined effort to build a safety wall and reach the surface through a coal vein while facing airless corridors, gas, and despair.
Chicago elevator operator Allen W Ward rescued 20 Cos Mopolitan Press club members from a burning building at 1414 Fifth Avenue. Other items report Walsh misappropriation appeals, disbarred attorney libel verdict, tax rate set at 35.10 mills, Carpentersville tragedy, Tony Landers jail attempt, Mallory resigns Illinois state reformatory post, steel girder accident injures four, five men arrested for car robbery, and Gaza Metzler killed by engine shaft incident.
The advertisement extols Quaker Oats as a superior food that builds muscles and brain without taxing digestion. It claims constant growth in consumption due to scientific tests, affordability, purity, and convenience in regular and large family packages.
A quoted outburst laments a quick spread of scandal as Mrs Blivens rushes to share gossip with Mrs Spitzenfest, only to find the other knows every detail already. The exchange highlights gossip culture and social surveillance in the community.
A historical analysis notes rapid growth in tuberculosis measures with more beds, dispensaries, and associations. It cites 20 000 beds now in treatment institutions, up from earlier levels, and dramatic gains in hospitals and sanatoria as well as dispensaries and anti tuberculosis groups. A second item documents a legal oath in Toledo offering a reward for catarrh cures and advertises F Chaney Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a drugstore price.
The rector and a farmer discussed pork, admiring Berkshire pigs. The rector remarked on their fine condition and mused that if everyone were as fit to die as the pigs, they would be ready. The farmer agrees in plain, matter-of-fact style.
In a light exchange a romantic suitor notes Toye brightens the eye while the practical maid suspects it unsettles hair. The dialogue questions the fate of the old fashioned boy who prefers work at home over school.
A dapper traveling man chats up Ella a hotel waitress. She asserts independence, defends her job, and tells of her country roots and a brother who works as a cook. He orders coffee and hot cakes, signaling no further advance.
Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children and see that it bears the ad Signature of SITEL A In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Tie Is Essential. Dad what sort of a bureau is a matrimonial bureau Houston Post joke.
An old advertisement touts Alien Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to ease tight fresh shoes and treat sweating calloused tired feet. It claims to Break in new shoes and is sold by druggists with a 2c trial package mailed free to Olmsted LeRoy New York. Also promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as safer than quinine with large 50c bottles.
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