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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1919
Page
2
An angry Wwolan questions dialogue after a long confrontation, where her husband replies with final quiet surrender and no further words remain to be spoken.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for colds and grippe. It claims the first dose opens nasal passages and relieves headache fever sneezing and stiffness, with up to three doses securing relief at a low cost.
A terse joke from One Kind contrasts long division with fairness. The quip defines long division as “dividing things so that the other fellow gets the short end,” implying a cheeky critique of unequal sharing.
Bar ney Schrieber dies in Cincinnati hotel room from apoplexy. A gang of 290 pillaging stock at Saint Sulpice near Cordeaux is arrested, including five French soldiers. Paris fur prices surge from 200 to 1400 dollars since 1915.
Washington letter notes President Wilson grows stronger weekly, per neurologist Dr I X Dereum who visits the president at the White House. DOJ leads cost of living campaign and food administration powers shift to Justice. Senator Hitchcock says treaty issues may be resolved after re submission, but Senate rejected the German peace treaty 43 to 51 and adjourned sine die ending the extra session.
Harold Bell Wright argues that financial success proves a book's merit citing Robinson Crusoe. He recalls a parable of a moneyless tramp who learns advice has little value when money is lacking. The speech in San Francisco links fame and profit to literary worth.
A playful exchange where a bachelor asks for the perfect moment to propose to a girl. Benedick suggests an airplane at 2,000 feet, claiming the roar of propellers blocks the noise so she cannot hear the proposal.
A reader quips that the proposed use of ape glands to restore youth is “monkey business,” reflecting public skepticism about the plan and its scientific basis.
A portly Dutch woman asks the post office for a money order to send to her son in the Far East. She mishears a clerk’s joke about the noise automobiles make, and the order is made payable to Hongkong. Meanwhile fashion notes discuss the new narrow skirts altering the walking style to be more deliberate and feminine.
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