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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
6
Captain Nathaniel Plum hides on Beaver Island awaiting a powder and guns cargo. An old man spy watches from the thicket and leads Plum toward a secret St. James stronghold where a coded letter and a dangerous bargain unfold.
Pulverized wood mixed with cement forms wood concrete lighter than sand based concrete. Straw seaweed and hay can replace wood. The product resembles sawdust and its main advantage is allowing nails to be driven easily into structures.
An odd dialogue ponders why Mahommet was urged to climb a mountain and suggests a doctor’s order. The fragment notes Tong as a Chinese term for black hand, reflecting period misunderstandings and linguistic plays.
Mrs R Huxry of Galena Kansas describes sudden lump on her side that grew and woke her at night. After doctor advised surgery she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and the lump broke away. The advertisement touts the remedy for female complaints including tumors and displacements and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement extols onions as a healthier, more nourishing food than any other vegetable. It also pitches Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, noting gums soothing, inflammation reduction, pain relief, and wind colic cure with a 25 cent bottle.
A compact quip from Lippincott notes a bashful exchange about illness or odd head feeling. The snippet hints at a narrator’s wry response to a remark about being cold or aged. It captures a streetwise blunt humor typical of the source.
A five year old miss, kept up for an evening party, hesitates at bedtime about 8:30. An aunt asks if she can help. Helen replies she will reach bed on her own, in her own slow time, declaring she’ll get there altogether too soon as it is.
The New York Tribune reports seven children about ten years old, four girls and three boys, were taken to a seashore resort for a day by two women. The funds came from two paperboys who lived in one of the two houses serving as recruitment. One caregiver says the boys arranged the trip themselves, noting the boys are often unruly yet hopes such acts will lead to better character.
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