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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1913

Page

6

Flying Heart Ranch Hosts Musical Mystery and Race Challenge

At the Flying Heart ranch a party welcomes Yale cheerleader J Waingtford Speed and Culver Covington amid plans to recover a prized phonograph lost after a foot race with a Centipede ranch cook. Helen Blake schemes to have Covington win back the prize through Speed’s race. Speed faces a dare to run a race while friends and locals arrive, including trainer Lawrence Glass and colorful guests. The scene blends theatre, flirtation, and western rapport as characters are introduced.

Flying Heart Ranch Centipede Flying Heart J. Waingtford Speed Yale Culver Covington Elen Blake Speed Jean Chapin Covington Helen Lawrence Glass Mr. Glass Wally Jean Stover Berkeley Fresno Helen Blake Mr. Fresno Wally Speed Culver Miss Blake Mr. Covington Humpy Joe

Miss Blake Seeks Favor From J Wallingford Speed

In the morning scene they escape to a vine shaded gallery and discuss athletics. Helen shares her wish to have been tall enough to join the Varsity basketball team, hoping Speed can help or advise. Speed notes Roberta was a wonderful player and responds to Helen's query with interest.

Preemeer Roper Carara Maduro Cloudy Speed Stover Devine Willie Santa Fe Trail Blake J. Wallingford Speed Helen

Meaning Behind Latin Seal On Pension Checks

A Kansas City Star reader explains the inscription Thesaur Amer Septent Sigil on new pension checks. The phrase means The Seal of the Treasury of North America with septent meaning north linked to the seven stars of the Big Dipper.

Maj William Grebe Bonner Springs Kansas City Star Thesaur Herodotus Treasury of North America

The Way Out Parson Faces Funeral Dilemma

In a small town scene, Parson Hardly frets over delivering a hypocritical eulogy at Brother Grabbitt’s funeral. His wife Martha suggests a blunt approach by praising someone more deserving has not died in years.

Martha Parson Grabbitt Theophilus

Childless Women Find Health with Pingham's Compound

A dubious promotion claims many women grew physically well through Edis E. Pingham's Vegetable Compound. It lists names and addresses for contact, urging readers to learn for themselves and join thousands who allegedly benefited.

Edis E. Pingham

New Use for Carbon in Medical Therapy

Carbonic acid snow is used at West London hospital by Dr Reginald Morton to treat various diseases. It erases moles and birthmarks including port wine stains, heals eczema patches, treats rodent ulcer, and speeds up trachoma healing with less pain and minimal risk.

West London Reginald Morton

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