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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
11
An old advertisement touts Danderine hair tonic claiming to revive lifeless thin or fading hair. It promises thicker longer lustrous locks with a 35 cent bottle, urging readers to refresh the scalp and restore color and vitality.
A short quip frames a joke about smoking cigars by person type. The speaker notes daily consumption varies with the crowd encountered. The line highlights wit and social observation rather than a literal event.
An advertisement touts Vader-Balm as a safe nasal germ destroyer for influenza colds and catarrh. It claims specialists used it, offers free samples by mail, and urges sending 25 cents for a 26 cent tube to E W Vacher Inc New Orleans. Also includes a pun about high prices for shoes.
Ad claims Cascarets relieve sick headache biliousness and constipation by cleansing the stomach removing undigested food and foul gases and clearing toxins from intestines. It promises the reader will wake with the issue resolved and notes the product works while you sleep.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a long trusted household remedy for constipation, indigestion, and nervous symptoms. It claims relief after a few doses and promotes the product as a gentle laxative sold worldwide. The text ends with a light rural proverb about a hen.
An old Hartford Courant piece recalls a second Thanksgiving dinner at a farmer family home. It notes the two meals by midday and evening, with pies loaves cake and heavy feasting, contrasted with modern abundance guarded by food directors and scarce real food. The memory lingers amid nostalgia and social change.
A vivid account describes a hot summer evening in Peking where lanterns shaped like lotus buds glow along the moat and streets. Multicolored children in silk and rags parade with lotus bud lanterns, their voices and footsteps filling the air before the scene fades to quiet darkness.
Indiana University President William Lowe Bryan, Indianapolis counsel Samuel Ashby and local attorney Frank C. Dailey met at Shelbyville while returning from a case. Ashby joked he needed twine for papers, and Bryan quipped about using red tape.
In a playful exchange Mrs Black Bass asks where her mate has been while he explains he slipped out to lunch after spotting a fly in the air. The lighthearted scene riffs on underwater life and humorous dialogue.
A brief exchange unfolds as Mrs. Gnaggs laments the fool she married and Mr. Gnaggs retorts that she might have guessed when he proposed. The dialogue snaps with sharp humor and domestic sting.
Claiming instant relief from corns and calluses with Freezone drops, the ad promises painless removal including the root. A tiny bottle costs only a few cents and can be bought at any drug store, with customers urged to apply directly to the affected area.
A terse quip reveals a strained marriage as one character warns that his wife has lost her mind, while the other retorts that he has already been receiving a piece of it for years. The exchange hints at long simmering disbelief and fractures within a domestic relationship.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for irritated skin with hot baths using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. It also touts Cuticura Talcum and claims the trio is indispensable for routine care. A brief signboard joke references local offices and Greenland potato trivia.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a 200 year remedy for kidney liver bladder and stomach ailments and related disorders. It urges daily use three to four capsules and promises renewed health with the original import and a druggist refund if unsatisfied.
An Adv Unkind item promotes Bayer aspirin with the slogan Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package. It claims nineteen years of medical use and lists colds pain headaches neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism as treated by physicians. Compact tins of one tablet cost a few cents. The note defines aspirin as Bayer’s trade mark for acetylsalicylic acid.
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