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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
3
Providence reader Mrs. Adeline Lynch reports relief from backache headaches and nervous fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges others with similar symptoms to seek help and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for advice.
A playful exchange reveals a couple negotiating boundaries within a family context. She acknowledges the bond, while he clarifies his commitment is to her alone, suggesting a lighthearted domestic dynamic.
An old ad copy promises a $100 reward if Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure catarrh and notes testimonials. It mentions a maid of honor receiving a $5,000 dowry upon marriage to England's queen. Iceland's Reykjavik is described as the ancient small capital over a millennium.
The ad promotes Begg's Mustarine as the original mustard plaster and a fast pain killer for rheumatism headaches neuralgia toothache and backache claiming relief in five minutes. It touts bronchitis pleurisy lumbago and inflammation relief with a strong veal based mustard formula and warns it burns but does not blister. The copy urges asking for the yellow box Mustarine.
J A Kapps of Chicago elected great sachem of Illinois Red Men. Hugh J Robinson, Champaign pioneer and member of the Forty first General Assembly, dies. Millershone maimed by corn shredder. Jail moves due to repairs. Bond plan for filtration plant. Fire probe in Winnetka costs $50,000 damage. Illinois Legion convention set for Oct 17-18 in Peoria. Byron monument to be enlarged for veterans. Chicago Telephone faces operator shortage. State treasurers' association officers named. Macon county brick inquiry ordered. Government swine disease trials near Bloomington. Cook County judge appointed. Burns to preside. Prohibition reduces Chicago saloons. Illinois census on foreign-born evacuees. Great Western station robbery by thugs. Building boom in Springfield. Illinois Equal Suffrage convention in Chicago. Michael Stoskopf dies at Freeport. School funds for Americanization cut. Gas rates in Rockford extended. Kinloch Bloomington lines under utilities cap. Elks elect officers. Ottawa chosen for 1920 meet. IBEW moves to Washington. Illinois health officials attend New Orleans meeting. Concord bank bandits thwarted by citizens. Electric line fares rise due to government order. Strikes settled. wage hikes likely. Mental standards study for defective children underway. Boy nearly killed in corn binder accident. Water poisoning probe after public reception in Chatham.
A Trenton woman laments to a new Irish domestic that she cannot teach her anything. The household joke centers on a demand for notes and cards on a salver, Maggie replying humorously that she knew but did not know the custom.
An advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative for children, urging mothers to look for the California name on the package and noting a fruity taste and clear dosage directions on each bottle. It stresses giving it without fear and addresses mothers directly.
A fashion tailor notes business recovery from war era strain as some customers economize on clothing. He observes cooperation hinges on confidence. without it, cooperative efforts falter and fail.
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