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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
2
Italy offers to annex Tripoli and pay indemnity while controlling civil and military affairs. The caliph would be supreme in religious matters. Derna suffered bombardment damaging hospitals and barracks with many deaths and injuries after a failed landing attempt by Italian sailors.
A Chicago meeting of Progressive Republican leaders promotes Senator La Follette for the presidential nomination. The sixth international dry farming congress opens in Colorado Springs. Taft begins earthwork for the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Justice Harlan dies at 78. The era's politics and notable deaths unfold across a wide national canvas.
The sixty seventh annual session of the Nine Mile Baptist association closed at Paradise church Duquoin with ministers and lay delegates from Perry Randolph Washington St Clair and nearby counties in attendance Assignments announced for leaders including Dr W A Matthews Rev Walter Harriss Rev J A McCord Rev William Gaither and others Also notes changes in Epworth league leadership and local church events across the region.
Mrs Chas Barclay of Graniteville Vermont credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health during the change of life. The letter praises the remedy for cures of inflammation ulcers irregularities pains and nervous prostration and notes 30 years of reported efficacy. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offers free advice to sick women.
A playful exchange centers on a proposed motto for motorists. The line Wrecks to the reckless! generates discussion about safety messaging and driving culture.
In a brief exchange the witness recalls seeing a prisoner strike a man during a melee. Another account mentions a nose swat but no further details are provided.
Two flies chat about their season and reveal a makeshift paradise in the livery stable. One fly boasts of no screens and easy meals, while recalling three fat women who cannot swat them. The banter ends with plans to return next summer.
A Shakespearean enthusiast reports totals for the plays: 106,007 lines and 814,780 yards. Hamlet is the longest with 3,930 lines, Comedy of Errors the shortest with 1,777. Across plays there are 1,227 characters, including 157 females. The longest role belongs to Hamlet and Costard in Love's Labour Lost delivers the longest word quoted as honori ficabilitud initatibus.
A Texas farming couple shares a letter praising Postum as a healthier coffee substitute. The wife says it helped her nursing, relieved bilious attacks, and allowed the family to enjoy a wholesome drink. her brother-in-law reportedly cured constipation after switch. The note ends with a nod to The Road to Wellville and the Postum Co. تبلیغ.
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