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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1923
Page
7
The article recounts how the olive tree became Athens emblem after a mythic contest with Neptune and Minerva judged by Jove, favoring peace symbol Minerva. It also hints at eccentric Wild West hospitality with a guest refusing sausages and toast prompting a waiter’s quip about dinner.
A dialog between Mary and her father about dissatisfaction and striving beyond reach. The father cites his usual view while Mary presses the idea that people chase unattainable goals amid the era.
A short, humorous exchange about anticipation and impatience precedes a tender kiss. The remark about a daughter delaying chores hints at the common belief that a girl may deem herself above housework while her mother remains the steady worker.
Violent clashes reported in Aix la Chapelle as police oppose separatists. Several people killed after police fired on Republicans. Berlin's Stresemann orders mobilization of Reichswehr into Saxony to address Bavarian crisis amid claims of defending liberty from Berlin government. Troop movements include trains from Silesia Württemberg Mecklenburg and Pomerania with up to fifty thousand troops expected in Saxony.
Lucille Mahoney sixteen year old girl died in a closed car after fumes from a broken exhaust pipe filled the rear compartment as her parents drove to Victorville California Saturday night.
The Supreme Court refused to review Howard A. Rumely and associates sentenced to prison for failing to report to the alien property custodian their debts to the German government tied to the purchase of the New York Evening Mail.
Decatur A A Hill twenty four is charged with assault with intent to murder. Two friends say Hill drove the auto that struck Frank C Peers an elderly man. They quote Hill saying See that fellow crossing the street Watch me make him jump.
Four Japanese girls from Yokohama high school survived twenty days under rubble after the quake. They were found beside a protecting boulder and sustained by scant water droplets, then rescued alive.
New Haven reports decry a shaving cut led to the death of Lord Carnarvon, the tomb discoverer, with Yale archaeologist Paul V. CG Baur presenting the finding to the Classical Club. The claim centers on facial infection leading to fatal complications.
Tokyo dispatch reports claim more than five hundred Koreans living in Japan were killed by vigilantes and others in the days after the Tokyo and Yokohama earthquake.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues yet may not realize the cause. Back pain headaches and nervousness can signal kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, a physician prescription, offered through drug stores with a sample by mail for ten cents.
Sandy and Maggie share quiet time as he puzzles over his memory of days and nights from Monday through Saturday. His plea hints at a confusion or secret, prompting Maggie to respond with restrained welcome as the scene hints at a larger mystery.
In Seeds and Labor a joke ponders what someone planted in a vegetable garden this summer: about half of my income. The line hints at economic wit and class commentary within the piece.
Mrs Eliza Teeter of Goshen Indiana describes a year long cough and weight loss from tuberculosis. She credits Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery for restoring strength and health within a year. She has not suffered a deep cough for about twenty years and endorses seeking confidential medical advice from Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
A man claimed damages in county court after his stall was knocked over. A motor driver testified that he sounded his hooter, prompting the judge to remark that there is no advantage in hooting at a stall. London Tit-Bits.
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