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Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1909

Page

2

Taft Trip and World News From A Busy Week

President Taft and party left St Louis for a four day Mississippi trip and will attend the Lakes and Gulf Deep Waterways meeting in New Orleans. Other items include deaths of public figures in Europe and America, new reforms in Germany, and major incidents from coast to coast including avalanches of storms, bank robberies, and court actions.

Taft St. Louis Mississippi New Orleans of the Lakes Gulf Deep Waterways Association Texas

Peary disputes Rasmussen claim and international notes

The article reports Peary doubting Danish explorer Rasmussen’s account of Cook expedition sightings. It covers Nicaragua revolutionists defeating Zelaya’s forces with heavy casualties on the president’s side. Other items note a Tensleep murder case inquiry, jury list erasures, Missouri railroad anti trust case continuation, a Billings exposition, a proposed central bank debate, and a Collegiate Alumnae meeting in Cincinnati led by Miss Laura Drake Gill.

Robert B. Peary Ixand Rasmussen Rasmussen Nicaragua Zelaya Parmalee Basin Wio Missouri Jefferson City Billings Mont Charles N. Fowler New Jersey House Committee On Banking Aldrich Association of Collegiate Cincinnati Laura Drake Gill

Patient asks about pulse as doctor doubts accuracy

A patient questions pulse health noting a fast watch, while the doctor cannot confirm the pulse. The exchange hints at potential timing errors affecting diagnosis.

Try This in November Quaker Oats Health Test

The ad urges families to start November by eating Quaker Oats daily for thirty days replacing meat and greasy foods. It promises improved health and vigor for all, with emphasis on children’s share and availability in regular and large family packages.

Delicate childhood tale and a tonic advert

A Kansas City Times fragment recalls a woman describing her tiny birth weight and cradle in a cigar box while friends listen. The piece then shifts to a widespread Catarrh cure advertisement touting Halis Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. with a $1000 reward for failures and directions to buy through druggists.

Arkansas Hills Kansas City Times

They Were Shady

Genealogist asks twenty guineas to keep quiet about traced ancestors in Cassell's Saturday Journal dialog.

Cassell Saturday Journal

Allen's Lung Balsam Ad Claims Quick Heal

An advertisement touts Allen's Lung Balsam as a safe quick cure for coughs and irritated throats. It promotes 25c 50c and $1.00 bottle sizes and urges readers to buy at druggists. The copy also notes a man who has been down in life enjoys being back up.

Allen

Delicious Apple Praised by Burbank Insiders

A speaker hails Delicious as the finest apple in the world and the best quality from tests so far, noting Mr. Burbank’s knowledge of the variety.

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