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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
9
The advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound as a fast relief for severe colds and grippe misery. A dose is taken every two hours up to three doses to clear nasal congestion, stop nose running, relieve headaches and feverishness, with claims of no quinine and low cost.
A quip about a pet monkey triggers a social moment as a good man is defined by his willingness to spend. Harold reacts to the sudden idea, reflecting mid century views on money and benevolence in domestic life.
C. H. Claudy in Scientific American notes 47 steamers sail to Argentina from multiple U.S. ports. Other routes include New York to Pernambuco and Bahia, mid Brazil, West Africa, India, Europe, and Asia. The fleet spans New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Norfolk, and more, with ships bound for Genoa, Antwerp, London, Liverpool, and distant ports as far as China and Australia.
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes practice houses in home economics now extend to observing and assisting infant care. Orphans supply the infants for these apprenticeships, an innovation in training homemakers.
The dialogue presents a question and reply about arrest for denouncing the law as tyranny. The anarchist asks what he will do if seized, and a friend suggests promptly hiring a strong lawyer. The exchange reflects tense political rhetoric and legal peril.
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes jokes about baldheaded husbands and hair pulling wives provoke reactions. The piece quotes a remark about wives giving scalp treatments, reflecting humorous marital banter in the era.
A public domain comic exchange notes a landlord raising rent and arguing the landlord loses more when tenants withhold payment. The joke hinges on the paradox of higher rent causing greater loss if not paid.
A light Boys’ Life exchange shows two scouts trading jests about diet and hardship. The first mentions eating only vegetables for two weeks while the second boasts longer, more extreme hardship lived on earth.
A vintage advertisement warns buyers against cheap imitations of Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine. The firm notes its 30 year reputation for treating constipation indigestion headaches and stomach disorders and urges customers to verify authentic Triner's remedies sold at every drug store.
A humorous anecdote about young Anne who loves olives. After sneaking extra olives at a meal she piles the pits on her plate. ashamed, she explains she dumped the remainder on the floor to hide her habit from others.
An old advertisement touts Danderine as stopping hair loss and dandruff after several applications. It claims the scalp clears of dandruff, hair regrows thicker and longer, and the product adds softness and gloss. The ad suggests buying a small bottle at drug or toilet counters for a few cents and using it daily.
Mr. Crosslets says insomnia spikes not with trolley sounds but with threats to halt the cars. The exchange hints at urban transit anxieties and personal unease amid service disruptions.
An oath sworn by Frank J. Cheney states his firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The document, dated December 6, lists the medicine as acting through the blood on mucous surfaces and identifies F. J. Cheney Co. of Toledo Ohio as the manufacturer.
A humorous exchange unfolds about seating and a biting remark on tongue sandwiches. The narrator imagines if epitaphs were literal the devil would have to close his doors. The dialogue plays on wit and dark humor.
Bayer insists on the label Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packages with proper directions for colds pain headaches neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. The Bayer name signifies nineteen years of physician prescribed genuine aspirin. Handy tins of 12 tablets cost a few cents. The product is Bayer’s trade mark for Monoacetyl salicylic acid. Even if the world is your oyster watch out for ptomaines.
An old editorial warns that infant mortality in civilized countries is high and claims narcotic drops and comforting syrups harm children. It promotes Castoria as safe because it bears the signature of Charles H. Fletcher and contains no opiates. The piece emphasizes avoiding opium or morphine in children's remedies.
Richland Meadows Ranch in Sidney, Montana advertises 1919 crop yields 80 bushels corn 85 oats and fine alfalfa. Twenty new buildings irrigated near city with 1 000 head stock and $20 000 farm equipment. Seeks partner or buyer for all four smaller farms. Send for photos. Aviation remark included.
Advertises GOLD MEDAL Haar lem Oil Capsules as a cure for kidney problems claims the kidneys filter blood and that taking the capsules can restore health within twenty four hours. It states to visit a druggist for the original imported GOLD MEDAL brand and offers a money back guarantee.
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