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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
7
A reflective piece on modern paternal views in arranged and chosen marriages. It contrasts old autocratic father figures with today’s more permissive approach where daughters choose their own husbands with or without parental consent. It cautions fathers to balance guidance with restraint to avoid harming the girl's happiness.
A mangled U S note may still be redeemed if three fifths of the surface is presented at the Treasury window and the holder can answer questions about the loss. Some cases allow less than three fifths but more than two fifths for half value, while a specific applicant could obtain full value with sworn affidavit. In general destroyed currency is not redeemable.
At an official inquiry into English factory conditions evidence described petty tyranny by employers. In cotton mills pieceworkers risk fines for minor cloth defects and must buy damaged goods at wholesale prices. Fines extend to living room rules, food, and housing, with strict schedules and punishments including small monetary penalties and penalties for minor missteps.
A Philadelphia Sunday school tale recounts a teacher using coins to teach faith hope and charity. A pupil cannot name the coins after a week and blurts that only faith remains while mother bought meat with charity and left ten cents for hamburg steak.
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas reports severe itching and scaly skin for a year. After visiting a skin hospital and trying many remedies, he found relief after two to three applications of Cutioura Ointment, continued with Cutioura Soap and Pills, leading to a complete cure. Potter Drug & Chemical Co. marketed the products.
A mixed vintage advertisement page features a quip about a father and worm digging on Sunday. It also includes an testimonial for Deans Kidney Pills from C J Hammonds of Fort Scott Kansas, detailing stone in the kidney, relief after use, and weight gain. Additional ads tout Capudine for headaches, Huckleberry Cordial for stomach and bowel issues, and other drugstore offerings with generic inspirational quotes.
Excerpts recall Artemus Ward death scene as Robertson pressures Ward to take medicine. The piece notes 1908 pole expeditions with leaders Peary Cook Bernier Erichsen Rasmussen Charcot Shackleton Geer. Various ad snippets and quips mingle with chaotic OCR text.
A collection of short witticisms and quips including a rabbi advising placing a clock outside the synagogue to judge service lateness. Another quip contrasts paradise with a modern congregation full of serpents. Also includes humorous lines about cold remedies, a half-done remark about a fainted husband, and a comment on marriage changing a man’s views.
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