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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
3
The author advocates using a special tax to fund a tuberculosis sanatorium and to develop state run model tenements for workers. He cites Krupp dwellings as a model, urging state ownership, periodic inspections, strict hygiene, free medical care, and moral uplift, arguing overcrowding harms health and virtue.
The article traces a distinctive linen paper used for bank notes, stamped by government inspection in Dalton Massachusetts. It traces flax from Ireland through fibers used in garments and lingerie, then recycled into bank notes, enabling cycles of charity, hunger relief, home building, and weddings, with a thread of comedy and tragedy.
Prof Woodrow Wilson argues university life is a real, essential stage not merely preparation. He warns untrained minds become servants and stresses hard intellectual effort to master thinking, seize opportunities, and gain true mastery of mental powers.
A fragmented quote reflects on discord as a test of civilization. It argues that even savage tribes live in harmony within their groups, while war remains the defining discord of civil society. The piece contends Christian civilization should have ended war but acknowledges ongoing disharmony in ideas and actions.
An odd tale from the Gulf of Riga describes a belief in haunting revenants who wander at night. A frightened Elbo native can escape danger by shouting Go thou to the wolves, prompting spectral pursuit by wolves until the ghost is torn apart. The fragment also mentions a Chicago man named Clapton and a Nebraska dealer selling wolf cubs, tying local superstition to a broader curiosity about beasts and omens.
Clopton caring for a tame wolf lets it loose to trick him. He dresses as a ghost with white pajamas to frighten the yard wolf, prompting a frantic, comic chase across the yard and fence. Clopton survives a near miss and typhoid fever afterward. the tale ends with his plan to train the wolf as a watchdog.
Jinx enters unnoticed as a prank unfolds with slippers swapped by Mrs Jinx. He sleeps beside her while she overhauls the scene, ends with a playful boast from him about the joke and a rueful jab at marital dynamics. The piece mixes humor with domestic satire and punchy dialogue.
A humorous dialogue unfolds at a soda fountain where a rotund man demands whiskey and narrates a chaotic voyage. He recalls stalled engines, a runaway racehorse, a submerged submarine scenario, and a near drownings, all while the clerk mistakes the scene as a ticket office or lunch counter.
Elderly readers are urged to try Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Peppermint as a mild laxative. The ad claims it relieves stomach liver and bowel complaints, offering a free sample bottle by mail to readers who send name and address and promising guaranteed refunds if not satisfied.
A collation of limerick like exchanges and quips on attire and delivery in playful dialogue. A wife retorts to a butcher shop clerk over an unfulfilled order while a balcony observer comments on visible attire and the oddities of American language, ending with a brief aside about not detailing further.
A reader from Fond du Lac recounts a health tale praising Grape Nuts and Postum for indigestion and heart palpitations. After starting the cereal and beverage, the narrator notes rapid digestion relief, weight gain, and improved stamina within weeks, with life returning to normal.
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