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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
7
A clever youth on a western city platform announces an empty car and falsely claims it will be left behind. Passengers move to other cars while the car remains unused until the brake has been adjusted and the prank is revealed by the station agent.
Judd Knoches recounts a teenage skin ailment described as pimples and boils. He tried various cures until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, which led to complete healing in about three weeks. The ad promotes Cuticura products and samples.
A questionable tale centers on Mise Oldun described as a remarkable woman whose father believes she is matchless due to a lack of suitors. The story mocks theatrical pretension and misdirections by regular actors.
A garbled piece lists snippets about money burning, romance outcomes tied to income, and a joke about a husband returning alive from a hatting trip. It mentions Dr Fierce pellets for stomach and bowels and Madame de Mascage’s book How to Become Beautiful with a failed promo featuring her own picture.
A woman questions the neighbor about a servant girl's departure at a sale. The neighbor explains the girl disliked how the work was done, prompting her to leave.
A private dinner featured a dodge defending harsh sentences. He argued for law and order, saying sentences should err on the side of harshness. He likened nature to the great judge sentencing all to hard labor for life.
A drummer boasts of a vast company while a customer probes its size. An inventory reveals three cashiers and four bookkeepers missing, illustrating the firm’s claimed magnitude and hidden gaps.
A Kansas City Star fragment notes an eight year old South side girl asking her mother what boys become after death. The mother explains angels if they have been good. The child questions whether boys could be angels, suggesting brownies or elves instead.
A wave of testimonial letters praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female illnesses. Letters from Mrs Waters in Camden and Mrs Hap poen in Utica Oklahoma claim long recoveries, urging others to try the remedy. The notice touts 50 years of service and offers confidential advice from the LYDIA E PINKHAM MEDICINE CO in Lynn Massachusetts.
John G. Bowman, once a cub reporter for the Democrat in Davenport, rose to become president of Iowa State University. His career includes teaching at Iowa State, Carnegie Foundation secretaryship, and leadership of 4,700 students, after starting from humble newspaper beginnings.
An article from The Thumb in the New York Press explains how the thumb reveals personality traits. It describes long straight thumbs as indicating capacity and reliability, while thick or curved thumbs signal tyranny, adaptability, or extravagance depending on the shape.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports on a proposed France England underwater tunnel after New York aqueduct links. Estimated cost about 86 million dollars two thirds of New York's aqueduct price with six years to complete. International funding from England and France and two 32 mile tubes planned through chalk depths.
Fragment discusses tubes and driving headings from its side to enable parallel prosecution of work on a second tube and mentions the English channel separating the United States from Great Britain and American enterprise.
The Isulletin notes 1914 will see two solar eclipses and two partial lunar eclipses. A total solar eclipse on August 21 will be visible only as a partial after sunrise. Mercury transits the sun in November, visible from dawn until about 9 o'clock, with the last transit in 1907 and the next in May 1924.
The piece notes British Peeler origin from Sir Robert Peel era and Irish constabulary, and American Copper from brass buttons. It mentions London police reforms 1828 to 1839 and a street verse urging residents to beware of officers on patrol.
An Atlantic Edward 8 essay argues a father should secure his daughters a full share of wealth and protection after his death. He contends lifelong habits of maintenance and power should not prevent fair provision for his daughters against exploitation or want by others.
The Springfield Republican recalls a generation old plan by Francis Galton on eugorats and similar breeding ideas, noting it failed then and remains far from new today in its familiar form.
Mothers are urged to tailor children meals to individual digestion and avoid laxatives. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is proposed as the mild remedy for constipation, praised by Mrs M E Patten of Valley Junction Iowa for her son Ralph. Free sample offers by mail from Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
A fourteen year old boy gives up his seat to a stout lady on a Wade Park car. She praises his manners, and he recalls newspaper stories of boys who gained fortunes for such acts. The dialogue shifts to curiosities about historical dishes and a proverb on women as housekeepers.
A Frenchwoman with an unusually long no cold record credits her method to after bath routine. Each morning she splashes her throat face neck and ears with the coldest water for about two minutes. She notes discomfort but says steady application yields a strong ward.
The article argues Western Canada offers vast cultivable land with rail access and favorable climate. It cites rising immigration from the United States and others, vast wheat potential, and capital following farm development. It highlights minerals and forests, calling pioneering in western Canada uniquely rapid and advantageous.
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