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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
7
Baseball legend Willie Keeler, now Giants scout, recalls seeing a western league sandlot game. A lanky boy umpire makes a call, sparking a young captain’s dispute and a sharp rebuke from Keeler.
A Kentucky farmer, 77, testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his backache and bladder inflammation from a lifelong kidney trouble. He credits the medicine with saving his life and allows publication and a photo. Includes ad text offering the remedy at 50 cents a bar and free pamphlets.
Mrs Edith Schwartz of Hillsboro reports her child suffered a two month eczema breakout on lower limbs with itching burning and sleeplessness. After trying remedies a sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured in ten days. Advertisement requests free samples and Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.
A witty anecdote from Sunday Magazine recounts Bar on Assebach and Miss de Millyars as they joke about fortune telling and wealth in America. The baron admits visiting many times, but says the last visit to the probate court to learn about his grandfather's will was the best.
A scrambled 19th century style fragment cites Astoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and Fletcher's Custoria. The erratic dialogue mentions an elopement, a letter from a father, and absent mindedness over bills for millinery and dressmaking, with no clear narrative.
Notable fragments mention a fortune, Alice and a face motif, with stray initials WW and WW dag. The text reads cryptic, suggesting a fortune related note but lacks clear persons, places, or events for a full factual item.
Representative Clyde H Tavennet of Illinois introduced six bills seeking more than 1.03 million dollars to build a government cartridge and field ammunition plant at Rock Island arsenal Illinois. He argues the government could save millions by manufacturing its own small arm cartridges and field artillery ammunition, citing current overcharges by private manufacturers and a demonstrated saving of 278,261 from armor plate price cuts. The package would fund a small arms cartridge plant field artillery ammunition plant increased capacity for gun carriage repairs storehouses and a magazine for cartridges at Rock Island.
The Maple Creek snow survey in Utah shows 16 percent more irrigation water stored than last year, with density similar and no frost beneath. Early March measurements allow farmers to plan water use, potentially expanding crops or shifting to profitable second hay crops, as conditions influence stream flow and water rights.
A wife recounts using nightly mental suggestion to help her husband quit tobacco. He ceased chewing and smoking, noting the change began January 1 and required no willpower. The piece also recalls a vivid September aurora borealis display seen in the northern wilderness, described as a miraculous, soul-stirring experience.
F C Selous in the Strand notes auroras in polar regions are often exaggerated southerly. He jokes that tales of lights are more vivid in the north than in the south, remarking on the humorous, less literal interpretation of auroral displays amid the polar night.
A Duluth Herald reader promotes hospitality to birds in winter. Simple, cheap methods include hanging suet blocks from trees or fences and offering bread and cracker crumbs to create a daily feeding station that attracts a growing audience of feathered visitors.
Classified brief notes show a want ad page seeking various items for purchase. Local readers are invited to contact the listed numbers for inquiries or offers. The notices emphasize prompt responses and fair pricing.
The article traces billiard table development from early large rooms to the standard carrom size. It notes tables once about 40 feet long and 12 feet wide shrinking gradually until the 1864 Samson Hall Philadelphia tournament introduced the present carrom standard.
Reports from Red Bank and nearby areas credit Dr. H W Perkins of Tied Bank with remarkable epilepsy treatment. Old cases improved and many patients claim cure. those suffering are urged to write for a supply of the remedy being distributed gratis.
The article quotes Mrs Pankhurst calling all English militants jailbirds during a luncheon in Chicago. It also recounts a vignette about Mrs Cobden Sanderson's butler informing she is in for seven months. A quip about a man trying to “soake both ends meet” reflects contemporary humor on income and finesse.
A fragment notes a puzzling remark about expressions. The quote hinting at a missing idea opens discussion on language nuance. No clear attribution or full context is provided.
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