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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
8
The piece details historic practice of selling Kashmiri girls to Punjab, with parents selling daughters for modest sums while men earn a few cents daily. It notes a past law against removal, ongoing trade, and a bleak life of field labor for women and girls, wearing coarse garments, in a persistent cycle of poverty and exploitation.
A fragment from a vintage page lists quotes titled The Mississippi Bubble The Heroine of the Strait The Lady Paramount and Nathan Hale. It notes moral cautions on courage, honesty, and love with brief hints of detective stories and literary reflections.
The article outlines practical rosin applications such as insulating water pipes and supporting basement doors in machine shops. It describes creating fills under floors using melted rosin through drilled holes, then resealing under shock with rapid resin bonding reminiscent of regelation.
A pompous pupil at Atao English school boasted about a large seal depicting St George and the dragon. He claimed an ancestor killed the dragon, then joked about running it over, prompting surprised questions from a companion. London Answers notes the anecdote.
A brief exchange relates Gerald leaving Yale and entering Harvard, with Geraldine noting uncharacteristic blush and Gerald denying the blush as New York Press mentions the move. The dialogue frames a college rivalry moment and a resignation or transfer rumor.
Detroit Free Press notes Edmonia Mrs Topnetch as impertinent for arriving at a colonial reception in a more elegant frock than any of the Dames. The exchange features Eudocia questioning the behavior.
The brief quip suggests a man’s pursuit yielded no results, likening it to a misplaced hunt for pineapples on a pine tree. The playful exchange frames the inquiry as ineffective or impossible.
A fragmentary account notes Saint Augustine’s agony from dolor dentium. It recalls his wax prayers for repentance while the pain raged, reflecting how sufferers sought relief through prayer and prose in early Christian discourse.
The article recalls St Apollonia and St Blaize as medieval protectors of toothache sufferers. It notes prayers to these figures when pain struck and describes relics and candle offerings in Cornwall’s St Blaize church as believed cures. It contrasts such faith with modern ordinary men.
John B. Gough toured western states to spark a prohibition movement among converts. Distillers hired critics to challenge him, and a Topeka crowd roared as he proclaimed temperance would bring money, clothes, happiness, and God. A heckler asked what to do with corn if prohibition came. Gough replied raise more hogs.
A friend sends Ted's mother a ten dollar bill with a note. The writer declines a purchase idea, reminisces about past days, and dear scenes while tears flow. Ted consoles his mother by asking if money is food, showing tenderness on her birthday.
The Chicago Inter Ocean recalls Senator Proctor of Vermont replying to Senator Hoar with four words about voting rights. Proctor quipped that no man in Vermont may vote unless he has traded with Massachusetts, then added We all vote.
A Detroit Free Press dialogue features Gusher claiming never to have heard an unkind word from his wife and Henpeck retorting with a joke about marriage saying he will claim he never got married. The exchange uses a humorous format to lampoon marital harmony.
Mrs Nexdore notes her daughter oray practiced a new concert piece last night while Mrs Pepprey recalls she could not get away to miss the performance. The Philadelphia Press quotes them sharing responses to the recital.
Bystanders call for arbitration during a fight scene quoted from the Chicago Tribune. One man begs to settle, while another on top declares the moment to arbitrate will come only after Dye blinks his second eye.
Crews on Australia to New Zealand steamers are served fruit tarts and cakes five times weekly. Tarts are described as topless ples.
The piece traces an ordinary day of a restoration beau in Charles II era. From 10 to 12 he receives visitors in his sleeping chamber while powdered periwig and trinkets lie nearby. He then spends time perfuming garments and whitening skin with washes, applying patches to create dimples, rosewater on a handkerchief, and various cosmetics to fake beauty.
A stylized portrait describes a fashionable beau of the age who polishes his teeth and wig, preens in mirrors, and relies on a sedan chair and social outings in St James Park and Hyde Park to display charm and ride in a train of beauties at London taverns.
A collection of quotable sayings and witticisms from Emerson Lincoln Goethe Morris and others. The items mix moral maxims religious notions and humorous anecdotes about life and human folly. A comic and reflective patchwork with references to public figures and historical moments.
An eclectic mix of medicinal ads claims cures for piles colds and stomach ailments. Prominent products include Rectol Laxative Bromo Quinine and Rocky Mountain Tea with guarantees and free samples. Mentions General Miles and Boston Summer wartime scare context.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a noisy office disturbance caused by a law student and a Latin teacher’s quip about alphabet order. The student cleaned the office after a staged uproar, while a Latin lesson joke pivots on starting at the alphabet’s end.
A diner asks the proprietor to correct his bill and to spell omelette with two s. A waiter later reports the bill settled as omelet 1 shilling and two teas 2 shillings.
A woman moves to the top floor and due to no elevator she learns who her real friends are. She announces she is boarding out and that no meats are served at home as she nears the root of the matter. The text then notes the horse’s foot as a remarkable and singular piece of mechanism in animal structure.
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day using a blend of laxative and quinine tablets. It states druggists will refund the money if it fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on the back of the box. The product is priced at 25 cents.
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