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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1911
Page
7
Introducing a Springling of wool sailings wash fabrics silks and petticoats. Direct from mills with low prices and express prepaid samples shipped. No money required write for particulars to BIABDARD Dress Goons ComPANY Dept 600 Binghamton NY.
A Miss Minnie Pickard of Altamahan North Carolina testifies that D D D Prescription cleared her eczema three years ago. The ad extols D D D as a penetrating skin remedy with soothing wintergreen oil thymus and other compounds claiming superiority to all washes. A 20 cent bottle is advertised as proving its effectiveness. Also notes a college president joke about keeping young men in small towns and mentions Manhattan island floor space.
The color of a cloud depends on sunlight angles and observer position. High clouds appear white due to light reflecting from many moisture drops, while heavier rain clouds near the earth show a silver lining with a dark upper surface. From above in a balloon, even the blackest rain clouds look brilliantly white.
G R Bliss of the Iowa Extension Department explains profitable potato farming in Iowa. Data from 1909 show higher margins for potatoes than corn with yields around 89 bushels per acre for potatoes and 31.5 for corn, prices 55 cents and 49 cents respectively. Growers share practices like fertile drained soil, fall plowing, crop rotation, manure use, thorough spring preparation, cool seed storage, ample seed (12-15 bushels), and seed treatment with formalin to boost net returns.
Instructions on planting early and late potato crops with ground prep, weed control, spray practices, and seed selection. Also describes making a two loop halter with eye and loop splices, end splice, and nose jaw paths for secure fitting.
Ames Extension Department shows how Pottawattamie County could boost corn value by selecting seed from top five of 66 sampled farmers. Best samples yielded 69 bushels per acre vs 42 in poorest, a 27 bushel gap worth $10.80 per acre. Seed quality and vigor drove gains, with germination 87% vs 39%. Replacing dead ears adds $1.50 per replaced ear. Testing seed now could raise this year's crop.
A vintage urging on building frame and weight in draft horses through feed and training. It emphasizes flesh and quality to boost sale prices, notes a horse memory and driver judgment, and warns that better feeding could yield more fat horses and higher purses in drafts or racing.
A historic Oct 3 1725 Exchequer suit declares John Everit and Joseph Williams as highway robbers who formed a profitable partnership. Everit claimed 5000 pounds as spoils unlawfully diverted, but the case ended with contempt findings, fines, imprisonment, and ultimately both men hanged at Tyburn and Maidstone.
A Paris Figaro contributor calls Olympe de Gouges the original modern woman rights advocate. It notes her beheading after urging equal rights, quoting her line that women should have the right to mount the scaffold as well as the throne. The tale ties to Condorcet and a Bonaparte remark on women in politics.
M Bertin chief engineer of naval construction in the French navy explains how a 50 000 ton liner at 29 knots can stop in 1 hour 13 minutes covering 4 78 miles by simply stopping engines. Reversing reciprocating engines doubles its length and turbine engines quadruple it. Tests with torpedo boats confirm the calculations.
A colored girl, insulted after being pushed from a stoop, presents her case to a justice of the peace. The judge allows cross examination and the girl asks, with a polite smile, if Sally is her mamma well, prompting a cautious moment in the courtroom.
A past era in Japan required foreign ship captains to leave their Bible and rudder with the port chief officer upon entry. This system allowed Japan to monitor ship movements until the captain was ready to sail, reflecting less openness and friendliness toward other nations.
The seven sleepers of Ephesus, persecuted Christians, hid in a cave during Decius’s reign. They emerged two centuries later, revived and youthful, in perfect health, a favorite medieval art subject.
Dialogue shows a quarrel over deception and fortune. A judge remarks that one would be brave only if needed to manage a small income. The male character notes the other was a bad egg, harmless while wealthy but fell apart when broke.
A three and a half year old girl offers a humorous view of a wedding, saying a lady enters church with a curtain on her head and exits with two men. The piece closes with a proverb on effort and harvest.
A small kid glove was left at Halversons millinery store and is awaiting pickup by the owner.
A philosophical excerpt cites Cato the Elder arguing private citizens must engage with government to pursue happiness and protect welfare. It frames government meddling as essential, condemning the view that private men should abstain from political involvement.
A writer notes that the only gift always acceptable to a woman is something in cut glass. He suggests the gift reveals new beauties the longer one studies her, linking the idea to the nature of cut glass and self comfort during a lean Christmas. The remark turns on likeness, attracting deeper appreciation over time.
Estimates show 2,250,000 pies consumed daily in the United States totaling 821,000,000 per year. Consumers spend about 164,000,000 dollars. The annual pie crop would form a 13,468 mile high tower, girdle the earth, and weigh 803,000 tons.
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