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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1910
Page
6
Fragmentary railway timetable lists freight and passenger train numbers with arrivals and departures. Notes indicate through services, station stops, and exceptions like daily or weekend variations. The garbled text mentions Armstrong and Witherville and trains south of Metherville with limited service.
Soper Allen and Alexander Attorneys at Law offer complete real estate and business services at their Wayne County office. Byron M. Coon, patent lawyer linked to Knight Bros, lists probate, patents, and trade marks. P. H. Paulsen promotes general law and collections in Mathering, Lowes. N F Hawk Osteopath advertises electric devices for rheumatic and nervous disorders. E W Wilson physician and surgeon offers medical care and surgical services.
A century ago a youthful couple defied parental control and social rules to marry on St. Valentine’s Day. Effie Winston, aged twenty two, and her suitor, determined to wed, arranged a clandestine elopement at dawn before her mother could intervene. They sailed later for a brief wedding trip, closing a chapter on strict family expectations.
A humorous tale describes trying a new drink called the eerie plain cocktail and nearly causing a barroom disaster. The narrator recounts becoming intoxicated, colliding with a police officer, and the fire department being called as bystanders watch the chaotic effects unfold. The piece closes with an endorsement from the Trousten Post.
A fragment shows a heated book discussion about a college athlete hero and a scene where a man’s literary fate is questioned. It also includes a short, humorous presentation tale where a longtime Valve worker John Smith is honored with a $100 gift after forty years of service.
Gossipy notes on actors and playwrights in Sir Squire and Lady Bancroft recollections with witty lines from H. J. Ayron. A provincial landlady and Byron flea joke underscores old theater circles. A cartoonish farm anecdote about a cow Queenie swallowing a twenty dollar gold piece explains high milk prices.
In an exchange from the Philadelphia Record the Chief of Detectives asks for a description of a missing cashier. A business man responds that height is unknown but emphasizes the man was $25,000 short.
The supposed tallest flagpole in the world stands 165 feet high in Battery Park New York in two sections tied to the historic Constitution copper mast. The piece mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar cough remedy and cites Jay Jobrtistors & Co with unclear context.
A brief note describes Ideal Novel as a gentle tale of briar rose life with simple folks and a hint of make believe, humor, and pathos. It then reports London Book Monthly noting a suffrage push in the British West Indies, the latest region showing a movement to grant women the ballot.
A brief note reflecting on philosophy that humor exists in all things and guides how to act and enjoy life, attributed to Gilbert. The quotation emphasizes a playful view of wisdom and living well.
An advertisement claims purification of the blood via Dr Kings New Life Pills. It describes symptoms such as a jaundiced look dark patches on skin and liver trouble. The pill promises improved blood color and complexion and lists S. H. Williams drug store as the seller.
J Warren Folsom of Lowell moved last spring from his mother’s home to a new five mile distance. The family cat was carried in a box from the mother’s to the new home. The cat now makes regular trips back to the old home staying a day or two and then returns to the new home for two or more days before going back again.
Dead reckoning is the estimation of a ship’s position without celestial observations. It uses the log, the course steered, and adjustments for drift and leeway to determine location.
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