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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1907
Page
2
An ad announces a beautifully illustrated monthly magazine celebrating the West with short stories and personal views. It promotes a yearly subscription for $1.50 and offers 1720 four color Western views free with purchase, inviting readers to ask their newsdealer for the current issue.
The notice promotes special clubbing arrangements for Vindicator and Republican along with Cosmopolitan Harper's Bazaar and other titles at deep discounts. It touts liberal discounts on magazine subscriptions tied to the paper and claims Weekly Literaeaur as Chicago's leading Western states paper with reader-friendly national news and features.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad announces monthly sale days for settlers to Nebraska Eastern Colorado Kansas Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and nearby states. One way rates are offered at just over half fare for homeseekers with the best terms available through agents or by mail in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Cement suppliers announce readiness to equip plant for tie andnafactics of serietly-thrst whaks. Likely May or June ramp may affect production and rotation of orders. L. Bingham, Propuers Co Pht, issues warning to copyists to place current orders now.
One way tickets offered to Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri Arkansas Todian Territory Oklahoma Iowa and more. Rates to be announced during March and April with extremely low fares of ONE HALES BARTS plus 2.00 for homeseekers and settlers. Contact Town Central Agents for full details and address A.B. Outts in Minneapolis.
A former burglar tells how he kept treasure at a rented house then discovered a trusted colleague had robbed his home. After a raid the two met, exchanged valuables, and departed without confrontation, revealing the strange code of thieves and a shared past. The tale, sourced to the Atlanta Constitution, underscores paradoxes of trust within crime.
A tall tale from New Orleans Times-Democrat recalls a deaf and dumb man who read a pompous father’s note on his pad. The pad asked for the watch, but the man wrote a two word reply that ended the affair with a clever twist.
A man at Ancient Literary Headquarters reports that explorers in Egypt have unearthed a collection of bricks bearing cuneiform inscriptions. The bricks appear mixed in condition and geography, with poems and legends, while authorities cannot identify the buried province. A judge suggests the find resembles a prehistoric land.
L 8 Waterhouse notes in the New York Press that jokes fail to amuse the boardinghouse keeper and boarder who must eat them or starve. The verse imagines dreary days of storage rations, hard floors, and spring cleaning, with grim foresight of women’s fading roles and domestic strain.
A Chicago Record-Herald piece recalls a child’s fond memories of a father who guides and plays with him despite a leg impairment. The narrator describes sled rides, playful mischief, and Sunday games when the father beats him at times yet shows affection, while classmates mock him.
Six year old John is sent away after his mother warns him of bad behavior. She pretends to pack a bundle with clothing and food and asks if gravy is included. He departs bravely, asking if gravy was in his bundle as he leaves, a final mixed note of humor and child‑like innocence.
The excerpt records a polite exchange from the Tatler noting a servant thanking a master for generosity and the servant asking what to tell the master about his own reward. It reflects hierarchical etiquette and servant dialogue in period publication.
A bluejacket three sheets in the wind roused a big disturbance on shore. After the sixth policeman arrived he was overpowered and handcuffed, then escorted aboard his ship. He saluted the officer of the watch and claimed he had brought six primemen aboard, insisting he surrounded them.
A physician called to a patient hesitates over diagnosis and promises a return. The next day fails to clarify the case, increasing the family's anxiety. The doctor offers a remedy to induce fits, claiming strong expertise in fits, uttering a cautionary remark about the deuce.
A Washington Star excerpt shows Farmer Corntessel asking about his boy’s school progress. The reply is playful as he jokes summer plans to teach boxing and football to prevent him from being a “molly coddl e.” The tone is folksy and humorous.
A fragment from the Detroit Tribune presents Lola hoping for an invitation to a wedding. Jack replies that he will attend and that the ceremony hinges on her presence, illustrating a private dialogue about social rites and commitment.
A fragmentary chat cites the New York Sun calling a rich man's panic and contrasts it with a poor man's panic in marriage. It also notes Wilder Than Ever describing excitement over a new auto with a sharp Milwaukee Sentinel quip.
An oil farmer recalls a widow buyer who demanded guarantees about hog breed weight health and humane traits before purchase. She then balked, noting tails were docked and threatened a discount, declaring it must be whole hog or none amid graft questions.
An American tourist in Glasgow exits a railway station and is approached by a street urchin offering help with his bag. The pair walk past George Square to Sir Walter Scott's monument where the boy boasts of its size. The Yankee dismisses, claiming three penny cigars in America match it. A tram ride ends with a twelve-horse truck arriving, prompting the boy to feign curiosity. He calls it a new hotel kitchen poker to outdo the visitor.
A court scene shows Uncle Ephraim charged with stealing chickens. The judge struggles to grasp how the birds were taken while roosting by the owner’s window with two dogs nearby. The defendant quips that buying market chickens is the only safe route.
A Philadelphia Press item notes Topley is an entertainer who developed talent in the nursery, entertaining many children at home rather than public venues, reflecting on his upbringing and family life.
Meandering Mike asks what he would do with a lot of money. Plodding Pete replies he is better off as is, noting that some rich folks seem ill from worrying about every coin. Washington Star report captures quirky exchange about wealth and contentment.
A brief exchange from Yonkers Statesman notes Gotham asking if someone served on a grand jury. The reply: juries can feel routine, with one member saying they served once but saw nothing grand in it.
A playful piece contrasts a private sanctum and its worn comforts with a public life. Viscount Tarnour, son of the Earl of Winters, is quizzed by reporters in New York about clothes while avoiding the topic, humorously recalling Oxford friendships and a witty pewter mug anecdote.
A Georgia congressman Maddox reflects on his son settling the Wilkins case he pursued for ten years, turning the long pursuit into an annuity for the son. The scene depicts family law practice dynamics and financial arrangements within a political household.
Mrs Stubb urges proper wall placement of a picture while Mr Stubb, absorbed in 1907 baseball prospects, blurts his annoyance as she playfully vents about the frame choice in a Detroit Tribune style banter.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip contrasts two car buyers, noting humor in perceived value. The neighbor with a $2,000 car offers rides, while another owns a $4,000 car, highlighting subjective judgments of worth in autos and social perks over price.
A New York World joke has a father gifting his astonished son a watch covered with rubber. He explains the waterproofing idea, noting the boy soaks his watches often. The humorous exchange hinges on practical jokes and parental wit.
A four year old girl Elizabeth was chided by her mother for mischief and retorted that their whole family was nicer, revealing a child’s blunt remark on family reputation and manners.
A humorous exchange features a milliner offering a paradoxical solution to a decision. A judge recounts a clash of two minds over how to handle a bat danger, prompting an odd reconciliatory suggestion to wear two hats to please both sides.
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