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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1903
Page
6
Poem in London Sketch lamenting the beloved hat clutched as it ages. The speaker recalls its once black color now brown and warns of a new hat’s looming replacement. Fear of loss, ridicule, and the hat’s enduring presence frame a nostalgic reflection on fashion and memory.
Polly Drake organizes a Ladies Rifle Corps with twenty volunteers and a tenwoman defending group. Major Merilees supervises a mock battle on the Drakeworth Hall estate, planning a strategic defense while Polly greets mounting skepticism from her father. The mock fight collapses when a wasp nest forces the ten defenders to flee, exposing tensions between futurist aims and old-fashioned authority.
The exchange over a secret plan reaches a turning point two months later at Drakeworth church. Miss Drake, unaware of a plotted romance by her father and a gallant admirer, is declared Polly Atkina and abandons public life to live quietly as Polly Merllees in London.
A New Jersey front shows dynamite factories near Dover and Farmingdale with workers paid two to two and a quarter dollars daily. They wear rubber footwear and use lead-lined utensils to prevent accidents while sharing a strong comradeship. A Swede in the nitroglycerine department links dynamite to Alfred Nobel, and workers note risks yet remain confident metalworking is safer than city travel.
A Philadelphia Record summary notes experiments at the Academy of Natural Sciences showing ants distinguish friend from foe by scent. COLOGNE odor neutralizes other smells, stopping fights inside jars and through tubes, while open air restores aggression until perfume is added.
The article discusses using lime after grass to improve soil structure and long term fertility, noting lime's lasting benefits, its effect on clay and limestone soils, and the need to combine lime with manure or fertilizers. It explains bacteria activity, neutralizing excess carbonic acid, and the role of lime in making soils more alkaline to enhance plant food availability.
O G Vanderboefer reports using coal ashes gathered from furnace and stove vents around poultry pens to enrich soil. He says ashes loosen heavy clay soils, reduce compaction, and improve crop and lawn growth. Five to eight years of application show tomatoes and vines thriving, with larger fruit and denser growth than neighbors.
The article discusses dairy farm profitability under current feed prices. It argues this year should be a weaning year, phasing out nonproductive long-term boarders and focusing on cattle that yield profit. It notes potential advantages in selling native or grade cattle as prices drop.
Poultry medicine favors small capsules and bread as carriers over forced pills. Oversized doses of cayenne pepper or cod liver oil harm birds. small, frequent doses support digestion and liver function. W. M. Freeman notes fowl dosing should be careful, avoiding excessive irritants and unsystematic spiking.
To prepare an asparagus bed in spring place two year old roots three feet apart in rows five feet apart. Dig trenches three feet deep and 100 feet long, fill with fresh horse manure, add 60 pounds bone meal and 60 pounds superphosphate, cover with dirt, and leave 18 inches to the surface. Plant roots and maintain with periodic Boapsuda. the bed will produce cuttings for twenty years.
A Portland Oregonian article notes Andaman Island natives kill large turtles with arrows, aided by lifelong bow skills and knowledge of turtle congregations. The text contrasts turtle with large flesh targets and mentions longer, stronger native bows and arrows than European ones.
Wealthy railroad firms abroad build grand terminal hotels while experts discuss limits of such huge inn developments in Manhattan. The article notes little existing investment in Britain and Europe and questions how far the trend could spread locally.
A trio of brief jests from the era. an oc ust request prompts a sharp reply, a child jokes about growing fast, a streetcar quip contrasts progress, and a job seeker finds a domestic washing task as relief.
In a Baltimore News excerpt, a quarrel erupts as one character accuses another of revealing an engagement to Maude. The other insists they did not disclose the engagement, only asking Maude if she knew.
A visitor argues over a gun linked to a great grandfather in the Revolution. Cadleigh Rich insists the other man carried the gun, clarifying ownership and lineage amid the exchange. The Philadelphia Press frames the anecdote as a pointed social remark about heritage and possession.
A fragment captures a mother and child exchange from the Chicago Record Herald. The mother laments aches while the child replies with concern for the father, hinting at family pride and hardship. The quirky dialogue reflects domestic tone and period voice.
A brief collage of overheard exchanges from newspapers describes candid remarks on a historical story, a neighborly donation to a hunchback, and a political remark by Senator Sorgham about guiding a former protégé.
A studious man recalls meeting a woman who seemed shy at first yet later appears well informed. Miss Cayung cautions that if she has read up on topics of interest, her intentions may be serious.
A dry goods buyer recounts a fad for linen waists sparked by long unsold French linen sheets and embroidered shams. Prices fell from $65 to $36 as a designer crafted four elegant waists, illustrating a retail trend shift in the waist department.
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