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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
5
Fragmented text describes poultry breeding risks and farm practices, urging careful management of breeding stock and housing. Included are notes on waterproof lighting capable facilities, market potato and bean discussions, clover and alfalfa cultivation, and quotes on farm profitability, with references to local trade and livestock concerns.
The article outlines several old farm methods to reduce sparrow nuisance. Poisoned wheat risks harming other fowl. A trap using a partly open box and a prop, operated by a string, is suggested with baited grain to lure sparrows. Alternative plans include feeding sparrows to shoot them from a distance and breaking up nests as they form. The text notes many birds must be killed to make a stew, and even poisoned birds are excluded from cooking.
A fragment discusses how people unhappy with diets and possessions seek status. It contrasts neighbors praising each other’s farms and homes with individuals who measure worth by coats and apparel. The piece notes such vanity often springs from selfishness or fixation on transient, nonessential things.
A gardener shares observations on growing tulips and bulbous plants in cellar storage. After soaking and fertilizing with manure, bulbs show promising rooting and resilience. Varieties like Ga Keine whites Yellow Prince Queen of the Netherlands and others perform well, proving easy to reuse and useful for winter and early spring.
A federal act to protect migratory wild fowl and insect eating birds like the zebra finch, spending summers in northern states and winters in the south, becomes law. The measure, extending federal control over interstate traffic and communications, enacts needed protection to prevent wanton slaughter of song birds and support agricultural and horticultural interests.
A fragmented report describes Ceorce Eo Baker and others testifying before a committee about wealth concentration, mentioning the ren ey trust and various figures, with unclear names and numbers blurred. The piece hints at financial figures and potential dividends, but readable details are sparse.
Bennett Clark, 23, son of Speaker Chap Clark, is named parliamentary clerk of the national House of Representatives, succeeding Charles Crisp. Clark, a University of Missouri graduate, becomes the youngest person to hold the post, a pivotal house officer guiding procedural questions at the speaker's table.
A report explains that sheep skin plays a key role in gas meters. Each year 40,000 sheep skins repair meters in Manhattan and the Bronx, with U.S. usage around 300,000 skins. Skins are inspected in a dark closet to detect flaws from brambles or dressing.
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a 400 year old English rule banning middle names for commoners. Offenders faced whipping, thumbs or ear removal, and eventually hanging for persistent defiance. Royal ranks could bear extra names.
Jonn and Mary, tying to raise a family on $30 a week in a walk-up, devise a crude elevator by using a dumb waiter. As baby grows, the arrangement strains Mary’s back, prompting the clever yet improvised solution to lift the child up the stairs with the improvised dumb waiter used as an elevator.
A scientist argues secular temperature changes are more due to atmospheric carbonic acid than solar heat. Reducing air carbonic acid slightly could lower global temperatures by about eight degrees, potentially triggering a new glacial period. Increasing carbonic acid two to threefold could raise mean temperatures about fifteen degrees, renewing hot epochs like the Eocene.
A critique on betting describes it as not a crime but a vice and an ineradicable foible. It notes betting as unhealthy and costly, rarely pleasing those who participate. The piece argues legislation cannot end the passion but should avoid promoting it. Lord Durham is cited praising parental guidance against gambling.
In a high priced Milwaukee restaurant a man offers his companion unlimited spending while the woman jokes that the waiter should hear the list. The dialogue captures a light, urbane tone from the Daily News era.
A masquerade ball scene features a sharp exchange about costume meaning. He asks what she represents and she replies Opportunity. He replies with a playful embrace implied, reflecting a witty era tone from the Boston Transcript and Philadelphia remark.
A well meaning meal with proper food combinations is not difficult to prepare. The essential ingredient protein is abundant in meat eggs cheese and nuts. Carbohydrates fuel effort and can substitute for fats. Mineral salts including calcium magnesium phosphorus and potassium are needed. Iron comes from raisins whole wheat dried beans prunes and yolks. Calcium from milk dried peas celery and citrus. Magnesium in meat peas milk and prunes. Phosphorus in meat milk egg yolks whole wheat and dried peas. Potassium from potatoes parsnips cabbage turnips and apples. -TLesile's.
A Welsh baronet serving in William IV’s era wrote an order to the Doorkeeper of the House of Commons in naval terms. The recipient noticed two letter transpositions in keeper and commons but the baronet shrugged, trusting the doorkeeper to correct the spellings.
A Boston Post excerpt recounts a romantic legend by the Danube. Two lovers on an islet, a blue forgetme not blooms, a swim for the flowers, the lover sinks, and the girl wears forgetme not in memory until a broken heart ends her life. Henry IV in exile is quoted translating forgetmenot as remember me.
A humorous old Irishman reads a railway sign stating employees work only on Mondays and Thursdays. He mutters in disbelief, mishearing the wording as Only worrnk Moonday an' We'n's day and questions what the rest of the week will do. The anecdote is attributed to Lippincott's.
An inspector quizzes the top class on grammar and asks what the saying you should not split the infinitive means. A determined boy responds that it means you should not try to divide space.
A prison missionary explains plans to start a circulating library for inmates. A convict asks for a railway guide, saying it would help if used properly. Quote from London Tit-Bits.
A gaffe at the wedding breakfast unsettled the groom as a tactless gentleman proposed the health of the bridegroom, joking perhaps more days like this. The moment, recounted in a Ladies' Home Journal memory, captures social awkwardness and bashful humor.
A witty quip notes that Amanda’s three novels lack marriages among lovers. The speaker asserts Amanda is too young to grant others happiness, teasing a common romance trope with playful criticism.
A fragmentary exchange asks about ferry schedules with the reply a vague timestamp. The text reads as an ad-like line with garbled wording and nonstandard spelling, suggesting a clipped or damaged historical notice about transit times.
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