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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
6
In a humorous Chicago Tribune exchange, a professor and an earnest suitor debate phrasing as Miss Pinkle asks if one says different than. The enraptured seller Mr Koopong insists never, while the woman resolves to prefer different from and proclaims the suitor a helpmate.
An eccentric physician, now deceased, prescribed peculiar routines to treat melancholy. He required walks on the left side of the street, varying aid, fixed mealtimes with cheese and ginger beer, midnight suppers with apples, precise egg preparation, and daily hair parting changes to shift focus from symptoms. The plan resembled a world order to awaken minds and distract patients from illness.
The ad promotes discounted magazine combinations including the Vindicator and Republican with Cosmopolitan World Today and other pairings. Prices range from $2.55 to $8.50 for multiple publications, with liberal discounts on all magazine subscriptions when tied to the paper. Offer highlights include Cosmopolitan plus Harper’s Bazaar and Woman’s Home Companion bundles.
An illustrated pamphlet promotes farm lands and water supply business opportunities in the new county opened by the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad extension. It markets the area as a farmers and stockmen’s paradise and urges readers to request the scarce edition from ALR Clatts at Minneapolis.
A touring car stalls at a Tama racks inn as a storm forces guests to seek shelter. Mrs Dixon, Lola, and Dot stay for supper while Lois Dixon and Nat Blakeley reconcile. A mistaken introduction and a budding romance unfold amid family tensions and hotel quarrels.
Edwin J. Prindle argues in Engineering Magazine that when a patent cannot be avoided, buying any fraction of rights, even one tenth, grants the same practical leverage as full ownership. Courts reject treating a patent as corporate capital stock, so the minority holder cannot be compelled to share nine tenths profits with a majority owner, allowing the more capable or capitalized owner to maximize returns.
A trim exciseman in Shrewsbury with a bottle nose angers students who mock him as Nosey. Dr. Butler condemns harassment. yet the boys block him by turning away, then cover their faces as he passes. Life and Letters of Dr Samuel Butler.
An explanation of how cyclones form using a tub and plug analogy. It describes hot humid air rising into a vacuum, the spiral of a cyclone expanding toward poles, and the storm’s reach across oceans and coasts, sometimes devastating ships, forests, and cities. The piece cites the Atlantic coast and Europe as destinations of cyclones.
Mark Twain quotes a Virginia City tale where Henry Ulumley rebuilt after a factory fire and lynching scare. Despite a brutal past, he returned, reopening the collar business with a bold ad that featured a brass band and a gilt chariot. The crimson banner proclaimed the collar worn during the lynching era.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a Ross of Bladensburg earned a hereditary title after the 1814 battle. His crest reportedly showed the American flag inverted with a shattered shaft, a symbol tied to his Irish Fusileers lineage and the British victory.
In a wry New Orleans Times-Democrat note, a metal lurgist muses on how metals color common metaphors. He cites silver tongued or golden mouthed speakers, bronzed explorers, iron wills, leaden feet, coppered stomachs, tin money, quicksilver slights, and brass borrowers as pervasive image stock in language.
In a fragmentary dialogue from the Washington Herald, characters debate Muriel's presence and whether she is tarried or away, hinting at a question of whether she returns again or remains. The snippet suggests a local paper gossip tone without full context.
A whimsical portrait of coyotes drawn from Outing Magazine, detailing their patient stalking style, sly intelligence, and wary, hunger-driven actions. It describes their curious gaze, habit of circling, and tendency to approach humans after determining whether people pose a threat or have food.
The passage describes a menacing scenario where neighbors threaten to retire farther, bark ceaselessly, and forcefully evict a person from the neighborhood. It depicts possible theft of saddle straps, frying pan meat, and even boots, portraying a chilling, lurid local atmosphere.
A compact collection of moral reflections on human nature and speech. Observations touch on secrecy, hypocrisy, superstition, and aging, attributed to the Atchison Globe style of commentary. Each line delivers a bite sized meditation.
The Indian name for the muskellunge is esoxmasquinongy with the correct spelling muskel lunge in our language though fishermen vary. It reaches seven and a half feet and reported weights up to ninety two pounds, said to surpass tarpon and tuna in game ness per New York Press.
A humorous London Strand anecdote explains how village church duties blur as a single person acts as clerk verger and sexton. An visiting stranger learns the old man’s shifting titles reflect misheard church roles, ending with the punchline that verger, sacristan, and sexton names mix into one.
A neighbor asks a man to stop his daughter from playing the piano for two weeks so his son can begin on the flute. The exchange illustrates community friction over practicing music. New York Life.
A Milwaukee Sentinel quote extols a man of abivta described as highly persuasive in any debate. It notes his talent to convince others without confrontation, highlighting his verbal prowess and calm demeanor.
A lighthearted item notes Mrs. De Hitt and the Dobsons finally have a girl they hope to keep. Mrs De Witt-Abgard questions the availability of such a girl. The child was born yesterday. The quip ends with a remark about a brave spirit from Drydan.
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