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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1911
Page
6
Carl J Baillett argues before the Cleveland Ad club that advertising copy should serve two aims. First to influence a buyer in a purchasing frame of mind, second to imprint a future recall in nonbuyers by keeping trademark and slogan fixed. Repeated exposure with consistent branding builds recognition for future needs.
Berlin cor respondent reports on Ludwig II of Bavaria known as Crazy King Louis who killed Dr. von Gudden during a failed attempt to escape his Berg castle and died of heart disease as the two figures lay near Lake Starnberg. The account details his mental decline, debts, dethronement, and the violent end.
In a Los Angeles Times report Lewis R. Freeman details a Buddhist cremation observed in a south China temple. Monks in white sackcloth, drum and bell sounds accompany a ritual where the body sits in a bamboo chair to the funeral pyre. ashes are later stored in a shrine until the ninth day ninth month when sealed in red cloth and moved to a monastery mausoleum.
Pliny attributes soap to the Gauls used for hair brightness and notes German use for medicine and cleansing. Romans likely introduced it to Germany. Homer references washing by foot tread, implying no soap use. Early soap made by boiling fats with alkalis. Old Testament mentions “soap” as alkali, not fat-derived product. French savon from Savona. London soap manufacture starts 1524. Bristol supplied prior. Soap duty imposed 1711, repealed by 1853.
The Washington Monument sways and twists under midsummer sun heat. A copper wire 1174 feet long with a plummet records the shaft’s slight bend and apex shift of a few hundredths of an inch as winds and weather cause visible movements and earth crust vibrations.
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette notes that blood salinity is seven parts per thousand versus thirty-five in seawater. It explains cellular bathing fluids and implies biological differences in body fluids.
A literary dialogue excerpt frames a lovers dispute over absence and longing. She laments his prior claim that a day was lost without her voice, while he concedes he longs for those dear lost days and memories of their past.
A terse exchange notes that footprints on time are admirable yet thumbprints now prove most reliable. The remark contrasts earnest effort with originality and cites the soul’s sight as beauty.
A compact history outlines the United States Marine Band origins from Sicilian musicians aboard the Boston to Neapolitan arrivals in 1801. It covers leadership changes from Clubb to Sousa era, open air White House concerts, and the 1898 reorganization expanding to seventy three members under McKinley signing.
The piece blends a quirk about a humming head with a joke about tile machines and a quote from George Eliot. It reflects the paper’s mix of light dialogue and literary reference in a single column excerpt.
A New York Post piece reports on a ciphered recipe tale said to be used by criminals. It describes a soup-like mixture with coded ingredients meant to aid break-ins, and notes that U S secret service and police hold the instructions, while detectives handle the supposed diners and payments.
The London Lancet outlines eye strain as causing watering eyelids morning stiffness headaches and neuralgic eye pain. It notes possible eyelid inflammation conjunctivitis vertigo sickness dyspepsia palpitations breathing difficulty and sleeplessness tied to increased brain blood flow and low nervous tone.
The Carpentras library holds a curious autograph collection item the stgauture of Alexandre Dumas pere to a bargain he proposed and the library accepted. He would give copies of his works both published and future in exchange for melons to be sent to him for life as long as he lived.
Professor R C Andrews argues the whale head oil tank is a natural provision to stave off starvation when food is scarce. He asserts experiments show the tank's oil is absorbed by the whale's body during times of inadequate prey.
A brief note defines an anecdote as a story of uncertain age based on fiction and embellishment that, after long dormancy, is attributed to an innocent and unsuspecting United States senator.
Des Moines reports preparations complete for the Iowa state fair starting next Thursday with expected record attendance. The stock exhibit and new five and a half acre machinery building promise top displays, Wright brothers flying machines, and notable race features while agriculture shows strong crops and regional competition.
E C Jewett of Eagles Grove Iowa has built a motor road drag using two steel King drags dragged in unison to cover the entire road at three miles per hour. A twenty horsepower engine powers the device and one man steers and assists without stopping the drag. The invention aims to drag thirty miles of road per day.
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