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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1910
Page
6
A historical newspaper item touts Oil of Wintergreen compound for itching and skin rashes claiming instant relief. It also cites Foley Kidney Pills for back and kidney trouble and Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for dysentery, with endorsements by named individuals and a local seller.
A reader from Reynoldsville TL reports kidney trouble improved after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. He states a few large bottles effected a complete cure and hails it as of inestimable value, per Jay Johnston & Co.
An advertisement claims Gil of Winter-Breen or D D Compound quickly stops itch from skin eruptions in hot weather. It promises instant cooling smooth skin and removal within seconds. Call Py B. Shadh: & Co for details.
A fragment describes a remedy for hay fever and bronchitis claiming rapid relief. It mentions Moley'a Money and Por Et, with non opiate ingredients and soothing effects on head, throat and bronchial tubes. The text warns against substitutes and refers to Day Dolliston & Co.
The London Chronicle recalls how single votes shaped large changes in history. It cites unions in 1799, the Reform Act of 1832, Melbourne’s fall in 1889, Russell in 1866, Gladstone’s 1873 exit, and the Education Act, all driven by slim majorities.
The London Spectator notes Asia’s wild dog tribes from Himalayas to Ceylon and China to Asia Minor face near extinction. Red dogs average about three feet long, travel in small packs of nine or ten, and hunt jungle creatures while avoiding adult elephants and perhaps rhinos.
The article explains the bell in the Houses of Parliament was named Big Ben after Sir Benjamin Hall a very tall and stout public official involved in the project. Parliament members joked that the nickname fit him, and the name stuck for the famous bell and its peal heard across London.
The ruler of Turkey proclaims sovereignty over most orient districts towns cities and states with formal designations including sovereign of diverse nations and supreme lord of followers of the prophet while remaining head of the faithful and lieutenant on earth of Mohammed in a grand legal style.
The Great Eastern measured 692 feet long 83 feet wide and 60 feet deep with a 24 000 ton capacity. It carried 4 000 passengers across classes 56 foot diameter paddle wheels and a 24 foot screw propeller. Speed was about eighteen mph and it was broken up for old iron in 1889 after a 31 year career.
A man boards the Kurori car at Kelburne avenue and greets a friend with a nod. He asks about the weather, receiving the reply horrible. He inquires after the other’s wife, who is said to be about the same as yesterday. New Zealand Free Lance.
A garbled exchange features Mr. Fudkins and Miss Parsons where music tastes are joked about, followed by a misheard remark about ears and a puzzled reply to Mr. Jasper. The exchange ends with a confused aside about a rack.
A brief item from Palladelphia Record jokes about two for the price of one in a pet theory of wine while quipping a man is not the father of twins amid light wordplay.
A discussion of why seeing stars after a head impact or sneezing may be real. A blow raises blood pressure on the retina causing darkness or a blue light with fleeting shapes. The piece argues the sensation is partly imaginative but grounded in physiological effects on the eye.
An 1887 find at the Midhas mine Sulky Gully near Melbourne yielded a hand shaped gold nugget. It measured twelve and a half inches long eight inches wide and weighed 617 ounces. Found 120 feet underground near the northwest main drive the nugget lay fifty feet from the Lady Brassey discovery.
Mme Rejane lectures a young actor on sorrow during a rehearsal saying imagine losing 300 or 400 louis at baccarat and dismissal from the company to evoke tears. When told she is not pretty enough she vows to take the part away and the actor bursts into tears, achieving the desired performance.
Balzac relied on strong black coffee as a nervous stimulant during composition. He described its effect as the coffee entering the stomach triggering a rapid surge of ideas and memories, with thoughts and comparisons racing forward like Grand Army battalions, the mind filling with ink and a battle of words commencing.
In a relic tale from St James' Gazette the excise officer Hubert Burns visits Kennishall to enforce candle tax duties. He typically looks the other way, remarking to a stove as the gudewife busy making candles. The scene shifts to the parlor, with humorous local color.
The British face trouble in Siam as native teachers insist the world is flat. When challenged, locals ask why mountains stand upright if the earth were flat, using the mountains as redoubt against the argument.
A Washington Star excerpt notes a financier remarking on frugal habits, while Mr Tyhayin Stax comments that many family members are eager to borrow money rather than disburse it. The dialogue contrasts spending tendencies among wealthy households and borrowers.
A brief tongue in cheek exchange on paradoxes from a Chicago News item. It playfully notes paradoxes that burn only when put up and fail when shaken down, reflecting a light moment in newspaper humor.
In a courtroom scene Mrs. Hoyle jokes about her boy’s growth while Mrs. Doyle notes his size for his mother’s age as the judge presides.
In sixteenth and seventeenth century lore belief in weather control persisted along coastlines and aboard ships. A tale from 1670 recalls a captain hiring a wizard for wind at 10 kroner and tobacco, with three knots in a woolen rag tied to the mast to summon winds good and bad.
Edward Bjorkman records a poignant moment when a marching regiment passed Bjornson’s home at Aulestad. He, a private citizen, stood on the veranda with his family as officers saluted, and the soldiers cheered with a spontaneous outburst of devotion before Bjornson went to seek renewed health in Paris.
A famed ventriloquist volunteers for a charity show and meets wary guests who watch his mouth closely. He performs with three dummies on stage and elicits standing ovations as his real skill remains hidden. After the act ends, the dummies rise and leave, revealing three friends posed as his figures.
The piece surveys theories on how the term bull emerged as a muddled utterance. Some philologists trace it to French boule fraud, others to Icelandic bull nonsense. Sydney Smith’s distinction between wit and bulls is cited, noting that bulls reveal fake yet convincing connections.
Colton muses that a map may belong to the vegetable kingdom only after life experience makes one sage. He notes many men are great or good, but few are both, implying true greatness and goodness require wisdom earned with time.
A newlywed couple argue over a delayed dinner as the wife struggles with coffee and eggs that refuse to boil, while the husband searches for his hat. The scene ends with the husband blaming the delay on ironing, and the wife recalling she kept the hat with the laundry.
A London News tale recounts a tense barber chair exchange where a victim resists offers of hair restorer. The barber jokes about recognition while continuing the shave, revealing implied threat and dark humor in a thinly stretched encounter.
Florence Nightingale organized women volunteers in Crimea 1855 and Cambridge students supplied hospital stores. A Cambridge letter from the war office prompted quick collection of warm clothing and gear for Scutari, with boxes packed by a local upholsterer and his foreman remarking on the generous “consignment for a lady.”
The article explains twilight as sunlight refracted by Earth's atmosphere after sunset. Rays bend toward the observer, fading with time until the sun is too far below the horizon to produce visible light. Twilight duration varies by latitude, shorter at the tropics than temperate or frigid zones.
A Pearl stringer explains how real pearls can be spotted by their hard rock and bell like surface with blush. He recounts a New York case where four genuine pearls were concealed among imitation ones in a hand painted miniature frame, unseen by many experts.
The text notes several Australian lizards can walk or run on their hind legs. The Australian water lizard grows three to four feet and remains upright when traveling long distances on land near river banks. The Queensland frilled lizard also strides on hind legs on level ground and expands its neck frill when attacked to deter dogs. A tree lizard in Australia moves similarly, though most movement remains on all fours for short trips.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a hopeful politician says he wants the office if he is the people's choice and his campaign manager notes it is costlier to be the people's choice than to remain the compromise candidate.
The passage compares friendship to a vase broken by heat or violence or accident, suggesting it cannot be trusted again once flawed. It notes that the more graceful the vase, the clearer the hopelessness of restoring it to its former state.
A compact quotation set contrasts irony in life with wealth and success. It reflects on money buying seats and a home team losing, while fortunes are pursued and claimed. The lines anchor a mood of fickle achievement and distant victories.
A brief dialogue scene features William leaning close to a maid and asking in French how she would answer to a question about a kiss. The maid, modest in her knowledge, responds with a playful phrase, Billet d oug, conveying flirtatious misunderstanding and social banter.
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