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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
6
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Hables Phuta the cawhiy towdes and oes of Minnkesuta will hold their ithix with the Micieagla State bate Chin year Nhe taby Health Contest. Children up to 36 months old in Minnesota are eligible. Rest College hosts the event during State Pair week with hundreds of prizes and doctors presenting. Dr. Bile y Webb serves as superintendent. J Simpsons is secretary. The contest aims to arouse interest in child study.
The notice urges importance of childhood welfare and gathering accurate information to aid parents and educators. It promotes the new State Fair department and notes many top babies expected to compete for prizes. Entry blanks and details available from Secretary J. C. Simpson in Hamidnie, Main.
Minnesota schools will showcase extensive exhibits at the State Fall fair. The School Exhibits Building, north of the Woman's Building, will display rural graded and high school work from across the state. Superintendent Geo F Howard praises the entries and urges visitors to attend in September.
The Minnesota State Fair will feature more and better music this year with seven bands and three orchestras performing during the Sept week. Acts include Ferrulo Concert Band from Chicago, Rochester Band from Rochester, Leech Lake Band, St James Band, Litchfield Band, Cow Baya Hand from Cheyenne, Longfellow Juvenile Orchestra from St Anthony Park, Aitkin Orchestra, and Hope Ladies' Orchestra from Paul Ming.
Garrett P. Servisa outlines polar life in the North and South, noting abundant Arctic flora and fauna contrasted with a sparse human presence in the Antarctic. He discusses how elevation and climate shape life, the history of vegetation, and theories on past climates, citing fossils and coal deposits as evidence of former forests and warmer eras. The piece references a Spokane Spokesman-Review contributor and ends with a reflective aphorism on labor.
Harper's Weekly reports on a puzzling ice formation occurring at the bottom of rivers when surface ice cannot attach due to disturbed lower currents. Observers note boats hooks and eel spears in contact with bottom ice deposits while surface water remains unfrozen. Millers recount water wheel freezes despite a liquid surface.
Frank Putnam argues in National Magazine that Germany’s public road fruit trees are privately safeguarded by state sale of the harvest and strict punishment. He cites training, universal military service, and school curriculum as core factors in daily obedience to law and respect for property, contrasting with American behavior.
A luncheon remarks by Jed Frederick Townsend Martin claim society lacks culture despite its diversity. A titled society mother warns her daughter about talking too much of Ibsen Shaw and Tolstoy at the dinner dance, lest strangers think she once worked in a book shop.
A charming note extols flax as an easy garden plant. It grows almost anywhere when sown in well worked ground and kept watered. The author admires its feathery green leaves and pale blue blossoms, highlighting its suitability for flower lovers.
A humorous note attributed to the information editor of the Ladies' Home Journal. A youth asks why a girl closes her eyes while a fellow kisses her, and the editor playfully replies that sending a photograph might reveal the reason.
A Washington Herald quip notes a writer reframing a starving hero by not selling the novel and instead revising for personal satisfaction. The joke imagines the hero receiving a banquet in every chapter as the author seeks solace and refinement.
In a Brooklyn Citizen piece the characters discuss courting and marriage, debating whether a girl should wed for economy. Dolly contemplates a thrifty mate while Daye questions the notion as the dialogue unfolds in a light domestic tone.
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