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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
5
A resort scene features a bronze-haired woman who brags of three focus areas hair feet and corsets to appear striking on a piazza. She explains tight shoes and stockings, curling hair at the last moment, and using corsets and style to draw attention away from gowns. The dialogue then shifts to a curfew joke and a brief note on treating wounds with slate putty and the hot air polishing method.
The article notes Chinese rail travel offers upholstered compartments electric lighting and lavatories with push button service and perfumed towels. It mentions improved onboard amenities by local staff and describes a future railway route change in the Dominican government survey aiming to shorten distance and reduce grades.
Fragmentary quotation shows Mr Tuttuck lamenting guilt over rent payments. An optimistic reply asks if he has stopped worrying. Text reflects a distressed, unresolved exchange with garbled words.
A Washington Post report recounts two young women aboard a crowded street car who, while trying to steady themselves, unknowingly gripped a man’s hand. Realizing the mix up, one woman exclaimed she had the wrong hand, prompting the man to offer his other hand with a smile.
An old-time Loulasville and Nashville conductor challenged a passenger pass, took it to President Guthrie, who discovered the item was actually a receipt for a year-old wood load, not a valid pass.
In a dry region like the Arizona desert a wooden shack is argued to be more hygienic than a tent. A shelter with four posts and wire netting woven with tree branches allows light to read by while offering better air flow.
report states the governor of Madrid central prison was removed after allowing prisoners access to almost anything including a weekly newspaper produced by inmates. one inmate sold liquor, illustrating lax control and discipline concerns.
The empress of Japan showed interest after seeing a typewriter and began using it for correspondence for the emperor. Reports also say Queen Alexandra Wagland Queen Maude of Norway and the queen of Portugal enjoy typing, though Usimen Silve of Humauala stands out for rapid key work.
The article recounts James Lick, famed for Lick Observatory and San Francisco wealth from piano manufacturing and land deals. It notes a peculiar romance from his youth with a miller’s daughter, rejected for lack of a mill, later memorialized by a mahogany palace mill built as a memorial to that attachment.
English women may enter illuminating documents as a profitable and congenial occupation. Mrs Hamer-Jackson of London, a leading illuminator, earns a large income from home and describes the craft as artful decoration for envelopes, books, and cards with floral scrolls and gold or silver accents. She notes abundant private commissions and plans to organize a school to teach young women the craft.
Dr Katherine Fleischer becomes the first woman lawyer in czarist Russia’s dominions after passing exams with high honors. She faced strong opposition from influential peers but persisted and aims to secure women’s legal rights and client opportunities in Petersburg. A radical feminist pundit predicts she will influence future legal offices.
A fragmentary quote features a speaker advising against borrowing trouble and addressing a philosopher of olly with a terse remark. The dialogue hints at wit and a cautionary theme but lacks full context and clear attribution.
A crude OCR fragment notes a Great Britain coal shipment to foreign buyers and mentions a value in pounds. The text references a year ago and a quantity described vaguely with no clear entities or dates. Further specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
A Block Island farmer notes a six foot swordfish weather vane on a southern barn cupola, still turning with the wind. The vane, carved as a swordfish, suits the island’s fishing heritage and remains a striking, familiar object amid growing hotel crowds.
A garbled memory mentions a German chemical as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for urine. It references Likely product names like Voly’s Kidney Kenedy and Warners of unknown origin, with unclear spelling and publishers.
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