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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
3
A man shopping with his wife wanders the Fatless fashion store and interprets a sign reading If you don't see what you want ask for It. He asks about a salon and then about buying a pull at a counter, revealing his stressed state and isolation. A passerby woman responds with blunt practicality.
A brief exchange notes theater etiquette about chorus girls receiving bouquets and audience interest. The manager emphasizes focus on the orchestra rather than the chorus, reflecting backstage decorum and audience manners.
A Houston Post verse celebrates eggs with lines about hens laying fresh eggs again. The poem exults in a daily egg, a chorus of clucks and a seasonal rebirth of poultry productivity.
Mrs Oldcastle mocks Chaucer in a fine library scene from the Chicago Record-Herald. The hostess admits she dislikes the classic, joking it might improve her complexion if she tried something beyond coffee.
A playful scene unfolds as a woman cautions Harold about possible heart trouble while he reassures her and reveals his plan to assist Prof Light-Anger in a sleight of hand rabbit trick during a tonight performance at Chicago venue.
A reader recalls a night when audience applause grew during a new piece. A demonstrative neighbor explains his motive, citing the author as a boarder of his wife and noting the author is over two months behind on his bill at Cassell's Journal.
A magistrate questions a husband about marrying a violent and headstrong fiancée. The husband replies she married him, denying any fault or fault in the union, revealing a comic or ironic courtroom moment from Casgell's Journal.
Brooks recalls Weerlus recounting his latest hard luck tale, while Rivers hints at a repeated pattern. The Chicago Tribune voice notes the exchange as a wry, everyman moment amid ongoing misfortune.
The Chicago Tribune reports a couple named Dick and Min eloped with Min leaving via a window. The account notes a rope was mentioned but disputed, and Min’s father reportedly arranged something related to the move. The source presents a fragmentary dialogue about the escape.
A fragment reports a woman in a carriage suing a man for breach of promise, signaling a personal dispute playing out in a legal context. The scant text hints at a social or moral dilemma centered on loyalty and recompense.
A garbled newspaper fragment mentions Arkee and a man with shoulder straps, includes punny exchanges about octopus and car atraps, with references to Becker and Sun. The text is incomplete and reads as a stray quote page item from Detroit papers.
A family celebrates Children’s Day with a white dress for the child nicknamed Sunbeam who asks to attend Sunday school. He joins the Infant class then sees an ant procession, exclaiming it looks like children’s day with the ants.
A parish Lady Bountiful visits a cottage home to Mary, an ailing wife, asking after her health and noting gifts sent previously. The husband answers gratefully but requests different jelly instead of strawberry jam, saying Mary enjoys the jelly but prefers the jam’s suitability and declines her reception of the same gift.
Dr Grimbert reports to the French Academy that traditional medicines like opium laudanum fedine and bismuth remain steady in Paris chemists shops since 1876 yet Jeeches fallen from 50 000 to 12 000 units. Volyce ro phosphates and antipyrins down about half while quinine drops 24 percent. By contrast newer drugs such as pyramidon and asperine show large rise in sales.
A terse exchange reveals financial strain as a woman complains of lending money and the artist retorts with a cigarette in hand. She recalls a past two dollar repayment from a five dollar loan for a water color, lamenting spendthrift habits while he vows not to let her squander money again.
Edgar Jepson defends the memory of Ernest Dawson in the London Academy noting Dawson’s death from consumption amid whisky’s role as both solace and stimulant. Jepson says whisky became a literary fashion initiated by W B Henley, inspiring younger writers to a harmful bravado. He cites three fine minds he knew who drowned in whisky.
Nagasaki newspaper details cement made from volcanic ash used alone or with sand and Portland cement. It is cheaper and nearly as effective, with growing demand. Dockyards and naval facilities have been built with ash cement, and large exports reach Korea, north China, Shanghai, and Formosa.
An exceptionally pretty girl with an English lieutenant at her side stands on a chair on the pier watching racing. Two Frenchmen sit behind. She asks in French if she does not obstruct the view. One man replies that he prefers obstruction to the view, highlighting cordial exchanges amid spectators.
A Chicago Daily News excerpt shows a domestic scene with a cook questioning the laundress about her private signals to Billy the milkman. The exchange includes phrases about hanging out skirts to signal and testing the wife’s attention, ending with the idea of cautious action when the wife is away.
A humorous exchange in the Baltimore American shows a six year old Tommy asking if his sister’s hair curls naturally. The sister’s beau Mr Jefferson replies that she curls it herself, highlighting a light domestic moment.
A sharp political dispute centers on a figure called a reformer by some and a kicker by others as he presses for land regulation amid ongoing brawls and bickering in Washington.
A contrite Sandy Pikes jokes about his past longing for a snow shovel as a Chicago Daily News reader recalls past winters. An irate housewife pushes him to clear snow off the pavement, revealing a humorous exchange about work and memory.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes stocks have declined as investors saw prices soared beyond actual values due to the bulla. One speaker admits not buying at the peak, while the other insists the rise was excessive and unsustainable.
A Chicago Tribune column records a lawyer friend probing a wife's real motive for divorce. She says her husband isn’t the man she married, while the lawyer cautions that applying that principle would shatter many homes.
A note from the Baltimore American recounts a speaker admitting indiscretion as he praises Mrs Writeup's book to a man nearby. He fears the remarks may reach her through her husband, who is present. The exchange underscores concerns about propriety and potential consequences within social circles.
A terse Milwaukee Sentinel excerpt notes a medium performing mysterious hand movements before a cabinet. When asked which spirit to reveal, the spectator replies in bold letters requesting a spirit of "frumeni," reflecting a curious séance moment in the city scene.
In a playful exchange Pearl frets over a nurse tending George, admitting jealousy and imagining a homelier nurse might guard his heart. Ruby retorts with a wry line about the nurse simply taking his pulse as the scene pokes fun at affection and propriety.
In a Baltimore American note, Smythe’s courteous behavior to the woman he has brought to supper is described as odd only because she is his wife, with one speaker arguing it is just a gentlemanly conduct toward any lady while another claims it is specifically about his wife.
A judge notes public outrage as Pa Smith rails against college spending. He cites a report of a $200,000 donation to Harvard for a new chair, calling the act shameful and wasteful in the current financial climate.
A brief line from the Baltimore American cites a terse exchange about a passing show. The fragment hints at theater or performance commentary and audience capacity or access. No further context is provided.
Mrs Mansel Pleydell describes Moorish female charms used to win or keep lovers. One method hides a cloth fragment in clay kept by embers to heat affection, provoking the beloved to abandon work and seek the mage. A second spell uses donkey ear tips cooked into the man’s food to make him foolishly smitten.
A Chicago physician recounts a Wisconsin anecdote where an older doctor offers to share night duty with a younger colleague. When approached by two farmers seeking help for a ill wife, the veteran demands ten dollars upfront. The farmers debate, then decide the fee is worth paying, lest a funeral cost more.
An atlas description places Morocco on Africa’s northwest, near Spain by a nine mile strait. It notes the Moorish refusal of Western progress, the vast land, and the natives’ distrust of Christians while praising a land that yields harvests with little effort.
A rare Luther coin unearthed in a reconstructing Novgorod house is described by the Berliner Yageblatt. One side shows Luther’s head and the reverse shows the pope, both appearing when the coin is reversed with a fool’s cap and devil horns respectively. The Latin inscription says Luther becomes a fool and the pope a devil when reversed. No similar coin is believed to exist.
A flat dweller complains of a neighbor's child's crying keeping him awake. He aims to notify the board of health while a friend suggests calling the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The exchange reveals concern for the child's welfare and the dweller's health.
A cautious Aberdonian member deflects a direct question about his father’s death with a measured reply. He describes the death as sudden yet implies no prior warning, saying he never knew his feather would be in a hurry before.
Suray Stories features a humorous exchange over a prized horse. A buyer insists on paying in advance while the seller vows careful handling. The banter highlights confident boasts and comic bravado in a rough frontier market.
A man in a derby hat recounts confronting a railroad for harming his hat. He describes how insisting on rights led to the claim being paid after visiting the railroad’s offices. The tale emphasizes firm, courteous persistence and directly asserting claims.
A thermometer once used at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is valued at ten thousand dollars. It is described as extremely fine graduated glass requiring a microscope to read. The piece contrasts with a common quarter price thermometer.
The Register and Leader features Iowa news from three hundred correspondents with editorials, markets, and cartoons. Daily paper price is 6 4 per year or $2 six months. new yearly subscribers get the remainder of the year free. Contact The Register and Leader Co. Des Moines for subscription. Also Vindicator and Republican offers one year for $4 75 and ink products from local offices.
Estherville residents report relief from kidney pain and backache after using Dean's Kidney Pills. A testimonial from Mrs. W. A. Sherer credits the remedy with curing her husband’s kidney trouble caused by railroad work and daily strains.
The Des Moines Capital presents a year long subscription for 2.00 during bargain days December 21 to 28. New and old subscribers may pay by mail or at a post office to receive 1808 issues. The paper provides AP wire news Iowa world market reports and first reporting.
A Mound City case of healing is told in a wonderland scene of South Dakota with silver mines and bonanza farms. Mrs. Clapp says her son was near death from lung and throat trouble until Dr King’s New Discovery saved him. The ad claims the medicine cures coughs colds throat and lung troubles with a free trial and bottles priced at one dollar. Local druggists Williams and Anderagn advertise the product.
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