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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
8
In Wallingford and surrounding areas many residents note holiday visits with relatives from Dallas Win Madison and Fulda. Local couples wed and births announced while churches report attendance and a festive program at Graver. Community members plan gatherings and a debate, with Christmas trees and cards shared among families.
Christmas day reports show twenty nine children and Brand children attending as the school program energized by teachers efforts. Prof Griffith followed with a talk and candy and oranges for pupils and visitors, while families and local residents enjoyed festive visits. Several local residents John Kidd and family, Ralph Butler, Geo Ports, August Keonecke, Mrs Reed, Mrs Pickell, Mrs Clausen, Olive Reed, and Grace Dowden are noted in Christmas gatherings and visits to relatives in Minnesota and Iowa. A patient named Prentias Miss. shares a testimonial about Foley's Kidney Remedy restoring health after long illness. Poster mentions sale bills printed at the Vindicator and Republican office and Foley's Orino Laxative as a remedy.
The piece notes that Turkish time tied to sunset makes punctual meetings hard except at the vernal equinox occasionnear Texas where the name Texas means friends. It adds a curious etymology claim about Ponce de Leon naming the Asimats Indians.
Siberia's Obi Yenisei Lena and Amur rivers connect Agla’s interior to the Arctic and Pacific. Rivers are navigable only part of the year due to the severe Siberian winter, with long freezes limiting waterway access.
The Lombards introduced the custom of charging interest for the use of money, marking a pivotal shift in medieval finance and lending practices.
A statement claims the United States contains 77 million acres of swamp land. It argues that if reclaimed, a strip 100 miles wide from the gulf to the Great Lakes could feed the entire nation, highlighting vast agricultural potential pending development.
Leo F. Zelinakt of 68 Gibson Bt Buffalo New York says he cured a severe cold sore with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He applied the salve twice daily for two days and every trace of the sore disappeared. Sold under guarantee at Willams & Anderson's drug store for 25 cents.
A claim states reaching thirty without serious illness indicates a likely lifespan to seventy three. The source emphasizes a statistical rule linking thirty-year health to expected longevity.
The article describes Bruges bells operated like a music box with a ton cylinder driving wires to hammers. It notes a horizontal engine needs more lubrication than a vertical one. It advises wetting adhesive plaster with alcohol for removal and mentions boiling hard water plus an alkali to soften it. It also details Devil's Tower in Wyoming rising 600 feet above Belle Fourche River and visible for forty miles.
A fragment lists 200 year old wedding attire including a black paddysway gown and coat a pink unwatered pad dy sute of cloths a gold stuff sute of clonths and a white worked with sweat sute of clonths. The text notes picquet as the first card game invented by Joquemin to amuse Charles VI of France.
A fragmented early text discusses egg freshness through tongue or cheek temperature tests and mentions coal gas accidental discovery by Rev John Clayton in the 18th century. It notes gas use for fighting began in 1792 and briefly mentions Benares as an ancient city in India.
A brief note explains that fog affects sunlight by allowing red rays to pass more easily than others, causing the sun to appear deep red on a misty day. The observation highlights how atmospheric conditions alter perceived color.
A summary of various dated topics includes a method to dissolve celwloid with acetone or acetic ether to form a clear varnish, notes on pure gold value per ton, a reflection on moral sins and Servia, a claim on chicken ancestry to jungle fowl, and a promotion for Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy. Willisins & Andersons.
An old advertisement narrative extols Doan’s Kidney Pills as a safe cure for kidney trouble, listing backache, headaches, nervousness, and urinary issues. It cites a testimonial from W. G. Sterzbach of Algona Iowa, detailing three years of painful symptoms and a recovery after using Dean’s Kidney Pills, with further customer reports and a dealer recommendation.
Mrs A C Williams of Bac Ky says a grave yard cough nearly killed her before Dr King’s New Discovery cured her. The medicine, guaranteed to heal coughs colds and lung throat diseases, is sold at Williams and Anderson’s drug store with trial bottles free and prices 60c and 1.00.
An old notice argues counterfeit money is no worse than substituting unknown worthlean remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar. The text cites Williams and Andersons as related parties in a counterfeit discussion linked to a cough medicine claim.
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