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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
7
Listing reads E. Wilson physician and surgeon with practice over Taylor's hardware and E. W. Bachman medical doctor and surgeon. Compact notice provides names, professions, and location hints for a local professional directory.
A health ad warns that neglecting kidney problems leads to danger and lists symptoms such as backache and dizziness. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy to restore kidney and bladder health and notes they are sold by druggists. Also advertised is a bargain used auto and a smooth-running machine offered for cash by Bank of Estherville and I. Stanley.
The Meritol Rheumatiam Powder ad promises relief in all cases of rheumatism or a full refund, asserting strong confidence in the product. J. J. Klopp promotes the exclusive agency and invites customers to purchase under a positive guarantee.
An old classifieds style notice promotes ground bone as a cost effective feed to boost egg production for hens. It announces sale at U. V. James meat market with prompt order fulfillment.
A Hatherville resident, Mrs. B. Strong of 806 N Highth St Histerville Iowa, testifies she long suffered kidney trouble with back and shoulder pains and fatigue but relief came after using Doan's Kidney Pills, praising them as a good remedy though not in use recently. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
A long list of upcoming sale dates and locations across Emmet County towns with buyers and routes. Entries include Wald Bros near Lake Park, Dolliver, Superior, Terris, Harris, Eatherville, Gruver, Estherville, Spirit Lake, Terril, Wallingford, Dolliver, Huntington, and others. The schedule spans January through February with numerous auctioneers and nearby landmarks.
A ladies wool shawl is missing somewhere along the route from Estherville to Huntington. Finder should contact this office to reclaim.
A satirical critique dismisses scientific burglary as nonexistent and mocks famous criminals as unreal, arguing crime offers no intellectual appeal. It then describes a claimed method to coax sleep by resisting movement, promising quick natural slumber with persistent posture before finally turning and sleeping.
The piece surveys unusual levies in Europe and Asia. Servin imposes taxes on vanity including wigs rouge pads and bustles while bachelors face heavy charges and older grooms bear bigger costs. China taxes matrimony. Italy salt. France matches. Germany taxes music and piano usage.
A collection of notes from diverse sources questions which metals count as semiprecious. Copper, lead, and f ine are cited, with zinc, tin, and antimony discussed as quasi precious. aluminium sometimes higher in value. Iran humorously singled out in a modern ascription.
An enigmatic note mentions an old fashioned individual building a castle and a hotel with money involved. The fragment references Harper and Muga and uses quirky wordplay around data and infants, suggesting a humorous or cryptic column item.
Quote from the Cincinnati Enquirer on money buying many things but not loyalty of a dog or friendship of a baby.
The piece discusses the French Foreign Legion dating to 1831 with two regiments drawn from European adventurers and open promotion. It notes Alsatians among Germans and reason for its survival, followed by humorous quips about domestic life, legends of Nickela, and a brief social cartoon contrast from various papers.
The piece notes that epidemics shifted from acts of God to acts of man through sanitation. It highlights U S government leadership in sanitary science, cites Waring's mission to Havana establishing a health city, and praises Panama Canal zone efforts lowering death rates. It argues public health requires public responsibility.
William Meredith chief justice of Ontario interrupted Mr Hellmuth during a lengthy legal argument. The judge questioned relevance, prompting Hellmuth to quip with a sly reply about the amount of the yearly income, eight thousand dollars, as the reason to listen.
A London Tatler piece mocks linguistic gaps in German French Hindu and Italian vocabularies. It notes Germans call thimble a finger hat, grasshopper a hay horse, and claims French lack verbs to stand or terms for home comfort threaten to give a blow with the foot. It asserts Hindus lack a word for friend and Italians lack humility to humorously contrast.
In a small New York town two widows shared long service with a woman who attended them for over four decades. The servants grew to resemble their mistresses closely, even in voice on the telephone, causing friends to mistake them for one another and drawing wide attention.
London Answers notes how many expressive words arise from sounds they imitate. The piece cites bang splash buzz and tinkle as vivid examples and argues sound shapes meaning in everyday language.
Fragmentary OCR compiles varied items: a pantomime writers joke about a manager, a quirky accused mirror incident, a coal mining note on women workers, a motorboat squabble, a Birmingham Herald quip, and coal deposit figures. The mix shows light, era-specific humor and industrial notes.
The London Chronicle recounts how Omar was nearly lost, found in a penny box, then rediscovered by Rossetti who shared it with Swinburne. They bought copies for a few pence each, resold some for a guinea, and still cherish their penny edition as the rarest of the lot.
A medieval chronicler notes twelfth century English football as a street game among city youths scholars and apprentices. Spectators included fathers reviving youthful heat. A Hyde Park game is recalled with fifty Cornish gentlemen in red and fifty in white, Cromwell among the spectators applauding the agility displayed.
Aldus Manutius of Venice introduced sloping Italic type late in the 1400s. He printed Aldine editions prized by collectors, starting with a 1501 Vergil. Aldus pioneered affordable literature. the Aldine mark features a dolphin chained to an anchor with his name. Avoid burning old books bearing that mark.
The article notes Koreans use picturesque flags for ads instead of boards. When opening shops or sharing news, flag symbols replace printed notices, with one to twelve flags carried through streets by youths and men as moving advertisements.
A Mothers' club member visits a settlement house meeting with a bruised face saying he acted out of character and expresses remorse. Also included are brief quips on sun heat versus coal stokers, two ages of woman jokes, a wife and housebound husband role, and a note on Scotland's 8,000 grouse owned by tenants at rental totals around £1,000,000.
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