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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1913
Page
6
The piece comments on women's suffrage and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson calling modern dances animal. It notes a Minneapolis uproar over a woman transporting a Jersey cow in a Limousine, suggesting city morals. The garbled copy reflects an editorials page with varied topics and local notes.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald discusses prohibition and its failure to end drinking. It questions the idea that banning saloons would prevent new drinkers and curb drunkenness, noting contradictions in the policy and local attitudes.
Community news roundup from Estherville area reports Fred Schultz hauled grain to Emmetsburg last week George Kydd plans to move to Cylindar this week and Mrs Solomotson with son Orvey shopped Saturday at Estherville. Meetings held by Rev Hillias Bean at Coalliver last week.
The New York American discusses the hand as an evolutionary grasping tool. It traces how humans move from tree living to ground travel, noting the hand’s powerful grip, the habit of fingers curling when resting, and the neural sensitivity in the palm and fingers. The piece argues touch remains essential, despite adaptation, and suggests a hook-like hand is its resting state with a metal hook as a substitute when lost.
Ancient Egyptians noted a green light at sunset and sunrise seen in Egypt's clear air. The green sun symbolized Osiris and death, with priests and funeral deities depicted in green. The earliest known record of this astronomical phenomenon dates to about 6,000 years ago.
Horace Butchers in France must display a signboard showing their meat and may not trade in meats other than mules and donkeys. Some attempt to pass horseflesh as donkey meat to wary customers seeking a more delicate option.
A humorous Chicago News quip contrasts a husband’s delegation of decisions to his wife with the household rule that all actions must be approved by her. The joke highlights skewed domestic authority and marital dynamics.
A Baltimore American excerpt features a dialogue on postponement and a prophesied future with abundant government jobs. The exchange includes the line Pop asks about the millennium and a response promising enough positions in every administration for all who seek them.
Conversation captures a brief exchange where Blark asserts his wife read a lecture aloud, Blubman questions if he read it, and he replies it was impromptu, set within a Boston context. The fragment hints at a scripted public reading or informal literary moment.
In a New York Globe column a Barlem Rat man recalls his wife improvising at a luncheon. With delicatessens closed she avoids borrowing and instead uses mustard plasters soaked from a medicine closet to supply mustard for the meal. The tale ends with a Bronx member remarking on the ingenuity.
The London Chronicle recounts early Constantinople diplomacy with harsh peacetime incidents. In 1672 Grand Vizier seized French dispatches and imprisoned and mutilated Delahaye the first secretary after he refused to surrender the embassy cipher. Despite Louis XIV’s power no reprisals occurred. Through the mid eighteenth century envoys faced strict isolation and mutual visiting bans. When protests arose Grand Vizier Sokol stated diplomats could plot among themselves only after returning to Christendom.
The United States weather bureau states rain cannot be produced by human means. A storm cloud's air weight blocks powder or dynamite from affecting the cloud. Even a great shock cannot condense water vapor. cooling is needed. Scientists dismiss rain from battles or explosions as erroneous.
Sir Harry Johnston recalls a risky moment when a Wakibosho chief faced attack and asked for help. He organized a grand fireworks display using bengal lights red fire rowan candles serpent squibs and rockets. The startled Wakibosho fled as rockets lit the night sky.
A reader at the British Museum asks where to learn about the Jewish rebellion around A.D. 60. The librarian directs him to Josephus on the open shelves. The reader realizes the aged man approaching is Josephus himself, a light haired figure in the scene.
A witty judge replies to a lawyer claiming they offered peace eighteen months ago. The counsel says his client always wanted settlement, while the judge notes there were no olives on the branch.
A fragment recalls a hopeful but young mau asking Albert about his sister Bay in the parlor waiting. She remains silent and removes a ring, adding a cryptic gesture with a butcher lip plecott.
An abrasive quip exchanges between Rough Recoil and Loudun Tatters about money and vanity. The line reads a sharp critique of expense on fortune telling and looks, reflecting a rowdy, gossipy column tone from the period.
The Boston Globe commentary argues against wealth built by letting others run your enterprises while you pursue others. It stresses personal oversight, accountability, and direct involvement as keys to true financial success.
A New Orleans Picayune epitaph honors a man whose head failed yet whose band stood firm his brain softened yet his big heart endured as a lasting tribute to resilience and loyalty
Community notes from Wallingford and Graettinger report residents visiting, attending dances, traveling to Graettinger, and returning home. The story also promotes an upcoming pure bred and registered Short Horn cattle sale at Poshier's yard in Ratherville on Friday February 21 1918 with 44 cows and heifers and 12 bulls, led by Straight Goods 348804, noting terms cash or bankable notes and audience invitations.
In 1702 the Daily Courant premiered as a single page two column sheet with foreign news only and no editorials. It was produced by Mr Mallet near Printing House Square and later passed to Samuel Buckley of Little Britain. The Courant was absorbed by 1785 into the Daily Gazette London Chronicle.
On the evening of March 14 1781 William Herschel at Slough Bogland discovered a new planet. He named it Georgium sidus to honor George III, others suggested Herschel, while continental astronomers proposed Uranus and the name Uranus prevailed as the seventh planet.
W S Skelton of Stanley Indiana praises Foley Kidney Pills after suffering severe kidney trouble with back pain. He states a single box relieved his symptoms and he would not sell it for $100 in relief. The testimonial highlights the product’s quick relief and effectiveness.
A small Italian boy asks his teacher to grant an American name, proposing “Patrick Dennis McCarthy” on a scrap of paper. Conductor S. T. Miller of Norfolk Nebraska endorses Foley’s Kidney Pills and notes their satisfaction with the results for kidney trouble, a product Korsala by druggists.
Public auction at Bowen farm four and a half miles east of Estherville and northwest of Grover on February 14 1918. Catalog includes ten head of horses such as a matched team of black geldings aged 6 and 9 weighing 2600 pounds a bay gelding years old well broken and a team of blind horses plus a bay mare 18 in foal weighing 1200 and a bay colt aged 2.
A mixed sale listing horses cattle and equipment including 1 team of matched blaa roan mares ages 7 and 9 weighing 2000 pounds 1 sorrel mare 6 years old 1100 pounds 9 Concord harness sets 144 inch harness 20 head cattle six cows fresh in January and eight to come fresh 4 helfers two years old bred to Robina Lad and Scotch short horn bull six of these cows and helfers pedigreed one head of steers two years old 30 breeding ewes 10 brood sows bred 1 Peoria grain drill 10 feet used two seasons 1 Tiger corn planter 160 rods of wire 1 14 inch Janesville gang plow 2 Pounder 4 section harrows 1 Bully Boy 6 shovel riding cultivator 1 new Mandt wagon complete 1 wagon and box 60 bushel Mill dollar potatoes good seed quantity of Kerhs ion seed oats some seed barley a few stacks of mixed hay mostly timothy Sale at o clock Lunch at noon Terms sums at 10 dollars and under cash over that amount 10 months time on approved notes bearing 80 percent interest from date No property to be removed until settled for a H West Proprietor Wm Foshier Auct J P Kirby Clerk
F E Walling of Yukon Missouri recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for his family. He says his doctor advised its use for his children when cough medicine is needed and it always gives the best satisfaction, prompting him to urge others to try it.
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