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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
6
A Manning Iowa woman writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of painful female illnesses and failed remedies. The letter endorses the product as a standard cure for displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms and invites others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
In Pullman Washington an experiment farm tied to the State Agricultural College grows over a million grains of mixed kinds including hybrids from 14 years of professor Spillman’s work for the U S government. Seeds vary 1 to 5 acres, selection continues, and first large seed harvest is to be thrashed, bagged and sold to farmers for testing. Names will be announced before distribution. The aim is hardier early maturing wheat with good milling qualities to aid farmers and bread eaters.
Mrs Upsome notes disappointment that Prince Wilhelm will not visit Chicago. Mrs Highuus counters by downplaying his importance as only the crown prince's second son, reflecting lighthearted social chatter in the Tribune snippet.
A German physician argues coffee harms the heart due to caffeine and urges switching to Postum, claiming it cleanses undernourishment and benefits patients and families. The ad-style piece promotes Postum with the slogan There’s a Reason and cites Postum Co. of Rushville Creek, Mich.
In a rural scene at Aikenside Dr Holbrook questions marriage age as Maddy Clyde faces a looming match between her humble future and Agnes Remington's social ambitions. Guy Remington weighs mobility and duty while Jessie longs for Maddy, as plans for a summer departure hinge on a governess choice.
A tour party stranded with a damaged tire resorted to packing sand inside a tire shoe to act as a substitute for air. The improvised fix, though bulky and heavy, protected the rim from severe cuts and prevented a total loss on a rough road through sand and pines in southern New Jersey.
An American millionaire questions his heiress daughter about a visiting young Englishman. She defends him, saying his manners show tact and a relaxed aristocratic manner while he stays in the United States. The exchange captures social tensions and cross Atlantic flirtation.
A brief exchange frames a moral clash as a learning mishap. The moralizer warns about too little knowledge while the demoraliser argues excess learning harms progress, suggesting balance is key.
A compact list of historical milestones and dates from 1655 to 1902 including Cromwell dissolving Parliament 1655 and the war declarations with England 16H, notable arrivals and conferences, Franklin in 1766, the 1778 US independence, Burgoyne and Greene military notes, gas lighting in Pall Mall, a string of global political and colonial milestones, and end notes on fires, births, and treaties.
The Craftsman editor urges federal help to extend the Department of Commerce to aid small farmers in developing home crafts and finding markets for handmade goods. He cites Hungary’s success and Roosevelt's push for institutional and social farmer movements, aiming to relieve unemployment and city crowding without pricing out machine work. The plan envisions furniture, pottery, and home crafts improving self expression beyond farm or factory life.
Richard A. McCurdy former president of Mutual Life Insurance spent two years in Europe and has returned to MoorFis sowp N J He declined to discuss lawsuits against him saying his lawyers will handle them adding he is 73 and the real question is which will last longer the city or himself
In District Number Three doubts lingered about Homer Widyds fitness for a seat on the school board due to early education lapses. His first official speech quieted critics as he listened to recitations with grave interest and told the students that whether answers were right was up to the teacher, not him.
A famed emperor Verdi kept ninety five barrel organs in spare rooms to avoid hearing his own operas. He paid about fifteen hundred lire to hire them, renting space to silence the music while he endured his own compositions. Also an ad for Pazo Ointment promises pile relief in six to fourteen days with money back guarantee.
A village scene features Emperor Francis Joseph on horseback asking a butcher for directions. The butcher boasts he has seen the Kaiser recently and claims familiarity, prompting the emperor to reveal he has "cleaved him" many times. The startled butcher realizes the rider is the emperor and bows.
A reader notes the renewed effort to curb expletive behavior aboard ferry boats crossing the North River to New Jersey. Notices warn that spitting is prohibited and white life preservers are provided, with humor about punishing the crime. The letter also mentions New Zealand land endowments and animal life conditions at ocean depths.
Prudence, a fourteen year old motherling, enforces cleanliness among four younger brothers. She chastises Tom for not washing the soles of his feet after a day of bog-hole play, insisting he get up to avoid soiling the bedclothes. Tom protests he washed the top of his feet. She reminds him that one must scrub thoroughly even at night.
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