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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1909
Page
7
A fragment from a Scottish dialogue shows an old couple, Nancy and Andy, debating widows and heaven. Nancy refuses a new husband while Andy contemplates joining hands with John Clemens, a kindly kirk member, in life or after.
A comic dialogue piece features a man with a bilbous nose and another with a bulging bean debating bank guarantees. The crusty exchange recalls a past incident where a committee warned a bank president that, if his bank failed, they would tar and feather him.
A collage of small notices mentions a One Hundred Dollars reward for catarrh cure by Hall's. Includes testimonials for Cheney & Co Toledo and Watoing Kinwin Marve. Ads offer medicines, guns, furs, and a catalog request. A joke about college tuition ends the clipping.
Walter H. Cox of Boston describes a three month battle with itching and cracking eczema on hands and wrists. He found no relief from doctor’s medicine until he used Cuticura Remedies, after which he was cured within a month. September 25, 1908.
A compact review of 1908 noting world events from royal assassinations in Portugal to changes in China and Haiti, plus lists of major deaths, disasters, fires, floods, and political shifts. It highlights Admiral Evans voyage, Belle Gunness, and a year rich in both calamities and advances.
President Fallieres, accompanied by AL Ramondon and Colonel Lasson, was attacked as a poorly clad man leaped from behind to seize his beard near Rue de Vitelle in Paris. Detected by bicycle detectives, the assailant Jean Mattis, 24, a Savoy cafe waiter, was restrained and taken to the station. Fallieres, unharmed aside from a broken cane, continued his walk.
Mercier, former Minister of War, found with stamps bearing the Duke of Orleans head and Royalist documents. Mattis boasted of his Royalist loyalties and claimed to have done his duty. Police found Royalist literature and linked him to a Royalist organization, though officials doubt a wider plot.
William Jones and his elderly housekeeper Mrs Anna Williams were bound to bed and robbed for fifteen hours at a rural Pennsylvania farmstead near Yostville. The assailants tied a note to B C Woods blacksmith shop door claiming the victims were alive but bound, and showed Jones’s gold watch as proof.
Five spectators were bruised as a panic broke out after a Keith Theater show in Altoona Pennsylvania ended. Firemen responded to the alarm as a rush to the exits caused injuries and the stage and interior areas were damaged by a spreading blaze. The origin of the fire was not known.
J Cory Winans chief of staff of the National Grand Army of the Republic says the next national encampment will not be held in Salt Lake City. He cites the Chicago traffic association's refusal to grant a one cent fare to veterans, favoring Cincinnati or Pittsburgh instead.
Letters praise Perina Progo medicines from Columbus and Washington D C describing relief from coughing congestion and loss of smell and hearing after using the product. Testimonials claim dramatic personal health improvements and urge sharing with others. The notes identify the Perona Prog Mfg Co of Columbus Ohio as the maker.
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