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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
6
A London Telegraph summary recalls Lord Salisbury sending a foreign office emissary to press demands on a South American republic. The envoy warned of action if dismissed, but stated no intent to fight. The president refused, then yielded on all points after a vague threat.
The Semidi island of Chirikof near Kodiak is described as haunted by the ghosts of Russian exiles. Natives fear entering its fogbound shores, claiming starvation and torture cries are heard at night, with chains clinking and blows heard in affidavits from a white man who stayed a week.
Hollis Godfrey recounts a personal experience from Atlantic monthly about how habitual noise can form like a drug. A country night’s pump engine disrupts sleep and reveals how a host in the woods also grows reliant on noise for rest, then eventually conquers the habit.
A Dublin area tale centers on Mr Uudson a wealthy dentist who built an extravagant country house defying architectural critique. Guests at Curran's dinner mock the style arguing Grocian Saxon or Oriental, until the host proclaims it is Yuskun If'vem noting dentist roots and Irish nickname Snaggletooth Hall.
A fragment from the Condon Standard notes how not worth a rush refers to floors strewn with rushes. Guest rank determined whether fresh or reused rushes were laid, with lowly folk denied fresh material.
A frightened resident questions a pounding, asking what is being struck for. The man claims he cannot recall if he called the other a foe, and the exchange centers on giving the benefit of the doubt amid the clash.
A line from the Washington Star quotes a husband card player joke remark about money games. A young Mrs Jorkins comments that she would not bet on her husband yet notes other men do. The piece closes with a J.G. Holland motto about love of home and country.
A stout English reader prefers the middle volume of a three decker and pays half a crown. He declines the first and last volumes, saying he dislikes beginnings and endings and wants to be in the thick of the story in the middle. The tale reflects quirky reading habits from Chambers Journal.
Franklin Clark in an Everybodys Magazine reflects on diamonds as a global wonder and hints at meteoric and planetary origins. He notes some famous blacks diamonds reportedly arrive from the skies and that diamonds may form in fiery earth processes or via glacial drift, challenging science to explain their provenance.
An old woman enters an optician’s, tests spectacles, and learns the price at five shillings. She asks for price without the case and is told four shillings tenpence. She notes the case is worth only two pence, then buys the case for two pence, claiming it is for her lost case. London Mall.
A humorous excerpt shows the Mitzboodle baby mocked by friends for inheriting many family traits. The infant calmly chews his big toe as quips fly about his nose eyes mouth and ears. Mrs Witzboodle retorts that the baby echoes Fritz Fitzboule and never opens his mouth without putting his foot in it.
An excerpt from McClure's Magazine argues against a universal maternal instinct. It notes sex differences in young behavior and uses examples like a wasp larva, a hen incubating eggs, and children's party reactions to a baby to illustrate varied maternal responses.
A joking exchange about a husband obsessed with a gas meter appears in a New York Press item. The husband jokes about spending time in a damp cellar studying the meter while the wife complains to the doctor.
An exchange reveals a dispute about marriage duties and domestic living. One party insists the other is unfairly judged as a “flat” and asserts it is their business whether they keep house or board. The dialogue hints at social expectations and personal autonomy within marriage.
A brief exchange notes the baby's strength and mentions a strong voice, with a fragmentary remark about a person or event, indicating repeated emphasis in a casual conversation. The readable portion highlights admiration for vocal talent and physical vigor.
A Philadelphia Record amusement notes a hoax labeled as breaking news mocks gender bias, quipping that a female Methuselah would not have been believed to live as long. The brief item suggests media tabloid sensationalism and the era’s attitudes toward aging and gender.
In Fiata’s account from a polar voyage, Eskimo dogs formed a self governing pack with a death penalty enforced for offenses. Four dogs remained during darkness. three aggressive ones were killed by companions, while others wandered or were killed. A named lead dog implied social order, and attacks on legs were deemed unforgivable, met with collective punishment.
A Topeta man’s wife objects to his smoking. After she gives him ten dollars to buy items, he loses the bill while chasing a streetcar and later finds it. He explains the missing money came from seeking a match, then quips that there is virtue in smoking. The tale contrasts domestic strife with a humorous moral.
A New York Press quote notes the hardest fittings come for a heavy stage villain. The dentist explains two nearly identical sets differed by ten dollars and needed custom tweaks to produce the exact sibilants and sounds for melodrama dialogue.
A quotation defines a real gentleman as a man clean inside and out who does not scorn the rich or the poor, who loves without squealing, wins without bragging, respects women children and the elderly, is brave enough to tell the truth and generous enough not to cheat, and accepts his share while allowing others theirs.
A playful dialogue from a Chicago Record-Herald excerpt features a remark on taste and appearances. It includes a quip about a pew bat and a gown from the dressmaker and ends with a father guiding his son on purchases such as coal and its destination in the cellar.
In a humorous tale a man named Mr Grilkiton recalls watch mishaps and makeshift repairs. A friend drops a two dollar watch on concrete, the crystal survives, and a bent band is fixed with a pocketknife. The piece includes an ad for Foley's Kidney Remedy claiming to aid kidney and bladder troubles.
Farmer Nubbins recalls a comic claim that a man cannot run faster than a waltz and jokes about a city man boarding with the Hawkinses strolling across the pasture ahead of his two year old bull. The exchange shows rural humor and a satire of urban speed ideas.
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Orine Laxative as a natural remedy for indigestion dyspepsia heartburn bad breath sick headache torpid liver biliousness and habitual constipation. It claims to sweeten breath and tone the entire alimentary system, from Johnston & Co.
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