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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
6
Seventy five percent of customers report improvements under the “improvement at cost” plan. The company claims substantial savings versus other plans, with expert care and equipment shown by grove comparisons. References to responsible visitors and customer contacts are offered, plus bonds for deed with easy monthly payments and full refunds if the purchaser elects after inspection.
Listing of professionals including KS S J. Clinite, D D 8 Dentist in Iowa, and Dr H G Johnston Osteopathic Physician with offices in Kistherville and Gardaton Blonk. Includes references to land titles, trial of contested cases, and a customer testimonial for Chamberlains Cough-Remedy from Gowanda New York, with local distributors in Kistherville.
A column on a Hindu faker who sold magic baskets that allegedly transmuted pebbles into gold when stirred, followed by anecdotes of women in New York gossiping about absent minded husbands, a London fire eater named Chabert demonstrating poison and heat resistance, and a Youth’s Companion tip turning a burned bulb into a weather barometer using atmospheric pressure.
The text describes a device using attachments to create a timed candle extinguisher. It explains filing a candle with a metal dome or cap and attaching a string so that when the string is consumed, the candle falls and the flame goes out. It emphasizes controlling the burn length and the mechanism to trigger extinguishment.
The text argues humanity advances through two concurrent movements change and stability. It champions constant revolts to avoid petrification while urging harmony between new impulses and old structures to sustain any social order.
The article recounts Dr. Trudeau's open air cure in the Saranac mountains as a turning point in tuberculosis treatment. It notes the establishment of an open air colony and the first American laboratory for consumption, arguing fresh air as central to health and the disease’s spread via impure air.
An editorial urges readers to acknowledge personal fault in accidents rather than blaming luck. It argues to examine errors of commission or omission, learn from them, and avoid repeating mistakes by future careful action.
The London Times notes a horse’s jumping capacity by measuring distance. Old Chandler reportedly cleared seven feet in height at Warwick, with Turnip descended from Peteos achieving a seven foot jump at Phoenix Park under Sir EB Crofton and the Duke of Richmond. A Hyde Park wall also showed an eight foot drop cleared.
A fragmentary quotation explores the limits of human knowledge and the nature of truth. Henri Fabre is cited, discussing how curiosity, speculation, and the accumulation of rubbish heap ideas hinder reaching definite understanding, and pondering whether ignorance may be the final word of wisdom.
A Kentucky legislator from a mountainous district argues against repealing the fox bounty law. He links the income from fox kills to enabling preachers to visit rural households and deliver gospel lessons, warning constituents would lose that benefit if the law is repealed. The vote upheld the law.
A historian or biologist who spends time coaching or lecturing to fund research is described as potbolling. The educator who studies to teach sees teaching as the privilege, resenting any diversion from didactic pursuits.
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