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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1910
Page
6
Mrs T S Edwards of Milner Georgia credits Dr Miles Heart Remedy with saving her husband despite ten doctors predicting death from heart trouble He recovered after treatment and later served in camp meeting work The note urges readers to obtain a bottle and follow directions with a money back guarantee if no benefit
Testimonial from O Fuller of Gloversville New York praising Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills for restoring vigor, sleep, appetite, and digestion after being a nervous wreck. He bought eight boxes, reports better health, and notes the product is sold everywhere, or by Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Signed by A W Chase M D.
The piece describes window gazing in Paris as a popular tourist pastime. It warns visitors may be tempted to buy imitation jewels from jewelers displayed in shop windows, risking deception and extravagance as even uninformed buyers can be dazzled by convincing fakes.
A short skit notes a newlywed pair anxiously awaiting a rail stop as natives tease them. The station master quips about his role and the train speeds by, leaving the couple to blame fate and social tact. A second item recalls Stephen Phillips’s debut in Benson’s company with a humorous tale of memorization and acting.
A cheerful visitor at a Sunday school tells youths there is a rare chance any one will be president, but encourages them to seize opportunities. He imagines a boy becoming a baseball pitcher or a world champion batsman, and the crowd tightens with attention. A police station holds a heavily intoxicated man after a bystander asks why he wasn’t released due to bail.
A garbled dialogue explores allowances for a young person. The misquoted proverb suggests a judge remarks that paying allowances speeds up wrongdoing, implying that robbing one robber is not robbing at all. The fragmentary text hints at moral ambiguity in financial support and crime.
A summary notes how Gibbon conceived his History at twenty seven and began writing at thirty six, with the first edition selling out in days. It traces publication milestones from 1776 to 1788, the Lausanne setting for the final sentence, and Gibbon's reflection on a work that consumed nearly twenty years of his life.
Emanuel Swedenborg explains that affection in every job sparks energy and focus, while repeating the same idea dulls the mind. He compares monotony to a bent bow losing elasticity and warns that fixed color focus harms sight, urging varied impressions like a multi color garland and a rainbow surpassing plain light.
A tale of the young Napoleon, the little king of Rome, insisting to be admitted to his father. An officer adheres to orders and refuses access until the governess arrives, after which the door is opened with the officer announcing the monarch as the king of Rome.
A six year old daughter asks her father for guidance about life after schooling and waiting to marry. The father responds with solemn assurance that he will consider her confidences seriously, illustrating a domestic moment cited by the St. Louis Republic.
A jumble of quotes from Bohemian Magazine and Baltimore American items parodies moral debates about thrift breeding and fortune telling. Notable lines include Dr Johnson on good breeding and Boswell Johnson remarks on military elegance, plus a comic wreck prophecy and a maid mishap.
An old man writes to his son in trouble in Texas urging restraint and patience with the line You must take your age, son. The reply from Bill says He took courage and everything else in sight, and that is why he is in jail. The Atlanta Constitution cites this exchange as a grim quip on misadventure and consequence.
A dated aphorism notes that knowledge without judgment serves another, not its owner. The line reflects early moral reflections on wisdom and personal use, implying prudent restraint and responsibility in applying learned insight.
The Way Our Postoffice Inspectors Protect the Public details how inspectors monitor unknown firms receiving many letters. They inspect offices, gather evidence from letters, and may issue fraud orders from Washington. Such orders stamp incoming mail to the target with fraud and instruct return to sender.
A New York Press piece recounts how a shepherd boy found Roquefort cheese by chance in a cavern, observing its moist creamy texture and greenish oil pockets after a fall from a shelf. His mother later helped cultivate the cheese, leading to Roquefort becoming a famed commerce item. Caverns around Roquefort now host cheese ripening with women tending lamps.
A boyhood visit to Scotland with his rigid Sabbatarian aunt is recounted as she enjoys vivid passersby descriptions from her irrestible nerves. The aunt eagerly hears gossip through Tammas the narrator and imagines scandalous contrasts, prompting lively banter and amusement.
In a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt Madge, oldest of five daughters, responds to a neighbor's warning that she might harm her newborn sister with a blunt remark about there being plenty more in the house if she did.
A Field essay notes that deerstalking remains the most natural and ancient form of hunting in Britain, likening it to primitive man. It remarks that the contrast between hunting the hungry Pict and stalking a modern deer forest owner is mainly the weapon used.
Bacon believes a man feels more secure when his views are endorsed by others. Egbert adds that this is especially true if the map pertains to a baseball umpire. Yonkers Statesman
A brief exchange notes that successful men are often bald as a humorous aside, highlighting a casual quip about appearance and achievement from the Boston Transcript.
A humorous exchange between Mr J and his wife turns on a mind to go to the club tonight and a pun about whose mind. The ad then promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy, boasting kidney and bladder relief and prevention of Brights disease and diabetes, urging immediate use.
The article notes that in Germany at least 1500 towns and villages still own land collectively. Residents pay no rates or taxes, and about 500 communities derive substantial rents enabling each citizen to receive a New Year bonus of 25 to 100 dollars from surplus revenue.
A brief exchange quotes Henry James and a companion debating reading pace. The Louisville Courier Journal caption captures the playful tension as one urges patience until the next comma, highlighting literary humor in a newspaper snippet.
The quote depicts Miss Mabel and a gentleman in a drawn out dispute over a hat and a forfeit. The pair worry about being seen from a hotel as onlookers record the moment for Life. The anecdote captures a witty social moment likely from a period piece.
A London Chronicle writer notes Americans serve boiled eggs without shells, recounting Thackeray’s American breakfast in Boston. He was served a goblet with an unfamiliar item and asked for the shells, only to be told shells were not requested.
Foley’s Onvino Laxative is promoted as a natural remedy for indigestion dyspepsia heartburn bad breath sick headache upset stomach liver biliousness and constipation. It claims to sweeten breath and tonify the entire alimentary system with a formula by Jay Johnston & Co.
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