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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1910
Page
6
Mrs G Davenport of Roycefield New Jersey says her rheumatism improved with Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. The ad claims relief from rheumatic pains and sleeplessness, notes no stomach disturbance or habit formation, and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit.
Schedule of claims listing payments for road work and materials. Names include Hetsy Peterson tilug Geo Weber road cement product, Farmers Elevator Up, and Farmers Elevator related items. Entries show various figures and dates, indicating a town or county fund disbursement for road maintenance and related services.
A jumble of humorous anecdotes about abrupt requests for money and awkward rejections, followed by a note on arm strength from Washington experiments. The piece cites Carlyle Smith in Harpers Weekly and summarizes skeletal measurements showing varying limb dominance among men and women.
A London Tit-Bits tale describes a pushy sewing machine agent named Sellem from Blank & Co pressing a householder. He boasts quick fixes and promises to prove buying is wise, then encounters a towering undertaker, Bury of Bury & Keepen, who similarly taunts the firm's wares and vows to show it is madness to defer purchasing a coffin.
A girl on the back porch notes yearly moves by her family while another girl says her father owns the house. A Chicago Tribune item contrasts poverty with ownership and asks what it means to move. A Washington Star quip critiques a habit of giving race tips until a winner emerges and regret follows.
A Rialto View quotes Hamlett and Yorick Hamm debating Shakespeare in vaudeville form. The exchange implies Shakespeare remains relevant and ready to rise to any stage, with Hamm asserting no one admits Shakespeare is beyond his reach. Washington Herald style reflects playful cultural commentary.
A fragment from Chicago News describes a brief, humorous exchange during a morning match. Percy teases Algernon about a scarf while noting the outcome, with laughter and a quip about the event winding down.
A Norwegian watch boy sits in a high wooden sentry box on the Norwegian fjord, signaling fishermen when schools of fish appear. Farmers trust him to warn when to reap the sea harvest, while Vikings may have inspired the practice via Mediterranean sentinel boxes. Also noted are kidney remedy claims and a London Fun anecdote about a pompous lawyer and a cab driver.
Fragmentary clippings show a feisty exchange about marriage and affection. An advertisement promotes Foley's Urine Laxative for indigestion and stomach troubles, touting benefits from dyspepsia to biliousness and constipation with a note of Jay Johnston & Co.
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