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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
6
A collage of short humorous quips about children and prayers, interspersed with shop promotions. The page includes cheeky lines from youngsters, a club offer pitching magazine bundles with Vindicator and Republican, and multiple local ads for subscriptions, cement tiles, and the Estherville Creamery.
Billy Van North faces a drawn out love crisis as he plans to confess to Helen while a street scene escalates. Dick Murry, a visiting actor, offers help but vanishes into crowds. A hoodlums threat ends when a plaza encounter reveals his protective friend. Helen remains unaware of the danger as Billy spots Murry in disguise and resumes his plan.
An ancient tablet dating to about 1700 B C demonstrates sophisticated elementary mathematics in Egypt. It includes addition and multiplication, early equations, division problems, and area calculations such as circle to square transformations and pyramid measurements, with puzzles about barley and sevenfold growth.
A visiting journalist in San Francisco sought a brief interview with Robert Louis Stevenson. He, pale and frail in bed, prompted to knit while she explained her tight schedule. Her persistence yielded silence as she noted the interview could not proceed.
In Outing Magazine Ralph Neville tells of a Birmingham dog once beloved by a family who grows jealous after a new baby joins the home. Though no signs appear, the dog is found by the fire asleep, until a keyhole observation reveals the dog rubbing its cold nose along the infant’s back.
A Brooklyn Citizen note describes a hotel owner who plays a phonograph during meals. Selections echo guest moods with pieces like Life Is Too Short to Worry and All Things Come to Him Who Waits. The punchline suggests Kipling's Lest We Forget as a tipping reminder.
Flarry asks to share three apples equally among James John and himself. He proposes giving each person one and keeping the rest. Bea questions the logic, and he replies the split would leave one for the two others and one for him as well.
A clipped Baltimore American excerpt features a humorous exchange about sociability and piety. Uncle Mose explains he keeps to himself and affirms his Baptist faith, framed in a breezy, local-voice joke likely from a social column.
A clipped quotation features a Scottish voice scolding Mr. O'Brien for disrespect to his country. The speaker urges maintaining respect and cultural symbols while traveling, concluding with a caution about forgetting national pride.
A couple quarrels over marriage timing when a milliner’s apprentice signs a two year contract. The man seeks marriage. the woman insists on her schooling earning to support herself. She remains firm, ending the engagement until her contract ends, with a later surprise about funds from her private purse.
In a submarine the crew flood tanks to sink, stirrups of water rush into reservoirs, and the vessel becomes heavy enough to dive. Twelve men navigate the small craft, which is cut off from the world when sealed. It is designed to depths of up to fifteen meters in practice, with vertical and horizontal governors guiding depth and trim. Metropolitan Magazine notes the fragile yet formidable nature of these war machines.
An article argues that breathing technique matters more than a beautiful voice for true singing. It stresses that talent alone is not enough and that disciplined practice and natural talent must combine.
The piece discusses the decorator who fixates on a single design school. He shifts into a mono focus for interior decoration and boasts allegiance to arts and crafts or a national style, showing bias toward colonial, German, Flemish, French, or Elizabethan or Georgian forms, with little balance.
The Early Bird notes Bishop Brewster of Connecticut famous for funny stories. His 18th tale mocks an old reprobate who seeks to make right past wrongs. A man cheated of a large sum confronts the offender at midnight, asking why he woke him then, to avoid the rush.
A South London canine academy known to European circus folk trains dogs in tricks day by day. The interior features trapezes and other apparatus as the proprietor benefits from first class income.
A customer asks why two files appear in his soup while another man has none. The landlady replies it is a matter of luck, delivering a brief quip rather than a substantive explanation.
A humorous dialogue from Harper’s Magazine sketches Mrs Crawford-Why accusing her husband of anger at his late return. Mrs Crabshaw replies she woke before he could set the clock back, turning the quarrel into a light domestic quip.
A clipped exchange notes Dudley’s motto live and learn and mocks his success. The remark baits about his upcoming funeral, predicting the outcome if he fails to move from learning to living.
A whimsical London Tatler note features Misa Hobson hosting a supper with playful dish names like rabbit pig and igoking around. The column hints at social dining decorum and lighthearted banter among guests in a fashionable suburban setting.
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