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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1904
Page
6
Poetic fragment from Harper's Magazine invoking a maiden with laughing eyes Privrose kirtled winged and free. The speaker pleads for solace and vitality asking the goddess Joy to share smiles tears life passion and strength while acknowledging mortality and death.
In a sudden shower couples flee to shelter near Grant monument where Clayton and Lily reunite after a rainstorm. He recalls past quarrels and a planned wedding to Wilfred Gray while Lily resists his advances and confesses lingering feelings, ending with a tense, romantic moment.
A muddled scene on a park bench features a soaked figure asking the way out while a curious crowd and a comic dog act unfold. Clayton directs an itinerant passerby as gossip and misheard dialogue swirl around a tense love triangle and rowdy spectators.
A young governess guides Tommy as he digs a nursery in a border of the flower garden to grow ten baby forest trees. He tends beech, oak, chestnut, maple and pine seedlings with Mrs Mary, calling it his baby farm and caring for each seedling like a child.
A New York Sun excerpt notes Philadelphia and Boston doctors disparage New York methods as quackery. It critiques empires of empirical claims, padded with faux science, and accuses reputable physicians of funding and publishing questionable cures for advertising over ethics. The piece cites Chicago as irrelevant.
A set of agricultural notes describes a movable stall divider using a floor hole and hinged posts, plus sticks with notches to secure the fence. The piece notes low cost and usefulness for netting stalls when needed and stowing away. Additional items discuss tomato nitrogen, lamb fattening feeds, thrifty melons, Sunday work cautions, and rail tie wood choices with chemical-treated softwoods.
The article discusses horse care including watering before feeding, experiments showing digestion differences, and guidance for hot weather work. It covers neck skin care, grain feeding for lambs, bean varieties for feed, costs of hauling grain by horse versus steam, and general farm notes on animal growth, shelter, and efficient feeding practices.
A lively sketch depicts Abraham Lincoln as a circuit lawyer beloved by peers and landlords as he traveled from Springfield to Speingfhetd. The narrative highlights his shaggy coats, faded hat marked “A Lincoln,” carpet bag, and unfailingly patient nature, contrasted with stories from the circuit. Also included is a note on the star Canopus and a light quip about a wife’s shopping.
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