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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1907
Page
4
A column from J E Jenkins notes Oklahoma City printing, Boise trial near end, and Ratherville rail line hopes. It discusses Iowa political strife, interstate rail fare adjustments, and a sales pitch for Dean's Regulats and Elvetric Bitters with local druggists’ guarantees.
Misa Carstairs and Richard Marston travel toward Daytona with gifts and flirtation. As Helen, jealous of a rival, contemplates a telegraphed marriage, Carstairs finally reveals she will marry Marston, not the pork packer Deering, after a dramatic train-side confrontation.
A Japanese timepiece in a three by five foot frame depicts a noon landscape with blooming foreground trees and a crystal cascade. A golden gun marks hours on silver gongs while tortoise hour markers and a bird chorus accompany a roaming mouse across the scene.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer describes the speaker's mace as the symbol of authority at the House desk in Washington. It traces its origin to Roman fasces and English usage, noting the first mace was destroyed by fire in 1814 and a wooden successor served until 1842 before the current marble-topped mace modeled on the original was adopted.
A collection of moral observations on parenting envy dignity and self-control. It urges youths to mind their own business, avoid hypocritical justice, and value genuine equality with older peers while warning against constant people-pleasing.
An excerpt from the New York Herald discusses tobacco smoke having germicidal properties. It notes nicotine is a weak poison in small amounts, explains tarry oils and pyridine in pipes, and highlights carbon monoxide and formaldehyde as key antiseptic constituents in tobacco smoke.
A Cusinese man bought a failing theatre and turned it profitable with strict cost control. The initial month listed a line item for meat for cats to protect scenery from rate invasions, priced at $2. The proprietor crossed it out, quipping that if the cats eat the rats, why feed them and if they don’t, why bother the cats.
A stern woman at a back door asks what the tramp wants. He replies he saw in the morning paper an advertisement for table board samples. The brief exchange hints at a simple daily need or odd job request observed in the Catholic Standard and Times.
Nan and her aunt enjoy a day alone at Nan’s lake camp on Indian Island. They hike over Squaw Hill, argue briefly with Winthrop Leland, then return to camp for a trout supper as the Queen’s abdication ceremony looms.
A solitary craftsman works in a tiny six square foot hut, isolated by sixty yards from any other building. Rene Buche describes the candle maker as an eremite toiling with explosives for roman candles and gunpowder devices, earning high wages for the risks involved.
Mrs. K engaged a middle aged colored woman for cleaning. A colored man with one eye named White offered to wash windows last week but did poor work. The helper confirms recognizing him, saying he is indeed untrustworthy and not counted in town.
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