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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1910
Page
6
Several hundred jobs are advertised in Hart-Parr Company plants and Charles City Western Railway prompting a boom in Charles City. Workers sought include machinists blacksmiths and graders with teams and track experience. Also promotes Oil of Wintergreen medical claims and local cattle horse pasture ads.
A London Queen excerpt notes Paris ham fairs attract buyers of curios, lace, china, and books rather than ham. Vendors offer lumber stalls and bracanteurs, with Americans and English seeking trinkets for five francs. Prices rise as Parisian costs increase, reducing bargains yearly.
A northwest city tea store customer bought a pound of coffee and passed a counterfeit half dollar. The man claimed the bill had arrived the previous week and smiled when questioned, then departed after paying with a genuine coin. The shopkeeper, noting the sly exchange, appeared amused rather than alarmed.
A collection of Lancashire wit from Frank Orme rod captures a Sunday wheelbarrow joke about a dog, a club committee seeking audited accounts, a candle price quip tied to wartime inflation, a Lancashire lover’s kiss timing, elderly praise for a Darwin cleric, and a tongue in cheek translation of Dieu et mon droit.
Japan’s giants of traditional wrestling, though shorter on average than European standards, boast four standout heavyweights. Tokyo Osaka and Hyogo fames stand six feet tall or more, around 300 pounds, with wrestling handed down through generations as meat eating fuels strength while many others in Japan follow vegetarian diets.
An old column contrasts a dimitation diamond with a genuine stone under water, advising tests to detect fakes. It also spoofingly weighs gender roles through paired conversations, including a quip about a husband’s headship and another about manners in a family, all cited from Harper’s.
A fragment hints that happiness is tied to personal achievement and effect, referencing the idea of a man in Chicago who makes a world record and uses his own feathers to pierce an eagle. The line suggests self-made success as a source of felicity.
A man in Charing Crags road examined a Balzac illustrated by Gustave Dore. He offered seven shillings after the priced copy at twenty five shillings, and bought it. The bookseller later sought police comment on the incident.
A New York man recounts a Venezuela hotel incident where a young man with leprosy in his family suddenly wounded his hand with a knife and then, unable to feel the pain, fatally shot himself to escape the disease’s curse. The account describes numbness and the stabbing, ending in suicide.
The piece relates tales of old Maine shipbuilders skilled with the adz and broadax, including a tale of a drunken carpenter proving his prowess by shaping a bolt on a bare stone and wowing the foreman. It also recounts judges wigs arising from a French judge who adopted a marquis wig for a stern court presence.
A young woman confronts a young man as he admits kissing her. He explains his remark as an impulsive misstep, and she questions his discretion. The scene ends with a lighthearted, jurylike verdict that resolves the quarrel.
A fragmentary exchange contrasts a self described hard working routine with light hearted banter about time served inSan Quentin or Nol som and San Francisco style talk. The Louisville Courier Journal prints a playful vignette about work ethic and landlord concerns in a clipped dialogue between characters.
A witty note to the editor from the desk of a contributor jokes about a guarantee never printed before. The exchange shows playful banter between editor and contributor in London Tit-Bits.
A fragment from The Outlet references a physiology teacher named Clarence who allegedly explains how hearing works and to whom secrets are conveyed at a bridge club. The Cleveland Leader tone hints at gossip and local intrigue centered on a teacher and social gathering.
Edgar aged six starts school and asks his father who taught Adam the alphabet. The brief anecdote reflects a child’s curiosity about origins of writing and language, illustrating early literacy questions within a family setting.
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a tonic to restore boyhood digestion. It claims stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels gain vigor, renewing appetite and health, urging readers to try the remedy through S. A. Williams.
A collage of quotes notes pride in fatherhood and warns on minor injuries from trains cars and buggies. Advertisements tout Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns sores eczema chapped skin and piles while Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy claims to ease teething diarrhoea and cleanse the system.
When the stomach fails to perform its functions the bowels derange and the liver and kidneys congest, causing numerous diseases. The stomach and liver must be restored to health and Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets can be depended upon to do it. Easy to take and most effective. Sold by H. Williams.
An advertisement touts Oil of Wintergreen Compound as a soothing wash to cure summer skin ailments. The claim notes relief for eczema, poison ivy, poison oak, strawberry rash, and prickly heat when used as in the D. D. D. Prescription. Also mentions a residence for sale by F. S. Shadle & Co and Person & Friend.
A letter from H M Winkler of Evansville Indiana states kidney trouble caused weakness and dizziness with digestion issues. After taking Foley Kidney Pills regularly the writer reports full recovery and renewed strength and ambition.
Steam breaking outfit offered for sale in good condition at a cheap price. For particulars inquire of Walter Crowell. 2iwis
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