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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1916
Page
3
William A. Radford answers farm building questions on hog housing. The article praises modern sanitary hoghouses to reduce disease and improve profits, detailing floor plans, materials, double walls, ventilation, and draft protection for winter hog care.
Seventy years ago Thomas Carlyle proposed moving Britain's surplus population to the Canadian Northwest on war ships to avoid free trade and to settle lands, a plan he believed would have prevented American Northwest settlement. The fragment suggests a population figure of 30,000,000 or more.
A discussion compares hog raising needs with modern housing to ensure high quality pork. It stresses ample sunlight for warmth and health, sturdy construction with frost-footings, and the impracticality of poor design on price and yield. It also touches on historical opinions about Carlyle and imperial issues.
Public authorities in Odgesa fear a winter repeat of Turkish bombardments directed from cliffside. The city lies in darkness after sunset as police patrols restrain pedestrians along the shoreline cliff edge while day traffic is admitted. Restrictions tighten on alcohol sales and public gatherings amid tense curfew conditions.
British and Australian troops thrust eight miles from Thiepval to Guillemont penetrate Pozieres and fence the Bapaume High road, driving a wedge across the main road. Haig claims initiative, though heavy losses occur. Germans report counterfire heavy with casualties as both sides press the attack on Pozieres, Guillemont, Longueval, and surrounding sectors.
Sir William Ramsay M.O.B. the famed chemist, born in Glasgow, professor at Bristol University, died July 4. He discovered argon and helium, then crypton, neon, and xenon, unlocking noble gases. His work revealed brave advances in chemistry and the air’s composition.
The Sussex victims case appears in a Lucerne notice referencing a settlement plan dated July 4. The short report notes the plan tied to the name Vickie, with limited readable context in the fragment.
An Estherville reader recounts Doan's Kidney Pills curing kidney trouble after backache and sleepless nights. A 1908 testimonial is cited with 1916 update, price listed, plus a horse for sale and a local church notice. The piece lists Foster-Moburn Co. Buffalo as proprietor and includes service times for the Church of Christ Scientist on South Eighth Street with a reading room and library access.
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