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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1903
Page
8
A village tale notes three women asked to join a women's club. The first says she is twenty years old with little reading. The second, twenty-five, cites Ruskin Emergon and Browning as enough to join. The third, thirty, feels she knows too much to join.
A humorous anecdote about Robert Simeon, University of Glasgow mathematics professor, who counted his street steps and repeated the last digit when interrupted. A passerby questions his habit and asks about a rumored will, prompting a playful exchange. the tale shifts to a second short item about a Turkish table anecdote and a French banquet toothpick gag.
A collage of quotes and gags features a math prodigy vanished to join a gas company, a trade mark mystery on stoves, a small boy asking how whalebones are removed from his mother, and a humorous dialect exchange about a man seeking work in a large foundry.
A fragment from a period piece shows a dialogue on how a police position may influence sleep. The Norwood philosopher asserts that no officer ever suffers insomnia due to rank, while the Auburn man questions the claim.
A playful item from Life jokes about smiling incidents and curious exchanges. It features a vegetarian fiancée debating meat versus peach as a metaphor, noting the mind's activity tied to a meat diet and a lighthearted quip about romance and mistaken affection.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from a New York Herald page, featuring misheard phrases about table settings, aging and charity, light banter between spouses, wordplay from clerks and professors, and playful gossip about neighbors and social scenes. The snippets showcase the era’s tone, with characters like Norah, Miss Overton, and Mr. Bluffwood appearing amid playful misunderstandings and social jests.
A comic dialogue features a wife objecting to a bonnet and boasting of rivals Jones and Brown, now millionaires, while she has nothing. The patient husband notes the bachelor status of the rivals and his long support. The sketch ends with a humorous line about real water and a haystack in a play.
The Register of the U S Treasury reports judge Judson W Lyons endorses Peruna for catarrhal ailments of spring and summer. Letters from women in Baltimore and Brooklyn praise Peruna for dyspepsia headaches and general improvement, urging others to try the remedy and request free medical advice from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
A Belgian railway disaster left a woman widow after her husband died. The company paid 10000 francs in compensation, while a traveler who lost a leg received 20000 francs. She confronted the firm asking why the leg education received more than the loss of her husband. The clerk replied that 10000 francs buys a husband.
The report notes that Orthography and Wiggs discuss Owens and his fiancée worth about half a million. The exchange hints at a financial tie up following a public dispute between Wiggs and Orthography, implying a marriage or settlement linked to Owens.
A collection of testimonial notices from Aunona and surrounding towns praise Dean's Kidney Pills and Donn's Kidney Pills for urinary and kidney issues. Reports claim relief from bed wetting in a child, weight gain, fewer nighttime trips, and improved digestion, with customers like J O Luceno and Mrs Gro Girrono attributing benefits to the remedies.
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