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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1911
Page
2
Hofland conducts its famous herring fishery with about 750 ships maybe 45 steamboats and only 10 000 men. The large fleet operates along coastlines as of historical shipping notes.
The French dramatist Labiche was asked to back a literary mendicant for academy election. He hesitated, then agreed only after being warned the candidate would die if not elected. When the servand vacancy arose the next year Labiche again refused, declaring he would not vote for a man who does not keep his word. He did not die.
An old advertisement notes that rheumatism aching in muscles from cold or damp does not require internal treatment. It recommends Chamberlain's Liniment, applied externally for quick relief. S H Williams sells the product.
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A housewife can ease labor and save ice and fuel by using pure concentrated lye to cleanse hard water. The article explains testing water hardness with a level spoonful of rye, adjusting lye amounts, and heating slightly to speed cleansing.
Farm Stock and Home urges states to reinvest sale proceeds from state lands into clearing tilled tracts and building roads to newly opened lands. The plan would fund improvements with state money at low interest, easing settlers’ access to capital and promoting settlement, despite charges of paternalism.
Fall plowing yields multiple farm benefits including frost and moisture disintegration of soil and a major pest control effect. It buries and exposes pests such as cutworms and grubs to cold and birds, reducing their impact. Early spring work allows earlier disk work to combat weeds.
A Mississippi valley popcorn farmer averaged 4000 pounds per acre at $1.20 per hundredweight yielding $15. Costs were $12 per acre, leaving a net return of $3 per acre, or $36 per acre under the described conditions. The article notes popcorn can be planted later yet matures earlier to frost, offering an advantage over dent corn.
Practical advice on barn safety, poultry feeding, and winter coverings. Notes on slip prevention, quiet cows, heating corn for fowls, and prudent clothing. Observations on bean yields, strawberries, rose beds, and the value of brood sows versus young sows for pig production. Civility to horses and the lasting harm of harsh handling.
Proper cooking will not make a roast from a sixteen year old Carrow cow but it is an important factor in the preparation of meats. Put a roast into a piping hot oven to sear the outside and retain juices. Cook fifteen minutes per pound for a pink center and thoroughly done outside.
The column criticizes breeding fowls sold as culls, sugar beet yields, land buying advice, and costly feed choices. It cautions against overeager dairy and manure misuses, praises prudence in home and parental duties, and warns of fraudulent land schemes and mailing scams.
A promotional notice for Meritol Chocolate Granules describes them as a vegetable cure that cleanses the stomach and regulates the liver and bowels. The ad urges keeping a box at home and notes availability from druggists or by mail for 26 cents, via the American Drug and Press Association in Decorah, Iowa.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes the difficulty in understanding how the young man with turned-up trousers and a striped hat band can appear so foolish. The remark captures a period tone and social humor of the era.
A new remedy for rheumatism from American Drug and Press Association highlights Meritol Rheumatiain Powders. Chemists claim a special formula yields easy intake and certain results, recommended by physicians. If not in stock, send 60 cents for a large package to Decorah Town.
When the Catskill aqueduct is completed New York will have water for 7,000,000 people with no need for anxiety.
Marital Transparent Face Powder advertised as a vanishing powder of real excellence used by ladies of exquisite taste and recommended by all who have tried it. Sent postpaid on receipt of price 60 cents. American Drug and Press Association, Decorah, Iowa.
An educator urged parents to let children grow in a peaceful home with innocent surroundings. Providing music, books and sports freely, the adviser said, helps them absorb good influences and be happy.
A Manchester man recounts how his four children suffered recurrent croup until they used Dr King’s New Discovery. He endorses it for coughs colds and lung trouble and notes many others share the outcome. The remedy, priced 50 cents to 1 dollar plus a free trial bottle, is sold by H. Williams.
A fragment notes Atlantic capacity and output figures with a figure suggesting 300 million words annually and 25 million sent, indicating underutilization. The text is incomplete but points to a logistics or communication capacity discussion.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Pills as a preventive cure for appendicitis by stimulating stomach, liver and bowels. It claims relief from constipation, headaches, biliousness and related ailments, listing price as 250 at S. H. Williams.
Questioning readers about voice and throat health prompts an advisory style notice. Promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, claiming relief from coughing mucus and throat irritation. Mentions sale by H. Williams in association with the product.
The city is expanding rapidly and is projected to reach about 11 million residents in New York City by 1932 as the population continues to rise with the prevailing growth rate.
An advertisement claims Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets relieve chronic constipation headache biliousness dizziness sallowness of skin and dyspepsia. Sold by 3S. H. Williams.
In Ashbourne Derbyshire an allotment garden hosts robins that built and raised a nest in the breast pocket of a scarecrow. The text extols Medicines that aid nature, citing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as acting to loosen the cough, relieve the lungs, open secretions, and aid nature in restoring health. Bold by 38, ey, Willams.
A historical note describes a home remedy for weak kidneys and urinary issues. It recommends mixing buck ex tract, smurax compound, and puragin with water, taking one to two teaspoonfuls after meals and at bedtime. The text claims the concoction restores organs to normal function and warns early treatment prevents kidney trouble.
A testimonial from Misa Minnie Pickard of Altamahay North Carolina claims she cleared eczema and pimples after using D D D Prescription. The ad touts D D D as penetrating and root-targeting for skin troubles, with wintergreen thymol and other ingredients. A 25 cent bottle is advertised as proof of effectiveness.
Gray eyes indicate intellect and balanced character. Brown eyes with a touch of hazel show courage and affection. Black eyes reveal intelligence and courage. White blue eyes signal deceit and cruelty. Violet eyes are loving but impetuous and not highly intellectual. Hazel eyes with arched brows suggest fickle temper. Velvety brown eyes suggest intense feeling and unreliability.
For Fathers and Children, Orange chapter members announce a $55000 clubhouse to serve as a meeting place for mothers fathers and children alike per the ladies club. They reference a Los Angeles women's clubhouse costing $20100 as a comparative figure.
A compact quotation notes that a person drifting with the current lacks ideals and convictions, existing as mere furniture of the world rather than a true voice, attributed to Henri Frederick Amiel.
A brief quote from the Atchison Globe reflects on marriage, noting a mother may admit marrying for love yet say the spouse has changed. The remark captures a common sentiment about enduring affection versus evolving partners in family life.
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