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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary Neos York World text shows garbled notes and names like Vinchet Pietit Puneet and Angie. Readers face unclear subject lines and scattered phrases about a protest and research.
Fragmentary note presents gossip style lines about a daughter named Domi and a shrimp in the house. The text implies a casual evening call and a Houston reference. Details are incomplete but suggest domestic chatter and a joking tone.
An unusual snatch of dialogue hints at a veteran correspondent grappling with memory and time as a writer pleads for help with a long standing chart and team reference. The fragment suggests a newspaper mood of doubt and persistence amid a fading recall.
A garbled report notes long standing endorsements and legal concerns around individuals and drugs. It mentions persistent issues and fines, and a figure named J. Jolloppe who refused a large sum while facing prior conditions. The text reads as a fragmented summary of a political or legal matter with unclear specifics.
Fragmentary note suggests questions about a senator Haden and a typewriter. It references New York and a tenth等 unclear items. No clear event or quotes to confirm names, dates, or actions.
A fragment from a Ladies' Home Journal line plays on phrases about driving and judgment, noting the oddities of early 20th century language. The garbled text hints at commentary on automobiles and social norms in period print.
A fragment-like account describes a so called milk from the cocoanut process and variations in preparation. It references natives, elders, and rituals surrounding the husk and pit. The text hints at sensory changes and a method to absorb flavors while noting ceremonial context and a named figure Argonaut.
A fragment contrasts a child’s devotion to a snowman with a day of chores, then shifts to historical notes on color origins. It lists dyes and pigments such as madder, Prussian blue, gamboge, and cochineal, noting sources from plants, animals, and minerals across Hindustan, Shan Tada, Siena, Umbria, and more.
A humorous vignette tells of a schoolmaster teaching pupils to clap and praise when he sneezes. While fetching a bucket from a well the rope owner is pulled up, then the students shout the chant and let go, causing the master to fall back and vanish, perhaps forever.
Circle Marbles describes a parlor game with concentric circles marked 10 25 and 40 inches, players shooting marbles from a distance, a scorekeeper tracking points, and the highest score winning after fifteen minutes.
A description of a tag game where a player who is "it" must place a hand on the tagged body part and keep it there until tagging another. The aim is to tag runners on the leg or foot while the tagger endures the banded area, making attempts to tag others awkward and humorous.
In a Harper's excerpt a nervous traveler named Willoughby grows furious as a train misses its timetable. He challenges the porter who hints at an observation car and the scene ends with Willoughby lighting ties on the rear platform as the train passes.
Sir Henry Quayard relates an amusing scene at the British embassy where Charles Alison, chief Interpreter, and the grand vizier interrupted a debate for prayer. The vizier delivered curses on Islam while Alison prayed privately, later explaining Christians share religious duties and that curses in prayers were symbolic.
A New York businessman tests a marketman for perfectly fresh eggs. He demands three to a dozen, fresh on the day of delivery, all being one hen's eggs. The marketman's certainty wavers as the father presses for guaranteed freshness.
A Boston Post letter compares English and Breach attitudes toward capital punishment using a toy miniature guillotine sold during Christmas. It notes the French history of guillotine fashion and claims English speakers have not converted their gallows into toys. The piece critiques social perceptions of violence and humor across nations.
A short humorous critique notes how people overuse phrases like thank you very much and nicely, thanks, with examples such as Blu holding a door open and giving up a seat. The piece mocks polite clichés and urges genuine civility over empty propriety in conversation.
A London and Northwestern railway veteran of over forty years traveled to London on the Charles Dickens train. Before departure he approached the platform engine to greet the driver and ask how much of the original engine remained. The driver replied with a brisk reply indicating only a portion of the engine was preserved.
A quirky Washington Herald item dramatizes a garden dispute as a playful scandal. An exchange between a painter and a talking aster centers on lilies and fly pads, with tongue in cheek commentary.
The Philadelphia Record notes a witty exchange on age and marriage as Cynicus asserts there is no aging measure in a joke about a man over seventy who recently wed his fourth wife. The item reflects a satirical column style and streetwise humor from the era.
A concise reflection from Pliny notes that many men discover too late they cannot conceal deeds from their own conscience, underscoring inner moral accountability.
Aid for families in a cold epidemic, promising relief and quiet sleep. Endorsed by W H Knowles of Osco Mil and W P Rinehart of Asbury NJ after six years and three months of trials respectively. Sold by local druggists with money back guarantee.
English miners use small ponies in coal mines due to narrow tunnels and high costs of widening passes. Ponies are limited to forty three inches, with many kept under thirty eight. Laws now ban female ponies and require males to be at least four years old.
The article notes February 11 as the great annual festival of Kigensetsu marking the foundation of the empire by Emperor Jimmu Tenno. It states Matsuhito, the 121st dynasty member, promulgated Japan's current constitution whose preface proclaims an eternal line of emperors. Parliament formed in 1890, seen as 2550 years since Jimmu began his capital Kashiwara in Yamato.
An officer of Cossacks volunteered to carry a dispatch after ten horsemen failed. He rode strapped under his horse and guided it by the bridle through the forelegs, traversing thirty five miles there and back in the Russo Japanese war. The feat astonished the general and was eventually approved. PMID unknown and unrelated ads follow about La Grippe coughs and eczema remedies.
Estherville residents are told a single dose of Adler lka, a German appendicitis remedy with buckthorn bark and glycerine, relieves gas on the stomach and constipation at once. Jay Johnston & Co. druggist Kabra of Dolliver reports strong local success.
Morital Rheumatism Powders are presented as the pinnacle of modern science with a guarantee of permanent relief for all rheumatism cases. The advertisement urges sufferers to try the remedy and is signed by J. Klopp.
An anecdote recalls a Brienne exam where Napoleon, then a student, was favored by an examiner. Asked how to provision himself if an enemy threatened a town, a sub-lieutenant of artillery answered from the enemy, a reply that pleased the examiners and led to his passing without further questions.
A 1920s style advertisement extols Foley Kidney Pills as quick relief for backache headaches nervousness and kidney and bladder troubles. It also promotes Chamberlain's ointment for rheumatism in the foot or bust and notes a price of a quarter and sale by F A Ghdle Co.
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