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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
7
In foggy Boston harbor passengers on the Nan tasket Beach line hear a faint metallic sound not from a bell. A specter like tripod with a suspended triangle appears through the mist guiding ships through the foggy channel.
In a medical lab a young student cleans hands for ten minutes then touches one broth-filled test tube. After twenty four hours the touched broth is turbid with millions of microbes, while the untouched tube stays clear. This Everyday’s Magazine item warns against infection. Also notes herring fishery nets stretch 5 000 to 6 000 miles in the North Sea during peak season.
From October to May col ds are the most frequent cause of headache. Laxative bromq quinine removes cause. W Grove on her 250 dog pets in hotels describes hotel managers' woes with women smuggling dogs to rooms. Porters bribed, dogs moved to kennels as staff enforce rules. Salvation Army established in fifty two countries and colonies, preaches in thirty one languages.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for aging bodies, citing easier digestion, brain and nerve nourishment from phosphates, and positive testimonials from a 74 year old farmer in Iowa. It notes Grape-Nuts combined with Postum, long baking with diastase in barley, and the slogan The Road to Wellville.
A compiled list of historical markers and anecdotes including political shifts in the United States and Europe, territorial changes, notable decrees, war declarations, and public notices. Also includes farm news briefs about yields, imports, livestock, plant crops, and a long narrative excerpt about a school scene and a child with a frog.
The piece mentions the Butler river in British India with 180 miles and a 12000 foot descent. It promotes Allen's Woot-Erie foot powder for corns bunions and tired feet and Allen's Foot-Base for shoes with a discount offer from Allen 8. Olmsted Le Roy NY. It also notes plague deaths in Constantinople in 1812 at over 11000 weekly totaling 144000.
Edward Worell of Fort Crook Nebraska describes a fifteen year eczema battle. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for about six days his itching ceased and sores disappeared. The note mentions his hands arms and legs previously bandaged nightly. The text ends with a statistic about global blindness.
Glassware nappies vases spoon holders celery bowls bon bon dishes punch sets tumblers goblets gems guns platters air rifles fishing tackle boring gloves too choate base ball and football gear camaras phonographs banjos guitars books listed in a dense old catalog style.
Letter from A Kaltenbrunner praises Western Canada homesteads, noting 70 acres of wheat yielding 20 bushels per acre and 30 acres fallow yielding 25 bushels per acre, plus 9,000 bushels of oats from 160 acres. He claims crops cannot be checked by adverse weather and touts high seed quality and profits.
A promotional notice touts Sildén Dollar Grass and other seeds from John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. It claims dramatic yields and three crops per year, citing an Iowa farmer who sold seed worth 3900 dollars from 100 acres and produced 300 tons of hay, urging readers to mail for the original seed catalog and a 14 cent offer.
A quip from Life magazine humor noting marital dialogue about attending a club event, illustrating social expectations. The fragment presents a witty exchange: the wife asks if going to the club is necessary, the husband replies it is not strictly necessary, but he needs the rest.
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