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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1910
Page
2
An advertisement extols Alabastine wall finishes as a clean, durable, easy to apply decoration for homes. It claims moisture resistance, insect and germ barriers, and a complete color plan with stencils. The ad invites readers to obtain a home decorating book from the Alabastine Company in Grand Rapids.
Fragmentary OCR note describes a young woman and a person named Grunewald introducing Esperanto as a simple expressive language. It mentions Bare Winslow's Ayrup for teething and provider claims about soothing inflammation and Wad colic with a 25e bottle. The readable text is highly garbled.
A fragment describes a teapot allegedly in the family for a hundred years or more. The text hints at long history and many cooks, though details are unclear. The tone is casual and garbled, reflecting OCR quality rather than a finalized report.
A fragmentary clipping describes two young lawyers causing a scene in a court clerk’s office. The clerk ejects them while they insist they are in the right, with one remark hinting at a joke about the dying. The text blends garbled lines and stray ad-like notes from Sucess Magazine.
Sicilian residents flee as Mt Etna vents multiple lava streams forming a 20 foot high mass. Crater activity intensifies with thunderous detonations and earth tremors. Smoke blankets Mascalucia and Nicolosi as villagers gather, praying for mercy while new craters open and stations are destroyed.
An agreement was reached after mediation between 27,000 firemen on western rail rounds and railroad managers. The wage demand seeks a 124 percent increase to be decided by arbitration. Promotions to enginfeeder positions keep seniority, regardless of union. Arbitration board to decide the wage question, with W C Nixon and W Carter signing for managers and the locomotive firemen’s union.
Wednesday fire in Excelsior Springs Mo threatened the town watering place. Thirteen small houses a bath house and a plumbing shop burned before firemen stopped the flames. Loss estimated at 75630. Fire started in a bath house and spread to nearby residences. A car for help was sent to Salina City as a precaution. The local fire brigade, aided by arriving volunteers, extinguished the blaze before full containment.
Josiah Gilbert was shot and killed in his home in Oklahoma City during a quarrel with his wife on Wednesday night. The couple had separated two months earlier after Gilbert left home and returned to reconcile, leading to the fatal confrontation.
Sioux City quotations show steer prices at seven dollars per hundredweight and top hogs reaching ten dollars and eighty six cents. The brief market snapshot lists Tor beeves at $7.00 and top hogs at $10.86.
A Norwegian freight steamer named Dixie capsized in the Elbe mouth during a severe storm. Fifteen crew members perished in the disaster, with searches ongoing for any survivors. The Dixie had been sailing from a Scottish port when disaster struck, authorities reported.
President Gomez issues a decree fixing the period from April 1910 to July 1911 to mark the centennial of Venezuela’s independence. The order outlines the celebration timeline and official observances to honor the nation’s milestone.
Documentary clues surface on a French Bible leaf showing marriages and births tied to Cerisse Corella Wayne and Hamleye Hackleye. Rumors fixate Hackleye as the killer while public interest swells over Harcourt and Mrs Harcourt’s hospital drama and the tangled, ongoing investigations.
Betty, Betty’s confusion clears as Larry and Johnny recount the events at the Directory Hotel. She describes entering Mrs Harcourt’s room while feigning illness, triggering a hotel clerk’s summons, and an unexpected encounter in the corridor with a soft, furry, beastly presence described as the Man-Aperilla.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a Williamshure letter box destroying about fifty letters. Police suspect a young man wrote a marriage proposal to his girl then set the letters ablaze to destroy his own. a cautionary note attributed to George Ade is cited.
In a ruminative exchange, Brother Wagstaff ponders the first plug hat’s purpose while Brother Beckett cautions that without it white congregants and Black preachers might clash over who wears the headgear, revealing ongoing racial tensions in religious circles.
A Brooklyn style reader letter complains about eavesdropping sound on a rural line. The writer reports attempting conversation with a neighbor and noting interference. The brief piece captures local frustration over listening in and miscommunications echoed by a Boston Herald bystander.
Loomis calls Randall-Sam Crusty the closest fisted man he has met. Randall says he failed the other day, paid 12 cents on the dollar and sought a large discount from the coach. Chicago News
A garbled advertisement claims a miracle syrup mix using syrup of Sursaparidia and Toris compound with whiskey. It promises dramatic early relief and urges readers to obtain ingredients from a druggist or supplier, asserting many severe cases are cured.
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for skin scalp hair and hands. It promises relief from itching irritation and facial eruptions while praising cleansing and emollient properties. Also mentions Potter Drug Boston and a free Cuticura Book on care of skin and scalp.
A smoke blue broadcloth coat with a one piece skirt and waist, trimmed with soutache braid and self covered buttons. The wake features a smoke blue dotted net. In Germany wholesale prices run about 70 cents for a male canal and 17 cents for females.
A Wisconsin mother recalls headaches from coffee and notes improvement after switching to Postum. She credits better health for herself and her family, claiming headaches vanish and bilious attacks cease. The letter markets Postum as a remedy and cites widespread benefits and a famous book reference.
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