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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
6
Poem fragment by William Hurd Hillyer in Lippincott's Magazine describes the tram, distant voices, and a wintry landscape beyond a grand terminus. It contrasts welcomed greetings with the loneliness of passage through a clanging gate into a strange city unknown.
Captain Mather of the Grip hurries to his ship when a dapper stranger offers a deal to smuggle heavy cases. After lavish dinner aboard the vessel, the unnamed patron feigns hospitality, then disappears with the crew. The Grip later arrives in Southampton to find the yacht abandoned and the mysterious yachtsman vanished, while a luxury yacht robbery unfolds off the Scilly Isles.
A man fakes a riding pioneer career to cover overspending, shipping a vast English riding outfit. Rev J W Kimbrell in Madison Mo conducts 200 telephoned sermon listeners, sparking talk of telephonic services as a church method. The piece also notes railway and regional political notes and a series of local incidents and crimes including hangings and property losses.
Analysis notes rising tensions among Russia Japan and Britain over Manchuria and China. Warns of possible world war with Great Britain and the United States as moral allies to Japan and Britain. Describes naval moves, diplomatic notes, and potential actions if peace efforts fail.
A Missouri preacher introduces salvation by telephone a new service model using wire transmission for exhortation prayer and bene diction through transmitter and receiver. The article notes how this modern approach aims to extend religious instruction and communal gathering beyond traditional confines.
Alice Cornelia Thaw becomes Countess of Yarmouth after a Pittsburg wedding to the Earl of Yarmouth of England. The groom, about 33, comes from one of England’s oldest noble families and faced bankruptcy scares years ago. The bride, a Pittsburgh society figure, is noted for her father’s iron fortune and social prominence.
British forces in Somaliland were overwhelmed by the Mad Mullah's troops. An attacking column of 10,000 defeated a 220-man British force, with all officers and 180 native troops killed. The battle, led by Col Cobbe, sparked alarm among loyal natives though strategic rescues followed. Col Swain’s earlier defeat weighed less on local loyalty than this ambush.
A 19th century household guide advises preparing a wash mix with water alcohol and eau de Cologne, then dampening hair before styling. It warns housewives to protect delicate cut glass and china by gradual temperature changes, brush cleaning with tepid soapy water, and drying with wood sawdust to absorb moisture, then air drying slowly to prevent breakage.
Practical advice on dental care from brushing to weekly soap washes and powders. Recommends sapona ceous dentine, English chalk powder with bone and borax, oil of wintergreen, and tincture of myrrh as an inexpensive regimen. Warns against daily soap use and costly French washes.
A collection of old time recipes including Cheese Custards with grated cheese butter eggs and milk baked until firm, Rice Omelet made with cold rice milk butter salt pepper and eggs, Poached Eggs with Cream using simmering water cream butter and salt, Potato Puffs with mashed potatoes lard butter milk sugar salt egg yeast and dough, and Farm House Cake with flour sugar fat and raising agents.
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