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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
5
An essay urges women to value home duties and teach girls to work while guiding boys to share chores. It argues beauty corrupts judgment, insists mothers train daughters to earn a living, and promotes neatness, self-respect, and family duty as key American ideals. It closes with reflections on memory, kindness, and life's brevity.
A fragmented item recalls Rosenbaum, Smith, and Brown running gold clothing stores. A cautious fire visits the trio, prompting fire sale signs, but customers flock to Rosenbaum. The neighbor’s gas meter and a hidden main entrance are teased as a dramatic reveal.
Tr Ix notes Ivan the Terrible was amused by a beard sent by Queen Mary of England. He reportedly smiled at the sight and, after dinner, played with it as if it were his favorite toy.
In a sly exchange a friend asks Mr. Meekton if he always speaks kindly to his wife Henrietta. He replies always, but explains the real motive is self-preservation, not gentleness.
A veteran railroad man laments that honesty is rising but asserts old tricks linger. He argues truthfulness improves public trust, yet warns against complacency and a relapse into deceit as pressures from shippers and public demand persist. He notes whisky sales once fueled bad business, now waning, yet warns danger remains.
A garbled note recounts a small railway line at Coleshill in North Warwickshire, described as a brief local service with a single carriage per day. It mentions the Hue of Ones and people tied to the line, hinting at a quaint, intermediate train setup and modest operations in a tiny town.
The Champlain and St. Lawrence railway opened with a trial run in 1846 from Laprairie to St Johns, with early wood rails and horse-drawn cars. Later notes cover US rail mileage in 1907, earnings, and safety incidents in France, plus English and American fast trains and a 60 locomotive order for Milwaukee.
An ad notes a door to door clock return service by Jay Johnston and Co. They offer to fetch the clock and set it, sparing the owner transport. The piece then discusses fake dummy dishes at public banquets and the deception of stage style food versus real offerings, noting caterers use counterfeit displays to cut costs while appeasing guests.
A brief note from Jay oinston and Cas praising a local jeweler as a good one and expressing satisfaction with service.
By virtue of a special execution from the District Court of Jaws county the property of John W. Osborn and Quon Osborn is scheduled for sale. The east half of the NE quarter of section 12 in township eighty one north of range thirty two will be sold on May 1, 1900 at 10 a.m. at the front door of the county court house to satisfy a debt of 4903.01 dollars plus 524 dollars costs and fees. Dulikat Matherville Iowa. A W Beep Sheriff.
Notice is given of a sheriffs sale by virtue of a writ of execution directed to the sheriff of Emmet County Iowa. The property is the northeast quarter of section ninety nine in township ninety nine range thirty four west of the principal meridian owned by Mary Lynch and Annie Lyell. The sale is May 1 at 10 a.m. at the court house door in Emmet County, Iowa, to satisfy a debt of five thousand seven hundred fifty one hundredths dollars with costs.
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