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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
7
Fragmentary Philadelphia Press item shows marines warning a child about goblins and a bride lamenting a splintered finger while her fiancée insists the finger is worth $5,000 plus for the engagement ring. The exchange blends whimsy with implied costs and romance in a terse, period tone.
A painting guide offered free by National Lead Company of New York promotes careful material choice for property owners. The Dutch Boy Painter trademark signifies purity, with an outfit that includes color schemes, specifications, and a simple tool for testing paint purity.
A garbled, informal prompt questions reforming the party and includes playful interjections about Florida having too many initials. The text resembles a stray writing snippet with no clear news event or identifiable entities.
James Lee of 11 Ath Street Washington D C describes a serious back injury from a scaffold fall thirty years ago. He details constant pain, tried plasters and balms without relief, then used Sloan's Liniment after his daughter applied it. He credits six and a half bottles with restoring work capacity at age sixty seven.
An uncertain line mentions an officehead described as Firm-Creat Caesar and notes one of them weighing 20 pounds. The fragmented text lacks clear context or verifiable facts.
A premature dynamite blast at the Callanan Improvement Company quarry near South Bethlehem eleven miles southwest of Albany North Carolina kills at least twenty men. Victims include John Hoyt Callanan and several named workers. 8,000 pounds of dynamite were prepared for a 40,000 ton blast. The explosion hurled rock and debris, shattering windows and causing widespread shock among residents.
A 1908 UK inquiry report says American beef firms in London exist in a limited four-company mix not yet powerful enough to threaten the British beef trade. It warns that if these firms gain Argentina interests they could influence prices at Smithfield and across the country through control of live cattle and chilled or frozen beef imports.
A period advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh in all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers 100 dollars for a failure to cure and directs readers to Toledo, Ohio. Also promotes Kemp's Balsam as a trusted cough remedy with a 25 cent price.
The Cuban House of Representatives passed by 62 to 20 a bill to establish a national lottery. The 32 article outline awaits further discussion, with the government hoping for annual revenue of 1 to 2 million dollars. The plan calls for three drawings monthly and leaves ticket numbers and prize amounts to the treasury secretary’s discretion.
A fragment mentions Poslitom, Finx's oldest boy, having run away from home. The speaker muses that Jinx may be furious, but another line hints that Poslitom envies sin as Houston past. The text suggests familial estrangement and emotional tension within a troubled household.
Cure That Cold to Day Nearly all druggists have Lane's Pleasant Widster for Colds and Crip to break up a cold quicker than any remedy. A trial will convince you. Save doctors' bills by ordering today. 25 cents a box. Sample free. Ad dress Orator F Woodward Le Roy NY
In a Chicago Tribune fragment a nurse frets aloud over a missing covenant while a mistress questions the matter. The anxious caregiver wrings her hands and begs for action as she searches for the document.
For over a century PHEYITS YE SALVO is claimed to cure eye diseases everywhere. All druggists of Lloward Bros Buffalo New York carry the product.
A garbled dialog shows Muriel and Rue dolph discussing warmth and price while a nervous buyer, nicknamed Steventy, is linked to a theft. A police justice questions a umbrella thief, with the umbrella bearing names and a sketchy suspect story emerging from the scene in Chicago.
William J Amis killed last August at Bayside Yacht Club. Navy officer, an Army officer, faces potential new trial after jurors guarded by guards were allegedly mishandled. Conviction came after a three hour jury deliberation shocking prosecutors. No court demonstrations followed verdict.
The Missouri House sent back the statewide prohibition resolution to the Senate after refusing to concur in Senate amendments. A conference committee will be appointed to resolve differences as a popular vote on a constitutional amendment is debated. The vote also touched tax changes and a bill on financing social clubs.
New York Court of Appeals upholds lower court rulings in Locker v American Tobacco Co. The decision states that a single party may sell to whom it pleases and that substantial market control does not itself violate anti trust law. The ruling clarifies that an illegal restraint requires a combination of several persons.
A small boy in Jeffersonville Indiana threw a lit match into a monkey cage during a Geentry circus parade. The straw bedding ignited and before attendants could act seven trained monkeys were cremated. The boy’s name is not recorded.
A man at McNeil Arkansas claims he cannot recall his name or past except for the initials H. A. W. on his linen. He says he was in Texas and worked as a university professor, but his memory ends there. He remains an unnamed, unidentified stranger until further identification can be made.
Oscar S Straus is officially named American ambassador to Turkey succeeding Joli G Leishman and the appointment was gazetted by the subline porte on Wednesday.
A cablegram to the isthmian canal commission from Chief Engineer Northads reports April excavation on the Panama Canal reached 3,454,604 cubic yards. The April figure trails the prior month’s total.
The French senate released a new draft including concessions for the Quilted States. The maximum duty on canned meents is reduced from 36 frances to 2y tranucs per 100 kilos.
Luther J. Brown head of the detective bureau of the United Railroads was acquitted on Wednesday of the alleged kidnapping charge involving Fremont Order, San Francisco Bulletin managing editor, after a warrant for criminal libel had been sworn in a Los Angeles court.
Snow Lioa reports heavy snow in Montana counties with a foot in Gallatin and much heavier accumulation in the mountains. The bursts of snow affect several partitions of the state as slick conditions spread Tuesday.
New York police raided the Long Acre Athletic Club on Tuesday night after the program ended. Referee Joy Hessa and two fighters in the ring, Young Williama and Morgan, were arrested as the bout at Brown's Gymnasium went unmapped.
A dated advertisement proclaims Sry Wurlae Bye as a remedy for red, weak, weary, and watery eyes. It claims compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Law and casts the product as a trusted solution from experienced makers. Names like Murlie Dovan and Boothes Eye Vain appear in the copy.
Melbourne Town reader Mrs. Clara Watermann says she suffered for years from female troubles and bearing-down pains. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended and greatly helped her, leading to many friends also using it and improving.
The Philadelphia Press reviews this month’s magazines noting excessive illustrated fiction. The piece cites a particularly stylish example described as ud showing flow and fashion, referencing a $7 Setual So suit.
Two young girls suffered severe eczema including lesions on the limbs and scalp. After physician care failed,使用 Cuticura Remedies brought marked improvement. by the second course the skin grew soft and smooth. Mrs. Charles Baker of Albion Maine reports September 21, 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. role props.
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