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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1915
Page
13
A fragment from a local column expresses anger at perceived misbehavior among women after a death. The speaker recalls a widow lamenting a financial loss and the moral judgments she faces, depicting social tension and grief in a small community.
Mr C C Duffy returned Wednesday evening from a few days fishing trip at Spirit Lake. Chris says fishing is better at Spirit Lake this year than for many years. L C Doolittle went to Grasttinger Wednesday evening, returning Thursday. The passage includes a humorous quote about a boss and a man laughing, attributed to H F Lockhart in Inland Printer.
A June American Magazine piece by Flix Parker Batler titled The Son and Father Movement recounts a humorous night spent with a boy and mosquitos, ending without a big laugh. Walter Prichard Eaton, Rebecca Wooper Bastian, David Crayson, George Fitch, Ida Tarbell, Margaret Anglin, Jew, Rite W. Lardner, Ernest Poole, Hugh S. Fullerton, James Montgomery Flagg, and Edwin T. Sabin contribute items ranging from serials and articles to jokes. the issue features five short items in Interesting People and portraits, plus prize-winning letters and lively, varied content.
A local column warns against skipping the home paper noting a man who saves a dollar a year misses local notices and events, then reports Mrs Ralph Rosseau and baby returning Friday from Ottoson after visiting relatives.
An editorial extols confidence as the backbone of success and urges Estherville residents to support local growth. It argues that Dunn leaders and active Commercial Club members, not critics, drive progress and attract opportunity to the city and its businesses.
A fragment suggests the undertaker may, at times, be a city builder when progress is halted by opposition. The piece notes that a knocker opposing progress hinders neighbors, preferring change to be buried underground rather than visible.
In a quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer a reader asks when Samson’s power left him. The reply imagines it happened when Sampson looked at himself in a mirror, implying vanity caused his downfall.
An antiquated fragment depicts a hobo offering a precaution about water use while a clock’s passage and a back-and-forth with a feminine voice suggest a stage or radio scene. The text references Richmond Times-Dispatch and Fenn State Truth in a quirky, fragmented exchange.
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