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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
6
Fragmented sale notes list seven teams and multiple items with prices around 2800 to 8100. References to Perse, Piteler, Preron, Prever, and assorted names suggest a cluttered ad page seeking buyers, with Cottage North Boethent and other locations mentioned alongside garbled phrases and partial product hints.
A dense OCR of professional cards lists numerous lawyers physicians surgeons chiropractors and veterinarians with partial addresses and practice notes. It mentions Albert Nash, Day E W Bachman M D, C Garnt, R G Ross D V M, and others along with street names and partial specialties, reflecting a busy local trades and professional directory segment. The fragmentary text includes names, titles, and scattered practice references across several streets and locales.
N M Reed plans to give up his fight amid town campaign activity. Praise for Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown and inspections are ready to report. Gettysburg veterans must file applications by June as regional political efforts shift toward Knoxville or Chariton.
A 19th century glimpse into photomicrography explains two light methods to reveal unseen life and structures. It describes microphotography on glass slides or thin water films, using intense illumination and special lenses to render microscopic entities visible on screen. It notes the craft of microcamera optics, German glass, and the dramatic display of minute organisms as never before seen.
Thackhenny presents a whimsical set titled postage stamp portraits of the English royal family. He cuts beads from stamps and mounts them on pea sketch bodies drawn with his signature humor, creating a quirky visual style.
The New York Sun quotes Adam noting people blame middlemen for living costs while not blaming the first man. He remarks that the sole item not blamed is the originator itself.
A humorous exchange shows Mabel asking for two pieces of cake and her mother rebuking the repeated request. The captioned joke reflects domestic wit and daily-life humor typical of Chicago News.
In Weehaterity California a woman died after a kettle of burning oil spilled while she mixed paint. She attempted to lift the kettle off a stove and was doused with oil. Her husband carried her outside to a watering tank where he fell, and she succumbed to severe burns at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital.
H N Woodmaney, agent for a Des Moines loan house, drove an oil tractor down hill near Tiger street bridge when plows failed and the engine ran away. It plunged over the bank into ten feet of water. He freed himself, was rescued on a rock downstream, and hospitalized with four broken ribs.
May 26. Mrs Kedit fired at a tramp attempting to enter a Carroll home. The shot struck her sister, Mrs Joe Carpenter, in the leg, seriously wounding her as the intruder fled across the street. Mrs Reif fired a warning shot but the tramp escaped.
May storm at a Luzerne school southeast of Belle Plaine ends with teacher Miss Ella Stuckenbrook 24 killed by a ball of fire when she closed a door during lightning. Four students fled to a nearby house for help as the building was damaged and the classroom fell silent.
Ernest Clelotta describes travel from Guayaquil to Callao aboard ships lacking harbors, where crews of powerful Peruvian boatmen row in a galley style. He compares them to ancient Egyptian and Cham race traits, noting their beamed oars, broad faces, and muscular arms as they work the oars in unison aboard nearshore vessels.
A fragment from an old publication contrasts windows with light entry and social custom. It includes a humorous anecdote about Henry, a boy asking his father if he is liked more than his brothers, and ends with a St. Louis brokerage tale about mistaken identity and a gentlemanly bet.
A humorous exchange from editorials contrasts a dieter in a dietetic class who has not eaten breakfast for months with a playful appetite schedule and a senator who jokes about shaking hands so hard a constituent cannot ask questions. The remarks illustrate light political and social satire in early 20th century press.
A short, colorful exchange about tedious work and looming employment reflects weary anticipation. The Chicago Record-Herald notes the strain of waiting for a new job while the Florida Times-Union quotes a proverb on how love of gain can make a wise man act foolish.
Ale, a farm hand, is greeted with buttermilk by the farmer’s daughter as he drives a reaping machine. Their exchanged questions and shy candor lead to a sudden confession of love, set against harvest sounds and rural life.
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