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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
3
The New York Press notes Charles XII of Sweden valued well drilled fighters above large numbers. A surprise 600 men rose at night in Poland, formed in battle, and repelled an 8,000 strong force, by daylight annihilating Russians and Poles who had overestimated him.
Tom Osborne, a bookseller, confronted Samuel Johnson in his room over a perceived delay. Johnson struck with a large folio, knocking Osborne to the floor, then pinned him to condemn his arrogance and taunt him as dull and ignorant before leaving.
A village near Nuremberg reports discovery of several valuable relics for archaeologists but the mayor refuses space for the Nuremberg museum director. He cites already present attractions including merry-go-rounds, a bearded woman, apes, trained dogs, and Hungarian musicians.
Greenland remains highly exclusive, distant from tourists, with landing sanctioned only for government vessels. Denmark tightly governs trade, fixing food prices and sale prices to protect Arctic Greenlanders from unscrupulous merchants.
In a witty exchange a hostess notes her husband amuses her with excuses for late downtown returns as she imagines his brain at work. A caller counters with the husband who is methodical and once numbered excuses, now calling from the stairs with a number. Judge remarks frame the humorous contrast.
A humorous quip exposes a boastful husband who claims ten years of monogamy while a witty acquaintance teases him. The exchange unveils a lively, everyday domestic scene with quick lines about family and clever misdirection.
In dialogue from Boston Transcript, Newedd notes the house is provided by her father in law but he expects her to furnish the furniture. a friend asks if he furnished it. The line reflects expectations around furnishing a home and family dynamics.
A humorous An Atchison Globe quote about sharing sorrow with a portly listener to spark tears and laughter, ending with a playful note about where the river is in a local humorous voice.
The Philadelphia Record notes Blobbs and Hardappe are so familiar locally that even borrowing an umbrella is a public joke highlighting their fame. The quip reflects a lighthearted social portrait of notable townspeople.
Quote attributed to Mitchell emphasizes that genius lies in energy and industry, not in innate talent. The remark frames effort as the true driver of achievement. No additional context or events accompany the quotation.
Soper Allen and Alexander provide real estate abstracts for Emmet County and Estheryilie Iowa, offering title abstracts and related services through their firm.
Dr N F Hawk osteopath completes a line of electric apparatus for treatment of eczema galters eye and ear troubles and skin diseases. Rooms Sand 4s phone 4s offices over Post Office Estherville Iowa.
Dr W Bachman physician and surgeon located over First National Bank with residence on North Seventh Street. Office hours are 6 to 2 and 2 to 4 p m all calls promptly answered.
CLINITE D D S Dentist Office overlows Savings Bank. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets promise to brace nerves banish headaches prevent despondency and invigorate the system Sold by S W Williams. Venerable Turtle Nathan Sampson finds a marked turtle dating back to 1840 and 1816 preserved by his ancestors.
An article notes excessive tunnel condensation on electric locomotives in the Simpson tunnel causing insulation problems due to temperature differences. The piece also advertises Foley Kidney Pills, claiming relief from backache, headaches, nervousness, impaired eyesight, and kidney and bladder issues, endorsed by S. H. Williams.
A noted saying by Jeremy Taylor extols the best friend as the finest ally who is chosen for lasting loyalty and retained as long as he remains true to the purpose for which he was chosen.
The piece notes government inspection making Italian export olive oil mostly pure on leaving Italy while home demand exceeds supply, forcing large imports of cotton-seed oil from America. It reports government action to improve olive culture to address the imbalance.
A Merital product from the American Drug and Press Association is described as absolutely pure and of real merit. It is chosen by association directors as the best article for its purpose and endorsed by leading physicians druggists and newspaper men nationwide.
A small town boy visiting the country wakes to adult complaints about a skunk. He cries, believing he missed the experience, then learns the stink was due to a drunk, prompting a humorous moment about perception and innocence.
Terrific sand storms occur in the Shantung provinces of China. Around tombs and undisturbed soil the annual deposit can be traced for ages, with a minimum season layer of an eighth of an inch.
An advertisement asserts Foley Kidney Pills provide the right kind of help to neutralize poisons causing backache headache and nervousness linked to kidney and bladder ailments. It mentions S H Williams as the signer.
A German passenger unable to rest due to snoring neighbors in a sleeping car finally explodes with a loud exclamation, "Tanks!" in what the Housekeeper notes as a wakeful moment. The comic vignette captures travel discomfort and cross language mischief.
A winter scene shows Enja min Franklin laying color coded handkerchiefs on snow to test heat absorption. Black underfooted more warmth, red similar, blue less, white minimal, while yellow and green fall between. The note warns colors affect warmth in clothing and explains seasonal appropriateness.
A fragment from the London Chronicle notes 1814 riots tied to steam printing at the Times. It mentions logographic printing, where words were cast ready to save typesetters, and observes cliches of journalism evolving while women no longer appear in reports.
China hosts vast bamboo raft farms that serve as floating plantations with houses and gardens on water. Farmers grow rice and vegetables using nutrient mud as artificial soil and attach large sails to move the islands. After harvest they fish from nets, supplying meals for their families.
In a tale about William Harrison Ainsworth and friends 8. M. Dia recounts Ainsworth resisting but Forster insisting on buying Hogarth engravings for £5. The anecdote shows Forster outpacing Ainsworth’s reluctance and securing the set.
Chess stands alone in the number of possible moves with first four moves on each side being so numerous that even a half million people playing four moves a minute day and night would take more than a year to complete a single game.
A London Telegraph snippet shows a lady warning an Irish gardener named Patrick after nearly stepping on a tortoise. The gardener reassures the lady he would not harm the creature, insisting he would not hurt a hair of its head.
A humorous exchange shows a child dreaming of becoming a gentle, question-asking elder with leisure to stroll and ponder. The playful dialogue captures timeless curiosity and fond family interaction.
A bright boy overhears parents discussing teachers salaries and declares that children do all the work, questioning why teachers get paid. The remark reflects a child’s blunt view of labor and reward in a domestic vignette.
A brief, stagey scene shows a policeman preventing entry at night, remarking that a visitor cannot open the door with a cigar while the lit key jokes resurface with exclamations and a chuckle of relief.
A reflective note on how the joys and support of friends and community shape a man’s happiest hours, suggesting that collective goodwill and shared generosity sustain personal happiness beyond solitary effort.
A quip filled meditation on money as a social force and mania. It discusses money as a measure of intelligence and a cause of obsession, noting its religious fervor in modern life and its entanglement with desire, status, and fate. The piece cites money’s dual role as exchange medium and social religion.
A ship wrecked off the Trish coast after the compass was deflected by a pocket knife blade left in the compass box. A cleaning sailor had broken off the knife point, which altered the ship's course and contributed to the disaster.
A Minneapolis Tribune anecdote notes that education comes in many forms from Gaelic poetry by a ground-rent farmer to a student who sells his horse to pay university tuition in Aberdeen. It humorously contrasts love of Homer with reading in Greek and cites diverse Scottish learners.
A playful London Tit Bits snippet questions a dockside scene with a smart lad explaining a cruiser. The quips cover what a cruiser is where it goes how it moves who is aboard and why cleanliness matters. It reads as a light humor vignette from a bygone era.
A recipe describes Manhattan Scallop as a breakfast or luncheon dish. Use shredded cold fish, skin and bone removed, with breadcrumbs salt pepper eggs and stewed tomatoes. Bake in a buttered dish with buttered breadcrumbs until browned in a hot oven.
A French writer proposes a scale to compare planet sizes to the sun using coins. Earth equals a 20 franc piece, Venus 15, Mars 2, Mercury 7, Uranus 280, Neptune 320, Saturn 1 840, Jupiter 6 800, and the Sun 6 780 000.
A reflection on the restraint shown to neighbors in need, noting that true charity often means not intruding. The piece contrasts solicitous interference with a tortured heart’s plea for privacy, suggesting that inward mercy can surpass outward aid.
A Judge recounts a humorous moment as a doctor seeks to take a patient’s temperature. The man protests that he cannot swallow the thermometer, noting he has never been sick before. The scene captures a light relief moment in a medical setting.
A reflection on how the interval between a question and its answer mirrors the value of the reply. It suggests that longer delays can signal greater wisdom, while shorter gaps may suffice for simpler queries.
A cryptic note urges readers to shield the doors that guard private matters. It presents a playful warning about maintaining discretion and decorum in delicate situations. The tone echoes a vintage newspaper brief with a curious cultural angle.
A physician prescribes six ounces of gin with murax compound and field extract buchu as a daily remedy after meals and at night to treat kidney and bladder issues. The note warns that weak kidneys require timely treatment to avoid rapid serious trouble.
A historical note promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a true medicine offering healing, strengthening, antiseptic and tonic effects. It asserts quick action and attributes the endorsement to 8 H Williams.
Java is an island in the Malay archipelago, a major seat of Dutch power in the east, and the largest of the Sunda group after Sumatra and Borneo. It stretches about 630 miles long and 36 to 120 miles wide, with a population near thirty million. Key exports include sugar, coffee, tea, rice and tobacco.
Regulating the system urges against torpid liver and harsh laxatives as harmful. The American Drug and Press Association promotes Meritol Chocolate Granules as a gentle safe liver regulator and laxative, useful for disordered stomach, digestion, and travel. Send 25 cents to Decorah Iowa for a package if not available locally.
The article explains the quadrille name from the dancers square formation and that country dance stems from contre danse, noting the term reflects couples facing each other. It also includes a testimonial for Foley Kidney Remedy from M N George of Irondale Alabama praising rapid relief from kidney trouble and back pain.
A social critique argues that abolishing the divorce problem requires tackling alimony. It contends that those who wish to share money should live together, claiming this would reduce divorces.
Mrs O B Palmer of Little Rock Arkansas reported her son recovered from measles with a severe cough after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. She states the remedy cured him completely and he has not been troubled since. The text emphasizes croup whooping cough and measles cough respond to the product and warns to use the genuine yellow packaged formula.
A historic newspaper snippet notes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for Burns, Boils, Scalds, Sores, Cuts, and more with forty years of cures. The ad mentions kerosene added to shoe blacking and includes cautions about godly refinement and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy guarantees.
Dr Edward L Trudha u argues for hospital care for advanced TB and home and school measures to protect children. He notes about half of children in crowded districts become infected by age five and advocates home regulation, better school hygiene, segregation of active cases, and open air schools for latent TB to prevent and cure disease in children.
Dr. 8 H. offers Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after two thirds of a bottle. The tablets cleanse and invigorate the stomach aid digestion regulate the bowels. Try them to feel well.
A poet guides his children through an art gallery exclaiming at a painting showing a figure sleeping on a park bench. He notes the artist has placed the poet's last volume in the figure’s hand, reflecting on literary recognition in a public scene.
Twelve parts tin two parts zinc one part aluminum and one per cent chlor ide of sodium makes an alloy with which aluminum can be soldered eas ily.
A character presses a burning kiss on her cheek and her face becomes ashen, as quoted from a Judge authored work.
Promote Electric Bitters as a safe remedy to ward off real swamp perils like malaria and typhoid. Claim three bottles cured Mr. Fretwell of Lucama, North Carolina, and endorse its availability at 60 cents from S. H. Williams.
Miss Minnie Pickard of Altamshaw North Carolina says she was ashamed of her pimples but after using D D D Prescription there is no sign of eczema from three years ago The ad touts D D D as a penetrating skin cure with soothing wintergreen and thymo ingredients claiming it clears eczema pimples blackheads and other skin troubles A 26 cent bottle is offered and the Vindicator and Republican office advertises alloyed silver pennies for sale
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