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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1904
Page
8
An unreliable, chaotic excerpt shows a group of deformed children and others reacting to a staged misdeed. A young woman and a boy recount a supposed accident involving a coat and a shawl as the crowd questions self-respect and normalcy among the disabled children. The scene hinges on mischief and stigma.
A Pennsylvania family shares a near miraculous recovery of a young girl after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The parents credit the remedy with stopping suffering from rheumatism once the kidneys improved, allowing her to run and play normally. The note asserts rheumatism stems from diseased kidneys and uric acid in the blood, and claims the pills correct kidney function.
The article contrasts Native American remedies such as cold water, purging, vomiting, and bleeding with white settlers medical practices. It notes Indians avoided smallpox and many diseases before contact, while frontier doctors used amulets and incantations. It cites Oliver Wendell Holmes and colonial figures contrasting crude or magical remedies with early American experiments in medicine.
A personal testimonial from Gate Creek, Michigan, claims nervousness and headaches vanished after switching from tea and coffee to Postum, a cereal beverage. The note praises Postum for a healthy baby, promotes a ten day trial, and references The Road to Wellville.
In a tense scene during a siege era ambulance crisis, Rameau judges no hope for Munzel and prepares a morphine sleep to ease the dying man. Conchita pleads against euthanasia while Talvanne and Rameau clash over mercy, faith, and conscience as night deepens.
A border patrol near Tia Juana California halted a hay wagon suspecting smuggling. Investigating, officers found a false bottom with fourteen Chinese handcuffed end to end under a wagon bed. The Mexicans confessed. the driver was jailed and the alleged contraband were rescued, exposing a grim smuggling method.
An artist explains the appeal of oil portraits bought cheaply for family displays in homes. One tale recalls a man who rejected his own portrait only to learn it and others were used as part of a family gallery, illustrating portraits' incidental social value and the humor of historic keepsakes.
A speculative, satirical piece surveys attitudes toward women and marriage, noting public life as a target for mockery. It contrasts old and new ideas about money, propriety, and family support, then shifts to a fable about a Vermont suitor and future plans.
Local naturalists are puzzled as twenty four ducks at Beandywine Park Del refuse to enter the water, they only dip their bills and huddle on shore. Education in Japan and Russia shows Japan with one in nine pupils in school age and Russia with one in forty. Some fertilizer brands are guaranteed to value the mortgage.
A New York Sun item recounts captains debating ship names and fortunes. An old captain notes some names mislead, citing the Bonanza a vexing debtor's ship, the Hard Luck that proved profitable for its owner, and many Snow Flakes painted green or black. He recalls bald-headed crew selections and a Rocket schooner sent north to load Christmas trees, then arriving in Philadelphia in February.
Fray J Caeney senior partner of F Journet & Co swears firm will pay one hundred dollars for any data art uncured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Notary public confirms oath December 10 1886. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. F Cheney & Co Toledo sold by druggists. Matt’s Family Pills best.
Aboard the Albatross in clear weather off Guam the sounding line reached four thousand eight hundred thirteen fathoms or twenty eight thousand eight hundred seventy eight feet, matching Everest height in depth. The May 1884 report credits the feat to American geographical science aboard the vessel.
A testimonial from Mrs May Farsuatsa of Minneapolis extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound noting relief from headaches organic pains and general weariness after faithful use. She says friends were advised and benefited and invites others to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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