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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1911
Page
10
A clipped exchange presents two phrases likely from a dialogue or caption. One line mentions a “credit” and another poses a question about “First Hobo” with a defiant remark about not throwing cold water on anything. The fragment hints at a playful or literary exchange without a clear event or context.
A humorous piece notes a Quebec debating club where participants draw topics from a hat. A young countryman draws bat and explains three meanings: baseball bat, flying nocturnal bat, and a swimming bat. The quip reflects dialect and mistaken aspirates.
A railroad wife reports her husband, once a heavy tea drinker, improved after switching to Postum. He slept better, felt steadier and preferred Postum at all meals. His brother, altered from coffee, also recovered. Letter attributed to Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, cites The Road to Wellville.
Practical agricultural bulletin stresses diversified feeding and care for dairy cattle and hogs. It covers pasture quality, grain use, salt essentials, poultry management, crop rotation, fodder handling, and fall garden cleanup to boost butter, milk, eggs, and meat production with focus on water quality and humane stock handling.
An article based on a visit by the vice-president of a major U S hardware firm stresses Western Canada's spring wheat as pivotal to the economy. It notes winter wheat and oats also grow well, with 200 million bushels as a potential yield, though July and August weather may affect the total. The piece observes vast arable land but only a small portion cultivated, and coffeehouse-scale prospects attract farmers and workers from across Canadian provinces and the United States.
Tit Bits reports a sharp witticism about an au thoress during dinner discussing literature. A critic laughs at her red hair while her books are cited as lacking. A future-aimed remark repeats the jibe, noting the name later sparked a renewed literary turn of conversation.
A politician with a telephone frank laughs at cheap talk then discovers his frank expired after $20 of calls. He mutters that the old saying Silence is golden was right, echoed by a judge. The piece satirically critiques talk and honesty in politics.
A remark notes Doctor Curem uses autohypnosis in his sessions. The conversation hints he specializes in motor nerves, sparking curiosity about his methods and focus.
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