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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr King s New Discovery as quick permanent relief for coughs colds and lung affections. It claims worldwide popularity and guarantees refunds if not helped. A Joliet Illinois testimonial notes dramatic cough reduction and life saved after using the remedy.
A notice from Iowa Executive Council dated November 10 1918 cites petitions from 50 freeholders in Kugmet and Dickinson counties and 20 Haetherville residents seeking authority to drain and improve the meandered Kour Mile Lake bed under Chapter 186. A hearing is set for December 13 1913 at Des Moines to decide on granting drainage authority and land disposition.
A reader recalls an Estherville case where W H Lynch, a machinist, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing his backache and weak kidneys after trying endorsements from home. He urges others with disordered kidneys to use the remedy, sold by Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo at 50 cents.
A Country Gentleman correspondent explains how to raise winter layers by matching chick hatching to breed laying cycles. White Plymouth Rocks show first eggs from five months, four days to seven months thirteen days after hatching, with pullets laying earlier than hens. Careful feeding, vermin control, brood care by hens, and a balanced wet mash plus grain diet support steady winter production.
A dramatic fragment shows a woman's merciless gaze as a man struggles with sorrow and renunciation. He refuses to be blind to mistreatment, then forgives after her tears. The piece ends with a bleak lesson that such dynamics repeat in life and art.
A collage of quips and verses from era newspapers. The Happy Cave Man essay contrasts primitive simplicity with modern architectural trends and consumer comforts. sidelights include jokes on votes and wealth, paired with brief comic snippets and a reform school joke.
A short exchange echoes a prison visit where a visitor questions influence of alcohol on downfall. A convict replies with humor about not recognizing a brand. The fragment reflects local paper tone and urban pride.
The article describes a leather harness hood for restraining an unruly bull. It details patterns from the animal’s head, a nose piece over the front, side flaps four to five inches wide, secure sewing and riveting, and a strong fastened halter under the jaw around the ears. The device must be strong and well fitted for a first class trial.
This Farm Progress note extols ash as a soil amendment and fertilizer. It notes winter spreading preserves fertilizing value, recommends filtering coarse coal ashes for drainage, claims ashes boost clay porosity, and says hard wood ashes yield large Seckel pears in Missouri. It also mentions ashes protect trees from borers, boost rose color, and that barnyard scrapings with ashes enrich two acres.
A note from American Agriculturist describes simple wire work using bed springs to make repair links and snaps. Snaps function like key rings, opening by pulling apart and can be attached to dogs, calves, or larger animals with stout wire. Various loops for soaps are suggested as well.
An idle acre to Uke an idle man of no more use than a dead one and takes up more room. This compact verse from a Kansas Farmer reflects rural humor on idleness and wasted land.
The article notes that well distributed hives with some trees or shrubs are easier to manage and tend to be better natured. It warns that a honey flow rich in pollen yields abundant pollen in honey which can cause dysentery in wintering bees, especially if kept in cellars. It advocates outdoor wintering to avoid these issues.
Joseph Pulitzer was born in Mako near Budapest on April 10 1847 to a Jewish father and Christian mother. He immigrated to the United States at sixteen, spoke no English, joined the First New York cavalry, faced unemployment after the war, once turned away from French's hotel for 50 cents, then two decades later bought and rebuilt French's hotel as the Pulitzer building in New York housing the World and Alleyne Ireland in Metropolitan.
The biography portrays Lord Lister as gentle courteous and firm. His polite demeanor steadied house staff and students at Edinburgh, earning loyalty through encouragement and enthusiasm. Pupils recall a gentle smile during challenging operations as a defining influence of his teaching and leadership.
A humorous essay catalogs music as a varied service in hotels and restaurants, from pianos to phonographs, noting shifts from classical to ragtime. It mocks cultural tastes, mentions cold storage for records, and jokes about handmade versus factory music and its noisy image.
A compact sketch notes that servants in Bogota are plentiful and cheap with five to ten dollars a month considered high pay. In well to do homes servants are well treated, share quarters around a private patio, and remain part of the family in a patriarchal setup. The piece contrasts this with a light joke about a singing maid in domestic life.
A brief, indirect citation notes a dialogue about Mr. Boreleigh and authorial works. The snippet includes phrases about honor and happiness at another's expense, reflecting a reflective or literary exchange in a Boston Transcript fragment.
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