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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
8
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay praised the working girl at a Hampstead garden party. A friend notes a pretty girl left a good job to marry a rich man, while another says the old fellow is worth $7,000,000, and the lover replies it’s the fortune she loves.
The ad highlights Castoria as a safe remedy for children with a 30 year signature assurance. A humorous exchange follows about becoming an Ahkound of Swat if more files are spilled than others, revealing playful toy-like dialogue.
An old column notes Tommy Murphy, a famed horseman, claiming wins for fast trotters tied to a farm horse and cites R T C 208% as a record. It advertises BPOHN’S DISTEMPER CURE with testimonials and prices, mentions Spohn Medical Co., and mocks fraudulent medicines under the Pure Food Law.
An ad promises relief from burns and cuts with Cole's Carboli salve, claiming it heals struggles and prevents scars. It mentions free samples from Sole & Co. in Black River and notes some men never reach the top due to failed elevator service.
In the 1878 impeachment era a Senate inquiry examined Tilden before Clarkson Potter’s committee at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Tilden studied Reed as Reed pressed with sharp questions, signaling a clash of power that presaged Reed’s rise to House leadership.
In 1882 William McKinley spoke of tin as the United States’ crucial but underproduced mineral, arguing its essential role in food packaging and daily life. Seven years later as Ways and Means chair he framed the tariff bill, notably imposing a duty on tin plate, shaping national policy.
In an account of Edwin Booth, William Stuart recalls how Booth’s father first suggested the role of Hamlet. While touring San Francisco in the early 1850s, he urged young Edwin to study and play Hamlet, noting the boy’s resemblance to the prince. Booth later earned over ninety thousand dollars from Philadelphia and New York runs.
A playful mock instruction echoes Shakespearean cadence on swatting flies with wit and temperance. The text urges swift action tempered by gentleness, balancing force with restraint in a torrent of passion.
Congressman Murdock recalls a lifelong suspicion of Chinese tongs after reading about their supposed murderous work. He dreams of danger and wakes muttering about Chinamen still at it, his attention seized by a newspaper headline about a shot wife of Chum.
A market gardener driving to the Paris markets fell asleep. His horse continued along the road until a grade crossing with an open gate. An express train struck the cart, smashing it to splinters. The farmer lay unconscious on his turrets but unharmed. the horse grazed nearby.
Mildred is astonishingly proficient at self-deprecation and denying real value in possessions. She corrects compliments by insisting items are not real or new, sparking family frustration. She defends fiancé Rufus Price, praising his strong character and wealth, provoking reluctant apologies from skeptical relatives.
In a bitter local dispute Mrs Brown Jones and Mrs Smith contest a nomination. Attempts at conciliation meet firm resistance from Mrs Smith who calls any compromise impossible. A dated Harper’s Magazine quote recalls a claim about a baby’s size from twenty four years ago.
Chicago readers report relief from female weakness and stomach troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad cites Mrs Janetzel of 2003 Arch St as satisfied, claims decades of women’s health restoration, and urges insistence on the original product over substitutes.
A fragmentary clipping notes a famed hat claimed as the world’s most expensive. Princess Micheson Bucharest of Roumania is said to own a black tagal straw hat valued around 1000 dollars, lined with silver lace and adorned with white osprey. A humorous anecdote about a former Ohio legislator showing cash in a lobby is also summarized.
A humorous Heltere Welt quip asks a child if giraffes catch cold from wet feet and answers that they won’t until the next month. The playful exchange blends nature lore with a pun on calendar time.
A Boston woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing chronic headaches and constipation after an early spine injury. She describes lasting relief after years of poor appetite and illness, noting improved sleep and physical condition at 63. The letter, from Postum Co., promotes The Road to Wellville and the product.
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