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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1909
Page
7
Fragmented excerpts recall Swinburne's remark on Cleopatra and a rare poem sale at Gotheby's with a 19th century bibliomaniac tone. A London Chronicle snippet mentions Baron Takahira in Ann Arbor, while a Yorkshire motto quote critiques petty avarice and self interest.
In a brief exchange, Rivers and Brooks muse on the fate of used fountain pens. Brooks jokes they are consigned to the bottomless pit, a wry line reflecting on waste and disposal.
The text compiles scattered notes on gas engines and power figures from various sources. It references thresholds around 500 to 700 horsepower, mentions a German paper, and lists names of people in Europe and the United States. It also includes a quoted exchange between Mrs. Vek Samn and Sohn Boney and notes a church on Mahe built from white coral.
Robert Pierponty argued at the London Mendicant Society meeting that skilled beggars may earn more per week than the average worker, while casual charity in London could total about £100,000 yearly. He noted 1,358 begging letters in 1908, plus earlier holdings, totaling 236,938. about 28 percent were impostors and 12 percent deserving. The society traces to the Duke of Wellington, who started it amid Waterloo era beggars.
A collage of facts on industry, education, and culture from the era. It cites Belgian trade, German steel experiments, and Ghent exports to the United States. It notes youth schooling rates, Matilda Evans as a pioneer physician, Sophie Wright's New Orleans night school, and a vast Saxony Wilton rug being woven for a New York hotel. It also highlights anti cruelty work in the Caribbean and early urban fire equipment debates in Washington DC.
A historical notice promotes Munyon's Eminent Doctors offering free medical advice at 53d and Jefferson streets Philadelphia. It cites a Swedish carpenter gag about a man unable to speak due to a mouthful of screws, illustrating a humorous anecdote about communication.
A Jackson Michigan nurse known as Nurse Baker recounts relief from backache and kidney trouble after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The article notes the product costs 50 cents a box and is sold by all dealers, produced by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Also referenced are brief clippings about war correspondence, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething and a family dialogue in Yonkers Statesman style.
A young man undergoing a civil service test claims the population center lies at State and Madison streets, a humorous moment cited by a commissioner. The exchange reveals a misinformed guess about geography amidst a chaotic scene in Chicago.
A mother recalls a two and a half month old with severe watery eczema on both legs. After many doctors and costly ointments with little relief, she tried Cuticura Remedies for $1.50 and reports complete cure with clear skin and no marks. Burnt Cabins Pa September 45 1908. Poller Drug Ubem. Corp. sale Props. of Outicurn Remedies Boston.
A chaotic clipping shows Swords being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and set for trial, with a judge and remarks about the pending case. Other fragments mention a prisoner’s hearing, local magistrate commentary, and scattered ads and notes on remedies, cats, and farm labor recruitment.
A fragmentary humorous ad copy touts Perry Davis Painkillete as a cure for colds rheumaklyn and auralgia with playful quips about water on earth and a joking suggestion that the rest of it could be soap. It references druggists and uses period slang.
A Gardiner Maine woman credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Senative Wash with curing her severe female weakness after considering surgical operation. The testimonial, signed by Mrs S A Williams of Rhode Island, promotes the product as a thirty year proven tonic for female health and invites women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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