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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
6
The notice lists train services with daily runs except Monday and also daily except Saturday and Sunday. It states trains do not operate north of Mitheryville while trains run south of Katherville.
An old newspaper item touts Donn's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble and related illnesses. It features quoted testimonials from Tr. C. Adams of Na therville and notes local drugstores Williams & Andersons stock the remedy. Also mentions Foley's Kidney Remedy and related products, with rent notice and local ads.
Pp J Daly of Chicago lauds Electric Hitters as a tonic that improved his mother's health. He cites gain in flesh, relief from insomnia, and overall strength, praising the remedy for stomach liver and kidney ills. Advertisements urge Williams Anderson drugstores and Crimann Propun'rs Co. promotions.
A humorous reminiscence contrasts past and present health ills and social changes. It recalls old remedies like wrapping fat pork for sore throat and using castor oil, against modern cures such as surgery and hospital stays, while noting shifts in fashion, dining, and politics.
London Home Notes cites Dr. Carpenter on how plants and fungi can move heavy objects. A bumpkin lifts an eighty three pound paving stone using a soft mushroom growth. Another tale describes a cask of sweet wine rising from cellar floor to ceiling aided by vine fungus over years.
A well meaning curate new to a fashionable parish is advised to match the guests' tone. At a mansion dinner he prays in a way he thinks suits the crowd, saying, O Lord, thanks awfully, jolly good feed, not. The anecdote is cited by the London Express.
Dr. Quain, famed for wit, told tales of his medical life in Sir Algernon West’s One City and Many Men. A Mayfair miser, near death, asks if he will ever rise again and orders the bedside carpet stripped and stored to avoid undertaker boots, revealing a grim humor on fate and thrift.
In a curiously phrased exchange Mr. Henley asks Miss Fairley how she would change her hair and cuva if she could. Miss Fairley replies she would remain exactly as she is, a point that surprises Henley who cannot grasp why she sees him as lacking tact.
A fragmented humor and theater themed exchange recalls Perils of choosing between work and a bath. A Chicago Mission quip and stagehand banter hint at hunger, rehearsal plans, and a critic’s note on music and muse. Names include Meandertag, Mike, and Nikisch.
A historical note recounts Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife in Apia, Samoa, preoccupied with a missing shoe on the eve of a consul’s reception. The episode reflects local customs and the couple’s informal life abroad during Stevenson’s Samoan years.
An excerpt from a 1787 fashion journal mocks the era’s jargon as baffling to modern readers. It describes Mile D. in an opera dress with phrases like laden with “superfluous regrets” and a bodice of “perfect candor” while hair is “sustained sentiments” and ribbons frame a “beggar on horseback” collar.
In a famed cafe a group debates the age of invention, joking that telephone service was born in Eden. A solemn member quips the garden’s call began it all as a lampoon on progress and aging tech.
A quirky mix of confectionery lore from Hindoo sweets such as sada and Buddhbika bal with descriptions of their ingredients and formats. The page also recalls humorous lines from historical figures, anecdotes about Beau Brummel and Oscar Wilde era witticisms, and a brief nod to Otters' playful behavior and a quote about hearing a bore.
They claim years of use with growing satisfaction. The pills claim to ease stomach liver and bowels without fuss. A Pittsfield resident N H Brown endorses them. Williams Anderson’s drug store sells them for 26 cents. Also warning to watch for wind storms and an insurer offer from the Bank of Estherville.
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