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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments. It claims to help with displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and other symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
Frank Procter, president of the Lan coin Mining company, was robbed by highwaymen in broad daylight as three men in a buggy stopped him near the public square. Two attackers leaped from the buggy, knocked him down, and seized satchels containing $3000 for miners. Two robbers were captured after a chase. a third escaped with the money. One suspect described as dark complexioned, about six feet ten inches tall, wore brown clothes. Police recovered spent shots but did not identify the two captured men.
An Interurban car on the Ann Arbor branch derailed by defective rails near Thirty first street in Detroit and plowed into a two story brick store, demolishing the front. About twenty people were hospitalized, with another score treated on scene and two in serious condition. The 44 foot car carried 48 aboard from Jackson at 1:45 pm, traveling 20 to 25 mph when it struck the rail and veered toward the curb, crashing into A Silberstein dry goods store.
A scuffle broke out as the Tennessee Republican state convention opened in Nashville on Wednesday, with about a dozen fist fights between Evans and Brownlow factions. Police restored order. one Black man and one white man were arrested. The Brownlow-Oliver wing later held a separate meeting at the state capitol to select delegates and praise Taft and Fairbanks while avoiding a presidential endorsement. The Evans faction met in the same hall again to appoint a credential committee and adjourn until Thursday.
Five members of the Shalkow family were rescued from the roof of their burning home at 135 Bowery New York early Wednesday. Two policemen bridged a six foot gap between two buildings with their bodies to carry the Chatkowskys across to safety.
J. P. Morgan is hosted at dinner by Lloyd B. Griscom the American ambassador in Rome. Morgan will receive an audience with King Victor Emmanuel upon the king’s return from Venice.
Martha Longacre of South Bend Indiana seeks to erect a tombstone on sister Elizabeth Longacre’s grave. If allowed, she inherits several thousand dollars per Elizabeth’s will. otherwise the estate’s executor will distribute the money.
A Rawhide Nevada yarn claiming bandits and large loot Turned out unfounded. In Lima Colorado Lenore Smith two years old died after a lamp overturned near a child at home causing a fire wrecking the house.
Night riders attacked three large tobacco warehouses in Owenton Kentucky on Wednesday night causing a loss of about 0 0 000 and destroying 150000 pounds of tobacco. State and local police investigated the blaze as officials searched for suspects.
Police say the Black Hand engineered a run on Pasquale Pati’s Pasquale Patt bank on Elizabeth Street. Three thousand depositors stormed the bank causing its suspension while another tiny bank nearby shut doors amid the disorder. Pati fled the city fearing death after being acquitted of Pelletro’s death. Passersby and officers struggled to quell the crowd as deposits evaporated.
A formal agreement between the American Tobacco company and the Kentucky Society of Equity ends night riding in Kentucky. The plan includes buying the 1906 and 1907 crops for 16 and 18 cents per pound and no planting of crops for 1908, affecting about 80 million pounds stored across the White Burley district.
The piece reports there is no basis for claims that Governor Hughes will grant a reprieve for Chester Gillette. It notes the governor would not comment and that the prevailing belief is he will not interfere with the Auburn prison execution next week for the murder of Grace Brown at Ble Moose Lake two years prior.
Lieut. Gen. Grenfell, commander in chief in Ireland, issues an order warning that cigarette smoking is impairing health of enlisted men and urging prompt action to curb the habit among troops. The notice highlights concern over its impact on efficiency and overall well being of soldiers.
At Tuesday’s cabinet meeting the decision was made to accept China's invitation for the battleship fleet to visit a Chinese port on its return voyage from the Pacific. It was also decided that no further invitations for the fleet will be accepted.
Governor Fletcher D. Proctor appointed John W. Stewart of Middlebury to fill the Senate vacancy after the death of Senator Redfield Proctor. Stewart accepted the appointment.
Central Illinois reports widespread smallpox exposure with public gatherings halted. San Jose records many cases leading to suspension of churches schools and meetings. A coroner's jury in Chicago justifies police chief Shippy and driver Foley in the Averbuch killing. Missouri Kansas and Texas shops at Sedalia to shut April 4 affecting 500 workers.
A man offers his wife forty dollars from winnings at cards to buy a dress, the wife reluctantly accepts then vows to stop gambling after she has enough money for the hat. Henry is urged to avoid gambling and resist the lure of cards.
Marie Sipfle of Helena Montana reports three years of back weakness and kidney trouble improved from the first by Donns Kidney Pills with a complete lasting cure after four boxes. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Wester-Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also a stray note on a dull household sentiment about a dime mun cum.
The notice touts a claim that deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes constitutional remedies, asserting catarrh causes most cases. It promises $100 for a catarrh deafness cure and advertises free four water color pictures from the Pacific Coast Borax Co as a promotional offer with instructions to write for details.
A man, half awake, mistook one ring as four and slept through the train. A potato based substitute replaces wood for pencils, cheaper and easier to sharpen. University of Maine plans a new agricultural building costing about $33,000. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums advert is noted.
Mrs F Ruefenacht of Bakersfield California writes that after her granddaughter aged about seven years suffered a painful widespread itchy eruption with watery bleeding sores, Cuticura Remedies produced rapid improvement within 24 hours and complete cure in five days, with long lasting relief, dated June 25 and July 20 1906.
Debate surrounds mandating the incandes-cent system of electric lighting in mines to reduce fatalities. Pettit's Eye Salve promises rapid relief for tired, inflamed or ulcerated eyes sold by Howard Bros Buffalo. A Bell telephone blurb notes total length and weight of all Bell phones combined. Garfield Tea recommended for sallow skin and frequent headaches. A quoted remark from the Baltimore American ponders why eyes look glassy.
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