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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1913
Page
8
A fragmentary overheard conversation hints at spring mood and domestic humor. The exchange mentions a long‑married couple and a newly bought rug, with playful jabs about a honeymoon and a sloppy night, ending with reminders about wiping feet on the porch.
Mrs Annie Saunders of Monroe Wisconsin recounts six week old baby’s rash spreading across face and body with crusting and itching. After trying remedies, a friend’s tip led to Cuticura Ointment and Soap, which she says cured the infant and left a healthy hair growth and clear complexion. Cuticura advertised worldwide with sample offers.
The Fort Pose Des Moines & Southern plans a 6000 horsepower upgrade to serve more patrons across Iowa. A 900,000 asset will be spent on the power house at Frazier and substations, with one turbine and other electrical gear to be installed. The line extends to Pehla and Kano and towns like Ames, flagley, Ogden will receive service as capacity and speed are improved.
Incendiary attempts endanger residents on the top floors of the M C A building. Fire was discovered after towels stuffed between radiators and woodwork. three rooms and the gym floor suffered heavy damage amid prior smoke alarms and widespread ruin. In a separate incident, robbers at St Olaf’s post office fled with a ton near the rear walls and escaped with $100 in cash, $50 in stamps, and papers after blasting a safe.
Marinda officers search for businessmen in Clarinda as suspects in a death investigation. Winnie Johnson, an accused woman, has implicated someone. Three white women linked to a party are expected to shed light on the tragedy.
A new wage scale for painters took effect on the first of the month as employers accept union demands except for closed shop. Fear remains that open shop disputes could trigger a strike. Wages rise from 37.5 to 40 cents per hour.
Hampton Utility is sold by Nevanda M Harrison of Nevada and Fl Jk Coughlan of Water loo who secured a quiet title and transferred the Nevada plant to Dow Interests of Cedar Rapids. The new company ordered much equipment as Grinnell Girls tour. The Grinnell Girls Glee club left April 2 for a ten day spring tour visiting Marengo Davenport Wyoming Maquoketa Independence Crestone Leroy Charles City and Cedar Falls aboard the Suskatch ewan.
Jewell Zmvitrida, longtime Northwestern railroad conductor in Iowa and Minnesota, died suddenly in Winona Minnesota. He had thirty years with passenger service and was widely known in the region. Sensational Shooting Affair reported in Rockwell City as Ben Thompson wounded himself after threatening his wife then survived. Cedar Rapids records a fatal fall when Mrs Joseph Kuutnik 38 died after slipping down stairs in a grocery business area.
Ogden plant superintendent Boone J P Canserly was knocked down by 2200 volts of electricity but quickly recovered and resumed work shortly after.
Work will start immediately on the new $18,000 school building authorized by a special election held last Saturday. It is hoped the structure will be ready by January 1. The bond issue passed 142 to 41.
Directors of the German Opera House company have commissioned a Council Bluffs architect to draw plans for a new fifty thousand dollar theater building in Denison. The project signals growth for the company and a boost to local cultural life.
Omaha reports relief efforts after Easter tornado. Six stations have given supplies and money. death toll reaches 140 with 407 injured and about 2,590 homeless. Douglas county seeks state bonds for relief financing. Also notes Iowa World and Ladies' Circle convention with 200 delegates and Scott County canning company in receivership.
The Rev Alva J Brag edo of the First Baptist church announced his appointment by former President Taft as chaplain of the Fourteenth cavalry, stationed at Texas City Tex. The Rev Mr Prasted begins duties May 1 and enters regular army service as first lieutenant.
Lake City reports the Rev. Frank I T Gamel pastor of the Presbyterian church has tendered his resignation to the congregational meeting to take effect immediately. He has led the church for four years and leaves to devote full time to Gamel Barron Manufacturing, of which he is the head.
At a meeting of the Masonic Temple association in Carroll the stock holders voted to rebuild and increase capital stock from 35000 to 60000. They instructed the directors to clear debris at once and to procure plans for a new building substantially the same as the one destroyed by fire.
Dana W. Jenkins, injured when struck by a Minneapolis and St. Louis train here, was awarded damages of 50,300 dollars. It was the largest verdict of its kind in Minnesota courts. Jenkins was rolled under the engine and lost an arm and a leg.
Perry Thomas Quilon of Des Moines won $400 in Dallas County court against farmer Simon Randall of near De Soto. Quilon was hurt when Randall's auto struck him as he attempted to board a streetcar in Des Moines. A. F. Call, a prominent Iowa figure and lawyer, was killed in a recent Los Angeles area automobile crash. Rock Island to resume grad ing yard tracks and new depots in Mason City by June if good weather continues. Eldora club women campaign for civic improvement in Iowa Falls, aiming for a cleaner healthier city.
Rowland, manager of the Dubuque Threes, notified players to report for a March 10 practice at St Mary's campus in Prairie du Chien.
A Greek man ill with pneumonia leapt from a hospital window. He sustained a crushed hip and other injuries and may not survive. In Indianola, the Des Moines district presbytery will convene at the First Presbyterian Church on April 8 with Rev. Sei B. Demaree of Barnum giving the opening sermon.
In Mexico City, rival factions fired on streets, forcing a family to skip butter for supper. The wife and mother insisted she and her husband share the errand, while a child clamored for jelly, ending with a silent, butterless meal as gunfire pocked the city.
A quip about slogans and a typesetter who caused and corrected misprints unfolds. The tale shifts to a waiter turned misprint expert and a diner who finds a needle in soup, mistaken as a neodle in a humorous misprint. Dr Pierce ads tout Pleasant Pellets for stomach and bowels after a sleeping in the open air plan.
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