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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
8
The piece describes the menopause as a critical life change with symptoms like hot flashes, dizziness, and heart palpitations. It warns of increased risks of apoplexy and cancers unless treated. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised as a remedy to strengthen the nervous system and support women through this period.
Mrs Esraina Gillison of St Anne Illinois reports dramatic relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles including displacement backache and nervous distress. She says swelling pain and fatigue reduced within two months and she can perform most housework. She offers permission to publish her testimony.
Des Moines reports work on the Allerton branch of the Rock Island line advancing rapidly. Sixty miles of grading between Carlisle and Allerton remain with track laying to begin soon. Completion by Sept 1 will close the St Paul to Kansas City air line via Des Moines. The Allerton route promises a westward outlet to Atlantic tidewater and Pacific coast routes, soon to gain full impact with the Panama Canal opening.
A young farmer near Itencode Iowa lies unconscious and delirious in St. Josephs hospital after a head blow in a fight over farm machinery. The assailant is William Martin, the brother in law, who clashed with Calvin Henry during the altercation. Hope for recovery is doubtful.
The naked body of a dead baby girl, about five months old, was found in the Boone River by N. V. Daniels and is now in the possession of the coroner. One side of the skull is crushed, suggesting a slow death. It is believed the body floated down from miles above.
The Iowa state branch of the Women’s Missionary Association of the United Brethren church met in Waterloo for a statewide convention. It drew over a hundred women from across the state. In Creston a 3 year old boy, Charles Wilson, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A L Edward, drowned after being blown into Summit Lake. His body was found an hour later.
Des Moines reports a fracas over poll book legality as supervisors rule the mulet petition of consent based on books from the last election. Drys contest the legality, claiming the books are not from the present election. Fifty drunks in court as police jug back in Des Moines cope with a morning session to clear a flood of cases. Nearby, a murder arrest comes from Vipten with Clara Bowers charged in an illegitimate child case, and Gus Howers, her brother, also under arrest. Gustaf Largon, a canal builder, dies in Keokuk at 73. Claude Duncan is fined 309 for bootlegging in Charles City. Madrid mourns the death of prominent grain businessman B Williams, 62. Finley to speak at Iowa commencement. John H. Finley to deliver at University of Lowans on June 3.
Newton reports Roy Fiske, once assistant city clerk, admits to stealing water, gas and light rents over years. He describes monthly pay, rising need, and using the adding machine to falsify totals while covering living expenses. He says the scheme grew from small sums to larger losses.
United Mine Workers in Des Moines vote four to one to accept the operators wage scale. A wire from National Secretary Edwin Perry confirms 70 percent turnout across the territory with no chance the outcome will change. The settlement ends the strike as districts align on working conditions with the new scale. Mason City reports bigamy charges against Charles Hasty, wife Sarah Basty alleging marriage in 1910 and a Peoria household. meanwhile a dynamite blast at Lehigh cement plant shatters windows and damages cottages, factories, and farms within a half mile radius.
Des Moines reports note the Re organized Latter Day Saints voted to hold the 1912 annual conference in Lamon, independence area churches extending invitation. The piece also covers a Des Moines accident death and multiple local court and crime briefs.
George L Thompson from Lamont Iowa, an animal husbandry student, won the gold medal from Wayne Dinsmore secretary of the Percheron Society of America for best judging of draft horses by sophomores at Ames. The report references the Twenty second meeting of the Women’s Home Mission association in Clinton.
A Washington report details Western Canada land offers for settlers, noting a three year homestead on reclaimed land with light absences and lenient rules. Letters from settlers in Southern Alberta praise climate soil and moisture, comparing favorably to Dakota and midwest states. Government agents provide literature and excursion details.
In New York a dinner recollection about Foulke EB Brandt recalls a London incident with a peer who tipped a taxi driver. The driver mistaken him for a member of parliament and wished for his political downfall. The peer replies that he faces life.
Readable fragments discuss a laxative warning about bromos and quinine and reference to a Dr W cure claim. Mentions cure phrases for colds, a bride obedience quip, Garfield Tea for impure blood, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and a lazy woman remark about complexion, all in a outdated tasting ad-like snippet.
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