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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1914
Page
2
A Nostalgic column notes social teas at Mrs E K Hartung and visits by Mrs Chancy Ammon and others. Local residents, editors, and lawyers are listed with recent travels and health notes. Classifieds announce a seven room house for sale with two lots and barn for 2200 dollars, phone number provided.
Armour, J Ogden Armour, president of Armour Packing Company, declares Iowa the garden spot of the earth. He cites Iowa soil and energetic people as the key to agricultural and industrial success, arguing that the state’s raw materials and will to win attract manufacturers and advertisers. He notes Idaho’s gold output comparisons but warns Iowa’s farms show similar value, underscoring a broad state advantage for business.
In a town in Iowa with fewer than 850 residents a local plant shipped 71 carloads totaling about 4.89 million pounds of freight in a year. In bound shipments reached 860 thousand pounds. The past year's payroll was 33 thousand dollars, with thirty five families represented.
A medical note examines coffee use among healthy individuals, finding moderate consumption not harmful and possibly fatigue relief. It cautions neurasthenic and dyspeptic patients, notes transient effects from large intakes, and argues coffee is a luxury rather than a necessity in civilized life.
A writer recalls a waterspout forming from a black cloud trunk that descends to join sea and sky. The immense cone towered about a quarter mile wide at the base and a thousand feet high, moving toward a fragile ship under a copper crimson sunset in a deadly, waltzing display.
In experiments by Belgian zoologist M. Plateau to test whether color or odor attracts insects he used a brightly colored real flower and a perfect mirror. Insects all went to the real flower, none approached the reflection in the glass, showing they respond to real flowers rather than their mirrored image.
A collage of quotes and humorous snippets from various papers including Yonkers Statesman Newark Star Chicago Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer Boston Advertiser and Indianapolis Star. Pieces touch on speed driving adjectives hair fashion and seasonal musings featuring short verse and observational gags.
Petersburg notes report births and visits including a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs A C Nanby on August 18. Ambert Benson’s son Harry, about 14, drowned July 30 at Buffalo ND. Local families entertain guests, new car purchases, and a: Brunsvold trip to Superior and Spirit Lake. Midway weather favors corn and threshing with social visits to Orleans and Estherville. Aluminum ware sales and various regional visits fill the week’s social calendar.
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