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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
7
The London Chronicle notes parents slip into jokes with children's Christian names. Somerset House records show a Mr Mineral Waters a Frosty Winter and Alfred Days Weeks. A Canadian named Cumber unlucky to be Quintus appears as Mr Q Cumber in papers.
An older conductor tests a new recruit on Webster street and whispers Webster Webster’s dictionary. The recruit finally clarifies with a humorous mispronunciation, prompting amused passengers aboard the car.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment questions a prominent leader's vitality and plans. The speaker recalls a past encounter where the person pondered aviation or divorce, reflecting a tone of ironic reflection on a great society figure.
In a brief exchange Miggleton notes it looks like rain while Ham baugh questions the forecast. Miggleton, caught by surprise, remarks a shower bath in action signaling a quick recovery in mood as a light weather moment in Chicago Tribune style.
A brief dialogue plays on mischief and romance as one character notes a hammock stands for fate and another agues a girl can be a good catch in a clever line of banter. The exchange hints at flirtation and witty wordplay in a light, domestic scene.
Iowa's veterinary program advances with a new Ames campus nearing completion. The $160,000 building plan plus $27,000 for equipment will house extensive laboratories, animal hospital wards, and clinical spaces to study livestock diseases. Dean C. H. Stange says the facility aims to rival top German schools and elevate Iowa's livestock protection and veterinary education nationwide. The article also describes a home made fly trap with simple parts to reduce fly breeding around farms and homes.
Iowa estimates show not less than eight thousand silos built this season, possibly four thousand. Professor J B Davidson of Iowa State College projects an average near forty silos per county. Most are stave silos, about five hundred tile and cement block silos expected. Demand likely to stay strong next year as farms continue to equip livestock operations.
Fred R. Smith national Men and Religion Forward Movement chairman will lead an eight day Des Moines campaign from Oct 16 to 22 with three days in city. He aided prior meetings drawing 19 000 attendees. The event features six national leaders and the international Y M C A quartet in ninety cities across the United States and Canada. The schedule includes Raymond Robbins John L Alexander and Rev Dr David Russell among others. Des Moines hosts additional rail passenger traffic as State Fair preparations speed up. Wright brothers pilots Phil Parmalee and Clifford Turpin perform at the fairgrounds riding the heavier than air craft. Turpin flies eight minutes ascending to around 500 feet over the exposition. Parmalee also completes a ten minute flight in the same machine.
Levi Shepherd Sr of Alden challenges Ira Demander as the oldest Mason in the region. Shepherd, a Hardin county pioneer now aged 94, is ten years older than Demander. He previously belonged to Mason's Home Lodge No. 192 in Iowa Falls before affiliating with the Alden lodge.
Three buggies collide on Rockford road injuring Ralph Kellogg who remained unconscious until morning. Two horses are said to have racing, the buggy with Kellogg flipped. The men responsible were arrested and fined $10 plus costs. Also reported Escaped Lunatic Captured in Yerens Falls and Train Hits Wagon in Grinnell with Charles Horn injured but likely to recover.
Iowa City August 28 The contract to build seventy tiles of inter urban road linking Iowa City and Davenport was awarded to C Coon of Omaha by the Iowa City and Davenport Interurban Railway Company.
In the Mexican civil war that toppled Diaz, Colonel Chiapas executed a rich resident and his two sons after a brief trial. His widow, Mme Talamantes, later funded and led insurgents to capture him, ordering his execution at the edge of a grave after his ambush near Agua Prieta. London Family Ferald.
John T. McCutchcon in Hunting Adventures In the Big Game Country argues the African rhinoceros is cowardly and shortsighted. He describes the rhino as nervous and agitated when danger appears, often rushing aimlessly and merely trying to escape, with hunters sometimes mistaking a frightened run for a charge.
In a moment from Harper's Weekly a couple jokes over a newspaper item. Mrs Garritt reads a notice advertising for a silent partner with a thousand dollars. Garrill quips that if he had married her he would have welcomed a silent partner even without a cent.
A man confesses worsening thoughts after marriage saying he erred in wedlock. The woman replies that divorce is possible, but he laments it is too late. He jokes that the organist has spent the money meant for the minister and the minister excommunicated him for the $2 received.
London Sketch notes the candidate invoking a renowned statesman to bolster an argument. He prefaces with these are not my words but the words of a man who knows what he is talking about. The piece frames the appeal as persuasive rhetoric.
A humorous exchange from Loudon Answers quotes a husband lamenting how hard times are and keeping his nose above water. The wife replies that the real difficulty is his frequent use of brandy, turning the remark into a light moral quip about restraint.
Ashley recalls a dentist’s promise to cause no torture, then faced a bill as Seymour asks what happened last. Chicago News reports on the patient’s experience and the alleged deception surrounding dental treatment.
A moving picture film flash caused a deadly panic at Canonsburg Pennsylvania’s opera house. Twenty five people were fatally hurt and more than sixty injured as a crowded stairway collapsed into a suffocating mass. Pianist Miss Mary Craig played a slow march to steady the crowd before escaping unharmed. Authorities later listed the deceased and began coroner’s inquest.
Independence Mo Aug 28 Men who knew the west when it was young will meet at the Old Plainsmen and Old Settlers reunion at the Independence fair grounds Friday. Expected attendance tops 2000 with a parade of prairie schooners and bull teams through Independence streets reenacting pioneer days.
New American ambassadors to Germany Italy and Japan plan to present credentials in late October. John A Leishman is slated for Berlin on October 20 followed by Thomas J OBrien to Rome and Charles Paze Bryan to Tokyo around the same period.
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