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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
4
A letter in the Marshalltown Republican argues that a state liquor reform push is underway and will target saloons and whiskey shops. The writer cautions reformers against hypocrisy, urging wholesale liquor shipments be restricted to licensed dispensers under state law to curb temperance efforts.
A.B. Hoff's dairy herd near town was checked by Dr. P. Cain who found all cows in excellent health with no organic disease. Cain's December first 1908 certificate states the herd on Hoff’s farm north of town was examined and deemed sound.
A Hartford man learned that invitations to bridge and card parties with prizes are unmailable under a Post Office decision. The Postmaster General and Assistant Attorney General E P Goodwin stated such games are lotteries when prizes are awarded, making related mail matter unmailable.
Rock Island orders 86 large locomotives and 70 all steel cars with indestructible baggage and mail cars. New cars include twenty baggage cars for through trains two mail cars five chair cars one observation car and three days coaches. Locomotives weigh 225000 pounds on tenders and 162000 on seventy three inch drivers. Equipment cost 1600000 dollars. Trainsmen struggled to keep time on the local division due to inferior engines.
Fer Sais reports a four seven room house on the west bank of the river with half an acre lot and good well. Includes cistern cowling and a car house. Considered one of the finest places in Esthurville to live. Seller urges quick settlement of accounts and calls for settlement by the listed number.
In letters Von Bulow writes of Sarasate's spellbinding performances of Symphony Espanole and Saint Saens concerto, noting intense intoxication by the music and the inability to meet. He mentions Otto Goldschmidt as secretary and a private conservatoire ticket, then later records an unexpected visit for a conference with Brahms.
A Philadelphia Press recounts Senator Christopher Magee’s hobby of newspapers, noting his pride in the Pittsburg Times. He jokes about missing a wreck scoop and about a wagon full of papers being stuck, quipping he relies on mules to move it rather than men to retrieve it.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt recounts a women’s club tea where attendees mocked male vanity with bee fables and historic claims. They cite queen bees as rulers, Pliny and Moses Rusden opinions, and Shakespeare’s line misgendering the bee, highlighting gender bias in lore.
In a heated district battle Speaker Cannon faces desperate tactics as post office jobs are abruptly cut. A supporter voices alarm over Smith and Jones losing positions, and Cannon replies that in battle some casualties are expected.
A Liverpool Mercury snippet quotes a father warning a timid suitor not to be too attentive to his daughter. He says he would like him to marry her but cautions that excessive attention may prevent him from having money for the marriage.
An irate husband confronts a domestic dispute with a wife who mocks the idea of assistance. Beedutenk Ben resists leaving as he struggles to remove a bulldog from his home while declaring he will not be an invalid and will stay longer.
A humorous exchange portrays the milkman angry at a misperceived quality as a housewife jokes that the milk can is like water color. The brief wry dialogue captures an everyday domestic scene with sharp n humor.
A fragmented dialogue hints at a travel scene with a hostess lamenting a cook named Bridget who is said to have died, and a line about plans or staying, all in a hurried Boston traveler context with garbled wording.
A dialogue pits a scientist against a materialist about marriage and love. They debate whether love can be measured by a vibrometer through oscillations of bodies, with examples from nurses, lunatic asylums, and mechanical analogies, ending in a provocative claim that true love cannot be merely engineered or observed.
Read through ads in thin lane with many bargains. Spirit Lake basketball team skipped Saturday, avoiding another defeat. Glen Dunham seeks fireman job with Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad, may run out of Austin if cleared. F H Grant runs elaborate Christmas store inviting Santa for candies and cakes. Ottumwa attorney Cullen donates one dollar for library fund. owns land near Estherville. Town ponders local goods boosting manufacturing.Rhodes and Dunnell visit. Opera show Under Southern Skies praised. cast strong, house full. Vindicator and Republican ranks top advertising medium in Emmet county as Democrat subscriptions rise. encouraging readers to subscribe to both papers.
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