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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1913
Page
8
An OCR style clippings round up references a Davenport youth named Floyd Sheets involved in a crime spree. The item suggests a sensational “Young bandit” tale with nerve, a “cigarette fiend” figure and mentions a grocer, a defender, and police or press reactions amid a chaotic, garbled narrative.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Town of Daas, Melber, and local administration actions. It references an estate administrator, investment investigations, and a governor’s considerations. Names and places are unclear, but hints at local political and legal activity amid the regional context.
A garbled dispatch notes passenger service initiation and schedules amid local events. It mentions Jefferson Banquet speakers, county officials, and a fire disaster in Audubon with potential fatalities. Bonaparte obituary reports 85 year old Roberts dying near Bonaparte after moving to Iowa in 1845 with seven children surviving.
A chaotic report from Omaha details a fake race swindle, robberies, and a major land dispute heard in federal court. The piece ties to a railroad title fight, a governor’s proclamations, and a prison break, with multiple cases spanning property losses, crashes, and legal actions.
A garbled OCR note describes letters found linked to a robbery. It mentions money and cheques and hints at a burglary by a group including a Mason and Jute. The readable fragments imply a theft with visible financial instruments recovered at a port or bay area.
A large town fire damaged multiple buildings including a bank and general store with estimated losses around $40,000. An adjacent school project for new sheds faced defeat, and a public notice cites a $50,000 bond aim for four new sheds. Also notes the death of veteran undertaker Jeane Progh at 84 and Pension Office changes moving to Washington with Des Moines clerks relocating.
A long article recounts the claim that Abraham Lincoln sent a personal substitute to fight, naming John Summerfield Staples as Lincoln's stand-in and noting his grave in Stroudsburg. It covers controversy, sources, and local memories from Stroudsburg residents who recalled Staples and his link to the Civil War era.
A long correspondence between Thurlow Weed, Albany editor and New York Republican leader, and Abraham Lincoln shows Lincoln's honesty, inaugural address pride, and willingness to share cabinet thoughts. Weed aided campaigns and advised editors during secession debates and Civil War years.
In Greensboro New York Friendly Blow Louis Brownlow a Washington newsman paused at a drug store to ask for a match. A colored man burst in with a deep scalp wound saying a friend hit him with a hatchet amid an unspecified accident.
Moberly Missouri resident Mrs J Brooksher describes two years of facial dermatitis that left her face and neck inflamed and painful. After trying many remedies she says Culicura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cooled the skin and drew out matter, curing her in a month. Sample via Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A baggageman questions a youth with black hair about being the troupe’s villain. The youth denies it, saying the real villain is the company treasurer, and notes the group is about five hundred miles west on a long journey. The Washington Star text frames a dramatic backstage accusation.
A judge notes the high cost of living as a maid reports prices rising. The dialogue shows daily expenses, with the maid saying bread costs 50 cents and the speaker spending seven dollars for a bat, shoes, and long gloves.
A quip about the Peace Prize being a grand idea is contrasted with doctors who disagree on the size of the bill, yielding a light political humor.
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