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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
2
An advertisement touts Waobvinal Constipation as overpowering with proper personal effort and the aid of a “truly bendidial” laxative Syeno figurable one of Sennay. It claims gradual dependence reduction, emphasizes nourishment and right generation, and asserts the product’s genuineness and necessity.
Mrs A. Oi of Philadelphia recounts her seven year old son suffering severe eczema for two years before using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills. She reports rapid relief within hours and a complete cure, with no recurrence. She notes a friend's child also improved after use. Date: Oct 20, 1909.
A read through a fragmented Page includes stray quotes and ad blurbs on parenting remedies, quack cures, and a Thoreau quote. The garret scene and mother’s worries mingle with product pitches like Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup and a quack laxative.
A clergyman’s tribute to BE Harriman notes that kindness to children was overlooked in his obituary. In a touching exchange, a child asks if the angels will be happy now that he is dead, showing enduring affection and sorrow.
A Nova Scotia storm traps fleets off Whitehead harbor. Forty five fishermen are missing and many have perished after a sudden Tuesday squall. Crews from Crunse and Felix were lost or rescued. ships from Port Felix and Canso report further deaths as blizzard conditions hinder search efforts.
A blaze at the Hoventon livery barn in Pedrin, HB, in the early hours injured Mrs Linton Previdson and two children, with Linton Davidson escaping by jumping from a two story window. Joseph Parexy, a roomer with the Davidsons, is believed dead but missing as searchers could not locate him.
A hotel in New York City faced a frightening morning as guests were rushed into corridors to escape a blazing factory-like fire behind the Provdaynay hotel on Afercer Street. The blaze was extinguished, but a second fire started nearby shortly after, investigators say it could not have been started from the original fire.
Western railroads switchmen across the region join with the General Amalgamated to submit wage and hour increase petitions to an arbitrator under the new act. The World reports a receivership sale in Baltimore on Wednesday ends with a rumored purchaser linked to Charles Ty Grasty, formerly of the Morning News.
Sioux City market notes on Wednesday show corn fed officers priced at 6.50 with 8.60, and yop hops listed at 4.45.
A Thursday disturbance near the Japanese embassy in Washington sparked fears of a fire threat as crowds rallied outside. Baron Uchida and Madam Uchida were returning from a diplomatic reception at the White House when the event occurred.
Sugar advanced with all refined grades of suey priced up 19 cents per hundred pounds on Wednesday, signaling a market move.
A major fire tore through Castlewood’s Main Street in Watertown late evening, destroying the southern block. Losses totaled about 180,000 with half insured, spanning Miller’s hardware, pool hall, restaurants, offices, stores, and residences. Wind spread flames rapidly. ten minutes after start two buildings burned, the fire raged until the last building on that street edge. A relief train carried 30 men and equipment as crews fought the blaze, with officials unsure of origin.
Noted French aviator De la Grange was killed near Bordeaux when a Mondplacn biplane broke its left wing in a gusty wind. The machine toppled from about sixty five feet, crushing him instantly as he attempted a high speed turn. This marks the fourth fatal motor aviation death within fifteen months.
Interest grows for the Interstate Poultry Show to be held in the new auditorium of Sioux City from January 12 to 15. Premium lists were issued in two editions and breeders nationwide are responding. inquiries are directed to M. Agpeld, care of Wdlterdum, Sioux City, for full information.
A blast at a Philadelphia storage plant caused extensive damage to machinery valued at $25,000 and threatened $150,000 in stock. Fire officials used oxygen tanks to fight the blaze as the disaster disrupted cold storage operations and led to dismissal of a worker.
A troubled man known as Chartie Smith alias Mike Jordin murdered Mrs. Te resa Paoomhart while boarding with her. The sensational crime shocked Akron as the suspect reportedly returned home and took his own life in front of the Feinhart residence. Police are investigating the sequence and motive.
A demoralized labor scene in New South Wales leads the legislature to pass a drastic bill. It imposes imprisonment on strikers and employers who participate in strikes or lockouts, aiming to curb industrial action amid the strikes.
Pasqraille Corte, a former Italian consul in Deelver Colorado, was awarded 10,000 dollars in a libel suit filed against Adotohn Feassh and others. The ruling names the defendants and sets a damages award of ten thousand dollars.
Jermyn a Philadelphia capitalist died in San Francisco after sustaining injuries when struck by a street cat on New Year's morning. Local reports identify him as a prominent financier in Néranto 3 Pa and note the incident occurred in San Francisco Gal.
Fire destroyed the Guia Elevaytor owned by Farmers Train and Live Stock Company in Oakland Nebraska on Friday. The cause of the blaze is unknown.
Morgan, Ryan and Morton link Guaranty Trust, Morton Trust, and Fifth Avenue Trust in a trust merger that pools about $160,000,000 in deposits and capital. Directors approved terms. Levi P. Morton may not chair. Alexander J. Hemphill named possible president candidate. Details on terms not disclosed.
Clarence Carney faced his 65 year old mother in law Mrs. Sarah Griffith in a revolver duel Monday night in Dryden Tennessee. Carney fired three times at the woman wounding her in the hip. Griffith returned fire striking Carney five times and he fell dead. The dispute involved a debt issue. Carney's wife reportedly committed suicide about a year earlier by drinking carbolic acid.
A U S Supreme Court ruling invalidates a 1907 Minneapolis ordinance forcing the streetcar company to sell six tickets for 25 cents. The vendor argued the measure violated the contract implied in its 1873 charter, which allowed a charge of five cents per ride under a fifty year charter.
A blast at the Scipio pumping plant worsened fuel shortages in Kansas cities Monday night. Officials say the pipeline remains intact and the plant’s destruction will only provide a small, weak gas supply to the area.
The Prairie Oil and Gas Company case, a focal point in Oklahoma during the 1908 campaign due to Gov. Haskell’s involvement, was dismissed Monday by the Supreme Court. The dismissal favors the governor’s contentions.
Ernest I Powers a former university student was sentenced in Denver Colorado for defrauding a Denver man of 73700 through a fake rate at Council Tufts Ta. The court imposed a penalty ranging from two to seven years in prison.
Five raiders attempted to rob the Norwood Park post office in Chi ko. An exciting Monday snow chase ended with one robber captured and another wounded by residents and authorities.
About twenty thousand miners idle in Northumberland and Wagkyd districts due to the eight hour act dispute now in effect since January. In remaining collieries, workers have received notices signaling likely stoppages.
Walter Lonsdale and Dr Frederick A. Clool’s secretary announced in Copenhagen on Monday that a letter from Dr Cook had been received. The explorer’s address was declined to be released, leaving the location undisclosed.
In Seneca Kansas a 6 year old girl, daughter of Fr. J Thattinghous, placed a loaded pistol in her mouth during a game Monday. Her 3 year old brother pulled the trigger and caused instant death. Authorities investigated as a家庭 accident.
In Des Moines a Cummins speech denounced Aldrich Cannon and Standpatters. He urged progressives to control the state convention and nominate pro gressives for office. Analysts foresee Cummins becoming national progressive leader and possibly a GOP presidential nominee.
Mord Eutty, Edward O Neil of the Maater Butchers Association of New York, cites a rise in meat prices blamed on the wheat corner. He mocks the so called patriots in Washington and Lincoln classes and recalls John Stockton’s noted domesticity and flirtatious reputation among cooks.
Lumbermen cutting a pine from the Pennsylvania Lumber Company exposed a hollow log with an old flintlock musket dated to pioneer days. The tree lay near the site of a July 22, 1779 battle where whites were defeated by Indians. The gun may have belonged to a wounded patriot.
Roy McKinney at noon shot and killed Dora Chapell a 21 year old dining room waitress at the Bearss Hotel in Peru Indiana then killed himself. He had been wanted in Indianapolis for a bold hold up and letters found suggest a premeditated double crime aimed at the girl and her father.
The Sev enty-eighth General Assembly of Ohio opens under Speaker Granville Mooney and Lt. Gov. Francis W. Treadway. Senate party split: Republicans 20, Democrats 14. House 63 Republicans and 45 Democrats with two vacancies. Mooney backs a public utilities commission modeled on New York and broad corporate tax law changes. Governor Harmon’s annual message draws GOP momentum to enact many recommendations, seen as approved by President Taft in a White House conference with Mooney.
Bankers and robbers blew open the safe at the State Bank of Centreville Kentucky and escaped with 1400 dollars. One assailant fired at Q Tf Brown, president of the bank, who returned the fire but Brown and the suspect neither were hurt. Interior of the bank was wrecked in the gunfire.
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