Vindicator and Republican Co. Records, Waterville Iowa
The notice identifies the Vindicator and Republican Company of Waterville Iowa. It provides details on ownership and publication origins within the period’s local newspaper network.
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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
2
The notice identifies the Vindicator and Republican Company of Waterville Iowa. It provides details on ownership and publication origins within the period’s local newspaper network.
French forces under Gen d Armide repel Mulai Rachid and Chaudaid reinforcements in a ten hour clash near Settat. Moors suffer heavier casualties as the French seize Settat and Kasbah Berrahid after routing the enemy with stout defense and repeated assaults.
The first Swedish parliament under King Gustave opened at Stockholm with ceremony. The king pledged full effort for prosperity and progress, expressed hope for wartime unity, and stated suffrage would be re-submitted to parliament but women would not yet receive the franchise. Commissions study naval and military defense and labor relations.
Foreign policy change rumors abroad tied to an opposition win and immigration disputes. Washington and London dispatches say the cabinet reshuffle stems from interior budget differences, not a political threat. Possible retention of ministers may include Foreign Minister Mayas amid budget turmoil.
The president on Thursday nominated Jill J. Louis to be postmaster at Delver, Golo, and Motley to be postmaster at Tos Angeles, Cab.
The Senate on Whkscday passed a bill authorizing the city of Burlington to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River, enabling key infrastructure development for the city. The action sets the stage for formal approvals, funding allocations, and construction planning by Burlington authorities and state agencies.
Prices listed for weekly livestock trades show Reeves at four forty a hundred weight with bids and market activity noted, reflecting the Sioux City live stock exchange standings.
Harvey Liekener killed his wife and infant son at their residence near Yuscula Wh then slit his own throat. He had displayed recent signs of insanity before the deaths.
Hearings on the statehood bill to admit New Mexico as a separate state begin before the House committee. The process proceeds in June with committee hearings detailing the measure and its implications for territories.
United States District Attorney from Chicago returns from Washington to pursue 4,000 additional counts against Standard Oil. The company faces a total of about 80 million dollars in fines for rebating and combines with railroads, linked to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago and Boston Minors lines. Legal battle looms as Judge Landis’ stance is cited amid the multi‑count case.
Vancouver British Columbia councilors considered a motion to disarm the Japanese town. Alderman McMillan denounced an intolerable condition claiming an organized armed guard and that citizens were being stopped or searched on streets. He warned that guards changing hands showed the system’s perfection and rioting risk.
Milwaukee is poised to challenge Harriman and Hill lines for trans-Pacific traffic. Vice president Hiland, in charge of Milwaukee traffic, plans to sail from San Francisco to Japan on June 30. The Pacific coast extension to Seattle will be completed in 1909, enabling Chicago traffic. If no alliance is formed, Milwaukee plans to build two steamers and run its own line.
Claude Brooks alias Slim, a black man, was arrested in Carrollton, Missouri, on charges of murdering Sidney Herndon whose body was found in his Kansas City apartment. Brooks, brought to Kansas City, confessed claiming he stole $150 from the victim. Herndon was wealthy and tied to a prominent family. Brooks had formerly worked for him.
Beducluano Beauchamp of Oklahoma who murdered Charles Themis in Chico Texas on a train a year ago was himself shot dead in Lawton Oklahoma on Wednesday by two brothers of his victim, John Thomas of Lawton and William Thomas of Chico. Beauchamp had killed Themis after learning of an affair with Beauchamp's wife.
Adabisha the prime regent of Bavaria recently pardoned two murderers sentenced to death and announced he will not sign any further death warrants.
The Treasury Department purchased 200000 ounces of silver for delivery to New York and Philadelphia at 55.427 cents per ounce.
Plans for a national inland navigation congress to promote Missouri river development as a major traffic corridor are under way with preparations for a convention at the New Grand theater in Bronx C4fs from January 22 to 28. Prominent speakers and nationwide interest mark the effort to secure waterways projects, with broad calls for coordinated national policy.
In Berlin on Tuesday Count von Kanitz of the conservative party blamed President Roosevelt for the world financial crisis. He argued threats against trusts by the United States disrupt global economics and warned opponents to recognize the impact on America’s monetary system. He cited recent turmoil in Europe as evidence.
A receiver for the insolvent California Safe Deposit and Trust Company of San Francisco, which failed last November owing about 9 million dollars to 12 800 depositors, was appointed by Chief Justice J H Coffey. Applicants included Gustave Jenner, BR J Lebreton, and Charles Cushing, with stockholders and Western Pacific railway interests backing. Judge Coffey said he would choose a responsible man by his own judgment amid the scramble to become receiver.
A mob of about thirty soldiers from Fort Leavenworth attacked the Gem in Leavenworth Kansas after rumors linked to a comrade’s death in a burning building. They forced entrance, drove out occupants, and caused extensive damage to the structure.
A five story factory building housing the Carruthers Jones Shoe Company and other concerns at 2640 Lay East Street St. Louis Ala was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
A British steamer bound from Galveston to Havre went ashore in heavy snow at Freshwater Point, Cape Race. It is feared to be a total loss, with the crew reported safe. Separately, Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co. of New York voted to defer the quarterly dividend after a 10 percent prior payout.
The Netex of Iowa reports Mrs Hough of Des Moines and Rep John Cottrell of Kingsley have ended their affinities. Mrs Hough says her husband is returning home and she will cling to him if he wants to take her back. She expresses humiliation and admits she misread the situation while public scrutiny weighs on her.
Judge Franklin D. Platt in Waterloo holds that the $60,000 left to Mrs. Martha Comstock and the $15,000 paid to Kate Wheelock and George Murray are subject to the collateral inheritance tax. The court orders withholding from the bequest and payment to contestants pending final administration, upholding the state’s position over the contestants’ argument that terminating litigation negates tax.
Fort Dodge Judge R M Wright, addressing the Brand jury during the January district court term, denounces liquor sellers as manufacturers of drunkenness and societal ruin. He condemns slot machines as educators of a nation into gamblers, urging strict regard for liquor laws and enforcement.
Judge Robinson of the board of Comet presided as the Marshall town Grand Army men introduced a newly furnished headquarters for Phil Sheridan post. The post was recently completed in the basement of the new assembly hall at the Soldiers' Home.
Stella Mercer of Fola Grove died of typhoid fever after nursing her brother Will through illness. Will contracted typhoid in the fall but recovered, while Stella succumbed to the same illness during the long illness period, leaving her family to mourn her sacrifice.
J A Thomas local manager of the Iowa Telephone exchange drops dead on office doorstep at 5 o clock Tuesday evening. Death due to heart disease, from which he had suffered for years.
William De Lap of Marshalltown, an elderly soldier, was struck by a Great Western train on the Legend Avenue crossing Saturday night while intoxicated and badly injured.
The Ames Poultry Breeders Association closed a four day exhibition Friday night with thirteen hundred birds entered. Poultry fanciers from across the state attended as scoring stretched to the close. Winners received cups donated by local merchants and clubs, highlighting several top prizes to noted breeders from Waverly Ames Guthrie Center Des Moines Slater and Story City.
Council Bluffs prepares to host Omaha Western League Sunday games in the 1908 season. If Omaha must keep the Tidon, Sunday baseball may end, placing Omaha in a Lincoln-like stance where such games are dead. Clubs may move to the Omaha side, with a new park planned to draw crowds and boost weekday interest.
Fifteen Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard workers arrested in Clinton for stealing grain from company cars plead guilty to petty larceny. The firm gave them minimum fines and allowed return to duties. Special police had sought to solve the grain thefts in the Clinton yards.
Sloan attendees including Postmaster Turley W Scehrieber and B N Danforth observed a trial of Dr I Fischer's mail deliverer. The machine loaded about seventy five pounds of mail onto a crane at fifty mph while the outgoing pouch was removed, with observers saying proper adjustment could improve performance.
A Des Moines incident follows a Des Moines skater’s despondent note and a body recovered beneath the ice. Investigators identify the remains as Frank Farrell, who had left home days earlier signaling a possible suicide.
Morning theft at the Blacksmith Shop leaves till about $28 missing after an employee Whistler vanished. In a separate fatal incident Edward Griffin shot his brother Jasper Griffin, 26, during a quarrel in Bumutsburg. Jasper died. Cause of the quarrel not learned.
Senate and House actions span Prohibition resolutions tax moves and civil rights debates. Aldrich and Tillman clash on treasury matters. House stalls on penal code while debating labor unions rights and states control. Adjournment and room lotteries color a busy week in the Capitol.
Senator Brnox of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to fix defects in the current employers' liability law by applying it only to corporations engaged in commerce Congress can regulate. Representative Walde of New York offered a resolution urging the House foreign affairs committee to seek President intervention with Russia for the release of the condemned dynamiters.
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