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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1903
Page
3
A crowded diary of residents visiting kin and friends across towns with travel from Cedar Rapids to Chicago. Prof Edwin Dukes conducts a normal institute in Algona while various families, train staff, and local residents extend trips to Ruthven, West Bend, Thompson, and beyond. An advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a beauty aid.
The tale reports how Horace Greeley banned starting paragraphs with the word the to curb repetition. A Holland dispatch challenged the rule as editors sought a workaround for The Hague in a headline without breaking the order.
A reader seeks a precise definition of a pony in racing slang. The piece traces loose usage at Newmarket and cites old standards, noting ponies as under 13 hands, gallows up to 13.3, and horses above 13.5, with rules from Hurlingham limiting ponies to 14 hands 2 inches. It discusses cob, cobby terms, and Geneva references in a light, opinionated tone.
The text surveys Columbine flowers praising its American character and symbolic links to liberty. It shifts to a humorous exchange about Esau and copyright, then quips about birthdays and pasts, ending with a brief, disjointed joke.
Old newspaper notes a string of local items: alleged sensational episodes inJakay Friday and Saturday, rainfall of three inches, Leo Collins hauling two loads of hogs to town, baptisms and a conversion at the Methodist church, Hotel Orleans feeding 31 travelers in twenty minutes, southbound train crowds for a Templar Park gathering, changes at Cedar Rapids freight agent post, bids on a new school house, Lake Park arrests for seining with fines totaling 128 dollars, Lake Park primary results, East Okoboji Lake fish rumors, and nickel plate excursions to Boston with low rates and extended return limits.
Emigration agents for several railroads advertise cheap farm lands in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. They invite to view maps, learn rates, and travel on July 10 and every first and third Tuesday thereafter. They promise a favorable climate, rail access, and personal land tours, urging buyers to act now or write for details.
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