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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1912
Page
2
A rambling column from Estherville offers satirical quips on daily life. It skewers politicians, labor, fashion, and industry with jokes about freckies, court lawsuits, and city quirks. Notable bits include digs at tax, pill prices, and a Connecticut sheriff dying of excitement after a ball game.
A July 3 report details the Akron dirigible explosion over Brigantine bay near Atlantic City killing five crew members including Melvin Vaniman. Calvin Vaniman is identified among the dead as rescuers search the Absecon bay area. Separately Miss Harriet Quimby and passenger Willard die when a Bleriot monoplane crashes into Dorchester bay during a Boston harbor flight.
Blockholm July 2 The military team representing the United States won the inter national army rifle team competition at the Olympic games Saturday with a grand aggregate score of 168K Sweden took second with 418 Great Britain third with 410 The U S team also led the clay bird shooting competition AFP Lane representing the United States won the duel shooting at thirty meters with 287 points.
Miss Sutton of Champion Pittsburg defeats Miss Browne the 1411-12 champion of Los Angeles 6-4 6-2 on Monday. Dass May Button, also of Los Angeles, former women's singles champion, is noted in the report.
Battleship Louisiana, which ran aground Monday afternoon about a thousand yards north of Hogleland Light in Narragansett Bay, came off at ne tide late Monday night without damage reported.
Washington July 8 Chairman Hay reintroduced the arms Appropriation bill removing the ten years active service rule to keep Maj Gen Leonard Wood as chief of staff. The bill also ends the joint commission on abolishing posts and a month long government appropriations resolution was passed without opposition. Speaker Clark selected Alexander of Maine to preside as speaker pro tem. Hay proposed 1.3 million dollars for army maneuvers this month.
A large touring car driven by W F D Stokes former hotel proprietor struck Alma Rennon fifteen of Bayonne New Jersey at Broadway and Sixteenth Street in New York. She suffered fatal injuries including a shattered hip multiple fractures and internal injuries. Stokes wife and another woman accompanied him as police aided the girl to a hospital where she died or was critically harmed.
Samuel Gomper s and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor filed an appeal from Justice Wright s contempt ruling and posted bail after receiving one year and nine months in jail. John Mitchell was not sentenced due to the labor leader s absence in the West and Justice Wright questioned his authority to act without the defendant.
Marie B. MacDonald, Socialist, nominated by the Fourteenth district Socialists, notified and accepted. She has long been active for suffrage and socialism, wife of a Socialist newspaper editor, and recently gained attention for opposing a foreign born marcher at a Socialist gathering in New York.
In Mascutty Iowa on July 2 a married couple Mr and Mrs Jobo EK Thompson were seen in disturbance moments before the morgue reveals Mrs Thompson shot her husband Mrs Thompson a daughter of an early settler of the city. Domestic trouble had led to separation and the tragedy occurred in a crowded street on Sunday as residents witnessed the incident.
New York on June 31 Louis Maes a printer at American Hank Nolte company was arrested charged with stealing Brazilian bank notes printed by the firm Ninety five sheets of notes lacking signatures were found wrapped around his body The case centers on notes issued by the Brazilian government with missing signatures and control marks.
Dr. W D McFarland a prominent educator found guilty of causing the death of his secretary Elsie Dodds Coe by an operation was sentenced to serve one year in jail Tuesday in Pittsburg Pa
Columbus Ohio July 4 E B Dillon common pleas judge of Columbus was nominated for governor on the fifth ballot Tuesday The nomination was a surprise as he was a candidate for state shore.
Regina reports a devastating cyclone that swept the city Sunday evening. Premier Steott pledges 825,000 in aid with more to follow as authorities search for victims. Thirty six bodies recovered, many residents left destitute, while telepone exchange workers miraculously escaped.
Cornell swept the intercollegiate rowing meet with victories in the varsity eight, freshmen eight, and varsity four at Poughkeepsie on July 2. Wisconsin upset expectations, taking second in both the freshman and varsity eight events. The Badgers marked their strongest eastward showing to date.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court denied a rehearing of George W Glover's suit to break the will of his mother Mary Baker Eddy. Eddy left about 24 million dollars to the Christian Science Church. Chandler, representing Glover, had filed a motion for a rebearing, which was denied. This ends the challenge to Eddy's will in the state.
Seattle July 3 a subcommittee of the house judiciary committee resumed hearings into charges of drunkenness and malfeasance in office against United States District Judge Hanford tied to the disfranchisement of socialist Leonard Olsson. Councilman Oliver T Erickson testified he twice saw the judge intoxicated once five years ago in a street car.
The New York and Heston express on the Nickel Plate railroad derailed three miles west of Valparaiso on Tuesday. The engine tender mail and baggage cars plunged into the ditch and four people are believed buried. Numerous passengers were injured in the wreck.
Rev. Rees Wilmer Ferkins, president of Leland University in New Orleans and noted Baptist preacher, writer, and educator, was found dead here Tuesday. The death details and location are reported in Philadelphia.
Aurora WL July 4 A car carrying three men and one woman was hit by the Los Angeles United train on the Chicago Northwest line two miles west of Geneva Illinois. All four occupants were killed. The dead are N B Anderson fifty, Mrs N B Anderson forty eight, George Hanley forty, James Hanley thirty eight. The victims were wealthy Granger Iowa residents on a pleasure trip to Chicago. Anderson head of Granger Elevator Company had invited the Hanley brothers lumber dealers to join the drive. They left last Wednesday and had spent days visiting in Chicago before returning.
Judge Edmund B. Dillon of Franklin County sought the Supreme Court nomination at the Ohio Republican state convention and won the Governor nomination on the fifth ballot. The move followed a Roosevelt Taft split with a Taft endorsement platform adopted amid the dispute in Columbus.
Bob Hunter known as Daredevil Hunter was killed in a Luna Park motordrome collision during a heat of the fourth race. Finn Huttinger, also from Cleveland, suffered a broken leg and arm as six thousand spectators watched the accident. Hunter was thrown twenty feet and sustained a broken neck.
Washington reports an alleged counterfeiting conspiracy near the United States secret service within the treasury department. J B Atkins, a clerk in the auditor’s office, was arrested on Monday for allegedly raising one dollar bills to ten and passing them.
Congress passes vote of thanks to Capt Arthur H Rostron and Carpathia officers and crew for rescuing 704 Titanic survivors. House approved the measure, now sent to President Taft for signature. The bill grants a $1000 gold medal to Captain Rostron.
Baltimore delegates at the Cleveland convention sent a wreath to the grave of Tom L. Johnson, former Cleveland mayor, placed at Greenwood cemetery by Mayor Baker of Cleveland, delegate George M. Kuehne, and alternate William Keough.
Mike Gibbons of St. Paul delivered a stiff right hand to Sid Burns knocking out the English welterweight at Madison Square Garden. Burns became the second English champion to be counted out in a week, with Gibbons praised for his timely win and a display of gameness despite Burns's effort.
North Adams Massachusetts July 4 One of the most disastrous fires that ever visited the city destroyed a large section of the heart of the business district Tuesday causing an estimated loss of six hundred thousand dollars.
Walter Dearth, manager of the Pond Gap and Electric Company in Pana ML, is charged with bigamy. The warrant alleges he has a wife in the area and another partner.
The Turkish government advances a $160 million irrigation project tied to the Euphrates barrage, aiming to transform arid Mesopotamia into vast grain fields. Ancient reports praise the Euphrates delta as a historic granary, with Herodotus noting three hundredfold soil yields.
Mrs G A Selby of Redondo Beach California recounts eight years of painful eczema on hands and chest. After trying doctors with little relief she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and saw marked improvement by the second day, leading to a complete cure and endorsement of the product. A free sample offer is available from Cuticura Dept. 1 Boston.
A contemporary notes that simpler, homely names like Smith's Pond may be preferable to fanciful labels such as Fairy Glen Lake though multiple sites share common names. The piece cites Pittsburg with many Lincoln streets and argues that repeated names cause confusion and dissatisfaction with familiar capes.
The text outlines Mexico's pre 1617 ignorance, cites the 1325 Aztec founding of Mexico City, critiques Servilization as barbarism, and notes Aztec society as crude and cruel relative to contemporary Europe. It references Fiske's Discovery of America as a good source on ancient Mexican civilization.
The piece asserts that a nation’s core measure is the health and numbers of its babies, arguing population well being is fundamental to national strength and future prospects. It emphasizes baby health as the bedrock of civic and economic stability.
A man with a budding business agreed to pay $50 for a full page. After reviewing the copy, the merchant said the price was too high and that much of the writing was familiar. The exchange highlights caution in advertising expenses.
Estimates place global coal consumption for ocean shipping at about 75 million tons per year, with expenditures near 259 million dollars. The figure underscores coal’s pivotal role in maritime propulsion and fuel costs for fleets worldwide.
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