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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1911
Page
2
A 19th or early 20th century account portrays gunpowder factory workers as highly paid yet deeply fearful men. Strict, ritual safety rules govern entry and movement, including metal searches, stripped clothing, and constant surveillance to prevent sparks. Visitors are rare, barred or escorted, and the work culture treats danger as a daily fate.
A fragment from a historical account notes the extreme care at a gunpowder plant to prevent accidents. Workers feared death, with superstition high, including beliefs about women bringing misfortune. An inexperienced official admitted a woman photographer, triggering a shutdown and a mass layoff.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as effective for coughs in children and adults. It promises no opiates or harmful drugs and references a yellow package. The offer includes a prepaid large color wall map of Iowa with 1910 census figures and maps of the U.S., world, Mexico, and Panama on the reverse side.
The Des Moines Register and Leader will be sent until January 1, 1912 for $1.90. tf A fresh supply of the best carbon paper and typewriter ribbons just received. The Vindicator and Republican Coa. tf
A riotous heat and drug influenced scene in Independence sees Lizzie Simms, the Chinese laundryman’s wife, attempting to kill her husband and two others, resisted by four police officers and then placed in a straight jacket. Other July items report liquor permit publicity plans in Mason City, a mail carrier eject incident in Iowa City, Sac City’s running team heading to the state meet, and Alva T. Stewart’s death at his home in Marshalltown.
Bligzins says he has one of the smartest and handsomest youngsters in the country. Yes replied Mr. Growcher that’s what comes of so many people thinking it necessary to tell a man that his children take after him.
Marmersburg township voters across four independent districts defeat the ballot proposal to consolidate. In Iowa City a separate notice reports Tiffany dies after a fall from a cherry tree, injuring him days earlier, at his home. M Tiffany, father of a local banker, is reported as the deceased.
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