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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
4
Vindicator and Republican Estherville serves as the town newspaper edition covering local concerns, community notices, and regional news from Estherville and surrounding areas. It reports on municipal matters, events, and public announcements affecting residents and businesses.
Former county doctor James Hargis, a longtime Breathitt County figure and Democratic insider, was found slain in his store. His son Bode Pareis allegedly shot him five times after a quarrel, amid long running feuds in the county. Cause remains undetermined, with tensions between families noted.
A massive blaze swept a full city block on South Adams Street in Pearks UL destroying four and three story structures including the Watson building housing J McAdams tailors and Columbia phonograph. Firefighters fought the flames amid strong winds saving some adjacent properties and causing significant financial loss.
Report claims Noo Marther Acton WuE Pollow and Theodora Shouts faced customs scrutiny at a Theodore DP residence. Evidence described as imported from Europe and connected to Mrs. Shouts and her daughter. Authorities state no consent withdrawal and suggest the fare will be crapped amid high authority denial.
Five firefighters and two others were injured when a fire caused a silo loss in a Ta chie Wis club room Thursday night. Strippie suffered leg injuries while Charles Jenista had severe bruising. A live wire contributed to the danger as the scene sparked and smoke filled the area.
A fire destroyed an eight family house at the northwest corner of West Seventeenth Street and Columbus Avenue in New York on a Wednesday. Margaret Sandon, 21, leaped from a window and died from the fall injuries.
Thursday's Sioux City live stock market quotations list beef cattle with top price around 4.50 dollars per hundredweight. Prices shown include beeves and bute entries, reflecting local market activity in the cattle trade.
The South Dakota armored cruiser will conduct its first government trial trip at Web. By the time the fleet arrives in San Francisco, the South Dakota is expected to be commissioned.
A mob removed Jack Long from Newbury jail amid tensions over the murder of John Sapp. Eyewitnesses report jeering and calls for swift justice as authorities investigate the incident and seek to restore order.
Winter blizzard grips eastern Pennsylvania and Michigan. Dozens of deaths from exposure reported as two women freeze in a twenty two manetan on West seventy first street. Snowbound trains leave towns cut off from bread and supplies. trolley service disrupted. passengers carried by sledge or farm wagons.
In a private London hearing Sir Terrel Barnes granted the Countess of Yarmouth Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburgh a decree nullifying her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth. Four witnesses testified, including the countess and her maid, with the court doctor and an American lawyer. the marriage was proved though not consummated, and the judge weighed whether to nominally void the union.
Seven Fremen injured as walls collapse during a blaze at 44 Worth Street, a dry goods derma in the wholesale fry goods district. Missing man Lanuton de believed in the Yuffs. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars as firemen battled freezing water and inadequate standpipe pressure. victims found beneath wreckage.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad reduces monthly pay for all workers earning over $450. Employees earning $400 or more see a 10 percent cut, while those earning more than $250 up to $400 lose 5 percent.
A severe blaze swept through Peoria on Wednesday night, destroying almost an entire business dock on Adama Street in HL. The property loss is estimated at $260,000 with extensive damage to stock and buildings.
A bill to appropriate 403000 for payment of Catholic church claims in the Philippines won favorable report from the House committee on insular affairs on Wednesday.
In St Petersburg the court martial for the surrender of Port Arthur closes hearings after six hours. Prosecutors seek harsh penalties for Jens Steinsel Teack and Reise, while defense appeals hinge on past valor and military service. The judge advocate invokes rules from Nicholas II era, contending Russia must never lower flag after siege ends.
Forty thousand dollars in farm property and gold coin constitute the estate of Laurenee Stuttler, a hermit rancher of Spangle Ward. The deceased shared little about himself and left no clear heirs, with rumors linking a Washington recluse’s heir to the fortune. The story traces Stuttler’s travels from Baden Baden to New York, Nashville, St Louis, Chicopee, San Francisco, and Los Angeles before settling on his Spangle farm.
Awarded to Panlaidon Wederat Labor union notified of a contract to construct a sewer on Ntothy avenue in Spokane for 4480 under the engineer's estimate. Mamas Mac laney is business agent. this may be the first urban project in the northwest. Mayor Herbert Moore hints at urban renewal benefits and northern workers expected to start next spring.
Roland Beard and Joseph AtMler were sentenced Wednesday in Polede Ohio for hyphyany in restraint of trade. Each received six months in the workhouse and costs, with a $2600 tie, after a Supreme Court decision altered prior jail terms for prominent Voledo families.
Judge Gorter names Jus Packard and Edwin Baerger to meet with the firm Wilson, Colston and Vo bankers of Baltimore as liabilities are estimated around 15,000 and assets about 170,000. The community shows interest in Southern securities and related holdings.
A news agency recounts a fierce clash between French troops and Moors near Setat Momecu. The battle results in heavy casualties, with about 10,000 Moors reported killed or wounded and four officers among the trench losses.
An elderly former governor aged 73 was reported dead in North Okebatu. Police said Begal, known as Shotividge, died after an illness. No further details were released pending official confirmation.
A blaze toppled the Le Mars Printing Co plant and LeMars Sentinel office on a Tuesday afternoon, causing about 25 000 dollars in losses. The fire started near the furnace in the basement after noon, spreading within ten minutes, with the Niemen family and staff battling strong winds. James Mullaney saved the subscription ledger and other items not yet in the safe. Losses were estimated at 15 000 dollars by the printing company president with 8 000 insured, while the newspaper owner quoted 4 000 dollars with 2 000 insured. The gutted building, recently bought by Mrs. A A Sutton, may yield salvage on presses and materials.
The northern Tew short course closed at Spencer on February 1 with 212 in agricultural classes and 93 in household economics. About 200 men and 85 to 90 women attended, including twenty high school pupils, and most planned to take the Saturday examination. The exhibit corn brought over $175 and a new corn sale record was set with ten ears of Silver King selling for $40. An movement began to establish an experiment station on the county farm and to plan a short course next winter.
A Calfax physician Dr W H Ashley is jailed in Des Moines after his wife followed him from Colfax Monday night and found him with society woman Miss Pearl Hamilton. Mrs Ashley plans to prosecute. Hamilton says she was told Ashley was single and planning marriage on St Valentine’s Day. The News notes the Clark county couple’s prominence in Colfax.
Josie Woods, 24, was discovered unconscious with limbs stiff from cold beside a road two miles from her father’s home near Orlance. She had left a outing with friends Saturday and wandered back toward town, possibly succumbing to delirium from exposure.
Plans prepared by the supervising architect in Washington call for a reconstructed post office at Brat Didge with an appropriation of 100,090 dollars. The present building is inadequate for commerce.
William Suderso, a retired farmer from Lincoln township, died in Heumontia aged Anderson. He was noted as one of the best in his community and a longtime resident of the area.
W. C. Striker, an Aurora attorney, reports the sensational elopement of Troya Wilson, 38, town barber, and Miss Gertrude Waddell, 20, daughter of wealthy landowner D. Waddell. Wilson, accused of adultery by Wilson's wife, fled with Gertrude from Panorama Nebraska on January 26, raising Aurora society fears and political gossip. The case, linked to Mrs. Wilson's destitution and Striker's involvement, promises further shock to local circles.
Ottumwa mourns Lydia V Tobias once Ottumwa's lone advocate of male attire for women. Born August 10 1822 in Orange County New York she moved to Ottumwa in 1864 from Hamilton Ohio and lived near Third and Washington Street where hundreds watched her garden and daily dress in calico trousers and a short coat. She died after years of public curiosity surrounding her unconventional style.
In Mason City district court, Skejgerud vs Law faced sensational claims as witness John Callanan of Clear Lake testified he received a $5 bribe to lie. He showed two $2 bills a silver dollar and a coupon book cover claiming transportation credit. court ordered evidence placed with Clark as grand jury weighs the charge.
Pretty Flossie Dunham a 20 year old Tama County school teacher eloped with her father’s 50 year old hired man Fred Carrick. The marriage occurred at Oska Oska on December 21 and was confessed to Flossie’s parents. Carrick lives at Bloomfield with two grown daughters. The girl repents and has returned to her parents.
Donald Schreiber aged 33 months died after being left in a Dysart kitchen with clothing burned off while his mother swept the porch. He was found unconscious near the outside door and died soon after. The incident involved the boy, his parents Mr and Mrs Ge Schreiber, and occurred Thursday.
Derurgeists paid 300 dollar fines for illegal liquor sales. Koth pleaded guilty after grand jury indictments. H H Williams ships a carload of Missouri mules to establish a local market near Odebolt. Peter Carlson dies in the Council Bluffs city jail after a drunken arrest. Jeans Jensen sells a Cedar Falls farm at 95 dollars per acre, totaling 22 860 dollars.
The Congregational committee seeking a pastor for Creston reports failure as forty two churches in the denomination in Iowa and surrounding areas currently lack ministers. A separate note mentions a Hillsboro man aged 20 feared arrest for taking five dollars from a Rock County girl and allegedly attempted suicide.
Not guilty on the ground of insanity at the time of the act. Justice Dowling ordered Harry Thaw committed to Matteawan for a lunacy evaluation. The verdict followed a dramatic court scene as Thaw reacted with tears and thanks to his counsel. The coverage recalls the Thaw-Nesbit saga and the trials’ high public interest.
Triminal lawyer from California. Dok mas made his defense the unwritten law and insanity, District Attorney Jerome introduced only witnesses needed to prove Thaw killed White. Defense urged Thaw insane at the time, offered Avilyn Thaw’s testimony about her treatment by White. Alienists swore brain storm. Jerome implied Thaw insane. Lunacy commission found Thaw sane. Trial began in June and ended Sunday 28.
James Lambert of Philadelphia has left 50000 to the Academy of Fine Arts to fund purchases of works by rising American artists. Joseph M. Stuston, an architect linked with the Harrisburg State capitol project, was granted a separate trial in Harrisburg, with reports claiming he may seek State’s degree against others.
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