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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1912
Page
2
From Nathaniel Pitt Langford's Vigilante Days and Ways, the excerpt argues vigilantes acted to protect people when formal law faltered in mining camps. It acknowledges missteps by some vigilantes yet defends the overall effort as necessary to resist robbery, gambling, and predatory dance halls.
The oldest public Maine highway is the road by the sea between Wells Beach and the shore viewed by travelers on the Western division of the Tieston and Maine. In 1643 the Massachusetts commissioner ordered Wells Cape Porpus and Saco to create a road "from house to house" fit for foot and cart. Kittery and York were also to make a straight convenient way along East for man and horse. Land travel was by foot or on horseback with rare ox carts. horse and wagon and Stage line appeared only about 130 years later.
A garbled local column mixes rumors about ticket sales at a Studebaker booth, a Broadway opera figure, and light social quips. It includes a remark about seating in a theater balcony, a joke about buyers and ushers, and snippets on Opera and celebrity culture with brief, poorly connected exchanges.
TL believed the engagement to Jack would end. Vean't explains he cannot for a time as he has just learned Jack bought the flag up easy Daymentis.
The Olympic finals completed with Arnold Jackson of England winning the 1500 meters after a dramatic finish. P J McDonald set a new weight-throw Olympic record, while Ralph Rose’s mark was surpassed by Rose Kimblet’s 15.25 meters. J Bouln and H Kotohmainen contended in the 100 meters as J Bonhag trailed.
July 12 New York experts Dr William A White head of the federal asylum and Dr Charles K Mills testify the Slay er of Stanford White is sane. Judge Olcott and Anthony Comstock present testimony supporting the Thaw family reaction at adjournment as the habeas corpus hearing continues before Justice Keough.
Washington July 12 senator Tillman of South Carolina introduced a resolution asking the secretary of the navy for information about deliberate construction details and armor for assembling the largest fighting vessel ever, a giant warship to be known as the Terror.
Mrs May Beachey wife of aviator Lincoln Beachey discontinued her suit for absolute divorce in the New York supreme court. A written consent of all parties interested to end the action was filed.
Martin Aguirre, who had led the jury in the Darrow case since the trial began, resigned his position on Wednesday after rumors criticizing his conduct circulated in Los Angeles California.
Washington July 11 Thomas Taggart former national Democratic chairman testified before the senate campaign expenditure committee that Thomas F Ryan August Belmont and Cord Meyer were the chief money sources for the 1904 presidential campaign. He said he burned the records relating to contributions as they would be of no further use.
Coroner's inquest into the Lackawanna express wreck near Elmira last week recalls forty deaths. Charles Klapproth testifies that his lifelong friend William Schroeder, the passenger engine’s engineer, was intoxicated about four hours before taking control at 12 30 a m on July 4. Foggy conditions hindered signal visibility, torpedoes not used to halt the train, and witnesses dispute whether the flagman carried torpedoes.
Ohio lawyers meeting at Cedar Point voted to back a proposed judicial reform for the new constitution. The plan would implement a three-fourths verdict in civil cases and other radical changes, as discussed by the Ohio State Bar Association in Sandusky on July 12.
In Washington on July 12 Representative Akin of New York introduced a resolution in the house asking Secretary Wilson to state whether he had become the tool of irrigation companies to aid his son, Jasper Wilson, employed on the Stanley dam project in Colorado.
E T Fairchild was elected president of the National Educational association, the vote by rising tally after a dispute led by Miss Grace Strachan of New York. Hammond Now a Port Hammond Ind July 12 A 000 foot wide and 21 foot deep canal connects town with ship canal at Indiana Harbor, adding Hammond to lake ports.
Clinton N. Howard temporary chairman of the eleventh national Prohibition convention at Atlantic City opens with a fiery attack on Taft Roosevelt and the major parties. He decries liquor influence, mocks Roosevelt and calls for a Prohibitionist victory to end the liquor traffic. Several states push favored candidates as nominations begin amid heated debate.
A Garfield Georgia reunion of the Canaday family ends in tragedy as a maid’s alleged poison causes 3 deaths and 13 expected fatalities with 24 others seriously ill. About 40 attendees ate the dinner at the old homestead, and doctors report vegetable poison found in the food. The family suspects a discharged maid who had threatened revenge.
A call to US citizens sympathetic to the National Pro Breséitvs movement invites delegates to a national convention in Chicago on August 5. Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana and Theodore Roosevelt's campaign manager helped issue the call, signed by sixty-two representatives from forty states. North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Maine, Nevada, Idaho and Mississippi are not represented.
A July 10 blaze in Tonopah Nevada swept two blocks of the business district destroying several office buildings and many homes. Windy conditions and rapid spread caused an estimated loss near 250000 with the Tonopah Daily Bonanza among the heavy losers. In Turkey, War Minister Mahmoud Shefket Pasha resigned his post on Wednesday.
Jamaica N Y July 12 Edwin A Dodd a bachelor left his estate to his landlady The state appraiser has estimated the estate at practically 250000 This short note reports the bequest and valuation with minimal details.
In Viterbo on July 10 the Camorra trial concluded after nearly two years. Corrado Sortino and others were found guilty of murders of Gennaro Cuocolo and his wife, with Alfano and others convicted as instigators. Sentences ranged from five to thirty years plus police surveillance, with various defendants receiving ten years total in some form.
Washington July 11 Dewey Hilles chosen as chairman of the Republican national committee and pilot of Taft re election forces John B Reynolds named secretary selections made by the nine member sub committee ahead of Friday July 19 meeting at Waldorf Astoria New York to appoint treasurer and officers. National committee headquarters set for New York Metropolitan Life building with planned midwest headquarters in Chicago and Pacific coast base in Portland Ralph E Williams to head far western offices.
Civic experts and publicists from across the nation gather in Los Angeles for the eighteenth annual National Municipal League convention. Governor Hiram Johnson opens the event with a welcome, Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart responds, and sessions run through July 12. The league lists active membership over 2,500 and total affiliated groups pushing civic betterment at more than 190,000 members.
Advices from the Portuguese frontier report 60 killed and 200 wounded among Royalists in a battle at Chaves. Republican losses are not given. A separate fire in Watertown New Jersey destroyed Thousand Island Park resort on the Lawrence River, causing about a million dollars in losses last Tuesday.
A fragmentary note discusses love, payment and travel, mentioning Gan field Tea as a quick acting product available in drug stores. It rails against fate and references heavenly cooks and British imperial possessions, including a claim about 100 million postage stamps per year.
Mrs J L Story recounts a tale about a fearful relative who dreaded damp sheets as she neared death. In her dying moment the bed linen was being warmed in the fireplace, and the old woman whispered she would not lie in damp clothes even in death.
In Sikeston Missouri Mrs Dema Bethune describes seven years of monthly weakness cramps and backache followed by severe nervous prostration. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and energy enabling daily tasks, gardening and social visits. The ad urges others with similar troubles to try the remedy.
Resinol products for infant skin care are advertised with Resinel Bono 25c and Resinel Ointment 60c. Availability described through druggists with mail order on receipt of price. Addressed to Deps. 2K, Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
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