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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
11
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune features a grandmother recalling her single joy ride sixteen years ago in a Ferris wheel. She notes the ride lasted about fifteen minutes per revolution, prompting a playful remark.
The steel steamer Frank H. Good year lies at forty fathoms in Lake Huron after a collision with the James B. Wood about 35 miles off Point Aux Barques. Sixteen to eighteen believed dead, five saved, as crews struggled amid a heavy fog and rising water. The Goodyear sank amidships with many lost, while the Wood stayed afloat with pumps working.
Illinois coal operators and miners failed to reach terms and adjourned sine die at Peoria. The suspension in effect since April 1 will become a strike, with mines likely idle through summer. Expect sharp coal price rises in Chicago while Eastern mines stay in operation. Officials have not outlined campaign plans or decisions on pump men and repair workers.
St Louis Aeronauts H. B Honeywell and W. F. Asmann completed a 470 mile long flight from St Louis to Shiloh Michigan in about twenty two hours. They aimed to beat the Lahm cup record but were stopped by a dead calm and fog over Lake Michigan. A separate crash injured eight on Illinois Central Diamond Special at the mouth of a tunnel in St Louis.Express messenger George B. Wyckoff of Chicago sustained internal injuries.
The Senate amended and accepted House provisions on a railroad bill shifting defense of suits to the Attorney General while allowing IC C to intervene. Rate suspension extended to 120 days. debates featured Rayner, Hughes, and Elkins. Hawaii law extensions and multiple appropriation discussions followed in both houses.
Obituary notes the death of Rev. Alexander McLaren, a prominent Manchester preacher, occurring in Edinburgh. Other items report Cork advices that 1250 Home-going Movement members arrived at Queenstown on April 22, and various legal and financial cases including an embezzlement charge, surrender in a bribery case, and a Washington petition by Harry T. Clinton for auto regulation.
Stage superstition holds an umbrella opened on stage brings bad luck and actors hesitate to wear new shoes on opening night yet wearing them on the wrong feet supposedly averts the curse. Haste in dressing seen as good omens. Whistling during rehearsal allegedly guarantees frost at opening. In opera, a yellow clarinet in the orchestra is believed to trigger the same misfortune.
A reflective verse contrasts failed schemes with Fortune’s fickle nature urging a steadfast walk with a cheerful song and a hidden hurt behind a smiling face.
The new Madison Wisconsin forest products laboratory, a Wisconsin University and U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperative, will study wood strength, decay prevention, distillation baffling waste, fiber for paper, and microscopic wood structure. The State provides the building light heat and power while USDA outfits and staffs 35 to 40 experts.
In Tarrytown New York John D Rockefeller the wealthiest man in the world regularly treats friends and neighbors to carriage and auto rides. He wears a paper vest before rides claiming protection against colds and insists guests do the same. He keeps the vest after rides turning them into local keepsakes.
Paris police arrest Sister Candide a nun famed for charities on charges of jewelry theft from merchants who trusted her to sell. Dr Leon Petit reportedly killed himself leaving letters implicating her in other shady deals as liabilities of about 800000 are cited.
Former Governor Rollins Payn of New Hampshire pleaded guilty to smuggling on arrival from Europe. He faced charges over wearing and jewelry valued at $2,000 by himself wife and son. Judge Hand noted the Rollins family status as aggravating and imposed a $2,000 fine, which was paid.
Joseph Klein, 11, was fatally shot when a revolver placed at his head by 17-year-old John Allen discharged. A third boy and a witness say the trio were "playing death by own action" when Allen instructed Klein how to shoot himself. Klein died after being taken home by his mother. In a separate item, Dominico Da Guna will be appointed ambassador to the United States.
A Boston bride pleads for restraint as guests depart and a chaotic chorus of fish horns tin pans cow bells and rattling boxes erupts outside the venue. Harold is urged to quiet the celebration to avoid drawing attention.
A News year 1910s fragment claims Fishguard intends to supplant Queenstown as a port for transatlantic passenger liners. The text blends sensational notes on suffragettes, a commercial eye remedy, and a Japan court case. It includes a 1908 murder appeal in Saitama prefecture where a farmer argues madness, with doctors and a judge debating feigned lunacy.
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