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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1911
Page
6
In a Washington Star tale two Marylags farmers John and Bill, noted for their ugliness, are involved in a betting prank with a passing farmer. John bets a centlenian blue dollars he is the ugliest boy, Bill wakes from under a covered wagon and answers, delivering five dollars to the stranger who drives off.
A reflective piece notes travel as a universal urge driving people to seek crowds and sights from Matterhorn to Venice. It contrasts travelers with creditors and conscience, praising experiences while hinting at misery, self-importance, and the emptiness of lavish journeys. Keywords include Ma'am, Singer building, Pisa, and Clarion.
A parrot named Plato, taught to speak multiple languages, becomes central to a crime in Borisitis owner residence. The landlady, opposed to the bird, confronts it at breakfast and is strangled by the parrot’s keeper. a student observer witnesses the event and the keeper is jailed.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt recalls how Southern court procedures differ. In Norfolk a judge rejects charging the jury, and in Savannah divorce verdicts may be revisited at next term if the plaintiff wins. The article notes reconciliation often follows. Advertising note: place ads in the Vindicator and Republican for wide Emmet county reach.
Dr D J Dunws mayor of Cass Lake was arrested by detectives charged as head of a safeblowing and incendiary gang. He was arraigned and held on 5000 bond with trial set for June 28. Wounded suspect Mike Davis remains at large after a failed post office safe explosion in Puposky. Police promise further arrests in Minneapolis and Superior.
Washington June 19 The Lorimer senate committee plans to summon nearly all Illinois lawmakers involved in Lorimer’s election as witnesses. Cyrus McCormick and former Governor Richard Yates will answer questions about funds alleged to have influenced the outcome and the so called jackpot fund in the state’s legislature. The panel aims to hear anyone with knowledge of the election.
Chiorya June 19 Roy N. K. Clarkson superintendent of the White Cross Midnight Missionary association was fined four dollars and costs by Municipal Court Judge Wheap at the Harso street station after Officer James Cooley charged him with calling Mayor Warrigan a name. Clarkson claimed twelve associates witnessed the event and testified he did not speak disrespectfully of the mayor or anyone else. police accounts were unsupported.
June 19 report from Kinsea cites a wreck on a freshly oiled road killing one man and injuring two women, with the unidentified chauffeur fleeing the scene. Juli Stotts died at the scene. Miss Genevieve Pierce and Miss Minnie M. Collins sustained injuries. Residents describe the aftermath and response.
A fragment reports ancient wheat seeds found by a Greeley farmer after lying in Egyptian conditions for perhaps over a thousand years. The grains germinated into brown stalks, promising a new variety superior to local crops.
Keokuk forms automobile club and Keokuk trades plan a labor day fete. Webster City leases Hotel Tracr. Cedar Rapids YWCA building bid at 60000. Waterloo houses Automatic Air Pump firm. Ames to erect Methodists church by Cole Bros. Spirit Lake hosts Knights Templar conclave July 8 to 14.
A reader note surveys home garden and farm topics including methods to remove wallpaper with flour paste, using coal ashes on clay soil, and the futility of nut fruit trees substitution. It also covers corn production leaders in 1910, nursery fraud damages, Chicago university girl marriage intentions, citrus fruit research denial, bird instincts in pest control, nesting and egg handling for poultry, and critique of congressional seed distributions.
In this analysis the shift from lend to loan is traced from ancient usage to modern finance. It explains that money once lent as a favor or via usury has evolved into a mechanical process where funds are loaned to stimulate industry and profit. The piece notes the distinction between verb and noun forms and how credit devices expanded productive money movement.
After a murder trial in 1824 a publisher named Catchpin issued a penny ballad titled We Are Alive Again. Readers misread the title as the phrase We are Alive Again and bought two and a half million copies. The term catchpenny came to mean a hoax or sensational appeal. Catchpin reportedly pocketed two and a half million pennies.
The oldest bell in the United States, dating from A D 809, may have come from a Spanish monastery and traveled via ballast or junk ship before ending in the belfry of the Hast Haddam rectory. Once rung to call prayers before modern times, it now sounds in a peaceful New England hamlet.
Tom Osborne the bookseller challenged by Johnson over a delay. Johnson grabbed a folio and struck, sending Osborne to the floor. Johnson stood with foot on Osborne's chest, taunting, before walking off amid remarks about dullness and obscurity.
A London fire at wine merchants premises produced dense fumes from shattered spirits and wines. Firemen and salvage corps entered the basement to fight the blaze but were overwhelmed by noxious vapors. Sixteen officers and men were dragged to safety after arduous efforts, with several remaining unconscious for a time.
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