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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
2
A vintage advert notes strong winds and sand storms causing granulation of the eyelids. It promotes PET TITS EYE SALVE from Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York, priced at 25 cents. The ad ends with a moral about the challenge of raising a son to support you.
The article touts Canadian farm lands as a strong investment and living option. It notes 15 to 20 percent Spring value gains, easy rail access near settlements, low grain transport costs, and government rail pricing. Free homesteads of 160 acres could reach $100 to $200 per acre in value with profits of 10 to 20 dollars per acre yearly. It cites large U.S. migration to Canada and urges timely decisions to secure rail-adjacent homesteads, with government literature available via agents across the States.
Governor James N. Gillett ordered the restraint of the Jeffries versus Johnson boxing match in San Francisco set for July 4. He urged courts to block the prize fight and warned of prosecutions if held. Promoters Gleason and Rickard were surprised, while Langford Kaufman prospects also prompt action.
United States postal inspectors raided United Wireless Telegraph offices in Broadway New York on Wednesday arresting Christopher D. Wilson president Samuel 5 Bogart first vice president and William W. Tompkins head of the New York selling agency. Chief Inspector Meyer charged that the company run at a loss while stock was inflated to fictitious values and officers sold stock to the public at large for large profits with one estimate ranging from five to ten million dollars. The warrants were issued under federal criminal code on information from Carter D. B. Keene a post office inspector. The alleged mail fraud was cited in the complaint.
General Varesunin de Vares, military governor of Bosnia and Blerzegovina, escaped an assassination attempt as he returned to the palace after opening the diet. A socialist named Karajic fired five shots but struck none. He then killed himself.
Wednesday quotations on the Sioux City live stock market list top hogs at 9.45 dollars and top peppers at 8.10 dollars, reflecting active trading in livestock.
A bleached flour case in U S district court in Kansas City was postponed until Thursday due to illness of Edward Smith of Omaha, attorney for the miners. A fire destroyed the Hansell-Miecock foundry in Chicago causing about $200,000 loss. The plant was a two story brick and concrete structure covering an entire city block.
The Brunswick Record notes a possible role for red squirrels in combating browntail moth nests on High street. It reports one home with two red squirrels and compares nest counts: seven nests last year, twentyfold more elsewhere this year, four nests in the same trees. Observers are urged to watch red squirrels habits in clearing brownfall nests.
A Hoopeston man reports permanent relief after two years of severe kidney and back pain, swelling, chills, and secretions, credited to Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. Nearby, a frightened Lost Child story ends with Uncle Ned reuniting with Joey at the park station, where officers offer candy and bananas.
The Rolla asks about appendicitis and a cynical parent replies that the condition lets a good doctor open a man and remove his entire bank account, quoted from the Washington Star.
Sioux City businessmen plan an aviation meet at Woodland Park Riverside the last two days of June and first day of July. Curtiss and assistantsWillard and Mars bring the Scientific Hangmen machine for time trials endurance height and slow flying. Bands, baseball games, and crowds are expected to fill the city with the meet and related events drawing visitors from surrounding trade territory.
Artist and illustrator Leon Guypon shot himself in his New York studio on Tuesday. Close friend H C Merrill said Guypon, once engaged to Agnes Foster of Boston, broke the engagement due to ill health. He sent $7,212 to Foster in a letter and left a self written will naming Foster and Merrill as beneficiaries. The will requested cremation and scattering of ashes.
In Denver the National Mother's congress endorses creating a national cabinet officer and a home and child department. Roosevelt support is noted and Dr George Walters Holden of Denver argues tuberculosis prevention. He criticizes high school fraternities dances late hours and the public drinking cup linking exposure to disease.
A Black man named Wil unter was seized by a mob from officers in Star City Arkansas and fatally harmed after a prior arrest for entering a white woman’s room near Gar nett. A separate fire destroyed the Buck powder factory at Coudersport Pennsylvania, operated by Buck Manufacturing Company, burning Clarence Buck and his son Bernard.
A Cologne dispatch reports a devastating cloudburst in the Aher valley of the Eifel region Sunday night. The flood, driven by storms and high rainfall, overwhelmed two railway laborer barracks housing Italian and Croatian workers, with 37 bodies recovered and an estimated 150 dead.
The Merchants Stock & Grain Company of St. Louis halted all trades in stocks, grain, and provisions after Tuesday notice to customers. Manager Frank J. Miner was recently convicted of conducting a bucket shop, while Western Union cut wires to bucketshops and Circuit Attorney Jones shut eight such shops within three weeks, leaving Merchants as the last operating firm.
Dr. John M. Grant, a prominent St. Louis physician, was shot twice by department store driver Alogius W. Rayne as he alighted from his car in front of his office. Rayne was arrested after the incident, allegedly sparked by an order to move the wagon from the curb.
Lord Kitchener declines the post of inspector general of the Mediterranean forces, to which he was appointed last August succeeding the duke of Connaught. The decision was officially communicated to the British House of Commons by Richard B. Haldane, secretary of war, on Monday.
A Jewish girl of birth who had been ordered expelled from Kiev, Russia, leapt from an express train bound for Odessa. She was found alive and unconscious after the fall.
Attorney General Stead of Minois issues opinion to State Treasurer Andrew Russel stating fees paid to special attorneys hired for inheritance tax cases by county judges are unwarranted under the law.
Lambert Wilson, of Owensville Indiana, climbed his house roof to observe Halley’s comet. A slipped foot sent him sliding thirty feet to the ground where he sustained painful cuts and bruises.
Practically all details are set for the planned merger of twenty large oil producing companies in the Oklahoma field. The new firm will own refineries and pipelines and is to be formed in Kansas City on Monday.
Wallace A Brussell of Seattle age 23 walked into the Monte Carlo saloon and gambling house and fatally shot proprietor Joseph Bronner in a fatal incident.
A cross country aeroplane event from St Louis to Kansas City is scheduled for July 18 with a prize of at least $10 000 and likely higher.
In Breathitt County Kentucky a factional disturbance Sunday night in Athol resulted in Miley Crawfurd being shot and killed by Elisha Johnson. The incident highlights local tensions and a fatal outcome in Breathitt County amid ongoing disputes.
Mayor Gaynor of New York received visitors on Monday Louis and Temple Abernethy sons of Marshal Jack Abernathy of Oklahoma who accompanied the youths to City Hall.
A Caiuinea Mexico dispatch reports forest fires charging through an area of twenty five miles in length across the Ojo and Manzanaiial mountains, causing damage in the region.
In a Le Figaro note a senior theater artist resigns insisting on double six treatment, arguing he should earn more than fellow performers. The manager questions the demand, noting payment benchmarks and the performer’s status.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson was just christened and his worried parents wonder how spelling reformers will handle his long name. So far his distinguished surname remains unchanged.
A reader cites a doctor’s claim that coffee acts as an insidious poison for some systems, triggering nervous trouble and stomach issues. The letter describes personal recovery after switching to Postum, noting improved sleep, weight gain, and healthier children, and ends by hinting at new letters in circulation.
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