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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
8
A misleading 19th century style advertisement offers a free recipe claiming to cure kidney problems and curing urinary symptoms. It urges readers to mail for a copy from Dr A B Rewington in Detroit, promising quick recovery and home treatment without medical fees. The text uses scare tactics and sensational promises to obtain an address.
Ancient leap year rights for women are traced to a 1228 Scottish Parliament law allowing women to propose marriage on leap year. The article notes the archaic phrasing and cites other historical and commercial snippets, including remedies for stomach and bowel issues and a few product pitches.
Keokuk Iowa hosts the fifth annual tristate track and field meet on May 4 under the High School Athletic Association. About 175 schools from Missouri and Illinois plus Illinois teams Yeatman McKinley Central St Louis Chillicothe Hannibal St Joseph Springfield, Clinton Muscatine Dubuque Davenport West East North Des Moines Galesburg Springfield Moline Decatur Chicago Peoria Quincy Nanola are invited. The meet aims to crown tristate champions, a highly coveted title for the upcoming season.
Ben Mottien Racing Des Moines racing men pledge to run a meet on June 38th 9th and 20th despite Cedar Valley Racing Circuit pressing June 4th 5th and 6th. Secretary J C Rood confirms the club will stage on the listed dates even with Marion Iowa conflicts.
By the will of the late Mrs. Margaret McHugh widow of Alex McHugh who died last month leaving an estate valued between $600000 and $700000 her son by a former marriage is left $10000 and the bulk of the property goes to C. H. Hedrick of Battle Creek Michigan a close friend. Leroy Robert Hoover son of the deceased whose home is Cadillac Michigan will contest the will.
Des Moines veterans of Iowa regiments plan an excursion to the Shiloh battlefield for the fiftieth anniversary. A group including members of the Iowa Hornets Nest Brigade will travel to St. Louis on April 1 and proceed down the Mississippi starting April 2.
Preparations are underway for the biggest temperance convention in Iowa. A legislative committee meeting is set for March 19 at the Des Moines M. M. A. auditorium with representatives from the Constitution Amendment association Business Men's Temperance association state prohibition party Good Templars and Town Anti-Saloon league to outline plans for a May convention.
Sioux City reports the Howard hotel to be expanded with a brick four story annex this month. Tenants in adjacent small structures north of the hotel must vacate by March 16 to clear space. The addition will more than double capacity at a cost of $75,000.
Police detectives trailed dynamiter Thomas Maxwell to St Joseph where he confessed the December 31 bombing of the Bedford opera house. Maxwell, paid $26 by an enemy of the owner, says a woman detective led to his arrest.
Panora will host an agricultural short course next winter with about 175 pledges. Costs run around 2.50 for men and boys in corn and stock judging classes and 1.60 for women and girls in domestic science classes.
The new high school building is completed and being occupied. It is thoroughly modern with large classrooms and a gymnasium. A steam heating plant has been installed in the building.
Waterloo jury returns a verdict of six thousand dollars for Neil McDougal in lawsuits against Citizens' Gas & Electric Company and the Corn Belt Telephone Company over his 5 year old son's death after contact with a live wire.
Lincoly argues that many talents are not mere accomplishments and highlights the virtue of being easy to live with. A Quaker remark elevates homemaking over linguistic prowess, urging daughters to view home management as a noble, aspirational profession shaping children and domestic harmony amid rising challenges.
Poetic excerpt speaks of love as law binding man to the angel and warns against deviation. It mentions celestial horizons over daily paths and the cloud and star sharing glory, hinting at an ascent to ecstasy beyond ordinary life.
At a meeting of the directors of the Central Iowa Lutheran sanitarium and Old People's Home association held at Story City officers were elected and plans for the erection of the home advanced. The board aims to build a splendid new building in the coming year.
Fort Dodge women have organized a woman's club to work for civic improvement and already 250 members. They plan spring projects including beautification of an oil area vacant lot, sanitation of food supplies, and child welfare work in well organized departments.
Des Moines executive committee of the state board of agriculture met at the State house to revise the premium list for the 1912 State fair. Secretary A R Corey says more than $70,000 will be spent on premiums this year.
Tips on sewing buttons to align with button holes to avoid gaping, quick lace curtain mending with cold starch and ironing, using cotton batting to dust sick rooms, wiping milk bottle tops after opening, boosting coffee flavor with a hint of fresh grounds, and a cream pie recipe with milk eggs flour sugar and crust. Also a fruit salad dressing with almond butter lemon juice and water.
The supreme court advanced Nellia Coffin versus Father L. Coffin to the May term to compel alimony. The order sets the case for issue in May. In Cedar Rapids Lulu Monnce sues Pearl Lyman of Center Point for damages of $10,000 claiming heartbreak after he proposed marriage and preparations were made.
A movement gathers steam to unite the Hauge Lutheran synod with the merged United Lutherans and synod Lutheran bodies embracing about 75 000 members. Representatives from branches will attends an unofficial conference in Story City Iowa on March 17.
J Elkinton owner of a Colfax interurban poultry farm reports 422 dozen eggs in three months from about 175 hens. He notes winter egg gathering hinges on hen care.
Miles Ella Gilmore of Marshalltown learns she is one of five heirs to a $50 000 Hinghaimton New York estate left by her aunt Mrs. Almira Ketchusa who died February 27. In Oskaloosa Iowa, William H Hawking aged 79, a senior member of Hawking Brothers livery and a noted stockman active in Chicago Omaha and Kansas City markets, is reported dead.
Dana Durand cites In the World's Work arguing that in 1910 foreign born whites in the United States under ten years present a male majority of 155 to 100. Across all foreign born whites there were 7,622,000 males and 5,821,000 females, a 129 to 100 male advantage, compared with native whites at 103 males per 100 females, noting a shift from 1800.
Mason City resident Walter Myascovich pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the death of Philip Djurovich in a drunken brawl and received an eight year sentence. Newton reports Peter Cox, a Bax ter area farmer, shot himself in the head with a .22 revolver and is not expected to recover.
Four hundred aligns bearing the name of the Blue Gray Road will be distributed along the Blue Grass route by Frank A Nimrocks of Ottumwa to the county supervisors.
The Towa City High School rifle team shattered a national scholastic mark by scoring 960 of 1000 in a match against Washington Business High. The feat highlights a commanding performance by the Iowa squad in the interscholastic event.
A compact note links friendship to addressing the weak and seeking remedies. It hints that music, life narratives, painting, and sculpture support longevity, while enduring bustle and bat music may pose dangers to young men.
At Horne Tooke trial Lord Hidon defends his reputation claiming the little inheritance he will leave his children and vows to keep it unimpaired. Tears mark the moment as onlookers note Mitford’s crying, and Tooke remarks about the fate of Didon’s children.
Senator Bankhead said the report spoiled the eloquent speech likening it to Hiram Warwig’s account of Daniel Webster’s last words. He cited Webster’s dying line I still live and a Skeeter Beach visitor’s quip that Webster uttered I Ain't dead yet, highlighting misreporting.
Wedmore quips about living on half income before marriage. Singleton asks if he was a wine step, to which Wedmore replies that half was the wrong proportion and he should have aimed for an eighth.
Boston firm Paxton Toilet Co will mail a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic a cleansing and germicidal toilet preparation free to any woman upon request.
A witty exchange notes the purse's authenticity with the line This purse is real alligator skin and the reply I suppose that is why it has such snap. The brief quip highlights the accessory's claimed quality and quick humor.
Garfield Tea promised to correct liver and kidney issues. The text also touts two heads being better than one and a cabbage patch as a setting for sayings. This fragmentary notice appears as an odd blend of promotional copy and aphorisms with no clear news event or subjects.
An OCR fragment references dr uggite matters and patina in a short, unclear line. Details are unreadable, with partial words suggesting a note about a druggist and related terms. no clear event or person identified.
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