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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1910
Page
9
Brookfield Missouri woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving health during the Change of Life. The letter recalls long relief from ailments including inflammation and irregularities and offers confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The Farmers Grain and Timber Company of Dows has grown into a leading local monopoly. Starting six years ago with two grain firms, they bought out rivals and now control all grain business in town. At their annual meeting last week, about $4,000 in additional stock was subscribed and the firm, with on hand grain, is nearly out of debt. Rumors say they may open a general store.
In Lenox township, Tawa county, 25 year old farmer Harry Schultz became insane and shot August Schloeman three times at his home. Sheriff Owen arrived, overpowered Schultz while he was signing nomination papers. Schultz fired at neighbors and residents. Schloeman may recover.
In Waterloo seven people escaped death after gas escaped from a broken pipe at the Moyers residence. The mother, unconscious and clutching a 3 month old, lay with four other children and the father overcome by fumes. Neighbors summoned help. doctors worked over the victims through the night.
Cass county farmers embrace the good roads drive as rural route carriers report strong adoption of the King adliag. At Atlantic, local data show about half the roads in use have been dragged this season, with many more farmers planning to join.
Samuel L. Kelley, 61, a Burlington inspector who worked nights, was found dead in his Council Bluffs home after gas from a stove submitted to a fatal smothering. The incident occurred Saturday when he reportedly started breakfast, laid down to sleep, and suffocated as the flame went out.
Senator William P. Whipple of the Tama Benton district is slowly improving after months of serious illness. He was struck last summer by nervous prostration and a general breakdown and has remained at home for an extended period.
The body of 60 year old Peter Weigmeyer was found in a barn loft at 290 Male Point Avenue Dubuque. Indications point to self inflicted death. Weigmeyer had been unemployed for several months and is survived by a wife and child.
Iowa City voters approved a measure to extend the city limits to include Mast Iown City and the west side. The proposition carried Monday by a 102 vote majority though turnout was less than half the eligible voters.
Ed Massingham and Frank Norris, middle aged, were severely cut about the abdomen at Independence. Both are in hospital. Massingham, the worse injured, may die.
Remarkable scenes opened Thursday at the Divine Healing Convention in the M C A auditorium Des Moines with Brother Yoakum of California in charge. Scores of sick and afflicted crowded the altar as many testified that prayers cured them Mrs Virginia Burton said her little daughter was cured of a fever and Mrs Edward Tr Hunter wife of the former Postmaster and Iowa political figure joined in professing aid from the gathering.
W. P. Renshaw, once at Logan, was taken back to Logan after practicing medicine without permission. He had resided in Council Bluffs for months, living near the central police station, and was reportedly bond-bound to answer an indictment before being rearrested.
Six year old Dale Waltz, son of Frank Waltz, was fatally crushed when a rope tied to a heavy beam in a barn caused the timber to fall across his chest. The accident occurred at the family home near Rose Till.
The citizens' party ticket opposed the democratic ticket at the city convention in Dubie Wednesday afternoon. Dan J. Flass was nominated for mayor. Taas currently serves as alderman at large.
Dr. W. W. Kline aged 39 tuberculosis expert from Louisville, Kentucky, fell from a Rock Island train Thursday night near Rockford. Both legs were crushed and amputated above the knees in a Waterloo hospital on Friday.
Lad Lad Tarr, seven, son of Mr and Mrs William Tarr of Oslo linesa, Osla inesa, was instantly killed Thursday afternoon when he fell from the tongue of a wagon and was run over by the tender of a traction outfit.
Construction on Des Moines mammoth Seventh Street viaduct will commence May 1. The project aims to eliminate fifty grade crossings and fulfill twenty years of public ambition for a safer, smoother transit corridor through the city.
Injunctions were issued against the Park Drug company and the Imery company at Mason City on Thursday restraining the sale of liquor. An injunction now obtains against seven of the eight permit holders in Mason City.
Sixteen men were sent to Mason City by the Milwaukee road on Thursday and assigned as firemen on locomotives as a precaution against a threatened strike. None of the recruits has previous locomotive fireman experience.
Dr Ostrom and assistants hold revival meetings at Charles City inviting churches and schools of surrounding country to attend on March 22.
Word reached Des Moines on Thursday that survey work on the Des Moines River will start Monday under Mad J A Rowse. The report notes plans for mapping depths and assessing river conditions to aid future improvements and navigation.
Forester Gifford Pinchot said Friday he cannot accept the invitation to speak in Des Moines and cannot enter the western region at present, citing his inability to participate in this engagement.
Col. E. G. Pratt, president of Boone Gas, has sold the Ames gas franchise to Tenny Bros of Newton. They told the Ames council they will start work on the plant at once. Sheriff Dunn of Dubuque returned from Salt Lake City with Charles Knesl, indicted a year ago for wife desertion.
Free sample bottle offered by the Peruna Company of Columbus Ohio to demonstrate its value in catarrhal troubles. Readers urged to mention reading the notice and send for a medical department advised consultation.
Uncle Allen jokes about a preacher with a big salary who invites a college student to fill the pulpit for one Sunday and pays only with thanks. He notes such schemes occur occasionally and not to blame the preacher but the student for the lopsided deal. A later ad touts Catarrh Cure at 75 cents and a $100 reward claim, with testimonials, from Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
A dialogue fragment presents Dr Fourthly and Brother Millsap discussing prophetic verses about turning swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. They acknowledge belief that the time is near when war ends and link it to the fulfillment of another prophecy and the end times.
An old Chicago Tribune fragment markets Castoria for Infants and Children with lines about kindness to elders and a teething aid. It touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to cure constipation feverishness teething issues and worms with 30,000 testimonials. Sample free promotional address in Le Roy New York.
A fragment recounts meeting Sir Evelyn Wood at Sandringham where his deafness allowed a courtly exchange about music and beginnings in life. He claims to have learned mandolins from age twenty four, then shifted paths from sailor to bar to army, with church as the only profession he avoided. The passage also advertises Marine Eye Remedy Co. catalogs and claims of eye health benefits, urging readers to write for an illustrated eye book and noting the product’s price and supposed soothing properties.
A Harper’s Weekly item surveys English villages noted for oddities such as an entire village made of old railway carriages and a one person settlement in Cumberland that cannot vote. It cites a 1100-population locale with no schools or churches and a seven mile long Kempton along the road.
An advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT promising cure of itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. The notice mixes medical claim language with pricing and promotional phrases from a vintage period ad layout.
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