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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1904
Page
6
Attention farmers urged to quit northern indoors life and migrate south where outdoor work is year round. Quote notes stock feeding costs and benefits of fattening materials from Alabama and Florida. Encourages fruit berry and truck farming along southern route. For details write Geo Tmigration and Technical Agent Louisville and Nashville RR Co Louisville Ky.
The document lists county officials and elected members including assessor Mack Groves auditor W J Pullen treasurer A O Myhre and sheriff John Gras DSNe Jr. Also names clerk Nels Lee county attorney Sam Lolling recorder Maria Pingeeley and school board members M Brown Walter Crowell Al Bartlett A K Gaylord N B Eghert G F Schaal and others.
Joe Henry and William Rogers, two fellows captured near a dairy farm Tuesday morning, refused to return to Mangaska store without a requisition and are jailed pending action. Sheriff Ward and owner Kinney visited Wednesday, finding shoes from the store sold to different parties. The robbers used a skeleton key to remove shoes then resealed the boxes, causing the theft to be discovered only when a clerk opened an empty box. Investigating showed forty seven pairs taken.
Chris Jensen a Palo Alto school teacher charged with causing the death of Mike Elsenbast was held to await the grand jury in a bond of 2500. He posted bonds and resumed teaching. The boy reportedly suffered spinal meningitis, and it is unclear if head blows worsened the illness. The paper notes the calendar line from The Vindicator and Republican.
Announcement of the May 9 marriage of Winolfred Youngman to Wilber Ray M D at the Youngmans home near Maple Hill. Dr Ray of Mountain Lake Minn. a prominent physician. Honeymoon to include Chicago Niagara Falls Boston New York Washington and St Louis. Home in Mountain Lake after June first. Also brief local items: buggy accident near Crumtown, leatherville bridge work, opera announce June 7 Lady of Lyons, school furnace overhaul, and advertisements for Kudol Dyspepsia Cure and Burdock Blood Bitters. Public notices and convention details for Iowa Christian Association in Albia June 20-43 with fare info.
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, condemns the ginseng craze spreading nationwide. Officials warn rural folk against risking money on cultivation as demand is mainly Chinese, prices could collapse, and US acreage would not meet China’s needs.
Estherville residents rally behind forming a city league this summer with four amateur teams. A schedule of two games per week is planned, with a fence and a small 15 cent admission to cover balls and bats. A first class team would be chosen from the four to challenge nearby towns.
A.G. Carter of Atlanta Georgia testifies that after a physician recommended DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve his piles were entirely cured by a box. The salve is praised for fast relief and healing, with other uses listed. Sold by Williams & Anderson and wholesalers in Wallingford.
A note from Joan G. Farmer in Cedar Rapids Iowa offers travel information for the World's Fair in St Louis. She promotes low rate season tickets and 60 day passes, inviting readers to write with their travel dates and desired information for prompt answers. Also mentions circulars about northern farmers relocating to the South with letters describing success and a free copy of circulars from Minnels Central and Southern Circulars Nos. 1 to MW.
The Emmet County Farm ers Institute reports strong boy participation in the corn growing contest. Many youths have collected seed from Mr Lat hrop and 100 entrants are expected by week’s end, with last year’s competitors returning and many new joiners. Seed packets have been sent to Hon B J Robinson of Armstrong for eastern county youths.
Terrible plagues of itching and skin diseases cause misery with no end. Dean's Ointment is advertised as a cure available at any drug store.
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