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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1914
Page
6
Chicago Daily News correspondent reports Americans and several foreigners detained incommunicado in Mexico City as Huerta’s regime struggles. Arrests include Walter Whiffen, Coater, Sutton, and others. Brazilian mediation possible but safety remains precarious. Relaxed rail service and looming intervention rumors heighten tension as residents fear looting and city sacking.
Egypt exported onions valued at 1,920,257 dollars in 1912. An aviator died for every 62,000 miles flown. The largest roof pan sits at St Pancras, London. A New York man buys worn rugs for precious metals from dentists. Since 1870 rocket lifeboats saved over 9,000 shipwrecked on Great Britain’s coast. Industrial accidents could be 90 percent preventable with safety devices. City life drives rented flats and a national housing mania. A good home, well managed, is the divine earthly heritage. Cellar drainage must be secured during foundation digging. Germany invented rope-filled horseshoes for slippery streets. London limits speed of motor omnibuses to 12 mph but lacks hill-climb power. Ireland’s population halved in 75 years. British cycle exports to Japan total 90 percent. More than 410 million people owe allegiance to Britain. French science says oysters keep two weeks in filtered water. A 220 mile Congo pipeline replaced wood for fuel. Denmark counted over 5.4 million fruit trees in a census. U S oil production topped 240 million barrels in 1913, up 18 million from 1912. Mrs Harriet C Adams is noted for Latin American coverage, traveling over 40,000 miles.
Citizens discuss a proposed new city charter as women participate in voting action. The movement pushes for reforms and a shift in urban governance. Strong voices from civic groups highlight the push for changes in Chicago’s charter.
A garbled snippet from the Philadelphia Public Ledger shows a tense exchange about a wife and ownership. The incomplete dialogue hints at accusations of infidelity and a legal or relational dispute, with unclear speakers and context.
In Milwaukee a minister recounts a yarn about Coulter’s hell from the 1802 Northwest expedition. The tale follows a man captured by Indigenous fighters, exposing him to bizarre volcanic and sulfuric landscapes, later debunked as madness until Montana trappers in 1869 reported the truth and the region became Yellowstone National Park. The minister adds a second moral about a different hell some doubt yet may learn to fear.
Governor Miller of Delaware commented that even book agents err in judgment. A Texan colonel, famed for his fine boys who ride mules, humorously rebuffs a salesman pushing a cyclopedia, declaring his sons lack use for books and prefer their mules.
Distracted by misfiled banns papers the old pastor struggles to recall the names of forthcoming marriages. A hush falls as the verger improvises and calls out a seating location, announcing the banns between the cushion and the seat.
An examination of 4500 deaf marriages shows about 9 percent of their offspring are deaf, far higher than the under one tenth of one percent from marriages of normals. However, when deaf parents have no prior deafness in their family, the risk drops to match the general population. Marriages of deaf individuals without deaf relatives do not bias toward deaf children.
A report outlines tubercular diseases across Asia and the Pacific, noting high deaths in China and India, government and private efforts in Japan, the Philippines, and Australia, and a U.S. public health led push for prevention. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis drives regional anti tuberculosis movements with New York headquarters.
The Christian Herald outlines Abraham’s early years in Ur living among relatives including Lot. It notes interactions with Bel worship and royal splendor, and suggests he encountered Babylonian literature written on clay tablets using wedge shaped script.
The Western pariah minister visits the Peevy home and learns Peevy has skipped church. Sister Peevy explains Peevy sleeps late, checks chores, tidies up, and does not attend service, claiming Peevy is not as spiritual as she.
The Transvaal colony is now part of the British empire, treated as other dominions like Canada and Australia. It has local self-government but remains under imperial parliament in federal matters, a status shared by other British colonies.
A young woman recounts indigestion from rich foods and credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her digestion and strength. The ad-like testimonial from Postum Co. urges readers to try Grape-Nuts for digestive health and appetite stability.
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