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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1911
Page
8
A theatre forced to replace a sick Second Gravedigger with a nontraditional performer creates a new comic dynamic. The audience roars as the improvised antics of the waistcoats and the graveyard scene outshine the original script. The shift boosts the First Gravedigger’s hopes for favorable notices and higher pay.
In 1883 Minnesota Republicans opposed Senator William Windom over his Washington mansion, viewing it as a costly symbol. A lithograph of the Windom home circulated to sway voters, contributing to his defeat by Charlies L. Sabin in the next legislature. The piece portrays Windom’s political rise and the mansion as a controversial asset.
A Pittsburg grocer found a rat tangled in sticky fly paper after leaving sheets on the counter overnight. The rodent apparently stepped on the sheets, became trapped, and died, its hair coated in adhesive as it struggled. The incident was reported by Golden Days.
The 1857 convention scene shows Theodore M. Pomeroy halting Thurlow Weed s fusion of Know Nothings with the Republican party with a bold challenge. His Syracuse speech derailed the plan, elevating him to national prominence, later a brief speaker of the House, then a renowned central New York lawyer. the piece notes his rise and brief congressional tenure. The prose also includes a light anecdote about a man and a stylish window display of overcoats and lingerie waists as the narrator shifts to leisure.
A 1881 Long Branch funeral account details President Arthur and ex President Grant attending Garfield’s service while Secretary of State Blaine avoids any interaction with Grant. The narrative claims Blaine met the leaders only out of official duty, with stark public silence observed throughout.
A courtroom exchange questions the defendant’s family background and alleged insanity. The dialogue probes motives for murder and whether the defense can secure acquittal on all grounds, contrasting past charity with suspected culpability.
An advertisement urges investment in a Mason, Manatee and Lake Counties Michigan fruit belt tract with options in the Corn Belt. It promotes a Swigart tract sale next Tuesday November 7, offering 40 acre parcels at low down payments, organized excursions from Chicago, and a $6 round trip option with a return within days. It also describes the prospect of profits from fruit farming and invites contact for literature and visits.
A collage of quirky quotations and mock advertisements references Noah spotting Mount Ararat and a seaside resort, a sham product claim for Hamlins Wizard Oj offering instant relief, and social quips about charity workers and a husband in the lockup.
Professor Brander Matthews cites The Tallor and Cutter weekly as an example of personal bias in criticism. He notes Carlyle, Mere dith, Kings isy and Alton Locke as enduring works likely to outlast today’s ephemeral novellas.
Universal Portland Cement Co at 72 W Adams Street Chicago reports annual output of 10,000,000 barrels. Production capacity and plant operations are noted in the building’s industrial report.
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