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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1911
Page
2
A rambling column mixes jokes and observations from the era, referencing Estherville and varied topics. It wittily critiques fashion, aviation, politics, mail service, and public figures while tossing out humorous quips about bears, mules, and universal foibles. The piece maintains a light, satirical tone with multiple named anecdotes.
English school boys protested reforms including abolition of the cane. The cane was used in response, turning the incident into a closed yet painful moment in modern school history.
A Peking dispatch reports Lung Yu the dowager empress fled with the young emperor. The Manchu regime edges toward collapse as edicts grant Chinese control and pensions end. Panic grips Peking Shanghai Hongkong Canton with fears of massacre. Prince Tsai Tao rumored to lead Manchus in vengeance. foreigners in Shansi warned.
President Taft, visiting Chicago as the nation’s temporary capital, issued the Thanksgiving proclamation from the Blackstone Hotel. It marks Thanksgiving on the fifth Thursday of November, with the date set as November 20.
Washington reports Frank H. Hitchcock denies reports he will resign as Postmaster General or marry. He emphasizes a winter program of exceptional postal measures and states he is not planning to chair the Republican National Committee or manage the next campaign.
Isaac Harris and Max Bilanck, proprietors of Triangle Waist, linked to the March 25 loft fire that killed 143 people, will face manslaughter in the first degree indictments. Judge O Sullivan overruled demurrers to seven indictments in the court of general sessions.
A Kansas City district court awarded Orel Munden 450 damages after a jeweler used a photograph of the five year old in an advertisement. The case centers on the unauthorized use of the child’s likeness in local advertising and the resulting financial penalty.
In Hoboken New Jersey Jeremiah Wilson used a revolver in a joking mood and pointed it at George Snyder's temple, pulling the trigger and killing him. The pair were close friends and Wilson claimed he did not know it was loaded.
In New York the government files its answer to the plan for dissolving and reorganizing American Tobacco in line with a Supreme Court mandate. Defendants push for approval of splitting the trust into four independent companies while independent producers and dealers oppose the proposal as a sham that fails to break the control of current leaders. The attorney general’s reply supports dissolution with strict conditions to restore competition.
Rome reports treason in Italy as Augusto Masetti wounded Lieut. Col. Stroppa and investigations reveal eight more treason incidents. Authorities fear hundreds of anarchists have joined the army spreading propaganda. A Naples division for Tripoli service will field 15,000 men.
Professor J. Montgomery of Santa Clara college, an early American aviator, died after his glider turned turtle and plunged forty feet in the foot hills north of Evergreen. He sustained a compound skull fracture and internal injuries, dying about ninety minutes later.
Rome reports Pope Pius X will hold a consistory on November 27 in the Vatican to elevate seventeen new cardinals. Among them are John M. Farley, archbishop of New York, W H O Connell, archbishop of Boston, and Diomede Falconio, apostolic delegate in the United States. The November consistory marks the fifth by Pope Pius X, who has created seventeen cardinals in eight years, with two already deceased.
Washington reports the Post Office Department operated at a profit in the year ended June 30 1911 for the first time since 1883. In 24 months the service swung from a deficit of 17479770 to a surplus of 219118, with audited revenues of 287879823 and expenditures of 237648926.
Dekalb superintendent of schools Luther A Hatch died at the Ottawa tent colony. He was a prominent figure in northern Winds education and had been away from the school system the past year due to illness.
A tornado near Thelma Texas, about 18 miles southeast of San Antonio, virtually destroyed the town area. Two people were injured and extensive damage to structures and crepe facilities occurred. The event disrupted life as residents assessed the aftermath and repair needs.
Secretary Meyer declares the Atlantic fleet’s 30 day mobilization a demonstration of preparedness. He notes 24 battleships among 100 vessels spanning six and a half miles, praising self sustaining ships like New Hampshire Michigan Utah and Florida and ranking the United States as the world’s second naval power.
Detroit girl Mary Jones, threatened with death by Charles Jones, says Steve Scott murdered an Italian near Piqua. Scott, twice reprieved from a death sentence, could gain release due to her confession obtained by attorney C. W. Nicholson and Detroit police. Jones serves twenty years.
The Republican national committee will issue a call in Washington on December 12 for the 1912 convention providing for 1,064 delegates, rising to 1,072 if Arizona and New Mexico achieve statehood before the meeting. This increase follows a congressionally mandated reapportionment that expands the House from 39 to 43 members.
Midway Minnesota. Chris Walin and his hired man Eric Bolin were killed instantly when thawing dynamite to blow stumps exploded. The men stood near the fire. Walin leaves a wife and two children.
An armed Black man roamed Algiers injuring two police officers and several civilians before being fatally shot. Investigators secured the scene as residents conveyed shock over the violent episode in New Orleans.
In early dawn gloom an unidentified hunter shot two Pleasantville merchants Constant Steelman and John Yost, killing them. William Jarvis was injured in the woods near May's Landing, New Jersey, as the incident occurred.
The Senate committee investigating bribery charges in Senator Isaac Stephenson’s election adjourned in Milwaukee to reconvene in Washington. Stephenson, the final witness, denied ties to Hines or Shields or any illegal payments. Edward Hines of Chicago denied conversations with Shields or Stephenson, offering to verify date records if provided.
Judge Walter Bordwell rejected defense attempts to challenge jurors and refused privilege to challenge George W. Johnson. The court said only the prosecution could be prejudiced by juror retention in the McNamara murder trial of Charles J. Haggerty, victim of the Times explosion. Clarence Darrow argued for his client James B. McNamara.
Capt. Klaus Larsen of Detroit completed a six mile Niagara river trip from the cataract to Lewiston in 25 minutes in a motor boat without a scratch. He called it his last Niagara adventure and announced plans for a transatlantic voyage next year aboard the Niagara. His first Niagara trip occurred on September 18, 1910.
Cleta Pearl Alisky, wife of Charles W. Alisky, asks Oregon courts for 150000 damages against her husband's parents Charles A. and Caroline Alisky for alienation of affections. She, sister of Maybelle Gilman Corey, cites a plot at the Poodle Dog in San Francisco amid other divorce cases.
The U S senate committee sailed for New York aboard the steamship Ancon from Panama. Senator Wetmore remains a week longer on the isthmus due to recent illness. Senator Brandegee, committee chairman, said the Panama visit was satisfactory and would aid canal legislation.
Mrs Lena Cohen was convicted of conspiracy to violate U S laws against shipping girls for immoral purposes and sentenced to five years in Auburn prison. Morris Cohen, convicted with her, received two years in Atlanta and a $5000 fine.
Bodies of two Glasgow men found in a washed ashore launch at Cape Dear wireless station after a pleasure trip from Glasgow. Death due to exposure. Also report from Schenectady where Mrs Pulkow’s home fire killed two of her three children as they slept.
A Philadelphia Acorn club discussion recalls William Rotch Wister as a cradle of feminism and criticizes male guardianship. A Ger Mantown tale is quoted with a wife outsmarting a husband who refuses to share a business meeting secret. The anecdote links gender, secrecy, and social reform in a vivid, period voice.
Dialogue notes a baby resembling his father with a humorous contrast in facial traits. Oldchumme humorously agrees, calling out the lack of expression, red nose, missing teeth, and a prematurely bald head as charming parallels in a casual, observational exchange.
Mrs Noble Tubman of Dodson Montana reports her six month old baby suffered six weeks with extensive sores itching and burning. After trying many remedies, Cuticura Soap and Ointment reduced symptoms quickly and cured the child in six weeks. Samples and a free 82 page book offered by Cuticura Dept 18 K Boston.
In a lighthearted exchange Mrs. Crawford complains about a false-hair fad ending soon. Mrs. Crabshaw chimes in, admitting she wears many wigs and fears accusing her husband after spotting a stray hair on his coat.
The advertisement touts Hamline Wizard Oil as the best family medicine for accidents or sudden illness and urges households to buy a bottle. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a 40 year old remedy that regulates and invigorates the stomach liver and bowels with sugar coated granules.
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