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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1919
Page
9
Articles discuss polluted Cedar River water from town sewerage affecting ice making and drinking supplies, plus Fort Dodge water concerns. The piece covers Casey school gown dispute, Casey graduation ruling, Joe Moore’s welfare update from Camp Merritt, Benjamin Brock’s death, Mrs. E W Lanham’s ordination, Rev. Edwin Lanham, Judge Reed’s federal case on whiskey selling to Indians, and witness testimony about a reservation disturbance.
A report to the Casas county recorder notes land interests in Adair county and a trustee named by the alien property custodian. A Newton resident loses a dog bite case. $75 awarded. Honorary Legion member Royal C. Johnson, congressman, lauded for army service and wartime investigations. Miss Erma Forbes to China with the American YWCA. sails Nov 7 from Vancouver. A Fort Madison boy near drowning is revived after ten minutes under icy water. Des Moines hosts Midwest Horticultural expo starting Nov 10 with state funding and ready for broad exhibits and big premiums.
Wedding day tragedy unfolds as John Brown and four others die in a car struck by a train after their August 15 1918 marriage in St. Joseph Missouri. Zelda Greyhill asserts a Brown estate claim for 7500 alleging her mother died in the crash before her stepfather. Alfred Ringling dies in New Jersey. his kin rooted in McGregor Clayton county. Gentry Brothers are cousins of the Ringlings. Senator VanAlstine reports a code revision commission nearing completion with hundreds of bills anticipated for a special session and last winter’s 678 measures.
Owing to a statewide teacher shortage in Iowa, normal graduates and youths under 18 will be allowed to teach if they meet qualifications. At the October 18 board of educational examiners meeting, steps were set to ease the shortage. Professional certificates may be issued from pre October 1906 county certificates, and graduates with seven teen birthdays may teach immediately. Those seventeen or older with twelve weeks of normal training may enter uniform county certificate exams this month or January and receive certificates promptly if they pass.
A Dillon South Carolina resident writes a vivid endorsement of PE-RU-NA, recounting two years of catarrh in head stomach and bowels and claiming weight gain from 100 to 150 pounds after using the remedy. She praises the medicine as a Godsend, notes relief within a half bottle and cures after twelve bottles, and urges others to try it for coughs colds stomach and bowel trouble rheumatism and to prevent flu. The letter emphasizes trust in Peruna as an emergency home remedy available in tablet or liquid form.
Thirty years ago Mrs. Neville returned from an eastern visit on Wednesday night. Sam Collins came back from Canada where he had visited relatives and friends during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. George Hewet of Chicago, visiting Mrs. W. A. Ladd, returned home yesterday. N B Silcox north of town is ill with typhoid fever. Charley Coon’s twenty first birthday was celebrated October 26 by a gathering of about two dozen young people at his home. Wm Mahlum is building a new ban on his lots near the railroad. Pat Howe recalled Smith the jeweler last week for a Hampton Movement watch in a gold case. BE J Ketchuty strained his back at the roundhouse and, with a severe cold, will be laid up for a few days.
City notice states a twenty five dollar reward for evidence leading to conviction of anyone driving an automobile or motorcycle at more than fifteen miles per hour on any street within Estherville corporate limits. Town official B B Anderson endorses the program to reduce dangerous speeding behavior.
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