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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
2
A flurry of brief quips and observations from The Vindicator Republica era notes fashion, crime, weather and politics with light humor. Various lines mock current trends, royal gifts, and social norms, mentioning Queen Mary golf, London fashion, and planned air travel between U S cities. The column weaves satirical takes on manners, sex roles, sports, and public life.
In San Antonio six nuns perished while saving orphans at St John’s Orphan Asylum as flames trapped residents. Mother Mary of the Rose and five sisters died after guiding children to safety. two other nuns perished in the final effort to reach a child. The fire’s cause is unknown and the death toll included nine nuns and multiple children.
A Mexican court martial sentenced Geo. Felix Diaz to death while Major Antonio Migont and Lieutenant Lite received the same fate but the judge stayed proceedings. Others were jailed for ten or two years. some defendants were freed as General Davilla and General Weltran acted on writs and the district court paused executions.
A fall from a monument in Indianapolis ends in death after a bystander notes a man and woman near the window. Witnesses describe a struggle and the structure’s top level as the area of the fatal accident. The incident involves local residents and police are investigating the events leading to the fall.
Arcest Consul in Mexico faces potential international complications after the Mexican government reportedly arrests the Belgian consul at Merida. The news came as a telegram from Wablington on October 31. In Oklahoma, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Union Telegraph Company to pay 240,000 in taxes costs and penalties.
In Ossining New York former lieutenant Charlies Becker was moved to Sing Sing’s death house under a sentence to die by electric chair in the week of December 9 for the murder of rambler Hernan Rosenthal Hewan. Becker’s last words denounced the verdict as a railroaded injustice as his wife watched from a prison window. Hecke?rs execution date may be delayed by a notice of appeal.
Sophia G. Singer of Baltimore is found murdered in a Chicago rooming house at 3229 Indiana Avenue. Police link the crime to robbery after her jewels and about $1,000 are missing. Witnesses say she and William Warthen eloped from Baltimore to marry, with the Conway couple connected to the rooming. Discovery was made by Warthen.
The separated wife of Geo. Deniel B Sickles persuaded Sheriff Harburger to postpone a sheriff sale set for Friday at 26 Fifth Avenue. Sickles faced a $5,200 judgment by Bank of the Metropolis. The sheriff granted a two week extension after requests from Sickles' wife and son Staunton Stekles.
New York naval court found Jules EO Bernard guilty of taking rebates on the Hellamore & Ohta railroad in Chicago. Other defendants including August Huttenau, Mau ties Ascher, Oscar Fo Yeche and Albert fo Giruser pleaded guilty and received one day in jail. Geaser was released with no suspended sentence.
Fort Worth Texas November 1. J B B Snead the rancher who shot and killed Al Boyce at Armadillo was granted bail by the appellate court here last Wednesday. The bond was fixed at twenty thousand dollars.
Poughkeepsie Minnesota congressman and Twenty first district candidate for reelection Noy Le Richead was found dead in his bed at his home Wednesday officials said police are investigating the death and no cause has been released.
Widow of former president Mrs Grover Cleveland announces engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston professor of archaeology and history of art at Wells College Aurora Illinois. The couple met recently and plan marriage later. Cleveland’s daughter Frances Folsom, once Buffalo society’s charm, shares a link to the White House. The engagement follows a famed marriage and five children born to the Cleves and Mrs Cleveland.
In New York on October 31 President Taft, Secretary Meyer, Governor Dix, Mayor Gaynor and vast crowds witnessed the christening of the battleship New York. Elsie F. Calder, daughter of Congressman Calder, broke a wine bottle on the bows and Kathleen Fitzgerald, daughter of Congressman Fitzgerald, was the flower girl. The ship, sister to Texas, carries fourteen inch guns with ten in the main battery and additional five inch guns along the sides.
New York October 30 Wall Street saw a surprise as the Waters-Pierce Oil Company Standard Oil dispute abruptly ends. Testimony in Missouri's suit to compel directorate control is halted as H Clay Pierce appears to agree to assume ownership of all shares held by opponents.
New York dated October 30 Magistrate O Cooper refused to issue a warrant or uphold charges against suffrage leader Mrs Belmont after dismissing the complaint by Mrs Alice Clancey who alleged she was roughly removed from a suffrage luncheon room and had her hair torn in the incident.
London reports General Sir Baden Powell, famed for Mafeking, married Miss QClave Soames in Parkstone Dorset. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Hon. Radderly.
In Little Falls New York on November 1 Michael Haley a local special policeman was shot while Detective John Kennedy from Albany was stabbed during a riot in front of the Phoenix mill.
The Bulgarian offensive reaches near Adrianople and cuts the Oriental railroad, keeping the city under siege as rain hampers Turkish relief efforts. Turkish forces retreat toward Constantinople, while Hunarhissar and Kreana fall, and casualties exceed 25,000 based on various reports.
Rodney B. Swift former head of the legal patent and experimental department of International Harvester testifies at the Chicago preliminary hearing on the dissolution suit. He recounts conferences forming the six company merger that dominated world binder and reaper markets and notes Harvester profits and dividends from 1900 to 1902.
Enrico Caruso’s suit against his former sweetheart Signorina Giachetti and three others for defamation ended with all defendants found guilty. Giachetti drew one year and a 100 franc fine, Romaud the chauffeur received 11 months, Loria the theatrical agent nine months, and another defendant four months.
The cruiser Baltimore and the supply ship Whnkt on were ordered to Santo Domingo to guard lives and property of Americans as uprisings threaten the Dominican Republic. Marines will be landed only if conditions demand.
The body of Sam Bickery, night engineer at the Union depot, was found in a charred condition near a big dynamo Wednesday. He had been burned to death by electricity.
Lieut Morris Hamburger of the imperial aviation corps died Wednesday when his aeroplane crashed during a flight over Oberwiesenfeld. The fatality marks the 207th air death in service.
A court officer recounts an incident where Judge Knox delayed pronouncing sentence on a female prisoner after asking her if she had anything to add. The prisoner spoke for about two hours during the pause, prompting questions about the propriety of the delay.
Miss Elate Nielaen of Atchison Kansas reports severe facial eruption with pimples and redness. After using Cuticura Ointment for five minutes daily and Cuticura Soap with hot water for months, her face cleared and she continues to use the soap. Free samples and 32 page skin book available from Cuticura, Dept. Boston.
A grocery boy greets a suburban lady calling her Mrs Ales. She requests the name Allees, then corrects him that Allees is her name. He replies that he does not know her well enough to call her Aliee, leaving the exchange awkward and unresolved.
An advisory urging mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the In Use For Over 30 Years Ip signature, asserting safety and purity for infants and children as a trusted remedy. The note highlights that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A confused remark about storm damage and window breakage is presented in a dialogue style. The speaker laments suffering from the storm when all windows in the house were broken, while another person quips about breaking windows being a paneless operation.
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