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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1912
Page
12
Country correspondents report Miss Honts and many families visiting relatives in Ringsted and surrounding towns. Updates cover school term resumes, social events, birthdays, weddings, and farm life. Mrs. C. Fo Lote returns home health improved after North Dakota trip. Graver Lecture and De Nait Company events noted. Community milestones include births, threshing supper, and new equipment like Walter Reed’s corn harvesting machine.
The Misses Matic and Ada Miller of Reinbeck visit Prof. Miller and family while Mrs. Lucretia White and daughter Bertha of Ruckwell stay with the James Pickell family. Mrs. White is Mrs. Pickell’s mother. Mrs. S Coleman and Mrs. C E B Stillman traveled to Eetherville Saturday to see J J Porta who is dangerously ill at his homes in Ketherville. S B Reed has returned from Fort Dodge where he attended court. Mr. Baker of Armstrong has rent.
Local residents report farm labor activities and social visits. Harvey and Lawrence Solomon attended church Sunday evening while Mr and Mrs N Albert and family visited the P A Fouta home. Edwin Nelson won a fine auto in an unnamed contest and town visitors scoped the area sold Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs J H Maerriote visit at Geo Merriott home in Superior Sunday and Monday. Miss Myrtle Pickell visited relatives in Wallingford for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Geo Grema Jr and family hosted Sunday dinner at Claude Cobb home. Mrs Harrison Taylor and son visiting her parents. Larry Saylor visiting Jim from Missouri. Max Miller was at Huntington for a couple of days. Geo Crema Jr moved into W S Reid residence vacated by Mea K E Garton and family. Miss Marjorie Brown spent a few days with friend Pern Clump. Mrs N A Andrews spent last week at Eastman home near Estherville. Eastman accompanied her home Saturday.
A list of December leading articles covers topics from Mexico and sea safety to cancer discovery and river exchanges. The note references authors and pieces by Judson F P Middleton Wirshberg Muga Ho Brooks Morrison and others, with a medical ad for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Pills by Shadle & Co.
The Rev A Alake notes the 1918 almanac by Prof Hicks is the most splendid year book yet printed. It cites weather and earthquake forecasts, urges 86 cents for the almanac or one dollar for a magazine and almanac, and directs orders to Word and Works Publishing, 8401 Franklin Ave, St Louis MO.
The December issue includes Washington Gladden's Birth of Christ narrative and a personal account of Princess Mary, age fifteen, with five brothers. Photographs accompany the article, plus six to eight Christmas contributions on presents and art features. Color illustrations and columns on dressmaking, cookery, and home economy offer practical ideas and value.
The Vindicator and Republican promotes a limited offer: Town Homestead combined with The Vindicator and Republican for $1.50. The Homestead, a leading farm and home paper, promises extensive features next year on insect pests, livestock diseases, soil fertility, and home advice. Includes Farm and Home content and Weekly Inter-Ocean for 40 years more.
Notice from Hinmot County Iowa Marinet Court that EE Bricheon of Emmet County is dead. The court opened read and filed the last will and testament of HK Erickson. A February term is set for interested parties to appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated November 14. L Hefpelylinger Clerk of the District Court.
Notice is hereby given that bids will be received up to 12 o'clock noon in November for hauling coal from the cars to various school buildings. Bids to be opened with the secretary. Board of Education. By Albert W. Nabh, Secretary, 18.
The New York Press outline explains light sources from arc lamps to filaments and gas flames. It notes light waves, candlepower comparisons, and the color spectrum while detailing how the eye perceives light and why high altitudes show snow. It also warns that X ray eyes would see only solids and would be unable to perceive fences.
A club recounts tales of the late Andrew Lang. One speaker recalls a dinner invitation by Lang staying near Marlowes Road Url's Court at the end of Graugwell Road. Lang guides the guest to walk along Cromwell Road to reach his house opposite, according to the London Answerer.
In Chicago Record-Herald style the dialogue captures social gossip at a musicale. Mrs Oldcastle asks about Miss Kazozzle aria while Mrs Gottalottes notes the back earrings appeared cheap, reflecting era etiquette and fashion judgments.
Fragmented text shows a dialog where one person asks if they remain the star of the other's life while the other recalls past letters. Mentions youth actions advice mid age prayers of the aged, unclear context.
The renowned Fermat problem asks to prove that the sum of no two nonzero powers except squares is itself a power of the same degree. While squares yield many examples, no cubes or fourth powers have been found, and Fermat claimed no such cases exist. Distinguished mathematicians have toiled for years, seeking a definitive proof or counterexample.
London Standard reports legends of phantom vessels sighted near the Titanic area. Tales include the Packet Light appearing as a fire shape before sinking, and apparitions linked to the Lying Dutchman, the Bacchante voyage, and the training ship Har dyice with cries of ghostly passengers.
Jones an able seaman aboard HMS Vermont pleads for extra leave as he seeks to stand as godmother to a baby, amid a humorous exchange with his commanding officer about family relations and the need for leave.
A New York Sun account notes French wedding traditions influencing American brides. Maids of honor in Paris ceremonies perform a silent alms appeal for the poor as guests pass by, a custom linked to the ordinary “au mortere” receptacle for offerings.
The 1784 London ascent by Lunardi carried a cat, a dog, and a pigeon as passengers amid public frenzy. A London jury acquitted a prisoner to avoid missing the spectacle, and King George III halted a council meeting to view the balloon. In 1785 Dublin undergraduate Mr Maguire also flew and was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant for courage.
In Extremia, Blatter notes the calf Phe growling constantly while Jim suggests using two powders once given to Little Joe during last year’s measles. They plan to administer the remedies to the animal while they wait for the vet.
A terse exchange unfolds as a joy rider on the phone probes why a car isn’t ready. The garage stalls with a curt reply about the last bill, hinting at delays and friction in service.
The president appoints consuls with Senate advice and consent. Applicants file via the secretary of state, then qualified candidates are selected for written exams in law geography languages and commerce. An oral exam and an 80 percent pass mark determine eligibility for future appointments. Robert D. Hein in Lesile's.
The passage recalls Lord Lyndhurst’s stance on noise and self discipline. It cites an anecdote about studying in chambers with a neighbor learning violin. By choosing to endure the nuisance, the speaker learns a method to train attention for mathematical study and sees even an amateur violinist as fulfilling a purpose beyond mere annoyance.
A New York Sun note explains camels perspire only on the neck, not over their skin, allowing them to travel in extreme heat without constant water. Their blood temperature naturally fluctuates about four degrees, a normal function for camels but a fever in humans or other mammals.
A compact reflection on fairy tales as universal storytelling. Hildegarde Hawthorne notes that from hot to cold lands and across cultures, people always tell listen read or write fairy tales, ensuring their persistence despite practical modernity.
An old bachelor at a discussion about courtship quips that a young man who takes his date to the grand opera spends eight dollars on supper and a taxi ride should not kiss her good night. He says the man has done enough for her, while others debate propriety.
A Boston Herald quip jokes about a visiting wife's brother and a proverb about doors and openings. The speaker laments that the familiar saying fails to help his situation, implying humorous domestic friction and repurposed maxims.
The exchange notes a cousin considering marriage for money rather than love. The dialogue hints at social expectations and humor about wealth versus romance in a Boston Transcript style.
A Detroit exchange shows a witty clash about reading habits. The dialogue hints at relationship dynamics as a man named Howard Young is referenced in a fragmentary line about character creation and focus.
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