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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1912
Page
5
The text emphasizes careful planning and suitable materials for construction and furnishing, noting that an adequate water supply and other conveniences are essential for comfort, labor savings, and home hygiene.
In a dramatic medical portrait the New York Press recalls Sir Frederic Treves being summoned to operate on King Edward. Treves opened the monarch with swift precision, likening the procedure to slicing fruit.
An illustrated fragment mentions a relative's horror at New York's underworld and Mrs McQuelday praising a subway system as neat and interesting. It reflects newspaper tone with brief humor and social topics of the era.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a man noting Smith’s move to the wail and another asking how it happened. The line reveals a man who is “a bill poster.” A woman pressures her husband for attention and affection beyond duty.
A health column argues stomach and bowel troubles stem from overeating starchy and greasy foods. It promotes Grape-Nuts as a remedy, recounting a Wash woman’s relief after two months of use and urging readers to read Fire Road to Wellville, with address from Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
A broad compilation of livestock guidance covers breeding, feeding, and housing. It emphasizes dairy and poultry efficiency, silage use, fence upgrades, bedding, and equipment care for healthier cows, horses, hogs, and hens, with practical tips on feeding, moisture management, and winter readiness.
A new railway line will connect Reston and Macksburg, forming a twenty two mile segment funded locally with about 35000 raised through a 1 percent tax. Track laying has begun at Creston, grading nearly finished, aiming for completion by January 1 under local ownership, with plans to extend to Winters et and Des Moines. seventeen cars of steel and others are on site.
Mrs. Elvie L. Parsons of Sioux Falls Dakota formerly of Carroll Iowa was awarded $250 damages by a federal jury last September in a $14 000 breach of promise suit against the estate of the late Edward Oldfield of Carroll. Judge McPherson decides she will not be shown a new trial.
Mrs Ethel Trevitt files for divorce from Clyde Trevitt claiming grounds of mutual refusal to communicate meals together or accompany each other in public. They wed in 1907.
Burlington police hold William Lloyd claimed to be a Chicago newspaper solicitor. A Burlington married woman accuses him of trying to lure her away, saying he hypnotized and frightened her with threats to harm her and her husband if she refused.
Henry Piper rode a high power motorcycle two miles south of Shenandoah when he collided with a touring car owned and driven by Dr Armitage. Piper was hurled through the windshield and badly injured. The motorcycle was demolished and a portion tossed over a hedge fence.
Yeggmen cut wires and chased Miss Lillian Duon from the switchboard at the central exchange before blasting a safe in the Alburnett bank with nitroglycerine. Citizens frightened them away before loot could be secured. Bank building wrecked.
After days of trial, Mrs. Josephine Shuerman settled her claim to a share in H. R. Grape estate. The parties reached an agreement and the case did not go to the jury with Shuerman reportedly receiving about $5,000.
Ames plants rallying cries as Iowa State College gears for the annual gridiron clash with State University on Saturday afternoon, a marquee in-state showdown regarded as the season’s top contest.
Sioux City will be credited with a population of 56,828 based on the 1910 census or 70,222 under the company's own method, in the forthcoming city directory by R. L. Polk & Co. The directory outlines two estimates and will be issued soon.
Achigon Sheean, 14, rode a fast horse down a street and collided with a Laurel driver named Mr. Friese at a crossing. The boy was thrown and his left arm broken in two places.
Fred Lucht aged 70 was struck and killed by a Rock Island passenger train on Monday morning as he was walking to work in Davenport. The fatal accident occurred near the rails with authorities investigating.
Mr and Mrs G B Griffin drove to Northvero when Henry Sunderman's frightened team ran away causing a buggy wreck above Mrs Sunderman who was injured. Griffin then took her toward a doctor but the car balked on a hill and coasted downhill. he steered into a hedge and the vehicle toppled again tossing her a second time. They reached town safely afterward.
A sidewalk wedding in Creston features Eugene L. Williame and Miss Alice Zurick of Tingley seeking a license after the courthouse closed. They wed in the street before a parson, pronounced man and wife, amid a fast unfolding ceremony. In Estherville E E Garton of Gr y er Ta. dies after leaping from an auto and fatally slitting his throat with a pocket knife while en route from Grover.
The secretary of the boys' work department of the state Y M C A seeks suitable entertainment for the fifth annual conference of older boys. About 400 attendees aged 15 to 19 from nearby towns expected. The event runs December 1 to 8 at the new Y M C A building.
Mrs Jassie Glidden spilled boiling water from a kettle onto her 2 year old daughter Norma causing severe burns and doubts about recovery. In Cedar Rapids the First Lutheran church marks its fifteenth anniversary under Rev C W Magegart. In Melbourne a man crushed his leg after a fall from a Chicago Great Western train. Martin Benbow of Knoxville Ia dies at a local hospital.
Frank Gordon, a farmer, was about to put away his gun when a trigger caught and discharged the weapon. The bullet entered his abdomen, inflicting a terrible wound as he returned from a hunt to his Dew City farm.
Mrs Martha Bee er Beely aged 91 mother of former State Senator W B Seeley died last week at her Mount Pleasant home. Funeral services were held at Sharon.
Short Gouran announces progress on a new pavilion in Harrison county to host the January 13 to 18, 1913 session. When finished the structure is expected to cost promoters about $6,000 and provide a ready venue for the event.
A Clermont message reports former Governor William Larabee in critical condition as his family members gather at the headide. The brief dispatch notes Larabee’s frail state and urgent illness as authorities and neighbors hope for a recovery.
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