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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1909
Page
2
A family prayer night turns tense when the head of the house quotes a Bible line about wives reverencing husbands. The wife retorts with a quip about new teaching while the husband reads aloud from a variant version. The exchange underscores household tensions sparked by altered scripture wording.
Col Astor aboard Nourmahal with son sailed from Jacksonville in October. Since then no word from him or yacht, amid West Indies storm concerns. Private secretary Bobbins cites telegraph delays. Nourmahal crew includes Waters tutor and Whaldenburn. Treasury requests search by Algot Quin of San Juan to locate vessel.
Willie McKay a one year old Jacksonville youth faced Juvenile Court in Lawrence, Kansas on charges of robbing Manoir State Bank. He confessed after arrest and said Bullock threatened to kill him if he deserted. Bank cashier Prod Stace, wounded, pleaded for leniency as the judge postponed ruling pending whether Jacksonville has a juvenile court. The youth remained jailed as he may be transferred if such a court exists.
A garbled editorial warns against land scam schemes luring farmers and city men by sensational advertisements. It cites the Department of Agriculture and Secretary Wilson, suggesting an upcoming annual report will expose misleading parcels marketed as valuable lands.
Two weeks ending November 14 officially recorded as vy fushes. Lateral precipitation active. Travel restrictions by route noted. Communication with the interige remains sparse.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to discuss a dated event or figures with garbled names and phrases. Core facts are unreadable, but references to places and people suggest a disrupted historical note with no clear outcome or dates.
Illinois officials requested several militia companies to guard the Cherlemet mine near Pantenal as 200 miners remained trapped after a devastating explosion. Despite heavy smoke and a fierce fire, no survivors were found among the entombed workers and authorities prepared to surface remains.
Quadruple murderer Tennil Victor was hanged at Aberdeen South Australia for the July 8 killing of 17 year old Mildred Christie at Rudolph station seven miles south of the town. He also killed Mildred's parents Z W Christie and Mrs Christie and 15 year old Michael Renayne during the robbery motive. Sheriff John Anderson supervised the execution and Victor died instantly.
Aurora's wealthy attorney Trundall Cassem died Tuesday at age 57 leaving an estate valued near half a million. No will is known, so the widow receives one third while the remainder goes to Mrs. O. M. Olson of Aurora and Oscar Casnom of Mitchell, S. D.
Announced in Hoston and confirmed in New York, AT T completes absorption of Western Union Telegraph by practical merger. The deal, valued at about 1 billion dollars, signals wide interest across financial circles.
Tillie Shoemaker an 18 year old Davenport girl stole four suitcases and eighteen dollars in cash plus a large set of clothes from Mauy A. E. Fields, a society woman. She was arrested. Japanese Appointments report Yamagata named president of Yorhio privy council. Baron Maki appointed member of the privy council.
A Brooklyn comb factory owner Hubert Morri ban reportedly killed himself after warning on his sexual orientation and fearing loss of his son and nine employees in last week's disaster at the plant. The doomed entrepreneur led the business and faced the catastrophe that destroyed the factory in Brooklyn, N Y.
Mary HM slack, 30, is reported to have fatally wounded two children and herself in Carterville Missouri. Debris and police respond as investigators seek motive and confirm identities of those involved.
A highly garbled OCR passage reports several names and events from Woodbury Indiana and Chicago. It mentions deaths, injuries, a court acquittal, and various individuals with uncertain connections. The exact facts and sequence are not decipherable.
Inquiries intensify around a major sugar refiners case led by Henry J. Stimeon with James F. Rendrenagel and Raye Hall among detainees. Prosecution to begin November 29 on charges of defrauding the government via false weights as New York investigations widen with a water-principal charge against American Sugar Refining Co.
The U S supreme court sentenced ex Sheriff Joseph F Shipp of Chattanooga to ninety days imprisonment for contempt of court in failing to prevent the lynching of Ed Johnson who had been convicted of assault but whose execution was stayed. Luther Williams Nick Nolan received ninety days and Jeremiah Gibson the jailer Henry Padgett and William Mayers were given sixty days. Chief Justice Waller ordered the United States jail in Washington DC as the place of confinement.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Monday denied a stay of the mandate issued by the Supreme Court in the contempt case against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and other AFL leaders. The mandate would be issued January 2 1910 unless an appeal is filed by next Friday night. If no appeal is filed the mandate will be handed down Saturday.
A fire Monday in the basement of the county courthouse in New York City halted work of the higher civil courts and endangered county records. The blaze was confined to the rooms where it began under the county clerk’s office.
In Joplin Missouri on Monday night Willam Schmulbach shot Patrolman James Smith and Tim Granney as they prepared to escort two women to police headquarters. Schmulbach and the two women escaped. Smith was fatally wounded, while Granney survived.
An advance of 14 cents per yard in the price of American print cloth to jobbers was announced Monday at the office of the American Printing Company in New York. The new price is 52 cents and will become effective.
A grand jury in Cincinnati Ohio returned an indictment Monday against Charles L Warner former local treasurer of the Big Our railroad. The charges allege embezzlement and related financial misconduct during his tenure.
Admiral George U Beresford will be the unionist candidate at the Portsmouth by election to succeed the late Sir John Baker. The report mentions political by election specifics and names a transition in parliamentary representation.
Mrs Fata Wuraron of Vienna West Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after ten difficult years. The testimonial highlights cures for female ailments and urges suffering women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Snow was used in Neath to extinguish a blaze. The piece also promotes Cuticura and other patent medicines for eczema and skin troubles, citing a 1908 testimonial from Mrs. Baker of Albion Maine and references to Perry Davis Painkiller and Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It notes a New York City police force count and mentions a women’s prison in Roumania.
A garbled quotation attributed to Henry David Thoreau discusses maintaining equanimity and greatness through adversity. The text references hunting, lava, esteem, and a stated resource in extremities, concluding with a claim that love cannot be leaned on while acknowledging Thoreau as the source in Atlantic.
A local druggist notes a questionable formula offering a cold cure using concentrated pine and glycarina with whiskey. The recipe calls for mixing small amounts and dosing every four hours, claimed to be highly effective but raises concerns about safety and legitimacy.
A court onlooker remarks that the accused will be convicted. A lawyer clarifies the speaker is not the defendant but an individual awaiting cross-examination, amid tense proceedings.
A 19th century ad proclaims Mall’s Catarrh Cure as the sole positive remedy for a constitutional disease with a $100 reward for failure to cure. It urges testimonials and lists address details in Toledo Ohio. The piece then notes Lord Rosebery opposing demolition of the Brig of Ayr, arguing engineering must preserve sacred landmarks and Burns heritage.
Women suffering backache dull pain dizziness and fatigue may find hope in advice from Mrs M Working Rochester Indiana who credits Doan's Kidney Pills with first real help and curing her after three boxes Dean's Kidney Pills sold 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York Out of every million people sixty four are blind.
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