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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1911
Page
2
A mosaic of jokes and jabs from the Vindicator-Republican notes mix humor and social remark. It jokes about Thanksgiving, Confucius, marriage, politics, aviators, fashion, crime, and love, weaving playful bities about doctors, nobel prizes, and courtships. It reads as a newsroom snapshot of light, satirical chatter from a bygone era.
Mary Chamberlain, a Beverly schoolteacher, testified in Lincoln Center court about being tarred by masked men near Shady Bend. She described decoy by Edward Ricard and the assault, identifying three suspects as present. She remained composed, repeating details under cross examination while noting no bones were broken and clothing remained intact.
Circuit Court grants leave to file writ and appeal delaying trial of nine Chicago packers indicted under the Sherman act. Judge Kohlsaat allows two day delay after habeas corpus writ defeat, enabling an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court before trial commences.
Denver witnesses say Gertrude Patterson waited at Phipps sanitarium for her husband then shot him twice more as he pleaded. Prosecutors seek first degree murder and the extreme penalty. Carpenter A B Shugert testified he saw the third shot as the victim collapsed.
The steamer Prinz Joachim of the Hamburg American line ran aground on a rock near Samana island thirty miles north of Fortune Island Bahamas. Passengers and mails were transferred to the Ward liner Seguntanca, with the Ward liner Vigilancia standing by for wrecking tugs. Included aboard were William Jennings Bryan, his wife and son, who reported no danger and planned to meet his brother in Kingston.
Detroit Michigan based Retail Lumber Dealers association and leaders answered indictments in federal court charging Sherman act violations. They admit sharing information on manufacturers jobbers wholesalers with consumers but deny conspiracy intimidation and blacklist tactics.
London suffragists began a so called campaign of demonstration with unprecedented violence in the West End. Police halted the women who sought entry to Parliament and protest the prime minister’s stance on universal suffrage. About 220 women and three men were arrested while the rioters smashed windows in public buildings along Whitehall.
The American Federation of Labor will not levy any assessment for the striking Ilinois Central and Harriman line shopmen. The convention adopted a resolution pledging moral and voluntary financial support for the strikers.
Indianapolis authorities ban all day suckers and chewing gum in Indiana public schools as ordered by the health board citing preventable distraction and hygiene concerns.
In Savannah Georgia during a practice lap for the Vanderbilt cup race a Case car driven by Jay D McNay overturned on a turn and he was instantly killed. His mechanic William Maxwell was badly injured and shortly after Joseph Dawson driving a Marmon car was badly hurt while attempting to pass another vehicle.
From Mexico City a Caracas dispatch reports Gen Cipriano Castro ex president of Venezuela won a battle in Venezuela after entering with several thousand followers. He is said to have crossed into his native country with a sizable force and achieved a limited victory.
The United States Senate special committee ended hearings in Chicago on the Lorimer election case. It will reassemble in Washington December 6 to continue the investigation.
Leonidas Merritt testifies before a congressional inquiry into United States Steel, accusing John D. Rockefeller and Rev. F T Gates of Montclair of pressuring him to secure ore and rail securities for a loan, then selling them to US Steel after a 1893 call. Merritt recounts a confrontational offer and claims Rockefeller urged a million dollar loan plan. He says Gates acted as intermediary in a coercive scheme.
Washington reports the assassination of President Ramon Caceres of Santo Domingo by political foes as two assailants, Luis Tejera and Jaime Mote Jr., shot him after visiting Leonte Vasquez. The wounded president died after fleeing to a stable near the American legation. The killers, General Piental and Tejera, were executed by beheading. The diplomatic corps has assumed control amid tensions with anti American sentiment.
In Atlanta the American Federation of Labor voted that President Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and other labor leaders may remain with the National Civic Federation and keep their associates there August Belmont Andrew Carnegie and other so called enemies of organized labor. The convention defeated the resolution urging officers to resign from the Civic Federation.
Friends of Arthur P. Gorman plan to contest the gubernatorial victory of Phillips Lee Goldsborough in Baltimore. Democrats charge supervisors lacked authority to place William H. Brune as a progressive Democratic candidate for Baltimore judge, claiming his inclusion misled nearly 4,000 Democratic voters.
Three men died and a fourth was hospitalized after smoke inhalation from a fire that gutted the interior of the Benton hotel lodging house near Union station in Nashua New Hampshire. The blaze caused extensive damage to the building and prompted emergency responders to evacuate the area. Investigators will determine the cause as authorities assess the scene.
Hal Chase resigns as manager of the American League club at a conference with owner Frank Farrell. He will play first base next season, earning the same salary as last year.
Reports from Peking confirm a massacre of foreigners and Manchus in Sian Fu. Forty foreigners and many missionaries in Shen-Si towns are affected. Telegraphs halted for weeks. details include Mrs Beckman and five foreign children killed, with other Chinese girls killed. Swedish missionaries Sandberg and Erickson arrived with word of the murder. The Y M C A stands as the sole American religious body with workers in the Sian Fu field.
In Kansas City state rule keeps witnesses out of Dr B Clark Hyde murder case opening arguments. Hyde faces accusers alone as Swope family members and Mrs Logan QC attend. Only Hyde and his wife testify for the defense.
Italian reports describe Turkish repulsals at three outpost attacks with 29 killed. Five planes found no change in Turkish positions, bombs dropped inside the Turkish camp destroying it. Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto bombarded Amrus village and Herm fort near Tripoli as Derna saw Turkish attacks repelled under fog.
Police and Yale authorities probe a disturbance at the Hyperion theater in New Haven where stage hands turned on a hose, drenching numerous audience members as about 400 students were ejected. Outside, hand to hand clashes followed and a crowd of about 2,000 gathered, threatening further unrest.
Twenty United States soldiers en route from the Philippines to Chicago were injured when a special Illinois Central train collided head on with a westbound freight one mile east of Logan Iowa. Engineer Haviland was killed and his fireman badly injured. The crash was blamed on a failure by the telegraph operator to deliver a hold order.
In San Francisco reports allege Princess Lal mother of the baby empress eloped with actor Yang Shu Lu. Chinese papers note royal disgrace, with Min Lu Po the only outlet naming the princess and giving an elopement account.
NEENAH WIS CHARGED WITH abducting MABEL KEAGLE aged sixteen from her home at Peoria IL. C BE Keller twenty eight years old was arrested here and taken to Peoria. Miss KEagle came here about a month ago.
Germany acquires U S black walnut wood with 13 carloads totaling 60 000 feet, shipped from Bloomington to Hamburg for export.
A historical notice extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild non-griping laxative that cures constipation gradually. It cites public endorsement from readers in Iowa and Nebraska and offers sample bottles by mail from Monticello Indiana for home trial.
A witty exchange asks if a husband is a good dinner talker. The reply notes he talks little after meals, as he lies on the couch and falls asleep, making conversation impossible for the speaker. The quip highlights domestic humor about communication and evening routines.
The notice urges mothers to inspect CASTORIA bottles for the genuine CS signature, touting a safe remedy used for over 30 years. It features a child reacting and a playful exchange about a presidential bee, reflecting a dated advertisement style.
A terse exchange in a comic strip style features the Talker arguing against modern claims of sickness remedies while the Joker counters by accusing him of chasing patent medicine ads. The banter highlights skepticism toward health cures and exaggerated promotions.
The text notes France taxes over a thousand million gallons of wine in a good year with six bottles per gallon. Algeria, vine-dense since phylloxera, provides at least two hundred million gallons. A tonneau equals 200 gallons, so large-scale output is implied, with France's colony accounting for one fifth of national wine consumption.
A literary man credits Grape-Nuts with clear thinking and high output, saying heavy meals dull the mind and digestion diverts blood from the brain. He reports quick digestion, steady hunger satisfaction, and sustained work quality, attributing brain nourishment to the cereal. The notice promises more reader letters, with a sales line that there’s a reason explained in The Road to Wellville.
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