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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1912
Page
2
A collage of humorous notes and social observations from The Vindicator Republica. Items poke fun at fashion, divorce, wealth, science, and city life with quirky headlines. Notable mentions include fashion critiques, a Philadelphia elixir claim, a Montana silk hat, and a New York women’s club expanding membership.
Senate panel lists witnesses for campaign finance hearings set to begin Monday October 4 with Col Theodore Roosevelt to appear. Subpoenas to Eliott and Brandan Ol Co executives seek papers on Archbold’s 100000 donation to Roosevelt fund of 1904, while a roster of magnates and party figures will testify on fund sources and expenditures.
New York Sept 27 Twenty three trunks containing clothing and durable imports from Europe were declared forfeited by Collector Loeb. Mia Ambrose Kingsland of New York and Lenox failed to declare value. The woman, a prominent rich society figure over sixty, must pay five thousand dollars in duties. civil suit possible if not.
William Brock of Webstar Grove testified in Judge Wurerderman's Clayton court that he had not kissed his wife in 25 years. He sought a divorce on the grounds of desertion stating his wife treated life as a marble statue and showed no emotion while he lived apart.
Petition filed in Topeka by William Allen White gathers 4000 signatures for ten Roosevelt electors to appear on the independent ballot. Eight Roosevelt electors from the Republican column would withdraw. replaced by eight Taft men named by the state committee. Also report from Steubenville of a 15 year old girl attacked near Wheeling Junction and a farmer receiving threatening letters.
New York on September 27 denies circulating rumors of a coordinated revolutionary movement led by Castro in Venezuela Zelaya in Nicaragua and Diaz in Mexico. The denial states no such alliance or uprising is being organized.
Sestule Washington reports Mount Wrangell in eruption as Valdyz Mall ads warn. Wrangell, the well known smolting volcano, forces evacuation of prospectors and residents. No injuries reported as ash and lava activity disrupts area.
Badenweiler Germany Sept. 26 Baron von Bieberstein once called the second Bismarck and a leading diplomat to promote world peace died after a rapid decline. Appointed ambassador to London last May his post promotion faced progressive opposition. The 70 year old Baden native had traveled for a water cure and fell ill.
Directors of an old presbytery sold the cornerstone church building to a city resident but forgot to exclude the cornerstone from the deed. The copper box inside the cornerstone allegedly contains notes and a small fortune. Attempts to retrieve the box from buyer Harry Forenee have failed. Witnesses claim a stake was involved and money changed hands before the box was sealed.
Allen W. Thurman of the state board of administration urged immediate support for sterilization measures. He warned that without such laws within ten years the state could be bankrupted by care costs for the mentally deficient. A family of six from Brown County Children’s Home highlighted the issue as evidence of rising numbers.
Roy Guthrie, an educated burglar and forger who robbed homes of wealthy south side residents, was judged insane by a jury in Judge Cooper's court and ordered committed to the Chester Asylum for the Criminally Insane. Two psychiatrists testified to his insanity as he appeared wild eyed and agitated during the trial.
Chinaman Chin Shue Sepe is named by the Republican Party to represent Seventh Ward in Boston Massachusetts. He is said to be the first Celestial nominated for U.S. political office and pledges to push for admission of Chinese woolen products and oppose Chinese exclusion as a national policy.
Prominent Waterloo church member arrested in Kansas City on grand jury indictments for alleged embezzlement and obtaining money by false pretenses. Sheriff of Grands County will require him to answer the charges after indictment.
With the new school year opening at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia Dr Edwin Nesbit professor of pharmacology forms a pulsesa squad from the undergraduate body to participate in campus activities and studies.
Roosevelt narrowly escaped serious injury when the grand stand collapsed during a speech in Tulsa Oklahoma on September 26. Several men were borne down in the collapse but no one was seriously hurt.
President Taft orders a Marine force to sail from Philadelphia aboard the Prairie to Santo Domingo to protect U S custom houses under receivership as unrest grows after Haiti’s upheaval. Gen Frank McInyre and A T Doyle coordinate the move with Navy and State officials aboard the president’s train.
A infant born to Mrs Henry L Hobats of Fayette City near Pittsburgh displays a transparent skin revealing back organs, drawing doctors’ interest. The child appears healthy, with normal movement and heart pulsations visible when lying face down.
Beulah, an eighteen year old girl at Landaside near Bluefields and Wo Va, warned a passenger train by waving her apron as an approaching Norfolk and Western train neared a destroyed track section. She escaped unharmed and a collection was taken for her. the railroad offered compensation.
The New Jersey primary results show Congressman Walter Hughes defeating Senator James Smyth Jr by a large margin, signaling Hughes as the Democratic standard bearer for the United States Senate race. The reporting notes the endorsement context and calls for party renewal ahead of the general election.
A bench warrant was sworn out for James R Nugent chairman of the Democratic county committee in Newark New Jersey on September 27 in connection with an outgrowth of a wrangle at Low polls. He faces assault charges.
Rome September 27 Guglielmo Marconi the pioneer of wireless telegraphy was badly hurt in a car accident near Borghetto. He is reported somewhat better and probably will recover.
Washington Sept 26 Attorney General Wickersham plans to leave the cabinet March 4 next, whether President Taft is re elected or not. The decision follows discussions with Taft and private statements to friends in Washington and New York. Officials expect an imminent public announcement as he cites outside interests demanding his attention.
Secretary Nagel opened the fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Associations in Washington. More than 700 delegates attended, with two thirds from abroad including Argentina Austria India Belgium Brazil and many others. The keynote, delivered in English, urged unification of international trade rules to ease global shipments.
Massachusetts primaries renominate Gov Eugene N Foss and selectman Joseph Walker of Brookline for the Republicans. The incumbent congressmen seek renomination and appear likely to succeed. Third party strength and presidential outcome remain uncertain until full returns arrive.
Howard O Edwards faced U S charges for robbing the New York Limited train near New Orleans on September 4. He claimed drug influence as his reason for pleading guilty, but the court refused the plea and remanded him for trial October 4. The bandit said he had no accomplices, and clerks were assaulted during the heist.
In Manila on September 27 a detachment of the Filipino constabulary engaged a murderous Moros band after the killing of a Filipino. In the hand to hand clash fifteen Moros were killed and four constables were wounded. Lieutenant Preuss and W. Morgan Shuster were noted in connection with Pereia.
Stateen steers weighing 1600 pounds sold at Kansas City stock yards by a Liberty farmer for 10.90 a hundred, 173.31 a head, the highest price west of Chicago. The steers were full fed for nine months, dated Sept. 26.
The first game in the world series will be played in New York on Tuesday October. The series will alternate games between New York and Boston, with one game in each city until the series concludes.
Milford Mags Sept 27 tribute to Gen William F P Draper memory as an imposing granite statue of the aged statesman was unveiled in his hometown ceremony with local residents attending the public unveiling and paying homage to his legacy.
Des Moines September 27. The creative board of the Iowa State Federation clubs, meeting at the Chamberlain hotel, endorsed a teachers pension bill for the upcoming legislature. They also back centralizing rural schools to prepare rural children for city schools, improved water supplies, river and stream purification, and appointing a woman as assistant state labor commissioner. The federation's legislative committee, chaired by Mrs James Nerryhill Sr, will prepare recommendations, with mothers' pension and suffrage activities among the likely measures.
An eight passenger car from Liscomb, Marshall county, turned turtle and plunged seven feet into a ditch near Ames. Injured are Mrs David Sommerlot, 71, with a broken collar bone and internal injuries. David Sommerlot, 74, with a back injury and a sprained wrist. and Gladys Sommerlot, 5, with a broken collar bone and a broken right shoulder.
In Albion an elderly farmer Captain J. K. Ewalt, 73, and his wife welcomed a girl, the eighteenth child of Ewalt, 39, and the twenty fifth of the combined parentage. The new arrival adds to a family with seven children from Ewalt's first marriage and seven from his current wife.
The fifty seventh annual Upper Iowa conference session of the Methodist Episcopal church opened in Marshalltown with a large attendance. About 350 delegates were seated, plus additional visitors. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of San Francisco, an Iowa native, presided.
The State College stock judging team for the American Royal Live Stock Show in Kansas City during the week of October 7 is announced. Five members are Earle Girton State Center R C McCord Lebanon KY L C Wise Villisca R E K Coverdale Maquoketa and Ray Gatewood Ames.
Des Moines hosts the synodical missionary churches October 16 and 17 at Central Presbyterian. It marks the first gathering in sixteen years with prominent Iowa women noted among the attendees.
Clinton Martin Robinson is jailed on $1000 bond after being charged with attempted murder for attacking James Embree in front of city hall. Embree was shot in the finger during the incident, with the feud between the men noted. Dubuque Eleven will be strong. St Joseph's College forecasts a fall lineup as work begins on a nine-field project.
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