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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
2
A collage of light verse and quirky tidbits reports a bandit robbing two restaurants in twenty minutes, a death by strange act, a sleepwalker with baby, clever quips on aviation and fashion, New York robbing speed records, and playful notes on ships, caviar cures, and medieval duels. The piece surveys daily life and headlines with humor and irony.
At the Kansas fiftieth anniversary celebration Senator Bristow and Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher engaged in a heated exchange after a Taft era address. Bristow challenged progressive critics while Curtis praised Fisher on Alaska studies, asserting Taft’s broad appeal to all the people.
Havana reports examination shows the Maine was destroyed by an external explosion. The cleared cofferdam reveals the hull and double bottom, with the keel forced upward. If the blast had been internal, the keel and platform deck would have blown downward. Belief centers on a large boiler or explosive charge as the weapon.
John D. Rockefeller issues his first public statement in years praising a long and successful career. He recalls starting with Hewitt & Tuttle in Cleveland fifty six years ago and says the memory is meaningful as he reflects on his single early job.
An appeal for commutation of death for Henry Clay Beattie Jr. follows a murder conviction on the Midlothian turnpike July 18. The plan cites juror pressure on signing a petition, but all jurors reportedly refused to engage.
In Toulon the French battleship Liberte blew up its magazines and sank after a massive blast. The Republique, Democratic, and Verite were damaged as debris and twisted metal rained down. The disaster, likely caused by a powder deflagration, killed the Liberte’s gunnery school commander and wounded two sailors nearby.
Chicago judge Pettit ruled virtually no Nevada divorce decree is valid in Illinois, a decision seen as crucial to Chicago and Illinois divorcees. The ruling touches many marriages and potential legitimacy of children and could affect valuable property rights. Lawyers say it reflects the judiciary’s best thinking nationwide.
Chief Chemist Dr Harvey W Wiley spoke at the Kansas City conservation congress on The Public Health Our Greatest National Asset. He cited inherited disease poor nutrition adulterated foods tuberculosis typhoid and urban crowding as dangers and urged creation of a national department of health.
Thirteen of a party of thirty-one merrymakers were killed and nine injured when a Chicago & Northwestern passenger train at sixty mph struck their hayrack at Commercial Street in Neenah Wisconsin. They had just left a farm celebration for a wedding anniversary.
In battle with a Yacanan band on Baslian island, Ensign Charles E. Hozey of the gunboat Pam-Panga was killed. Other crew members, including a man from Illinois, were seriously wounded while poisoned darts and blowgun weapons were used. Navy details are scarce.
Italian and Turkish tensions escalate as Rome accuses Derna landings of a casus belli while Italy presses for Tripoli protectorate. Reports from Turin and London depict a mood of imminent intervention, with Germany wary and mediation faltering amid censorship.
San Francisco promoter Dr J Grant Lyman alleged to head toward the Siskiyou mountains as federal officials plan a posse pursuit. Lyman and hospital nurse L B Thorne are described as armed and prepared to resist. Two women accompanied the fugitives at flight’s start after Lyman’s San Francisco arrest on a Los Angeles investors complaint alleging a $50,000 Panama land fraud.
A new high was set on the coffee exchange as September coffee sold at 12.98 cents, driven by liberal demand from shorts. Sugar trends lower with Arbuckle Bros taking orders for granulated sugar at 6.75 cents net cash, hinting at cheaper refined sugar soon.
New York Walter Lispenard Suydam Jr the young millionaire of Blue Point L I was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce against his wife Louise White Suydam who weeks ago eloped with Frederick Noble a plumber s son
William G. Gladstone grandson of William E. Gladstone was elected to the house of commons for Kilmarnock Burgh. He succeeds the late Dr. A. R. Rainy, a Liberal, in a notable political succession.
Former Vermont governor Fletcher D. Proctor died at his home after a long illness. Born November 7, 1860, he was the son of Redfield Proctor, who served ten years as U.S. senator from Vermont.
A. A. Allen, president of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad, is to be elected president of the Texas Central, according to railroad circles.
New York report on a conference about the American Tobacco Company plan of dissolution or disintegration. Attorney General Wickersham said no definite filing date, hearings to follow, and that investigations do not itself imply dissolution. He stressed each case depends on its own facts and may lead to various outcomes.
Lieut T Dewitt Milling set a new American passenger carrying record lasting 1 hour 51 minutes 42 3 5 seconds aboard a Curtiss biplane. Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock flew with Capt Paul Beck to Mineola delivering 15 pounds of mail in the aerial mail flight. The craft dropped mail at Mineola and Brooklyn officially carrying 3650 postcards 462 letters and 78 printed matter.
Los Angeles detectives pursue John Smith on a bigamy warrant. Five women claim marriage to Smith, with possible more, spanning from Atlantic and St. Louis to Sabinas, Texas, dating back to 1887. Detective Zeigler and officers believe Smith remains in the city amid plausible new nuptials.
A registered package with about 30000 in currency was stolen from the St Louis post office a year ago. Postmaster T J Aking and a small group of employees and inspectors have pursued the case quietly while continuing the search for the culprits and the loot.
In Guadalajara four people died and fifteen were seriously injured when rockets and bombs exploded inside a crowded church during a celebration for Madero. The blast marred the holiday mood as mourners gathered.
Champ Clark, urged by supporters at the Kan-Bas semi centennial celebration in Hutchinson Kansas, was introduced as the next president and jokingly said he hopes the prediction proves true.
Charles G. Gates married Miss Florence Hopwood of Minneapolis at the home of R. P. Hopwood, an uncle of the bride, in Uniontown Pennsylvania. Charles is the son and heir of the late John W. Gates.
Alexander Tracey of Port Huron Michigan is found guilty by the general sessions court in Toronto Ontario of criminal negligence in operating an automobile. The penalty is life imprisonment.
Representative Underwood, chair man of the ways and means committee, visits a Bibb county farm settlement to persuade locals to vote for him. An old farmer urges him to sign a petition to appoint a young lady postmistress, insisting strangers’ signatures will not matter.
Al Ryan, a longtime glass worker and former Socialist local organizer in Lockport New York, received a Christmas gift of a hundred dollars from his uncle in Tiffin. The uncle slyly added a postscript asking for four dollars to buy shoes if the check could be cashed, adding a light note to the exchange at the glass factory.
A playful exchange between Munny the village banker and Phunny the village philosopher imagines young Romans passing time by chatting about town life and current affairs in a witty, mock epic style.
Tommy Jones dreamed he had a whole pie to eat and Jimmy cried out over the scene. The lighthearted exchange centers on a child's dream of a full pie and the playful fuss it causes.
A concise maxim notes that few excel in more than one field while money makers may still be poor spenders, illustrating the gap between earning ability and prudent expense.
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