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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1914
Page
8
A newspaper summary notes US communication in 1912 shows one fourth of Europe’s population, one half as many letters, one third as many telegrams, and nearly three times as much telephone use. It frames the data as the latest available figures for comparison.
Estherville Iowa readers are urged to trust Doan's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain. Retired railroad engineer George D Wilkins testifies the remedy relieved his weak back and irregular kidney action after four boxes. Photo includes price 60c at dealers and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorsement.
A Des Moines gathering prepared for evangelistic meetings with Billy Sunday as Iowa officials face a manslaughter case from a Manchester posse incident. Delaware county marshal and six posse members face potential district court action. the state investigates and the county attorney handles charges. Land prices in Iowa rise above earlier forecasts, with a first-class Iowa farm hitting 125 to 250 dollars per acre. Captain George A. Evans resigns as quartermaster of the Fifty-third Infantry due to age and health, after forty years of service in Cedar Rapids.
President Wilson joined peace prayers at Central Presbyterian Church with McAdoo and ministers in attendance. Rev James M Taylor preached that World War tests Christian principles and that lasting peace comes when nations unite in prayer as the president seeks wisdom for mediation.
Lieutenant Harold Pealon, son of Lord Cowdray, was shot and killed by a German sentry during a prison escape at Paris. His orderly Mackay escaped, donned peasants' clothing, and carried a call through German lines to reach British forces.
A Waterloo jury awarded eight thousand five hundred dollars to the father of Charles Scribner for his son’s leg amputation after an accident on a street car in June 1913. The motorman was accused of allowing the boy to ride without proper care.
Copenhagen dispatch says Prince Oscar led the imperial guard in Verdun as German forces fought in fierce hand to hand combat. Turkish and German hostiles are described with heavy losses. American hospital ship Red Cross sailed from France to Rotterdam carrying provisions and medical supplies for Bordeaux and other points. Pope Benedict urged Emperor Francis Joseph to use influence to shorten the war.
National League games saw St Louis beat Chicago 4 to 3 while Pittsburgh lost 4 to 11 and Cincinnati posted 6 to 4. American League scores included Cleveland 6 over Detroit 11 and Louis 1 over Chicago in a partial recap.
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