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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
2
A miscellany of humorous vignettes and brief observations on summer life politics and society from The Vindicator-Republican. Includes quips about fishing advertising marriages age and fashion with playful comments on aviators mosquitos and celebrities. Notable lines reference the “katydid” pest and Paderewski's poultry yard amid light social satire.
Mississippi town under martial law as six strike-breakers are seriously hurt and one fatally in McComb City riot. A train barrage and explosion occur amid railroad worker disturbances. Governor Noel sends troops while officials report mixed employment and no immediate spread of strikes. International officials threaten Sherman Act prosecutions over record destruction.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt is recovering after being thrown from her horse on the road between Jericho and Sagamore Hill Saturday. She reared when startled, struck her head and shoulders, and was rescued by Colonel Roosevelt before being taken home unconscious.
Platinum has advanced rapidly in price and is quoted at 47600 dollars per ounce in Maiden Lane. This marks the highest price on record.
Fredonia town board enacted an ordinance banning all Sunday band music including religious services. The measure imposes strict Sabbath observance by musicians within the village.
Milwaukee report shows Stephenson campaign spending in Wisconsin followed national patterns with large sums paid for speakers meetings advertising and organizing. A Edmonds testified he spent 107793 in the primary campaign and admitted no itemized accounts were kept lacking details on disbursements as he claimed.
Milburn Saylor out boxed and out punched Battling Nelson at the Armory Athletic Club to win a clear decision. The Hoosier fighter dominated all but one round, landing hard body punches and driving Nelson to the ropes as the seventh round ended any hope of a comeback.
Charles W. Morse halts his fight for liberty in Atlanta. His lawyers will ask the federal circuit court to withdraw without prejudice the June appeal from Judge Newman’s decision, allowing renewal later. Most believe Morse has little chance for freedom and may stay jailed to serve a ten year sentence.
Danbury, Conn. George Schmitt, an aviator, fell 400 feet when his engine quit five minutes after takeoff. His biplane plunged into a swamp. rescuers found him unconscious under the aircraft but he recovered shortly after. No serious injuries reported.
Peter Petito, twenty four, walked into the police station and admitted killing his wife over alleged infidelity. Officers found Mrs. Petito's body at their home, prompting a police inquiry.
Miss Katherine Irving, a niece of Washington Irving who lived with him at Sunnyelde in Litchfield, Connecticut, has died at the age of ninety three.
Nathan Allen of Kenosha Wisconsin pleads guilty to all counts in a U S circuit court indictment charging jewelry smuggling into the United States. Joan R Collins of Memphis pleads guilty to a single count with a $4,000 fine. The case centers on $150,000 in gems given to Mrs Helen Dwelle Jenkins.
In Trenton New Jersey Gov Woodrow Wilson faced defeat of a resolution to endorse him for the Democratic presidential nomination at the Democratic state convention. The Republican convention condemned Democrats and praised President Taft as both sessions met under the Geran election law to adopt platforms. The Democratic platform praised Wilson, and his appeal led to dropping the endorsement resolution.
A grand jury indicted Wilbur Glenn Vollva John W Friend Walter Hurd Clendenen and Alison A Walker all of Zion City on a conspiracy charge in Waukegan Illinois The indictment marks the second conspiracy case against Voliva with the first having been quashed by Judge Whitney.
Williamstown Massachusetts John Bascom professor emeritus of political economy at Williams College and former president of the University of Wisconsin has died at his home aged eighty four He was born in Genoa New York Murder Two Posse Routed in Gibson s Station Virginia during a clash between a sheriff s posse and kin of a woman wanted for an murder trial two possemen were killed and an officer seriously injured The posse was beaten off
Attorney General Wickersham renews efforts to dissolve the anthracite coal trust in Pennsylvania by filing a Supreme Court brief. The government seeks to rule the principal coal railroads and coal owning companies in violation of the Sherman act, citing Standard Oil and Tobacco cases as precedents. The case targets the Reading, Lehigh Valley, Delaware Lackawanna & Western, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Erie & New York, Susquehanna & Western, and affiliated coal interests. The government argues the combination harms the public, noting limited coal supply hinders monopoly disruption.
Dr Homer E B Webster a Chicago polymath hospital intern confessed to killing his wife Bessie Kent Webster near Dixon Illinois his confinement follows discovery of the knife wound in the neck and the stripping of clothing Webster also admitted bigamy with Zon Varney and exonerated nurse Mabel Sexter who stood accused alongside him in the woods case
Cromwell Dixon, famed aviator who crossed the Rockies last Saturday, died at the inter state fair grounds in Spokane after his aeroplane plunged 100 feet into a rocky railroad cut. Caught in an adverse air current, the machine toppled while Dixon shouted to spectators, Here go, as he attempted to recover.
In St Louis delegates of the American Fisheries Society heard president W. E. Meehan of Harrisburg Pennsylvania advocate bathing a sick fish to cure it. He urged salt water baths for fresh water fish as well.
James Colton was killed and his two companions fatally injured in a head on collision between their automobile and a trolley car near Jamaica New York.
A Munyon public letter extols a stomach based cure for dyspepsia linking digestion to nerve strength and sleep. It claims strong digestion aids general health, cites historical figures like Napoleon and Lincoln, and asserts most professional failures stem from weak stomachs. Professor Munyon offers free consultation from Munyon's Laboratories in Philadelphia.
Degenerated champion Kid McCoy, famed for 125 bouts, says he will open a Stamford sanitarium to restore health, youth, and romance to middle aged patients. He envisions wives encouraging grumpy mates toward wellness, contrasting old complaints about dull marriages and traveling flasks.
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