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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1912
Page
6
Editor announces candidacy for Esberville and Emmet County supervisor in the Danter Swan Lake and Lowe Lake township district. He seeks GOP supporters but pledges to defeat non Republicans and bull moose candidates. notes November general election.
Tf Cumming once warned of discord with a similar protection letter. Now his actions threaten to deepen the rift in the party. He sowed seeds of discord and digraphon, but seeks a harvest different from the seeds he planted.
The Vindicator and Republican asserts its steadfast support for Republican principles over five years, praising policies that benefit laborers and farmers alongside capitalists. It notes a return of some Democratic-leaning voters and insurgent critics, while maintaining confidence in the party's enduring strength and unity.
The piece traces primogeniture from patriarchal times, noting the first-born son’s inherited authority and priestly role upon the father's death. It argues primogeniture persists as a lingering, unfair remnant of ancient custom often viewed as superstition.
A brief tip from Siburban Life recommends pouring a table glassful of water into a bowl before arranging cut flowers. Use mostly blooms that are plentiful and arrange a graceful bunch to keep the display balanced when florals are scarce.
Two girls exchange flippant talk about romantic notes. One boasts of not receiving a letter from Jack in a muddled line while the other offers to lend letters, joking about having 40 or 60 to spare. The scene captures a playful, detached mood and light social flirtation.
An exchange notes that a family crew exists among some people and discusses where they store items. It questions the sense of a mistake in an order and asserts that everyone has a right to a family group while opposing exposing it to close friends.
Sir William Allan painted a Waterloo battle scene for the Duke of Wellington who bought it. The painter visited the Horse Guards for payment, offering a check, while the duke, amid counting notes, joked that Coutts would know how foolish he had been.
A typewriter salesman recounts moving to a rooming house where the landlady charged a 35 cent key deposit. He notes costs have risen and recalls paying the higher price, reflecting broader inflation concerns. The anecdote humorously highlights everyday struggles with rising expenses.
An administrative order details corporal punishment on the Korean peninsula with precise posture, restraints, and whip use. The prisoner lies on the stomach, limbs stretched, clothes arranged to expose the hips, whip edge three inches beyond the body. Executioner stands with specific stance, strike vertical, no skin tearing, one hour after a meal. Water provided if thirsty.
John Wesley tests early rising by nightly wakefulness and a self recorded alarm. He notes waking around midnight or 1 AM, then 7 AM, 6 AM, and 4 AM as he adjusts. After reaching 4 AM habit, he reports no more nights of wakefulness and concludes early rising is feasible.
A controversial piece contrasts Brooklyn’s identity with sacred cities, noting tensions between secular and sacred spaces. It references Hindu beliefs and a large number of idols within narrow streets, highlighting clashes over worship in a holy city context.
Residents report eerie noises from Old Trinity Churchyard after midnight where a decayed burial vault was broken into by a group of men. They reportedly laughed talked smoked and played craps inside the vault believed to house colonial era remains.
A reflective note on the enduring value of books. Richard De Bury asserts that books educate without coercion or scorn, always ready to guide learners who seek knowledge. The passage extols books as patient teachers sparing no embarrassment to readers.
A large eagle swooped onto a Westport Connecticut home and seized two year old Anna in its talons. The father rushed to the yard when he heard her screams, and the bird dropped the child. The father recovered Anna and brought her into the house. Her clothes were torn but she was uninjured.
A historian asserts Coneru Hrolf, later Duke of Normandy and ancestor of William the Conqueror, was the original woman suffragist. The article frames this Norseman as having sounded the first clear call for women’s rights a millennium ago.
The text extols Sungshine as the best disinfectant and claims sunlight disintegrates all organic substances. It advises placing rooms in direct sun for an hour each bright morning and airing bedding in sunlight to combat stuffy, unhealthy dark corners.
A concise quotation reflects on moral action, duty, and reverence. It asserts that true understanding of right emerges only through doing, and genuine peace comes with consistent, immediate effort, emphasizing cost and alacrity in ethical conduct.
Immense quantities of sulphur are mined in Louisiana by pumping, reducing Sicily’s exports to the United States. A record from seven or eight years ago showed Sicily sent over one hundred thousand tons annually, but current patterns favor Louisiana.
A fragmented exchange shows two Chicago children boasting about their fathers. The first child claims his father is connected to the town's best families, while the second counters with his father being separated from three of them, highlighting social status dynamics.
A compact reflection on growing up and choosing roles such as hero helper or accepted lover. It argues early practice in conduct leads to better responses to life’s anticipated tasks. The voice urges self discipline and thoughtful behavior as life progresses.
A historic health book notes that the Old Testament contains 286 verses on disease and the New Testament 240, discussing illness causes, treatment, and prevention.
Parisians express concern over facial hair fashions with many favoring removal of mustaches and beards as part of changing style and social expectations.
A fragmentary newspaper item offers a sale by advertiser: Edison phonograph, a heater, and four cemetery lots listed as cheap. The note hints at a lingering hope departed from the seller.
A reflective quotation contrasts wealth and poverty, noting that wealthier individuals often fail to understand their own net worth and that true poverty can arise from misallocation of resources to feed the hungry.
A local column defends Payrottam as the paper’s pride while denying any endorsement of a specific hat style for a Candidate in an Atchison Globe context. The piece emphasizes journalistic integrity over fashion aligned with political support.
A doctor defends his approach when blamed for not rushing to aid a sick child. He argues modern parents demand comfort and scientifically minded care, while criticizing old‑fashioned methods that rely on mothers nursing their children back to health.
The New York Evening Post notes that waiters, long seen as clerks of service, are real men with homes and families. The piece cites urban sympathy, comparing waiter labor to a broader strike that touches thousands in New York and beyond.
A fragmented satirical piece mocks self righteous protectors of conscience. It derides proclaimed moral certainty and claims many refuse accountability, suggesting they belong on a desert island with thick skinned turtles as a buoyant farcical consequence.
The number of doctors practicing in the United States shows a decline over two to three years though still meeting public need. Six thousand nine hundred sixty physicians were examined for licenses last year versus seven thousand four in 1910 and higher in prior years. about twenty percent failed. In five states where non graduates may sit for exams North Carolina Massachusetts Mississippi Oregon Tennessee, three hundred thirty applicants were examined and more than eighty eight percent failed.
A hotel clerk describes the dilemma of recommending a beauty doctor to women guests while balancing conscience and business. He notes many beauty specialists hand out cards yet face lawsuits, leaving him uneasy about distributing rival advertisements and inviting complaints if customers are dissatisfied.
In cloudy nights, birds navigating southward meet electric lights tall buildings wires and urban obstacles. Morning reveals casualties as battered bodies lie in streets. Warblers suffer greatly with many migrants blown to sea by gales and snowstorms.
The tale recounts Charles Dickens attending a Walter Scott themed party in ordinary dress and joking he is “the gentle reader” as the character in every Scott novel. The anecdote highlights Dickens’s wit and self awareness amid a costume event filled with Scott characters.
The judge questions the prisoner as two razors are shown, one safety and one straight back. The prisoner asserts the safety razor is for everyday use while the other is for social purposes, prompting the judge to comment on the apparent social context.
In Hampshire England experts studied tar formulations to prevent trout contamination from road drainage. The county council now requires tar to come exclusively from carbonized bituminous coal, with limits on water or ammonia liquor 9.2 percent, distillate above 270C, pitch at least 75 percent by weight, and free carbon not over 17 percent. Tests showed drainage from treated roads remained free of tar lubricants fuel oils and gasoline.
An Augusta Chronicle correspondent notes a peafowl aged 62 belonging to Adam Dixon, famed for its evolving plumage and regal display. The bird, once snow white, now features a coal black breast and grayish white plumage, drawing admiration from locals and family pride in the county.
A LondonAnswers item notes an American inventor earning praise for a sanitary kissing method. At parties some ladies use a sterilised ivory ring on a silver handle to separate lips, creating a “pasteurized pleasure” sensation and a germless form of kissing.
An old remedy describes destroying warts by bathing with a strong washing soda solution for eight minutes and letting it dry, repeated several times daily until disappearance. It also suggests rubbing warts with moistened muriate of ammonia twice daily to soften and shrink them without leaving white marks.
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