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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1912
Page
3
Governor Horace Boies urges unity in the Republican Party and warns against Roosevelt. He argues Taft preserves peace and sound governance, insisting Roosevelt’s bid would threaten the republic and long-standing party traditions.
A citizen argues that a Roosevelt vote would help Wilson win and harm business, recalling 1893 to 1897 hardships. The writer warns Taft preserves prosperity and stability, while Wilson’s victory would bring distress and economic danger.
The New York Herald notes one prominent Republican who stands clean. It singles out President William B Taft for his steadfastness to the right with minimal offense to opponents, praising his public service.
The text asserts the Republican Party will win by citing sixteen years of prosperity under Taft, warning free trade would harm manufacturers and farmers, praising Taft as honest and effective, criticizing Roosevelt, and claiming Americans in 1972 and 1896 would back business stability, national credit, full employment, fair wages, strong courts, and constitutional governance.
A compact political snapshot contrasts claimed Republican strengths with Democratic critiques. It asserts wages high, factories full, rail traffic dense, and labor in demand while highlighting Democratic issues, soup kitchens, bank failures, unemployment, widespread hunger, mortgage burdens, and general financial distress.
A 1912 column argues the Democratic party misreads markets, praising President Taft era gains under protective tariffs. It cites Frank P Clarkson and Iowa farm economics, contrasts free trade with protection, and includes political anecdotes about farmers debating change and prosperity.
Robby and friends imagine house building costs sparked by baseball talk. The boys debate price hinges on winders and doors, note a window mishap involving a ball, and joke about glazier costs while a plan to visit a window soon unfolds.
The agricultural paper from Springfield Ohio cautions readers about draining Florida Everglades land for homes. It questions drainage feasibility from Lake Okeechobee to the gulf, noting engineers favor pumping and doubting practical water removal. It cites Engineering News criticizing Florida’s plans and urges waiting for competent analysis before selling land or planting.
Suburban Life Magazine quotes Margaret Woodward condemning the modern woman for neglecting homemaking. She highlights a new family with unruly children across the street and cites a mother who cannot monitor her kids, blaming church duties for her absence.
The November issue presents Woodrow Wilson as Democratic candidate offering a “keap house” for the people concept and urges reform of revenue usage away from a governing class. It highlights the Governor’s portrait study by 8 Seymour Thomas and lists fiction by several authors along with household tips and Christmas craft ideas.
During a trial half finished observers note that blind witnesses may be given extra weight in memory recall. The piece discusses juror skepticism and suggests that a blind person’s hearing and retention can substitute for sight in recounting spoken details with precision.
In 1952 at a small log schoolhouse in Johnson County Missouri Pastor Samuel 8 Colbier preached to a sparse congregation. He roused the sleepy crowd by shouting Arouse heaven is at under the door to wake them from dull monotony. The scene captures a rustic rural sermon and a memorable rebuke.
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