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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1906
Page
4
A fragmented page notes independent bid by I Haynr for Emmet County sheriff and discusses voting methods for the election. It mentions Bryan supporting Porter, debates on Australian ballots, and criticizes Meantime political maneuvers in South Dakota. It warns voters to mark crosses for each candidate and cautions against spoiled ballots, urging informed casting.
A long critique argues county funds should be deposited in banks to earn interest, but notes the Board of Supervisors controls all funds and the county treasurer acts only by their orders. It estimates potential interest would be small, bond costs high, and current figures misrepresented by a writer named Tax Payer. Also reports Odd Fellows of Iowa proceedings with officers elected and decorations conferred.
A discussion of humor in ancient art and Aesop fables with examples from artifacts. Describes a New York Metropolitan tile scene of a cat as an Egyptian fashionably seated woman served by a subservient tom cat and other comic papyri from Turin and the British Museum showing geese goats wolves and pharaoh as a rat amid armed rats and cats.
The Philadelphia Press notes sleep is essential for digestion and assimilation, with rest deprivation causing dyspepsia and malnutrition. It explains that nourishment occurs only during sleep when the nervous system is off duty, citing endurance races where heavy eating fails to build tissue due to lack of rest.
A London Tit-Bits note recalls a dinner hosted by the late Prince Ratibor featuring a hundred courses. Ten chefs competed for the coveted post with each serving ten courses to a Paris jury of gastronomes who awarded the palm to a French chef long attached to Baron Haussmann. The event ended with a Marienbad trip by the jury.
A Baltimore American note reports centenarians credit long life to steady work and little worry. one woman over 100 counsels eating when hungry, sleeping well, staying cheerful, and to keep constant labor, warning that if these fail, bad blood in the family should die out.
A Jackson New Hampshire veranda conversation among gentlemen praised a leading hotel host with a high military title. A retired army officer said the host must have earned it in service, noting he has not forgotten how to charge.
A fragment from a house scene shows a mother and friend worrying about a husband with a bad cold. A matron remarks she will wait a few days for amusement as a baby watches the father sneeze. The dialogue hints at wartime informality and caregiving.
F A Schaefer and Son report a satisfactory sale of short horn cattle near Raleigh with average price 125 per head. Cattle were pasture fed, some blood stock sold to buyers in Iowa Minnesota and nearby towns, with prices ranging from 47.50 to 190.00 per head and various calf details listed.
Bittyton Archer e65sh0 calved Dec 18 1006 by Archers J B Savage Mountain Lake Minti 280. Red Robin calved June 6 1008 by Golden Robin H G Coleman Terril Iowa 45.00. The rest of the stock cataloged belonged to Mesara Brown Albro and Miller and sold at prices from 45.00 to 185.00.
Confirmation services at the Norwegian Lutheran church in English and communion at 3 p.m. Ladies' Guild hosts Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Ladd’s Getz-25. St Patrick's Catholic church offers 10:30 a.m. service. Rev Beard to preach at Maple Hill Presbyterian Sunday afternoon Oct 28 and Wallingford Sunday evening. Halloween Social Oct 31 near Emmet House. Epworth League benefit event at M. I. church with 6c admission.
Miss Aimy Sizer wed Mr. Frank M. Hull at 8 PM on a Saturday at the bride’s parents home J F Sizer in this city. Officiated by Rev. John Sutton. They depart by train for Garner Mason City Cedar Rapids and other points then plan to live in Estherville. Hull a Rock Island Railroad brakeman of good character.
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