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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
3
Hints for the busy housewife describe a Minnesota invention a combination colander and fruit press that strains and squeezes juices without waste. It clamps to a table edge and uses a revolving blade to separate skins, seeds, and pulp while extracting juice, plus other tips on linen mending silver care and simple recipes.
In Justice Cooper's basement court Porter charged with burning his own house to collect fire insurance suddenly walked out, vanishing from the hearing. Officers pursued but Porter remains at large. A friend allegedly aided the escape, handing over money as he left the room.
President Wilson pardoned Enos Isaacs after a Fort Dodge banker case where false entries hid excess loans to a stockholder. Iowa National Guard readiness verified. Iowa curbs on wood alcohol in barber products investigated. Grain car distribution rule debate with farmers elevators. Supreme Court actions includeKetcham custody order, accident driver ruling, Shugart case with Rock Island railroad preference, and a switchman killed in Des Moines. Senator McColl ill at home in Woodward.
A wide array of brief items covers topics from Australian banking and New York electrical wires to a Pal Revere belfry restoration and a Russian border town with all male inhabitants. Reports mention Klondike gold output rise after 1907, Dublin abattoir plans, New Zealand calf meat export, and a 300-foot yellow spruce in Washington. Also noted are a London cello sale, a London postmaster’s Italy tour, an electric rail plan for Mount Popocatepetl, and a petrified Patagonia man auction in recent years.
Excerpts from J. Banfield’s My Tropic Life describe extreme sea heat in Queensland waters. On Nov 21 1909 at Mowe Jee the surface water reached about 108 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter than the air, with tests later confirming surface readings near 112 degrees during afternoon sun.
A foreign child in Switzerland was fined 8 francs for plucking three buttercups from land recently owned by a new proprietor who forbade picking. A gendarme reported the offense and the case drew mixed views on foreigners and local police.
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