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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1903
Page
7
The three year old son of John Fredrickson, of Armstrong, was run over by a loaded wagon after falling from a moving vehicle. He suffered broken ribs and internal injuries, with lungs badly hurt, as doctors rushed to ease his pain while the outcome remains serious.
The Rock Island system advances with the Moline locomotive shop project as part of a new, large facility housing three departments the erecting machine and boiler shops. It features stepped side bays with glass and slate walls lowering brickwork and aims for low space cost per square foot. The design prioritizes boiler and tank work with 33 percent of floor space, plans to employ about one thousand next year and grow to eight thousand as sites are built. Grounding fences advised to prevent lightning losses to cattle and horses with a simple method using a 5 eighths inch iron rod and heavy wire.
A long standing claim that Chamberlains Cough Remedy has sold millions of bottles over thirty years and never failed to help croup cases. It is said to be safe for babies and adults, contains no opium, and can be given with confidence.
Western stockmen who have enjoyed free transportation will lose the privilege after January 1, 1904. Rail executives in Chicago met and ordered the end of return transportation to homes, requiring stockmen to pay fares after visiting shipping centers. Committees will digest state laws to identify violations and guide enforcement. The move mirrors eastern regulations and aimed chiefly at curbing ticket scalpers.
Young Wan becomes City Father of Davenport Republican as Karl A Bickel resigns to attend Leland Stanford Jr. University in Palo Alto Cal. Robert M Lee succeeds him as city editor of the Rock Island page. Bickel earned police and patron trust for his local reporting while Lee brings Cedar Rapids Des Moines experience to the role.
I Adams, jeweler, 114 North Teb street, describes relief from kidney illness after using Dosa's Kidney Pills. He cites lingering languor, restless sleep, and low energy, then notes quick improvement after treatment at Williams Anderson's drug store, with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents. Remember the name Down's. 2w.
Sportsmen are urged to gear up as the shooting season starts September 1. Shops advertise ready stock of guns ammunition and hunting apparel and remind buyers to prepare with a full line of equipment and accessories.
Government news notes Gov Cummins delivering the ad dress before the Ida county and settler s reunion this afternoon. An obituary item reports James Juckin, a farmer near Albia, fatally shooting himself in a personal crisis. Advertisements tout DeWitt s Little Early Risers purgative pills and Burdock Blood Bitters as health tonics with claims of liver cleansing and digestion support.
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