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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
8
A New York Times story recounts a drama on a curb near One Hundred Seventy seventh Street where a courteous stranger offers his seat to a tired immigrant couple with a baby. The man accepts, hands the infant to the mother, and continues toward the city, highlighting street courtesy and crowd impatience.
A historical note describes the Malay peninsula’s Federated States as highly wealthy under native chiefs or sultans with British naval assistance. Tin mines here produce about half the world’s tin, funding a rich treasury, while rubber forests grow highly profitable.
An Episcopal church caretaker, seated on a tombstone, rejects formal titles as trivial. He recalls past labels from a mutter to a parson who called him the sextant, then Dr. Thirdly, and now the young man calls him sacri lene. He argues the creed remains constant despite changing words.
A national editorial condemns church leaders using pulpits to sway ballots. It urges laws banning ministers or church group efforts to deliver votes, arguing such coercion threatens liberty, church state separation, and constitutional rights. It warns against clergy politics and defends citizen voting independence.
Ralph Peters outlines railroads demands in the mail pay dispute with the Post Office Department. Key points include annual weight-based pay adjustments, compensation for traveling post offices inside cars, payment for car apartments, and fees for mail extra services between stations. He argues reforms will be fair and widely supported by voters.
The article argues citizens must study railroad regulation as a national issue. It asserts rate control by federal and state commissions impacts welfare, employment, and commerce, and calls for fair, principled decisions free of political bias to sustain transportation and private investment.
Local notes report a Thurs day matchup between the wiked Dolliver Weylon team and the Grenada squad. Other items include fair attendance from here to Algona, a farm rental, bazaar plans for Oct 28, school openings with named teachers, and various visits and travel notes among residents. The Dolliver ball team recently won two games at Algona, defeating Corwith and Whittemore.
The Ladies League plans a church meeting on Thursday afternoon September 16. Miss Cora Weber returns from a two week vacation. James Shuttleworth travels to Des Moines to enter Highland Park College of Music. Mr. Nelson acts as clerk in the F. A. Musson store. Three Graver men invested in Words: Jas H. Merriott Harry Andrews Roy Merriott. Willian Anderson celebrates his first birthday with LeRoy Merriott and mothers Bernice Reed and Mrs Ollie Reed present. The League and friends visited the Walker home in Omaha where Rev. Walker assumes school duties and the group gave Mrs. Walker a set of silver tea spoons. Afternoon games, ice cream and cake served. The new school building is complete and pupils and teachers begin Tuesday morning. Teachers Miss Hayon and Miss King stay at the Clump hotel. Mrs. A. Johnson and daughter Birdie go to Hayfield for a township school principalship. Mrs. J. G. Willey hosts dinner for Mrs. A. B. Johnson. Guests include Alfred Davis and Johnson families and Mrs. Trimble and daughter of Estherville. Mrs. R. W. Mumper and children return from Grundy Center. A. Masson and wife visit Minneapolis see the state fair. Sunday school at 10 am with preaching at 11. Mr. and Mrs. Win Green attend funeral in Joliet Illinois.
Mrs Witherall of Gowinda New York writes in thanks for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She details relief from severe summer complaint pain after taking a dose and notes the medicine's rapid beneficial effect and wide availability. The item also mentions Wild Red Rice in Senegal described by Harper's Weekly as a wild red dry grain that grows in tidal floods and requires no cultivation, remain nourishing.
A reader argues sparrows, doves, bobolinks, finches and blackbirds aid gardeners by eating weeds. Sparrows survive winter on weed seeds while worms are scarce, so their abundance helps control pests rather than drive other birds from nests. The note urges appreciation of sparrows in northern parks.
Miss Clara A Duggs of Elba New York reports that Chamberlain’s tablets give quick relief for headaches dizziness and other symptoms of a torpid hyperandom digestive disorder. The claim notes the tablets are obtainable everywhere and are worth their weight in gold.
A discussion on the role of private bankers in funding industry and farming. The piece quotes Otto Kahn on bankers as syndicate leaders who raise capital, place securities, and rely on public trust. It notes differences with European models and calls for similar farm mortgage bonds to be issued in the U.S. to balance capital access.
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