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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
1
The Rosh Hashanah observance begins Sunday evening September 20 marking the Jewish new year with a two day celebration among orthodox Jews, including trumpet blowing, holy convocation, and no servile work. It ushers in ten days of penitence ending with Yom Kippur, emphasizing divine justice and human responsibility.
A broad wartime prayer pleads for peace and mediation in Europe and asks divine guidance for the nations. The piece by Emsley F. Dally moves to Iowa farm reform, urging quality stock, domestic goods, and advertising to build a strong dairy and stock industry, highlighting Wisconsin as a dairy model and noting an upcoming fall election.
The author argues teachers nationwide are underpaid with Estherville paying about the U.S. average. Using sixty dollars a month for nine months equals 540 dollars yearly, minus 312 for board and washing and about 50 for travel and meetings, leaving 178 for all other expenses. The piece contends higher salaries are needed to attract talent, or competence may decline, and ends with a note that a future European peace would be a huge Thanksgiving.
Most county fair events wrap up as reports indicate better weather on the way. Local spectators anticipate clearer skies and calmer conditions for remaining exhibits and rides through the weekend.
The Associated Charities will hold and market items at J. W. Thompson grocery store next Saturday September 19 opening at 10 o'clock.
Learn stenography in congenial work for women at Mankato Commercial College in Minnesota. Enrolled students explore efficient note taking and shorthand skills for office and clerical jobs.
George De Lair pleaded guilty to murdering Mrs. John Allen of Hopkinton, bride of a week, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Fort Madison penitentiary. In Clarion, E R B Lane was killed by a cavern collapse while digging a sewer ditch, buried fifteen feet of dirt. witnesses saw the accident but could not rescue him.
Ed Oaks aged forty six died when the automobile he drove struck the railing of a bridge near Adair. The Southampton Port Open notice reports the incident as of Sept. 14 with official statements about Southampton opening for general traffic.
Turkish Ambassador in Washington delivers word that Ankara intends to abrogate all existing treaties. No immediate timetable given and statement aims to recalibrate international agreements.
Paris dispatch says wounded from the Marne and Oureq are being moved toward Paris hospitals only after Paris is secure from attack. British cavalry in hospital report harassment by German aircraft during the Mons retreat as raids prompted shifts in position.
Paris reports General Joffre, commander in chief, states the battle of five days ends in an undeniable Allied victory. He notes the retreat of the first, second and third German armies is hastening before the French left and center, with the fourth army beginning to retreat.
In Marne province seventeen miles east of Vitry-le-Francois the retreat succeeded with many wounded and captured enemy munitions left behind. Our troops report intense fighting and the Germans’ strong resistance, as the offensive retakes progress. All officers and soldiers respond to the call with merit for the fatherland.
Vienna dispatch notes military plans to draft men born in 1894 and earlier in certain classes for active service. The landstrum groups of phi and 1883 may be sent to the front if fit, as states outline compulsory mobilization.
Report from allied and Russian sources suggests that after operations near Peyctnysh and Cracow, Russian forces will push directly toward Vienna. The statements imply a coordinated advance and potential shift in regional control amid ongoing campaigns in Galicia.
The steamer Red Crags bound for the European theater left its anchorage in Gravesend Bay and set sail past Sandy Hook on an errand of mercy.
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A London Standard correspondent argues against the claim that Australian aborigines are dying out. He notes that as civilization advances the blacks recede into remote areas, with only a few opium or drink driven groups failing to produce children. Inland tribes rarely die out. when they do it’s usually among small communities.
A Belfast watchmaker William Gibson, later famed as a fortune heir, was injured when a stone shattered his shop window during the Belfast riots. Under the malicious damages act he received 6000 pounds, marking the start of his fortune which later reached about half a million pounds.
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