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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
6
A mosaic of data and anecdotes from Berlin to New York covers marriage gaps, debt payments, fisheries, crime rulings, and scientific advances. It notes Japan's public debt interest, Sicilian wages, Spanish fisheries, and a Chicago dog court ruling, plus Edison phonographs, naval plans, and weather bureau chiefs.
Baseball notes highlight Deluc of Detroit as a rising star and manager Hughey Jennings declaring ambition to mold a second Walter Johnson next season. Army and Navy reach terms for their annual football game, with a Carlisle matchup on Nov 20 to complicate the schedule. Final purchase announcements list several major and minor league transactions. Arthur Deviin is released to Rochester after a career with New York Giants.
Charley Miller of San Francisco, a rising heavyweight, has fought well in the West and was set to meet Jess Willard for twenty rounds at Vernon, California, two weeks ago. The match was canceled due to the death of Bull Young.
Al Lippe sails for Paris aboard the Oceanic with four other fighters from the United States. Jeff Smith of Bayonne New Jersey Johnny Daly and Jas Hyland of New York and Bis Mackey of Cleveland accompany him on the voyage to join the Paris scrap.
Cuban infielder Refeel Almeida, a several season member of the Cincinnati Recs, has been traded to the Toronto club in the International League.
A scientist recalls an ocean voyage near a coast with a near shipwreck reef. He and his wife experience synchronized thoughts and a warning that a sunken reef lies ahead, prompting a tense maneuver and reflection on mind to mind communication and future scientific explanation.
New Hampshire federal court authorizes habeas petition for H K Thaw as extradition hearing to Concord looms. Governor Felker to set date after Colebrook detention. Thaw's mother asks for fair, impartial review while Thaw remains in custody.
Former Representative James E. Watson of Indiana publicly denied Mulhall's charge that he was an active friend or lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers in Congress. He stated he never worked for or as a lawyer for NAM, though he did work with the National Tariff Commission association, which includes NAM among its members. He called Mulhall's assertion that he used influence to place or remove members on committees unfounded.
Deputy Sheriff Ortiz and Sheriff Buck of yimimitt county Texas led a posse to stop a group of fifteen men smuggling ammunition near Carrizo Springs. Outnumbered and short of ammo, the officers attempted retreat after a brief exchange of fire, but Ortiz and Buck were captured and Ortiz was killed. Huck reportedly released.
State charities commission released an inquiry report after investigators visited all penal institutions. In Chicago jails cells are described as dungeons unfit for animals. Comments condemn unspeakable insanitary conditions dampness vermin and lack of decent facilities.
A cloudburst drenched Goldfield Nevada causing floods and a severe hail storm with the strongest electrical activity in southern Nevada history. Five people drowned, several houses were washed away, and the town’s power plant was damaged.
William J. Gaynor was born in 1861 near Whitestown New York. He studied law in Utica and worked as a Brooklyn reporter before opening a law office in 1888. He declined mayoral runs before finally being nominated in 1909 and serving as mayor of Greater New York starting January 1, 1910. He survived a 1910 assassination attempt, was discussed as a presidential candidate in 1918, and died of heart failure aboard the Baltic on September 10, 1918.
An official committee of locomotive engineers told New Haven management the road’s trouble is too much pressure for speed. From 1903 to 1911 the line carried 600 000 people with one fatality, but in fall 1911 Henry J Horn ordered engineers to hurry. If a man was a minute late his engine was marked, and a dismisal followed after first signal. The push to set train on time undermined safety and morale.
The California state board of health received word from Dr J D Jong of the U S Marine Hospital Service that a death in Martinez California was due to bubonic plague A Japanese woman in San Benito county also reportedly died of plague in June This and another case are the only ones reported in many months The federal government planned to add forty thousand dollars to plague control efforts via Dr W F Snow the secretary in Washington and Dr D H Curry examined the Martinez body confirming the diagnosis
A. B. Garretson for the Order of Railroad Conductors testified before the arbitration commission in a dispute among forty-two eastern railroads and their workers over pay and hours. He said a railroad employee is killed about every hour seven minutes and maimed about every nine minutes in the United States.
Alarming reports on seed wheat quality spread across Kansas with a statewide investigation likely by the state agricultural college. Scattered notes indicate seeds with low vitality and viability.
United States soldiers fought Mexican smugglers at Carrizo Springs Texas. One Mexican was killed six wounded and fourteen captured in the engagement.
A newspaper ad promises the Vindicator and Republican will be mailed to any address in Eimmeat county until February 1 1914 for 2h canta. It also offers the Farmer and Breeder for one full year without extra charge. Readers are urged to tell friends and act at once.
Just received a freeh supply of the best make of typewriter ribbons and carbon paper. Also typewriter oil and Hotchkiss staples.
A cluttered local notes item lists residents and visitors across towns. Emily Long spent Monday with friends at Wallingford while Mrs. C. Welde left for Canton South Dakota. Several locals traveled or hosted relatives in Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota and South Dakota with brief mentions of business trips and family visits.
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