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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1903
Page
6
A widespread shift in railroads policy tightens bans on intoxicating liquor and tobacco use by operating employees. Chicago area lines lead stricter enforcement, with many railways discharging staff for drinking or frequenting saloons, on and off duty, to boost train safety.
A brief report notes a 26 percent decrease in wrecks and accidents. Officials point to improved safety measures and stricter enforcement as contributing factors. No further details provided.
NEWS OF THE COUNTY reports 99 pupils in Ringsted schools. Armstrong residents report roof work on operas and a church, a new roof on the State bank at Armstrong, and Bishop Carrigan to confirm at Armstrong. A run away injures Kaulum of Armstrong. James Cheever injures foot from a horse. Fire at Palmer hotel barn in Armstrong narrowly avoids larger loss. Local elections mention nominat ions in Swan Lake and Kilsworth. Danish Lutheran church meetings set for St Paul’s with eight ministers expected.
Miss Ida M Tarbell has returned from two months abroad to begin the second part of History of the Standard Oil Company in McClure's Magazine with the December issue. In Paris she found readers eager for her work and talk of it, though she aimed to forget Rockefeller during her rest. Additional notices discuss apple shipments by Eustacy & Son to Minneapolis, the profitability of apple crops, and agricultural tips on hay handling and nutrient retention, followed by a brief advertisement for Mau-lr-Wine Tablets and a local coal company contact.
Secretary Sadie Witton returns from the corn belt noting late and light corn due to floods and June rains. Frost touches some districts but much of the crop ripens in good weather. Hay and pastures are excellent. Wheat threshing delays with continued rain. overall farm products show abundance.
The town once rivaled Iowa City as a state capital contender and a Rock Island station waned due to low traffic, leaving Fredonia off maps and schedules. A Britt Tribune joke notes a school teacher who taught seventy-two consecutive terms despite a 13 foot snowbank incident.
Pittsburg banks spend about a million yearly on display advertising with banks in the city outspending department stores. The Des Moines Capital notes the success attracting other Des Moines men to imitate, seeing advertising as education to save.
Terri Tribune argues that when farmers secure telephones free mail delivery and graded township schools they will feel truly content and independent, predicting these services will arrive soon and lift rural life nationwide.
D L Beach of Clover Nook Parma Greenfield May reports four years of stomach trouble. After trying Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets he feels much better. For sale by F P Lichtman. A monkey at the Muscatine carnival bit a girl on the cheek, tearing flesh.
B L Byer a well known town cooper states Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life last summer after a month of bilious dysentery resisted all other treatments. He found immediate relief after taking the remedy as sold by Richwan in Hancock Md according to B V Little.
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