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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
1
A 48 hour cold snap across the northwest, especially southern Iowa, devastated the fruit harvest with an estimated $7,000,000 loss. Small grain and gardens suffered less, with replanting possible. The text also promotes the 1910 Redpath Chautauqua and a local sale for a suit.
Twenty four seniors will graduate on May 28 including Robert Johnson Lewis Myers Taylor Morton William Smith Gail Stannerson Geo Sutcliffe Earl Dickerson Sigel Overbolt Lyle Drury James Morrison Frank Cramb Lydia Jacobson Martha Eder Anna Turner Mabel Schenefelt Mabel Vestrem Elsie Lee Dora Dundas Erma McArdle Lulu Snyder Clara Franz Vivian Gremmels Esther Hartung. August Meyer and family returned from Bellingham Washington to farm near Union Slough this year, after first moving west in March seeking Washington state life.
The census starts in Apulia and must be completed in thirty days. Enumerators wear badges reading United States Census 1910. Adults must answer, with confidentiality guaranteed, and farm owners receive blank schedules before April 15 to report farm operations and equipment by April 16. Those needing help with English or schedule understanding should seek assistance. The president urges cooperation, clarifying it is not for taxation, military service, or immigration enforcement, and emphasizes complete and accurate farm census reporting. For Rent and Wanted notices follow.
A local notice advertises Reverend Benjamin Franklin at 905 North 6th Street, with contact by phone 330 for personal services rendered and available to assist in various tasks or needs.
Des Moines dispatch reports Governor B F Carroll's plan to seek a Republican nomination for governor has sparked enthusiastic statewide support with telegrams and letters from across Iowa. Residents blame petty politicking for efforts to divide the party and praise Carroll's prior leadership and call for a second term without opposition.
A country doctor advocates apples as a cure for liquor and tobacco appetites, citing a May Technical World Magazine article. He credits the Towa State Horticultural Society for backing the movement to remove the apple’s stigma. He argues apples can curb cravings for alcohol and even influence appetite for tobacco, citing historical figures and experiments.
Rev Edward Campbell resigns as pastor of a Presbyterian church to become president of Buenan Vista college, effective May 2. The congregation expresses regret while noting a generous salary and honor in the new post. Also mentions cattle and horse pasture needs near Estherville and a rug cleaning claim.
Miss Ethel Robinson visits Armstrong. Mrs Adams returns to Watertown. Mrs Anderson heads to Cedar Rapids to see her son. H H Solberg arrives from Lidge wood North Dakota for a short visit. Families and friends travel between Mason City Cedar Rapids Marseilles and other towns for weddings funerals and gatherings. Local residents attend Parson Sullivan wedding and visit relatives in Illinois Minnesota and South Dakota.
Mr Salyers who holds the government post office contract is having bonds fixed and expects to begin work on the structure next month He will push the work rapidly The contract calls for building completion June 1911 instead of August 1 last week Mr Salyers also has the contract for Zeeman residence
The case Stokes versus F. W. Converse ended with a jury verdict for the defendant after the plaintiff sought $12,000 damages for alleged misrepresentation in a stock of goods sale.
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