This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
4
Ringsted area news details visitors and gatherings at homes including Mrs. Olson and Mr. Hanson dinners, a miscellaneous church shower honoring Sgt. Eldon Aanonson, and numerous calls by Harvor Ananonson and family. Notable mentions include Reichman family visiting from Texas and transfer to Richmond Virginia for schooling.
The Grover band and Girls Glee Club performed Friday in Swea City. The Girls Glee Club earned first rating and advances to Carroll Iowa for the state contest on April 28. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mitchell will move into the Miller house. Neighbors surprised Mrs. Norm Andrews on her birthday April 17. attendees included Mrs. Sampson, Loris Thorsland, A. C. Andrews, Claude Rosster, Sam Thorsland, Gene Pickle, Frank Barber, Elbert Hays, Ben Hassell, Miss Tra Braum, and Miss Aeaie Ramsey.
Grover neighbors hosted Mr and Mrs Arthur Dalke at the Lloyd Dalke home Tuesday night April 18 with a large turnout and after supper gifts of cigars and candy. Isabelle Ramsey visited in Blue Earth over the weekend and several local clubs met for luncheons and programs including Pioneer Country club and East Riverside country club. Junior Senior banquet at Grover school was held April 19 at Gardston hotel Estherville with a full program and many seniors and juniors in attendance.
Mrs. V N Whalen leaves Thursday for a week with Mr and Mrs Clinton LaBarr in Austin Minnesota. Luann and Patsy Stow recover from measles as grandmother S Gudaf travels from Thor to help. L P Stillman attends VFW Spanish American War banquet in Algona. he is camp adjutant. Mrs Ruth Cayler returns from Estherville to open Mrs S B Reed home. Reed breaks hip in Estherville and is hospitalized in Fairmont. American Legion Auxiliary meets May 4 at Mrs Henry Wink. Dolliver School News: Miss Jean Knight absent ill. substitute Mrs Galen Weber. Anla Jean Davis out with measles. Seniors announce graduation date to be set. class roll listed and motto Ideas Won't Work Unless You Do. school closes May 19 with community picnic.
Mr and Mrs Willie Jensen and others hosted dinners at Jensen home Sunday. Stitch and Chatter met at Mrs Richard Petersons with Mrs Wm Cernock assisting. Local families visited Dan Poynter and family. Union State Line church Ladies Aid meets May 3 with Bjorn Jensen Willie Jensen Robert Colkers Walter Petersen as hostesses. Several households hosted weekend and Sunday gatherings across Petersburg area with Nasby, Nassby, Jacobson, Hill, and Hageman families among others.
Conservation notes warn that late spring burning harms wildlife by destroying nests and reducing soil organic matter. The piece notes April and May as high risk months and highlights negative effects on ground nesting birds and rabbits. It also reports a Des Moines meeting of Iowa conservation staff led by Director F T Schwab, discussing wartime and postwar conservation, soil and water programs, and wildlife restoration aims.
Iowa ration timetable lists coupon validity for gasoline fuel oil sugar processed foods meats shoes and stamps. It notes tire recap certificate not needed for trucks and requires owners to write license numbers on gasoline coupons. Local residents in Estherville report visitors and family gatherings, including Miss Isabelle Paul from Los Angeles vacationing with her parents and Mrs. Miller and daughters visiting in Estherville.
Mr and Mrs Ole Nasby accompanied by Mrs H H Lundiahl and Mrs Swanson drove to Clear Lake Town Tuesday to enter the hospital for medical treatment.
Lorene Fay Shultz of Spirit Lake married Car ol Don Sawyer son of Mr and Mrs Alva Sawyer of Estherville in Jackson Minnesota on January 29. The bride, a Superior high school graduate class of 1948, worked in Washington D C for a time. The groom, Estherville high school graduate class of 1942, has worked in farming with his father. They will reside on a farm west of Estherville.
A Friday afternoon postnuptial shower honored Mrs Arthur Dahlke, married April 2. Guests played bingo, two contests awarded to Mrs O L Salmonson and Mrs A S Rosenberger, booby prize to Mrs Allan Hiles. Bride opened gifts before finch dessert. attendees included numerous named ladies and Minneapolis guest Dorothy Dahlke.
The report notes that gifts were sent but the attendees could not attend. Mrs Harold Howard and Mrs Englebert Neppl were unable to attend the occasion, while gifts were dispatched.
Across several southwest Iowa towns hundreds of thousands of noisy wild geese circling Missouri River bottoms during foggy weather forced city crews to extinguish streetlights to let the birds navigate back to roosts. The initiative came at residents’ urging to ease disturbances and restore darkness for rest. In other notes, Mrs. Lloyd Alten returns from Teague Texas after visiting her father J D Maupin, and Mrs L M Christensen, after weeks in Seattle, visits Ft Lauderdale friends at Mr and Mrs H S Moser’s home with daughter and husband John Rhodes.
Si Clay complains his wife's hat costs more than a bull calf. Biron Earp questions the value, and Doc explains the hat’s impact on morale, saying it lifts a woman's spirits.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.