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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1932
Page
7
A farmers' forum opens to discuss topics of special interest in agriculture. Community leaders invite participation from local growers, ranchers, and stakeholders to exchange ideas, pose questions, and explore new practices and policies impacting farming. Community groups coordinate agenda and turnout.
A column analyzes a sale listing eighty acres near Bancroft at $26 an acre, calculating heavy charges per bushel and debunking ruinous pricing myths. The piece argues for land monopoly laws, criticizes equalization fees, and urges truth from agriculture professors while noting local human-interest items and upcoming events in Spencer and Interlaken Park.
Gunly News Ed and John Rinehardt were callers in Estherville Saturday. Several families aided threshers including Mrs Riemer and Mrs Eisenhower helping Mrs Bird Williams. Bert Shultz threshing Friday and Saturday. Many visitors came to homes, and threshing will soon finish with fall plowing starting. Verbal mentions of nearby towns and relatives accompany the rural social scene.
Local notes report threshing machines humming at farms near Estherville and Algona, with residents visiting Strawberry Point, Sioux Rapids, and Graettinger. Births include a baby boy for Lyle Jackman and a girl for Graham Harris of Los Angeles. Social visits span Estherville, Royal, Milford, Perry, and Sioux City, with church and cemetery society events planned.
Mr and Mrs Jack Miller with Robby and Donna visited Duncombe over the weekend. Olive Twedt returned to Duncombe after a month away. Margaret Twedt joined them Monday. Ed Burgess of Swea City and Martin Thompson with family visited Sunday. Geo Lytle family visited Gary and Wm Lytle homes Thursday. Albert Lynn returned to Spirit Lake after two weeks with Lloyd Gibbons. Albert Peterson family of Fairmont visited Geo Peterson. Mrs John Kingston attended a golf tournament at St James. G Krotch traveled to Hampton then Indiana to visit his boyhood home.
In Superior on Friday the Bringle families and guests held a lawn party at Martha Bringle home. Twenty nine people shared a picnic supper on lawn tables and spent the evening recalling old times. Attending were Maurice Bringle family George Kruse of Minot North Dakota B A Pringle of St Paul Rev Albert Bringle of Dell Rapids Elwin Bringle Elmer Bringle and Dale Estherville Arthur Bringle Petersburg Jake Bringle Kenneth Reilly A C Bringle Martha and Floyd Bringle of Superior.
Conrad Fogde and family from Graettlinger visited the Tow home Sunday. Donald Tow, who has spent much of the summer with his sister Mrs. Fogde, returned home with them.
In Superior Iowa on August 8 a Red Cross relief unit meeting elected A A Lewis president H E Olson vice president and Mrs Smith secretary. A relief committee was named to cover each community with Harold Case Mrs C O Anderson Mrs Glen Kettleson and Henry Ray. Residents with empty fruit jars are asked to leave them with Mrs Smith for distribution to families unable to buy jars for winter fruit and vegetable canning.
Oscar admits the fifty years topic continues as families in Armstrong enact local visits. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Felkey travel to Sioux Falls to see their seriously ill daughter Faye. Marvin Peterson visits cousin Burl Felkey in Armstrong. Several local families attend events at Council Hill convent and visit relatives in Allendale Spencer and Armstrong areas.
A long feature recalls H W Sillge, pioneer harness shop owner in Estherville, noting his arrival in 1882 and partnership with his son Oscar. It details his resilience amid fierce price competition, his work ethic, Sunday labor patterns, and lasting community impact through 50 years in business, emphasizing his booster role and one price policy.
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Estherville and nearby towns. Peter Martens and Claus family visit from West Emmett, nurse Doro Welnitz on vacation from Broad Towns hospital, and numerous relatives from Marathon, Des Moines, Ellsworth, Decorah, Fairmont, and Ames attend dinners, garden talks, and club meetings. Community threshing work and weekend trips to Spirit Lake featured among the activities.
W. M. Petcoff reports a harmles liquid eyedrops formula named Sleep Not to keep drivers alert during long hours on the road. He says manufacturing can start immediately with needed financial aid and believes the product will aid automobile and truck drivers facing sleepiness.
Miss Pearl Clark and Miss Ber nice Clark are in Minneapolis at market. Mrs. Chris Johnson visits in Estherville with daughter Mrs. Lawrence Laidley. Mary Gheelin visits aunt Mrs. Roy Brown and leaves for Sanborn. Jake Hepp and Harley Lambert return from a business trip to the Black Hills. Mrs. E. Sutton and son Duke head to St. Paul for an indefinit e stay. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Theo Myhre take an auto trip to Decorah and other points along the Mississippi. Weekend guests include Miss Nellie Foster, Cart welds, Miss Patricia Reisschneider, and the McCrackens visiting Spirit Lake and Es therville. The Orrie Brown family move from the Fisher house to South Tenth. Miss Anna Geinitz drives a new car after a wreck near Ceylon. Her niece Miss Mother Geinitz accompanies. Will Creinitz and father move the car ahead to Estherville. notes state no insurance on the wrecked vehicle.
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