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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
3
Editorial reflects on the Vindicator and Republican Newspaper in Estherville, its four decades of operation, mergers, and management stability. The piece discusses political climate, New Deal era debates, unemployment, and shifts in Democratic primaries shaping the 1940 landscape.
Graettinger is awarded a $12,015 grant to be matched by $16,000 from the Independent District for a new gymnasium and remodeling. The plan includes an 80 by 75 foot gym with six tier seating for 350, a stage, showers, storage for 400 chairs, and classrooms. The old gym lacks a regulation floor and adequate seating, and four-H boys will remain in town during Achievement Days.
A large county pageant tracing Emmet county history will be held on August 18 and 19 at the Estherville athletic field starting 8 p.m. with hundreds of participants from the county, a livestock exhibit nearby, and a grand aerial finale featuring fire and light effects. 4-H Achievement Days run August 17–19 in conjunction with the event.
Fragmentary notes show discussion among Democratic leaders about the possibility of a third term for Mr. Roosevelt. Some prophets predict it, while New Dealers strive to control the party, though the text remains uncertain and fragmented.
Emmet County Conservation League names committee chairs for the September 11 Field Day at Okamanpedan State Park near Dolliver. Events include bait and fly casting, pistol and rifle marksmanship, horseshoe pitching, trap shooting, a dog show, duck boat race, archery, and a flower show. Contestants must be Emmet county residents. prizes offered. special dock on Turtle Lake for casting. public address system and first aid tent arranged.
Algona prepares to host the ninth Iowa Gladioli Show and Algoma Gladiola Society exhibition on August 13 and 14 at the high school gymnasium. Exhibitors from Vermont to Pennsylvania expected. a Northwestern railroad refrigerator car will handle early air mail arrivals. Town bulbs exceed two thousand in bloom. banquet and officers’ election set for August 18 at the Algona hotel. President W W Gillespie leads the Algona society.
Estherville invites trapshooters to join the team for the Dolliver Field Day meet. Sheriff Cliff Fredericksen and Police Officer L. L. Jones are coordinating, with pistol squads and law enforcement and packing plant workers slated to participate. Names must be given to Carl Smith by the set date, and regular practice shoots will continue until the event.
The Superior school board bought an all steel 85 passenger bus from a Lima Ohio firm and a new International truck. The bus will transport pupils on two routes south of town. a driver will be hired. Additional drivers hired include Chris Nygaard Ralph McQuirk and Art Lynch. The short route west on No 9 has not been let.
Mrs L C Robinson, 87, mother of George and Charles Robinson, learned of her sister Mrs Bert Pollocq's death in Pasadena California. She will not make the lengthy western funeral trip due to age, while relatives are noted in Estherville and nearby communities.
Garden clubs from Boone to Webster counties plan the Eighth District Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa meeting at Dolliver Park Fort Dodge on August 17. A joint picnic dinner flower show and business program chaired by Mrs. Carl N Kennedy will feature a 10 am session with Mrs. Forest Huttenlocher Des Moines president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Town.
The Oddfellows and the Rebekahs will hold a joint picnic on August 14 in Okamanpaden State Park. All members and their families are invited. Bring a covered dish and sandwiches. Ice cream coffee and soft drinks will be furnished by the committee. Entertainment following the meal is planned.
Knights of Pythias yesterday elected Lee Stapp an attorney from Miami Florida as Supreme Chancellor at their 40th convention. The Francia Foran young people of Cedar Rapids are visiting relatives here.
A leisurely two day auto trip from Estherville to Dubuque via Decorah Osage Harmony Calmar McGregor and Guttenberg. The narrative notes scenic stops at Niagara Caves Villa Louis and Engle Park and remarks on river views CCC workers WPA improvements and local landmarks including Clarke College WTSB colleges and the Zephyr river ferry.
Miss Evelyn Koyca known as Miss American Legion appears in New York with Vic Mackenzie to invite Governor Seaman and Mayor LaGuardia to the Legion’s National Convention in Los Angeles. The pair travel to extend invitations to state and city leaders for the event.
Rock Island passenger train, the sole mail service into Estherville from the east, has arrived on time every morning in July. The run marked the longest streak of on time arrivals in 10 to 20 years, despite earlier delays at connecting points. Sioux Falls southbound train maintains better punctuality unless morning departures from Estherville are late, and local post office staff and patrons note delays in mail delivery in Estherville until late forenoon.
V A Armstrong girl trio of Norma Atwood Erma Guchenberger and Virginia Stipes known as the Medbetters rose from Tutor Ticklers to Hollywood after 1937. Harriet Todd left early and Virginia joined, leading to nine months in Wollywood and a Gordon’s engagement. They broadcast on the Pacific Coast network and with Henry King on a Columbia network Sunday program, heard by many Armstrong residents.
John Peterson and Geo Hl Robb of Estherville purchased Fords in Dubuque and headed west after a dinner, taking a zigzag route home through Manchester Strawberry Point Oelwein Waverly Hampton Belmond and Forest City. The eight and a half hour return included lunch breaks and contrasted the urge for a short vacation from the lake region.
Tosdal to construct a fireproof brick store on the Central Avenue site of the Mauck barber shop. The present frame building gutted by fire will be moved. A 24 by 122 foot lot with 100 feet front will host a one story brick structure with a modern front. bids will be sought after the old building is removed.
The committee will inscribe only Emmet county soldiers listed in the Service Star Legion records on the World War memorial in City Park. Names will be alphabetized by official Service Star records. A model and cuts of the monument will arrive soon.
Enforcing officers do not plan a vacation this summer. they are on duty. The community is calm and quiet with no occupants in either city or county jails. Quarters become warm crime and hot days may prompt citizens to react. Officers organize rifle and pistol squads and practice to pass the time.
Barber bought the 8S. K. Vandenburg grocery store taking possession Wednesday morning. He will run an up-to-date shop with quality merchandise and service after leaving employment at the LeVan store. Additionally a call goes out for riders and horses for the Emmet County historical pageant from May 90s period, with Miss Adelaide Nichols coordinating period clothing and equines.
The Humboldt and Dakota City Commercial Club’s hotel committee hired Snyder and Johnson to erect a new fireproof three story hotel on the former Russel House corner in Humboldt. The building will span the lot’s front and part of the east frontage and will include air conditioning.
Market list shows oats No 2 white and No 3 yellow prices, barley and several heavy spring hens and hogs priced. Egg grades No 2 and cream prices listed. hog tops around 8.10 and packers around 6.25. Market items reflect varied weights and classifications with regional listing style.
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