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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1940
Page
2
Adelaide Nichols editor W E Deming advertising matter entered at Estherville Post Office Emmet County Iowa as second class matter subscription rates within zones one and two one year were seen eee S200 all other zones one year 2.60
Iowa in 1840 drew thousands of pioneers to Town Territory as the Black Hawk Purchase was hailed a land flowing with milk and honey. The first federal census shows agriculture dominating nearly eighty percent, with hogs 104,899 head and cattle 38,049. Manufacturing and trades employed 1,629, with milling the widest industry. towns housed four printing plants and several trades. Public schooling was limited with 1,500 in 63 schools and no colleges or universities.
A quote from Hillel Bernstein in Esquire praises small town papers as beloved by hard-bitten metropolitan reporters. He notes their sentimental pull, the way gentle touches like daisies and a cow at the plant can feel like heaven, and how such papers unlock access and rewards.
Florida prepares for the 1940-41 tourist season amid world tensions. Officials expect a bumper winter influx, with building activity brisk to accommodate more visitors despite fewer Canadian guests. St Petersburg last season hosted about 10 000 to 12 000 Canadians, down from roughly 20 000 prewar.
W R Youngsters Hold Key to Tomorrow argues that U S future rests in current grade school and younger children. Gretta Palmer in Good Housekeeping cites educators nationwide stressing early education and youth’s role in shaping voting habits and social outlook. The South Dakota Young Citizen's League, started 1912, has 4000 chapters statewide. annual two day capitals meeting includes parliamentary discussion. The first Iowa newspaper appeared in Dubuque in 1886.
Iowa entomologist Harold Gunderson explains that heavy rains during two hatching seasons, plus a fungal disease, have drastically reduced grasshopper numbers. He notes a potential seed population remains if another dry spell occurs next spring.
A flood of bids to operate a bus service between Eagle Grove and Fox Lake Minnesota reached the Mason City office of Chicago and Northwestern. The railroad tabled the move for now and will keep the gas electric train on the branch. Petitions from towns along the line, including Ringsted with several hundred names, were submitted, but officials think the train may not be kept in the near term.
The Record in Terril may cease to publish as its building, in use over 11 years, was sold with possession Sept 1. The shop lacks a new home for its print machinery valued at $6,000, forcing relocation to a town with available space.
The Rev and Mrs G Voorhies and Dr Virginia Voorhies will visit Estherville for a Presbyterian church picnic on Sunday. Dr Voorhies will discuss medical missionary work at Brooklyn Memorial Hospital in Dixon New Mexico. The gathering starts 10 45 am at the church with transportation to the shelter house and a bring a dish policy. Speech at 11 00 am.
Mrs Joe Marse and Mrs May Carr entertained Friday evening with a dinner and theatre party in honor of Mrs Henry Riley and Mrs Grace Ghoslin, guests of Mrs Charles Robinson. A dinner at Gateswood Spirit Lake followed for the nine attending women.
The Estherville Township Club will host a picnic supper at Riverside park Wednesday afternoon. A short business meeting precedes the meal and members will gather early for a social afternoon.
Mrs. William Clark hosted an informal Saturday gathering at her home for her sister Mrs. Jessie Stien of Dubuque who is visiting relatives and friends. A lunch was served, and attendees included Mrs. A. S. Reed Mrs. Mae York Mrs Merle Strube and daughter Sandra Mrs. Harold Reed Mrs. C. P. Mauck Mrs. Floyd Lakin Mrs. Joe Marsell Mrs Leo Sanders and Mrs. Charles Robinson. Wayne Huntsinger and his wife are on a two week lakeside cottage vacation. Charles Anderson and wife returned from an east tour including the New York World's Fair. One quarter of Linn county Civil War enlistees were Cornell College students in Mt. Vernon.
This printable Almond Macaroons recipe uses blanched almonds one cup sugar egg whites confectioners sugar and flour to form a stiff dough. Roll grind and mix until smooth then bake on greased paper for 25 minutes in a slow oven. Makes about four dozen cookies with step by step technique.
Gunnery Sergeant A. C. Mandell of the United States Marines led the detail that arrested sixteen Japanese policemen in the Shanghai International Settlement. The men have been released but a serious anti American sentiment has followed.
An albino buffalo, one of three known in North America, was found among a herd near McCarty Alaska. The Biological Survey had introduced a small buffalo herd years ago in the Big Delta River and Jarvis and Granite Creek region, and the herd has grown to about 200 with the albino included.
One of Dunnell’s oldest homes, the 1900 brick house built by Nels Olson Jr, was torn down Monday Aug 8 to clear the corner lot for Rudolph Matthies to build a five room bungalow facing east. The 26 by 82 foot, insulated dwelling aims to be ready for occupancy by winter after basement work. More than twenty families lived there over the years.
A survey of 1,420 published budgets shows property taxes in Iowa sub-divisions likely to be about 73 000 lower than 1940 with total general property taxes possibly dropping over 2 500 000 and perhaps up to 3 000 000 if the state levy mill reduction occurs. Schools seek more revenue while counties rely on other funds, aided by taxpayer groups resisting higher spending. The piece notes broad spending trends and contrasts civic involvement with indifference, and ends with a campus legend about the Gingko tree at Cornell.
Two representatives of the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee arrived in Estherville to discuss alleged contract violations with Davis Packing Co. A morning conference with union officials occurred and a larger meeting in Des Moines with P. W. O. C. director J. C. Lewis is planned. Burton Hill, Davis president, aims to resolve the grievances before a labor board mediator is invoked.
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