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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1923
Page
7
A racing car reportedly ran 3,155 miles in 50 hours 21 minutes while refueled without stopping. Three tire stops occurred. engine remained running as gas, oil, and water were supplied and relief drivers used. Directors used radio to coordinate a large cast during a Western studio scene, enabling clearer orders and fewer vocal strains.
Local items note new bakery by C A Nancolas and a newborn at the Benson home. Court opened with Judge Thomas. Merchants face watermelons and freight costs, while consumers pay the tax. Numerous residents visit the world’s fair in Chicago and Emmetsburg. Township committeemen named. wedding of Warren Morse and Winnie Williams. rural mail carrier Elsy Hamrick appointed. multiple trips and social events noted including parties, visits, and appointments. Market figures and a 21st birthday celebration for Albert Bingham are listed.
W H Devereaux of Minneapolis sold his Gruver and Maple Hill elevators to Hans J Reis of Armstrong. Reis now runs five elevators with two in Minnesota at Armstrong Gruver and Maple Hill. Brownell Jacobson stays at Gruver and Mr Anderson at Maple Hill. Breen family departs Gruver area.
Advert reads Lavoptik eye wash containing camphory and hydrastis, with a small bottle said to aid sore weak or strained eyes. Aluminum eye cup offered free, from Jay Johnston & Co. Druggists, in a Want Ad noting results.
Washington reports Secretary of Labor Davis sent immigration expert Mrs Muriel Lynch Crichton to Europe to study immigration effects. She advocates selecting prospective immigrants overseas, not at American ports, to avoid visa denials at Ellis Island and reduce hardship on families and shipping companies. The aim is usefulness of the individual over country quotas amid wartime cautions.
England Scotland and Ireland are highlighted as sources of potential immigrants living in a civilization close to our own. Many are anxious to come but are blocked as quotas from those countries fill rapidly, slowing the arrival of newcomers.
A E Erickson the photographer pursues antiques and owns valuable items including old newspapers. His latest acquisition is a copy of the Ulster County Gazette dated Saturday January 4, 1800, containing an account of the battle of Zurich from dispatches received from England. The four page paper includes two inside sheets.
A compiled batch of professional cards lists physicians surgeons dentists chiropractors and a hospital in Estherville and surrounding blocks. Entries include M S Wilson physician and surgeon G W Johnston attorney S G Ewen dentist F W Hanson chiropractor Ed W Bachman M D Coleman Hospital and doctors R C Coleman M D M R Sathe M D with office and residence details plus clinic hours and contact numbers.
Heavy black column roles and mourning borders frame an obituary style narrative noting the burial of George Washington as a leading article. The piece contrasts quaint old newspaper make-up with modern days and mentions the Spencer News-Herald publishing an extra on President Harding’s death, read by Dr Morton via radio.
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