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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1922
Page
4
In Estherville the strike situation worsens as new workers are added to the shop force. Engines reportedly run better, but older strikers fear permanent loss of jobs if settlement delays persist. Public opinion leans toward a resolution by the national labor board, urging veterans to return to work for stability.
Ravenna Neb Aug 8 The author recounts personal railroad work from call boy to brakeman. He argues brakemen and other railway workers earned their wages through harsh, dangerous labor across long hours and severe conditions. He rebuts a farmer letter, asserts rail jobs are hard and well compensated, and defends longtime workers’ pay.
THIRTY YEARS AGO Gail Collins is visiting at Steam boat Rock. C. W. Jarvis and his daughter Miss Josie, came over from Blue Earth City yesterday. Dying the shower Monday evening lightning struck Oscar Sillge's residence causing about twenty five dollars damage. Mrs. Sillge escaped injury as she was out in the summer kitchen. The house was formerly owned by W. A. Ladd. Theodore Myhre returned from Lyle Minn and Emmetsburg on bicycle to Estherville after a crash near Graettinger. He fell from a hill at twenty five mph, skinned his face and bruised his shoulder. Master Romaine Goodell hosts an excursion and picnic for twenty five children to Spirit Lake and a steamboat trip to Temples Point with dinner. Assistant Dispatcher L M Shipley leaves Estherville for Cedar Rapids to join B C R and N dispatch.
A list of births with dates July 18 to August 9 in towns including Ringsted Estherville Swan Lake Armstrong and Huntington. Names include Eileen Fink Mildred Peterson Eith er Mamie Anderson Olson Jean West Howard Suss Pauline Shuttleworth Louis Stammer Helen Ressell Dean Osmundson Kenneth Larson James Hunt Dorothy Brennen James Anderson Edwin McKean Verona McKean Viola Norris Velma Askland Donna Peterson Evelyn Ingvall Donald Hood and Betty Nelson with parent details and hometowns.
The Farmers Educational and Co operative Union of Emmet county announces its fourth annual picnic on the old Coon property near the cement bridge on West Lincoln Street. The event features band music sports a big ball game speakers Milo René Chas Watts Jo Co Lewis and others addressing farmer and laborer issues with a focus on cooperation. A night session will discuss shared problems and remedies followed by a social. A cordial invitation is extended to all farmers and cooperative associations to attend. Watch for further notices.
Public call seeks host rooms for August 22 and 23 events with 500 visitors. 100 rooms listed so far. visitors will double up if needed and pay. Contact W. H. Beidermann or Geo. Augtiv. Also a condolence notice from Plummer Camp 3323 acknowledging Flo Bombarger’s death and extending sympathy.
Next Sunday all services will be held in the Methodist church with a morning sermon in the pulpit and Sunday School at 12:00 noon. An 8:00 pm union service features Rev. J. W. LaBrone of the Methodist Episcopal church, joined by four cooperating churches. A district conference in Estherville, led by Bishop Suntz of Omaha, was praised as the season’s most successful.
The Clay County fair at Spencer runs September 26 to 29 and is touted as one of the best in the state. A humorous remark calls a person a dumbbell for believing Henry Ford will visit after seeing his car nearby.
Geo Lorimer is in Idaho with his wife and daughter who have been visiting during the past month. The party, staying in the state, extended their stay as they explored local areas and enjoyed the scenery.
The Passenger Traffic Department of Rock Island Lines issued a pictorial booklet titled Rocky Mountains Unlimited that tells a human interest story of a Colorado Rockies trip written by a Chicago writer. It poses questions about Rockies origins tribes lakes and glaciers, and notes the booklet answers many little known facts. it can be requested free from 723 LaSalle St Station Chicago.
Des Moines Iowa prepares for its four million dollar State Fair and Exposition opening August 25 with the largest anticipated crowd in sixty eight years. The event features auto races aviation thrillers livestock judging and an extended evening program. Secretary Cory reports entries surpassing prior marks with over 7 000 head of livestock booked for show and a record array of exhibits in the Midwest.
A general warning to authorities across counties urges road repairs for an unusually heavy exodus to Iowa's big exposition. Over 40,000 automobiles expected. tens of thousands from across the state plan to attend. Admissions drop to 50 cents, railroads offer a round trip fare, August 23 to September 1.
Walter E. Heimerdinger, assistant division engineer, leaves for Omaha to oversee construction of Rock Island's new freight terminal. The transfer is temporary, with a possibility of return to Estherville after about nine months. Also noted are visits and travel plans of several Rock Island personnel and locals.
For once the western part of Lake Fremont missed the hail storm of last Wednesday. Tony Peterson has been putting in cement steps at the school house in Dist 69. Mr and Mrs Merle Jackson and family of Jefferson Iowa are visiting at the P M Jackson home.
Residents in Fremont township report threshing nearing completion with eleven outfits active in the area. Visitors include Edith Hartman of Estherville and a Des Moines sister of Chas Brandt. The Methodist Ladies Aid ice cream social at Dunnell drew over $33 in receipts.
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