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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1923
Page
2
On the night of August 10 1923 the first U S airplane crossed Iowa guided by bright lights, flying to Des Moines and Omaha neighbors. The mail carrying flight weighed 500 pounds with a plan to carry a ton if successful, amid concerns for pilots in bad weather and safe landings at lighted fields.
A new rule for listing farms groups all farms under one township unit, aligning with U S census methods. 1924 licenses already issued, plates are white on black with the year’s numbering. 1925 licenses expected to rise by at least 50,000. Weather outlook for the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys is generally fair with heat or near normal temperatures.
After the memorial held Friday at Camp Dodge a 13 mile convoy of cars returned to the city. The event drew 3,600 Iowa National Guard members and thousands of visitors, with taps echoing across the grounds and a moment of profound silence. The piece notes a historic U.S. flag related to the Callao harbor incident and mentions expanding the Van Zyl hatchery in Sheldon to 52,000 eggs, highlighting advances in chick production and regional industry.
Attorney General Ben J. Gibson states that a widow cannot be both widow and wife after remarriage. The rule, followed by federal pension grants, ends the widow’s claim when she remarries and shifts the bonus to children or other listed relatives in order of precedence.
Minnie Alberta Wood ward near Keokuk dies from rattlesnake bite while Forest Stewart near Fontanelle is bitten picking berries. He sucked out poison, an arm wrap halted bleeding, and a doctor treated the wound. The snake had eight rattles. Ernest killed it. Separate note: Mason City car purchases show high mortgage activity with 241 cars financed in 30 days, averaging over eight per day, nearly half of which are one kind.
Iowa tobacco tax receipts added 68351.39 to the state treasury in July, exceeding June by 326 and surpassing July 1922 by 10500, indicating a substantial month over month and year over year increase in tax intake.
State Veterinarian Malcolm responds to a serious anthrax outbreak at United Farms near Ida Grove owned by ex Governor Frank D. Jackson. Quarantine orders cover the farm and Battle Creek stock yards under surveillance. Dr Chas D Rice from Ames oversees quarantine compliance. The report also notes prison escape counts, a Forest City travel chat, a Des Moines river bug swarm, an Indian stone ax find near Leon, mining safety device installs, oats yields in Hamilton County, and Iowa farm totals at 213,021 in 1922 with a drop from the previous year.
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