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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
2
A long list of residents and guests visits and travels across Estherville area, mentioning Hiberas Otho Ragsdale in Eldora, Lena Nelson with Mrs K Tangeras, Mike Erpelding's appendectomy, Loomis visitors, Eva Stearns from Primghar, and Marion Orvis heading to Ware Indiana. It covers get togethers, classroom moves, and trips to Chico Minn, Berwin, Spirit Lake, and numerous households.
Mrs Iva Christ was a Sunday guest at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs John Larson Beverly and Shirley Christ are staying with grandparents for a longer visit. Mr and Mrs Paul Welling hosted visitors Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Henry Dewil Helen Clemenson Mr and Mrs W Dewall and daughters. Miss Hazel Dewall visiting Lilian Wellnitz. Mesdames Anna Smith and Bessie Dalrymple of Superior and Mr and Mrs David Norman and Gail and Neva Rockne of Estherville called on Claus Martens. Mr Larson visited his brother Cornelius Larson and family of Moorland. Mrs Milford Hauge assists at Lever Hauge during threshing. Master Kieth Nelson injured knee and nearly laid up.
A group of young ladies gathered Wednesday evening at Fort Defiance state park for a steak fry. Attendees included Lois Hansen Kathryn Lyman Evelyn Coon Mildred Larson of Albert Lea Ethelyn Voldigg Vera Heyer Ference Wilson Bery Diltz Delores Simpson Dorothy Nourse and Kathryn Robinson. Hostesses were Mrs E G Stavros and Miss Lena Leng.
Guests including Mrs Vermiaine Sidles and others attended a bridge party on Wednesday evening. Mrs Vermiiye Sidles won the high score prize while Mrs Ilworth Carlstedt served as hostess. Crests listed include Misses Mardilene Johnston Leila Sconberg Ana Wilcox Ruth Smith Agnes Wilcox Ethel Gustaffson Gretehoery Smith Lorene Kos ter Dorothea Sohn Mary Peterson Elizabeth West and Mrs Hermann Jensen.
Floyd Taylor with Burns Pritchard form a new band at Koof Garden and start performances this Saturday August 27. The act promises lively local music and a fresh night scene for residents.
Emmet Amdahl, manager of the Red Owl grocery in Jackson Minnesota, thwarted a short change racket when two well dressed women attempted to pass a five dollar bill for a 20 cent soap purchase and then demanded four dollars change. A second similar attempt followed with a different clerk before the pair fled in a Chrysler Eight sedan. The incident, described by the Jackson County Pilot, notes the women were aided by a male accomplice and attempted to operate in separate stores.
An Associated Press dispatch to the Fairmont Sentinel reports substantial flood damage in the Winona area after a Monday cloudburst. Highways and railroads were blocked, bridges wrecked, and the Winona airport submerged. basements flooded and roads damaged across Winona and neighboring counties.
The article outlines extensive pupil competitions across grades six to eight with numerous awards for posters booklets health projects penmanship and maps. It lists prizes in the free for all and collective exhibits and notes high school events including poetry notebooks and various project prizes.
The Tabernacle or tent of meeting was a portable sanctuary in the Hebrew wilderness, costly and elaborate, shadowing Solomon's Temple. It had Holy Place and Holy of Holies with the Ark, revealing God’s holiness and the necessity of an organized church as a space for worship and communal memory and hope. Moses spoke to God “face to face” in this framework, illustrating intimate discourse with the divine.
An eighteen month old girl died after a gasoline spill in a yard near Rock Rapids. A five year old brother emptied a stored gasoline into the ground and lit it with a match, igniting the flames that enveloped the child. The mother doused the burning clothing, but the burns proved fatal hours later.
The schedule lists V R High School games at Storm Lake Mason City Algona Sac City Spirit Lake Spencer Fairmont Emmetsburg and a Junior College slate including Iowa Falls Eagle Grove Sheldon Mason City Springfield Britt Waldorf with dates from Sept 24 to Nov 12. A clipped piece closes with a quip from merchant Wallace Farmer about a will and creditors.
Milton T. Jenkins of Blue Earth won the Iowa Great Lakes checker tournament held recently at West Okoboji. Roy T. Tague, also of Blue Earth, took second place in the event.
Patrolman George Shinault, who killed William J. Hushka during the July 28 B E F Washington ouster, was himself mysteriously shot and killed while on duty on E street Nw near the Pennsylvania avenue bonus camp. First police reports said a colored man fired, but details remained unclear amid high excitement. Shinault, exonerated in Hushka’s death, lamented the killings and said the recent slaying weighed heavily on him and kept him from sleep.
An advert mentions a head-on crash act for the Congress of Daredevils at the Kossuth County Fair in Algona Iowa on Friday afternoon September 9 driving at 40 miles per hour. A single man under 25 is sought to perform the crash with unconditional release in case of injury or death. Written terms requested through B Ward Beam care Kossuth County Fair.
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