Evolution debate in Vindicator stirs religious view on truth
Rev W F Huxford argues evolution prompts humility in science and faith, tracing church history from early Christianity to the Reformation and Pilgrim era, and noting tensions between freedom and dogma. He questions whether civilization and humanity are far older than assumed, citing astronomical vastness and Bishop Lightfoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Huxford
Rev
Huxford
Copernicus
Wycliffe
Martin Luther
Germany
America
Bryan
Dayton
Scopes
Tennessee
Mr. Bryan
Voliva
Zion City
Bishop Lightfoot
Cambridge
Golf links deny raid claims as greens improve play
Es t herville golf and country club grounds committee says the course was not bombarded by a secret enemy and is not a back-yard garden project. They explain pits become bunkers and new greens, with the eighth hole moved across the creek, lengthening several holes to increase difficulty.
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Estherville Golf and Country Club
Court Convenes Here Next Week in Broad Docket
The fall term opens next Monday with Judge James DeLand presiding. Fourteen criminal cases, twenty-five mortgage foreclosures, twelve divorces, and sixty-four new plus eighty old cases are listed. Notable actions include personal injury and conspiracy matters, several liquor offenses, and a peace bond case. The Palace of Sweets changes hands to Andrew Tertipes of Spencer. former owner A G Stemas leaves an intact, reputable shop as he seeks a new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James DeLand
Donald E. Miller
Walker Motors Company
Provident Trust Company of
Estherville
Warren Hoppus
Minnie Warner
City of
Roy Lowman
Richard Miller
Martin Steward
W. Mina Brown
A. Elphin Brown
Hiquor
R. W. Gilbert
Joe Price
Fred Rud
Art Hansen
Anton Fisher
Addie Fisher
Dorothy R. Behrems
Ernest A. Behrems
Buena J. Merron
John H. Merron
T. Taye Parker
Gail Parker
Angeline Stoffel
Marx Staffel
Hiram Brown
Mabel Brown
John Sealf
Mabel Seals
Louise C. Challberg
John V. Challberg
Margaret E. Cunningham
James W. Cunningham
Frank Gransbury
Beulah Gransbury
Amelia M. Sevatson
Lewis Sevatson
John W. Gipson
Florence T. Gipson
Amy R. Rewey
Apap P. Littell
State of Iowa
Bryan Evans
Eldon Krieger
Lincoln M. Boulds
David Lynch
Richard Stubbs
Bryan V. Spears
Glen Brown
Fred van Valkenberg
Robert McGee
Vivian Wolfe
A. T."woolcott
Estherville Men Injured as Train Strikes Auto Near Mapleton
Two Estherville men Rush and Richard Brown were injured when a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul extra freight train collided with their automobile at a grade crossing one and a half miles south of Smithland Iowa. Rush Brown suffered a long facial gash and severe bruises while Richard had minor injuries. The auto was wrecked and both men were treated aboard the train at Mapleton.
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Mapleton
Iowa
Chicago
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Smithland
Rush Brown
Estherville
Towa
Richard Brown
Richard
Sioux City
Health physician denies water unsafe to drink
Dr. C. E. Birney, the city health physician, denied reports that city water is unsafe. He attributed the curious taste to heated mains this summer and noted spot checks and periodic tests by Iowa City, stating past tests found the water to be pure and safe.
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C. E. Birney
Iowa City
Birney
Des Moines River tragedy as Everett Jones drowns playing boat
Everett Jones aged 10, son of Mr and Mrs Harry E Jovies of North Fourth street, drowned when a flat bottom boat capsized in the Des Moines River last Friday. Herbert Vanderlught 10 and Philip Debis 8 escaped, one boy pinned beneath the craft. Rescue by firemen and youths failed to revive him after ninety minutes. Funeral held at the Christian church. Survived by parents and two sisters.
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Everett. Jones
Harry E. Jovies
North Fourth Street
Des Moines
Herbert Vanderlught
Philip Debis
Jones
North Bridge
Herbert
Philip
Everett
Norman Ingvall
M. T
Morton
Christian Church
Rock Island
Ike Riggs Recalls 1860s Estherville Roots
Ike Riggs, Estherville's oldest resident, recalls March 29 1864 arrival from New York, government troops, and early town life. He describes a flooded 1866 tows with scow boats, grasshoppers that ruined fields, storms, and transport routes to Fort Dodge and Cedar Falls. He married Syra Conner in 1869 and has ten children, five living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Riggs
Estherville
Vindicator
Republican
Mr. Riggs
Stuben County
New York
Peter Baker
Jerome Hopkins
Martin Medcalf
Howard Graves
Eldridge Whitcomb
Mr. McKay
McKay
Graves
Seventh Street
Ike-Coleman
Cedar Falls
Ft. Dodge
Milwaukee
Algona
Windom
Football Schedule for Rhstherville High School 1925
Rhstherville High announces its 1925 football schedule with open practice dates due to canceled contracts. Key away games visit Spencer Algona Spirit Lake while Emmetsburg and Milford host games. Coach Barnes plans first practice on school opening day and remains optimistic about squad prospects.
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Rhstherville High School
Hilliard
Lake Park and Terris
Milford
Jackson
Algona
Spirit Lake
Oesse
Spencer
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Barnes
V. RB
Many From Here Attend College This City Sends Students Abroad
Many local youths will soon leave for colleges and training schools. Estherville is well represented in higher learning. A list of students from area schools includes names across Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, with multiple colleges and institutions noted. The compilation is likely incomplete and welcomes additions.
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Estherville
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Wm. Bate
Geo. Bate
Willis Gruwell
Olive Morse
Francis Shadle
Geo. Thompson
John Thompson
Jas, Stillman
John Osgood
Catherine Osgood
Claire Post
Corinne Post
Eunice Klocow
Mildred Ivy
Chas. Wilson
Herbert Allen
Parsons College
Fairfield
Glen Brockway
Craig Bingham
Katherine Packard
Iowa State College
Ames
Lambert Scholtes
Ralph Lough
Orville Archibald
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Janet Bradley
William Bradley
Drake University
Des Moines
Lester Eldred
Ethyl Singmaster
University of Wisconsin
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Juanita Berg
Milwaukee - Downer
Milwaukee
Wis
Dorothy Gruwell
Virginia Lyons
Twin City Commercial College
St. Paul
Minn
Lloyd Brunsvold
Iva Waters
Keithen Lytle
Leona Brown
Inez Waters
Simpson College
Indianola
Margaret Ainley
Fairview Hospital
Minneapolis
Alice Tangen
Lutheran ‘Deaconess Home and Hospital
Chicago
Thelma Savereide
Rosella Sunde
The Ten Commandments at Grand Theatre Estherville
Cecil B. DeMille's Paramount picture The Ten Commandments comes to the Grand Theatre in Estherville for Sunday Monday and Tuesday shows September 6 8 featuring a stellar cast. The historical intro includes Theodore Roberts Charles de Roche Estelle Taylor Julia Faye and James Neill while the modern tale stars Richard Dix Rod La Rocque Leatrice Joy Nita Naldi Robert Edeson Agnes Ayres and Edythe Chapman. It is described as one of the most moral and worthwhile pictures staged in the city.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount Picture
Estherville
Grand Theatre
Theodore Roberts
Charles de Roche
Estelle ‘Taylor
Julia Faye
James Neill
Richard Dix
Rod la Rogque
Leatrice Joy
Nita Naldi
Robert Edeson
Agnes Ayres
Edythe Chapman
VWERE RINGSTED MOURNS DEATH OF PIONEER SETTLER
Ole Justesen longtime Ringsted resident since 1890 died at home on Sunday the 25th. Survived by his widow one son and four daughters. Redfield South Dakota reports show reduced conditions and high winds as the community notes his passing.
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Ole Justesen
Ringsted
Redfield
South Dakota
Mitchell
Rgnor
Will T Rhodes Dies A Banker Here For 30 Years
Will T. Rhodes vice president of the First Trust and Savings Bank and longtime Estherville leader died Wednesday evening at 6 30 He had been ill and hospitalized in Rochester and at home prior to death Funeral services were held Friday at 2 00 p m at the Gruwell home Rev W M Evans officiated Pallbearers were John Greig Perce Pullen Selby Broms Howard Espe set Lloyd Stockdale and Alex Johnston He is survived by his mother two sisters and four brothers in Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa.
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Will T. Rhodes
First Trust and Savings Bank
Estherville
Mayo’s
Rochester
G. W. Gruwell
Rhodes
Bank
Gruwell
W. M. Evans
Cedar Rapids
William T. Rhodes Biographical Sketch From Estherville
William T. Rhodes, born April 29, 1863 in Brighton Wisconsin, was a bank official and soil of Estherville. He helped establish The Bank of Estherville in 1894 later reorganized as First Trust and Savings Bank where he served as Vice President until shortly before his death.
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William T. Rhodes
Brighton
Wisconsin
Thomas Rhodes
Estherville
Rhodes
First Trust and Savings Bank
F. H. Rhodes
Rhoades
Will Rhodes
G. W. Gruwell
Graham Secures Bank Secretary Post in California
C. B. Graham, formerly cashier at the First National Bank of this city, has been elected secretary of the Hilman Branch Bank at Bell, California, a role equivalent to cashier. The news brings happiness to many friends in Estherville.
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California
C. B. Graham
First National Bank
Hilman
Bell
Estherville
Graham
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys
Forecast for August 24 to 29 calls for showers then cooler conditions, with a brief warm-up around Wednesday. Period covers Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys with changes in temperature and moisture expected.
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Mississippi
Missouri
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Palace of Sweets
A. G. Stemas
Andrew Tertipes
Stemas
Nichols
Dahl
Nourse
Legion
The
American Legion
Maurice Doyle
Irwin Nichols
Alf Dahl
Herb Nourse
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Apm
Everett Jones
Eistherville
Standard Oil Company
Presbyterian
H. B. McElve
Presbyterian Church
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