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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1932
Page
3
December arrives with Yuletide cheer in Estherville as lights, greenery, and pine trees decorate streets and shop windows. Merchants tout ready to wear and gift items while welfare groups plan aid events and holiday functions. shoppers are urged to buy early before Christmas day.
Eighteen members of local Masonic bodies heard a lecture Tuesday evening at Armstrong by Rev. Williams of Des Moines. The talk was described as exceptionally good, instructive and inspiring, with numerous local attendees listed by name. The Rev. and Mrs. M. M. Cook along with several others attended a Ruthven funeral on Monday.
The American Legion auxiliary hosted a lively Tuesday evening party for members and wives, introducing novelty bridge with written table directions. Mrs. Fred Ehlers led women’s high score, 8 B. Twetten led men’s, and F. W. Lakin won the draw prize. Fourteen tables hosted forty or more players, and sixty eight guests enjoyed refreshments.
Emmet county chapter allotted five bags for Christmas season. Each bag contained ten personal items such as stationery playing cards a housewife and pocket handkerchiefs. Bags shipped this week to the Pacific headquarters in San Francisco.
A regular incursion by unknown persons targeted Mauss Walnut Cash, Lyman's suburban grocery, Myhre and Jeglum, and Crawford brothers markets. Entry was via windows with small loot mainly pennies and groceries. Lyman’s basement window forced, Crawford’s shows pry marks. Local visitors Florence Swale and Floyd Gasper were noted guests at the Swale home. Minneapolis visitors arrived midweek.
The family album shows Franklin D Roosevelt at three months with his mother Sara Delano Roosevelt, photographed in Hyde Park after his election. A second image spans fifty years, capturing mother and son. the President-Elect rests at Warm Springs, Georgia, on vacation and meets with Democratic leaders.
For a second time in a month, Crim's Cut Price grocery faced a break in. A barricade across the back-room door prevented entry to the main sales area this time, and nothing of consequence was taken though a full check of smaller staple items was not completed.
The Iowa Fish and Game commission closed this year’s waterfowl season on November 30 in line with federal migratory waterfowl rules. No spring shooting of waterfowl is permitted.
Chicago artist Morton R Addy previews a painting showing the north half of the Exposition grounds for next year a symphony of colored illumination over 424 acres Lake Michigan North and South Lagoons with Sky Ride cables spanning the water. The scene spots halls pavilions towers and a wonder city in changing colors as Chicago marks its 100th anniversary and scientific progress.
The piece traces the creation of Sweet Adeline by Richard Gerhard in 1903. It notes a Greenwich Village apartment house setting, a brunet music counter romance, and the rapid publishing path via Harry Armstrong who kept the tune alive through publishing houses. It adds Armstrong sold rights for $1,000 and Gerhard for $3,000 five years later, with over 50 million copies sold since.
Two masked robbers tortured and robbed an elderly farm couple near Albert Lea on a Saturday night. Hans Christensen was beaten and bound in the barn, his arm broken and he may not recover. Mrs Christensen was bound and forced back to the house but escaped unharmed. The robbers fled with 11.65 from Mr Christensen’s pockets.
Mrs. John Nelson was transported from Coleman hospital to her Graettinger home after a broken hip and burns from an accident. Mrs. Jay Dunham drove to Armstrong with Mrs. H A Dunham to visit her granddaughter Mrs. Forrest and family over the weekend.
Maple Hill Iowa December 1 1932 an honor was paid to Mr Todd when he received a solid gold medal for merit service in the World War the medal bears his name on the back and has a bar for attachment to the coat He is the first in the community to receive the honor
Nolan Boggess son of County Engineer L L Boggess was hurt Tuesday night when his car left No 17 north of town. The vehicle struck a guard rail and he was alone in the car. He could not give a full account, saying he lost control and could not right the vehicle.
The Grand theatre opens Heritage of the Desert featuring Randolph Scott and Guinn Williams, two tall weighty rivals well matched as the film follows a young surveyor aiding a ranch against rustlers and winning the rancher’s daughter. The same program also debuts a new western serial.
Neighbors and friends of John Carberry near Cylader helped husk his corn Monday. Carberry has been in poor health for a year and is now at the Lincoln Veterans hospital. Mr and Mrs Dave Crawford welcomed a daughter born Tuesday evening.
Emmet county teams up for Red Cross sewing to produce cotton garments. In Estherville ten groups sew biweekly, using the city hall sewing room. Activities include shirts, dresses, underwear, sleeping garments, aprons, with a Dec 16 end date and post Christmas resumption if needed. County township chairs cover Armstrong High Lake Center Ringsted Dolliver Ellsworth East Emmet West Emmet High Lake Jack Creek Swan Lake Twelve Mile Lake with Mrs. Griffith as county chairman.
Mrs Wm McArdle undergoes a serious operation in Rochester this afternoon. Her daughter Eth el McArdle drove her there after clinic visits the prior days. Another daughter Mrs Owen Morton and Dr M T Morton accompanied her to Rochester and will stay several days.
A petty burglary occurred late Wednesday night at the suburban ban grocery on North Ninth street owned by A. F. Mauss. A thief entered through a basement window, smashed the glass, and reached the cash register stealing the pennies left inside. Additional minor items may have been taken but are not confirmed.
Irv Hall formerly of this city now with Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank in Raleigh N C received word early this morning that his father Ed Hall had died during the night at Roseland Nebraska. He left Raleigh at once for the west. Dr P Cain received the message here from his son Francois who is working under Hall with the eastern bank.
The Vindicator and Republican urges readers to write early to Santa Claus at Estherville Iowa, with letters directed to Santa Claus Estherville Ia. Address letters to Santa Claus Estherville Iowa and bring or mail to the paper’s office. The first letter arrives from Robert Sternberg Route 4 describing a wish list including a doll slippers roller skates hiking pants and a steam engine that burns alcohol.
Fifty five thousand hunters concluded a deer slaughter in Minnesota Friday night. About 30,000 deer were taken this year, roughly 2,000 more than the last open season. State fish and game commissioner W. D. Stewart cites careless hunting, arrests, seizures, and numerous deer losses. Nine hunters died, at least 25 were wounded, and John Iseder sought treatment in Iowa City.
Pauline wakes on her wedding day with Barbara Stark’s letter echoing a warning that love fades. Barbara, a dynamic former wife, mother, and scandal figure, unsettles Pauline with blunt counsel to expect less passion and more patience in marriage as a carved ivory Cupid gift labeled Denied sits nearby.
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