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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
1
The Vindicator and Republican campaign urges rapid action as the final period closes Monday night. Subscriptions are urged to boost votes, with twenty percent cash commissions advanced to candidates and deductions from prize winnings. Complete reports go to a geared ballot box next week to decide prize recipients.
The snippet lists prices for grains and feeds including corn oats barley and hay, with ranges in cents per unit. It also shows live poultry and turkey prices by weight, plus hog prices and assorted livestock values in a late 19th or early 20th century market pages style.
Coach Bert Ingwersen of Northwestern University will address the Elk’s banquet Tuesday night at the club house. High school and junior college football players will attend, with brief talks by Estherville and visiting coaches from Emmetsburg Spirit Lake and Spencer. Ingwersen, a former All Conference tackle and Red Grange teammate, will share a message of interest to football fans.
The State Federation of Woman's Clubs sponsors a high school essay contest on life insurance benefits with two prizes. Essays must be 500 words and submitted by March 1. County Chair Mrs. G. E. Tomshawe coordinates Emmet County judging, with top essays mailed to Mrs. John Foxlakey in Shenandoah for final judging.
d Juast night at his farm near Estherville after a stroke Monday afternoon. He was born January 18, 1879 in Keokuk and moved to Estherville with his parents in 1887. He married Mize Caroline Hanson on August 21, 1901 and left behind three children Clarence Edwin and Mrs. Clark Gyntafson, plus five brothers Dr. Chria Juhl Andrew Lewis John and Thomas. Burial at East Side Cemetery.
Roy Hypes 24 and farmer northeast of Emmetsburg improved at Palo Alto hospital after a Saturday night crash on highway 18 east of Emmetsburg. The car carrying his brother George and Silas Knutson skidded on snow and overturned near a truck, ejecting the trio about 60 feet. George Hypes and Knutson suffered severe cuts and bruises. Roy was placed in a cast for several weeks.
Estherville stores to close at 7 pm on Christmas Eve to observe the Birth of Christ. All businesses will close on Christmas and New Year's Days except drug stores which stay open 1 to 6 pm. George Robinson Jewelry and Wilder Variety will remain open Christmas Eve.
The Estherville Philharmonic Society directed by Mrs. Richard Caldwell presents Handel's Messiah at the Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday December 20 with two performances at 2 30 p m and 8 p m The choir draws from local church groups and Mrs Gronstal will accompany on the organ The program lists tenor recitatives and airs chorus numbers and solos by local singers including Miss Martha Folley Mrs N K Brown and Dr T C Mann among others with Pastorial Symphony and Behold the Lamb of God noted
Theo Hammes has purchased Hammes and Sons, Inc. shoe store and assumes personal charge, after eight years under former ownership. He extends greetings to friends. Also, Nellie Murphy and family attend funeral of T. M. Whitish in Sioux Falls, Murphy being Whitish’s sister.
Nearly one hundred relatives and friends gathered at the Methodist church to celebrate the Golden Wedding anniversary of H. A. Gaarde and Hane A. Gaarde. Guests enjoyed a gold themed dinner, a large square wedding cake, toasts by family and friends, and songs. The couple’s early life, move to Emmetsburg, and long career in insurance and farming are recounted, noting four daughters and five grandchildren.
A Florida feature highlights a lion farm on the lower east coast supplying circuses and zoos, while detailing a 1936 37 citrus season with 37 million boxes forecast. It notes groves recovering from the 1984 freeze, high quality fruit, and Polk county as a major producer with 40 percent of the state crop.
Santa Claus will visit Estherville Saturday afternoon arriving at 1 15 in a special sleigh. Eighteen high school singers will entertain as Santa tours business streets. He brings 3000 bags of assorted candies and nuts for distribution by a local business committee led by William Bale and others to entertain children of Estherville and the surrounding trade area.
A new union of junior and senior Endeavor groups forms in Estherville drawing youth from ninth grade up. Churches involved include Christian Baptist Presbyterian and Methodist with Rev. Claude Fausnaugh Rev. J Albert Riggs and others organizing activities. Juniors meet Sunday 6 30 at Presbyterian church led by Virgini Sawyer. Seniors meet 6 30 at Methodist church led by Ruth Jackson Evelyn Smith. Music plans include Dorothy Wagsum directing a girls sextette and Raymond Minkler directing a boys glee club.
Earlinbody of Superior mourns two colts lost in separate incidents last week. One colt, old enough to be a work horse, was hit by a car on Highway No. 9 Sunday night and had to be killed. On Wednesday another colt was shot, likely by a hunter using a high powered rifle. Mr Inbody also had a narrow escape when a bullet whizzed through the barn. In Worthington, Mr and Mrs Henry Hower visit Estherville, noting local groves and winter tourism as crops ripen through fall and spring.
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