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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1921
Page
10
Gardston hotel day clerk C M Bickford was arrested last Saturday on embezzlement charges. Estimated shortfall about $310 from dining room, date checks, and room cards. He was jailed briefly, released on bond, while book auditing continues. suspicion centers on him though exact shortage remains unconfirmed.
In a long established city custom stores will stay open evenings the week before Christmas or the week starting December 10. The plan, supported by merchants and the Chamber of Commerce, favors extended hours this year while Christmas Day and New Year fall on Sunday. Stores will close on the following Monday for observances. Official notice issued December 36, 1821 and January 2, 1922. Our beautiful summer.
R Hinton, longtime city newspaper editor, is missing after leaving for Colorado with a brother. previously ill in Sioux City months earlier with tuberculosis. Friends and family, including his mother and sister now in North Dakota, fear for his safety as searches continue.
The Presbyterian church scheduled a Christmas music program for Sunday evening December 18 at 7 30. Readings and selections by the choir and soloists feature Maude Hutchins Helen Mattison Neva Bakewell Lida Anderson with contributions from the Ladies Quartette and Male Quartette. The program includes hymns, anthems, and a chorus number Hail Joyous Morn. Immediate invitations urged attendance.
D J Jacobson of Estherville a sophomore in dairying won first prize in the aged Jersey cow class at the Little International. Awards reflect 75 percent for improvement and 26 percent for exhibitor conduct in the ring, with the animal’s type not a factor. All stock belongs to the college and winners were lively contenders for the championship.
A Jackson Minnesota girl, Miss Nasby, disappeared for several days prompting a search by local authorities and volunteers. She was found safe and returned home, with her family traveling to aid efforts as officials reported she is in good health.
Annual Home Coming observed by Odd Fellows in this city with about 125 members and guests from nearby towns. A seven course meal preceded a social program with readings, speeches, music by Miss Winnie Rugtiv and piano by Mrs. Tred Ellerston, a quartet led by C. F. Manthe. Guests enjoyed a refined program and a fancy drill before an informal dance to close the evening.
An Estherville gathering of the Elks hosted a social meeting with a 140 meal and a dance. The event highlighted the lodge’s large regional membership in Iowa and western Minnesota and was billed as a major start to the new year for the community.
The Vindicator and Republican highlights floral and merchant ads offering bargains. It urges readers to patronize progressive Estherville merchants for value and square deals, promising holiday savings if shoppers read the ads this week.
Reports from Chicago say E H Cunningham secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is among nine named to form the board of the National Livestock Producers Association. Other directors include John G Brown Indiana A C Ewing Illinois Harry G Beale Ohio Howard O Gore West Virginia C C Wolf Kansas C B Collins Colorado Hugh Sproat Idaho and J E Boog-Scott Texas. The board will organize selling agencies and promote cooperative shipping while overseeing marketing, transportation, data, and policies. An Ex-St Louis Stock Yards cooperative commission company is planned for January 1 with similar firms at other markets. The American Farm Bureau Federation has appropriated 10000 to launch the enterprise. The Committee of Fifteen led the plan after nearly a year of study.
Estherville in northwest Iowa showcases elaborate holiday windows that attract visitors from across the region. Merchants invite guests to enjoy festive displays, friendly hospitality, and extended shopping options as the town promotes its stores and season spirit.
Weekly reports praise the high school wrestling squad with good hits and solid effort. The opening meet is postponed until after Christmas vacation, while safe holds and seven minute periods shape the sport for Estherville's teams and indicate a promising showing this season.
The landscape extension service promotes landscape architecture for farms and communities. It covers farmsteads, grounds, parks, cemeteries, and school sites, detailing house, buildings, yards, drives, gardens, shelterbelts, and plantings. December 16 is the single designated date for visits, coordinated by Himebauch and Landscape Architect H. H. Cornel.
The Rock Island Social Club plans a meeting this evening featuring discussion led by Reen C P Smith and other members. Organizers describe the session as a social level event with informal talk and updates on ongoing activities.
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