This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1926
Page
6
The Estherville Elks plan their annual Christmas party for children under 12 on Friday afternoon December 24. A matinee at the Grand Theatre starts at 3 o'clock with the Zane Grey tale Man of the Forest featuring Jack Solt, plus Aesop fables and comedy. Candy bags will be given to all youngsters.
Manager H S Waldorf announces an eclectic lineup. Tin Gods opens tonight and Thursday, Diplomacy with Blanche Sweet and Neil Hamilton screens Friday and Saturday, Milton Sills stars in Silent Lover Sunday and Monday, Kosher Kitty Kelly tops Tuesday, Flaming Forest screens Wednesday and Thursday, and Man of the Forest closes the week Friday and Saturday, with a free Elks matinee for local children.
Merchants in this city will keep shops open in the evenings through Christmas but will close on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Today’s paper lists crop and poultry items with assorted prices for corn No 1 yellow oats No 8 white barley heavy hens and springs light hens and springs old cocks ducks geese and turkeys with illegible sections and stray letters in the margins.
Government notice advises mailing deadlines to ensure on time Christmas delivery. Regional windows cover Pacific coast states through Dec 14 and 15 with later ranges extending to Dec 22 for neighboring and eastern states. The list lists Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming Utah Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Texas North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Colorado Arkansas Louisiana Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Florida Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Kentucky New York Pennsylvania Maryland New Jersey Delaware Ohio New England Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Iowa and others.
In Estherville Spencer Algona and Emmetsburg the annual Big Four high school declamatory contest was held with twelve speakers per town. Algona won with 46 points, Estherville 35, Emmetsburg 26, and Spencer 26. First places earned five points, seconds three, thirds two, and fourths one.
North Star Lodge No. 447 A. F. and A. M. elected L. N. Boone as W M J. N. Hale as W M, Wallace Berg as J W, Geo Lorimer as Treasurer, and Irwin Nichols as Secretary. Dry goods stores will stay open until 10 pm Thursday for teachers and others leaving town for holidays. Beginning next Monday all stores will stay open evenings after Christmas.
Iowa farmers generated 712,188,294 in 1925 with hogs leading at 236,739,507 and dairy products at 121,000,000. Livestock sales totaled 339,465,294 after costs and livestock products reached 198,215,000. Crop sales added 141,000,000 and farm inventory rose by 23,458,000.
Two hundred members from the tenth district attended the District Legion convention in Humboldt on Friday, December 10. District Commander Jean Boudinot presided with W. E. Deming of Estherville as vice commander. Maurice Doyle Post was represented by Dan Howard, Geo. Jeyes, and H. J. Craig. Banquet featured remarks by State Commander McGinnis, State Adjutant R. Laird, Frank Miles, editor of the Iowa Legionaire, and Margaret Jones Hindermann. The convention planned a Paris, France meeting next year and Iowa’s delegation will sail from Montreal aboard the Mo Gantic. Auxiliary shipped a gift box to a Maywood hospital and will aid needy Estherville families with clothing, toys, candy, and popcorn balls. A Christmas party for children is set for Tuesday afternoon, December 31, with Mrs. Alf Dahl coordinating attendance.
The Simpson college madrigal choir plans an Easter vacation trip from March 28 to April 9. Miss Pauline Darnell of Ringsted, Iowa, is the Emmet county member in the club. Prof. Lester Spring, head of the conservatory of music vocal department, supervises the ensemble which will perform light opera selections during concerts. The club personnel were recently chosen after weeks of competition.
Northbound M and St L passenger service returns to the old schedule, Estherville to depart at 10 40 AM after months of a 12 54 arrival. Drake freshman Wendell Helgason of Estherville receives a freshman numeral for stellar play, with predicted contention for a regular spot under coach Ossie Solem against Navy Pittsburgh Grinnell Kansas Ames Minnesota and Notre Dame next season.
Master Mechanic Geo Heyman was in Watertown on company business. A son, John Lawrence, was born Dec. 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grant. Mrs. Clarence Lewis spent Sunday in Cedar Rapids. Supt. H. EB. Allen was in Iowa Falls. Mrs. Frank Kirk spent Saturday in Des Moines. Vernard Dowd, son of Marion Dowd, goes to Bowie during the Christmas holiday. Ken Turner Jr. plans to visit Ada Oklahoma during vacation with Eddie Linthicum. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kane took a short wedding trip to Kansas City. Jas. Hardy went to Decorah to spend holidays with family. Genevieve Chapman travels to Sioux City for vacation visit. Mrs. Gertrude Sheets, Edmund Callendar and Gail Morse Jr plan short visits to Chicago and Des Moines.
A severe area blizzard swept in from the north Sunday night and lingered through Monday. Despite last week’s warm spell, heavy snow caused large drifts and disrupted rail and road traffic. Temperatures dropped to ten below zero on Tuesday and Wednesday, with twenty below in the north.
Paul Linke and crew from Milford Construction aided J I Merryman on the Bloody Run bridge project. Despite heavy snow, cement pouring occurred the day after the storm with crews logging long hours. Modern heating equipment, salamander coke boxes, a large tent, and electric lighting enabled night work and progress on rails.
Harold Vest has sold his stake in the Carlson and Vest Produce company to Germ and leaves with his wife for Tampa Florida at the start of the year. His parents Mr and Mrs Al C Vest live in Tampa where his railroad worker father maintains a steady run. Harold grew up in Estherville and expects to quickly find work in his new venture with support from many friends.
Emmet County rural schools hosted a five day teacher meeting with morning classes in each township and afternoon critiques guided by H C Moeller from State Teachers College. The study center at the courthouse will feature Prof Fullerton teaching phonics music. Emmet County teachers plan Christmas break with December 17 closing for holiday vacation.
Fred Klein of Estherville aged 61 died at a local hospital on Thursday afternoon December 9 after a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Allen Funeral home conducted by Rev L A Munthre of Estherville Lutheran church. The remains were sent to Windom Minnesota. He had lived in Estherville many years, was previously married to Mrs Geo Barber four years ago, and leaves a blind widow as his sole surviving relative.
Geo B Perkins of Sac City former state senator and former examiner at First National acts as temporary examiner for the First Trust and Savings Bank which closed three weeks ago.
Elks lodge members voted to sponsor a charity ball to raise funds for brightening Christmas for Estherville’s less fortunate. Funds are tied up in closed banks, so donations and ticket sales will be needed. A good orchestra is to be hired, and Ed Stockdale Geo Shadle and Meohn Strube lead the ball committee with subcommittees to follow.
Spencer Iowa December 10 Mayor A H Avery recovered from tularemia a rare human disease after handling a rabbit near West Okoboji Lake six weeks ago. He washed the wound and discarded the animal after spotting white spots inside. Doctors in Iowa City and Washington confirmed the diagnosis and noted the disease can spread through broken skin or even without a skin break. Cooking kills the germs and eating infected rabbits is not dangerous. Game warden H L Alexander reports rabbits with white interior spots nearby.
Postal service schedules note Christmas Day will be observed as a legal holiday. Rural carriers will not deliver while city carriers run morning deliveries. Window service operates 9 to 10 A M with parcel post delivery. Extended hours 8 P M on December 22 23 24. A Robinson P M Federal post official.
The Iowa Trust and Savings Bank will open January 1, 1927, at the former Lowm Savings Bank corner of Lincoln and Sixth. Stockholders elect L. J. Bennett president and J. W. Parsons vice president. a cashier will be elected in January. The board includes F. G. Parsons and J. Smilven among others. stockholders span many lines of work. The bank, debt free, will be managed by experienced bankers and feature a renovated interior with an ART deco appearance.
A list of local auto purchases shows buyers in Estherville and nearby towns buying Ford Tudors and Coupes, Ford Roadsters, Chevrolet Toured Sedans, and other models from dealers in Estherville Graettinger Armstrong Wallingford Ruthven Grover and surrounding communities. Names include Carl Mester Frank J King Niels Jespersen Osher A Seizer A G Henderson Clarence Anderson William Erickson Severin Johnson Harald Atwood Oscar Lungren Everett and Frank Johnson Teye Van Westen George Henry C Dewall C B Soram Mrs M Gonklin Mark A McKean C P Jackson L A Lindsey EB Carson Frank Mathes among others.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.