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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
8
A wartime style appeal extols the Red Cross role in disaster relief and urges universal participation this Christmas. It praises donations, the dollar as a substitute for time, and recalls wartime aid to wounded soldiers, mothers, and hospitals.
Local notes show Mr. and Mrs. Schultz entertaining Estherville visitors, war service updates, and farm activity. Fort Snelling furloughs bring Hubert Hudson and others home. The Fifth Liberty Loan repeated calls for support with investor guidance from Charles H. Schweppe, favoring short term bonds and an intensive spring campaign.
A series of local visits, births, travels, and movements across Armstrong area. Albert Bosley and family visited Chris Bogh’s home. Bess Fox returns from Germania. Ole and Mrs. Oleson attend Ida Truesdell funeral in Walnut Grove. Myrtle Lauritsen visits Graettinger friends. Pearl Engelson travels from Gawrie to assist at Mike Kennedy’s home. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. John Miner. Jens Wesby heads to Racine for winter work. Eldon and Mrs. Kearns visit Burt’s family. Soren Anderson’s wife returned home. others head to Chicago for work. Discharged veterans Erick Davidsen and Andrew Madsen arrive home. Aage Hansen home from Minneapolis. J C Anderson sells farm to Rindernecht. flu victims noted. A baby boy born to Rev. and Mrs. Rasmussen. Soren Petersen returns from Camp Pike. Chris Skow drives to Estherville to meet him. Andrew Madsen and Peter Christiansen depart for Chicago for winter work.
A public sale is planned for December 21 at the Loeschen farm five miles southeast of Estherville and three miles northeast of Wallingford. It will feature seven horses, fourteen cattle, thirty five hogs, timothy hay, corn in crib, and various farm machinery, with details in a display ad in this issue. The notice also includes a call to support the Liberty Loan and bond issuance by the Treasury Department to reward workers in the Seventh Federal District and to sustain wartime and postwar expenditures.
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