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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
3
Local story notes a curious event where a group named Jega and Aan are seen at a gathering. The text suggests a festive tone with a mention of bread and a rat in a social setting. Further details are unclear due to fragmented OCR.
Witness fragment mentions snow conditions and a locality Zell in Eisth with stray letters indicating a weather note. No clear event, date, or full place name is readable. The fragment lacks concrete facts to establish a complete item.
A fragment discusses a document about the size of a novel and notes a large word count around sixty five thousand four hundred. The text references the papers containing the document and hints at legal or archival context.
Deputy in the county treasurer’s office informs automobile drivers they have until February 1 to purchase their 1940 licenses. When applying, bring last year’s registration certificate. Agricultural box trailers used on farms cost one dollar per month penalty applies to these trailers and to motor vehicles.
Dickinson County Sheriff Joe McQuirk reports Mitchell of Spirit Lake was sent to the state reformatory after an escape from custody tied to the theft of a police car. News mentions Wallingford visiting relatives in Wisconsin and local families spending the holidays in Excelsior Springs.
Approximately 87 corn loan applications have been filed at the county recorder, with 6500 blanks received and more expected. Farmers will receive cards to sign before taking notes to banks for funding, as 2600 loans are anticipated on current crop. Sealing progress suggests higher totals than last year, and farmers should wait for notice before visiting agricultural offices.
A film presentation titled Remember features Robert Taylor Greer Garson and Lew Ayres. It begins at 11 45 PM with showhouse ushers guiding patrons for a New Year celebration full of fun and noise making devices.
Members of the Graver Women’s Athletic Association will challenge Thompson’s Beauty School in Des Moines for a fast game at Graver High School gymnasium on Wednesday January 3. The matchup promises an exciting fast pace with both teams eager to perform.
Weather data through November 1989 show precipitation deficits across Iowa led by western counties with Des Moines at 2.57 inches and Sioux City at 9.24 inches. Daily flows on the Big Sioux at Akron averaged 65 cfs, higher than 1986, 1984, and 1981 lows. Floyd River lows in 1986 were extreme, but 1989 figures rose to 60 cfs by November 80. Lake Okoboji stood at 97.81 feet on November 25, 1939 levels compared with recent lows. State officials urge water conservation and note small farm ponds as useful multipliers for domestic and wildlife needs.
Mr and Mrs Fred Kruse observed their 85th wedding anniversary with a surprise home gathering Tuesday. A mock wedding was staged by Jean Bosold and Leo Stoffel with attendants, followed by cake, gifts, games, and a communal lunch for relatives and friends including Willis and Ray and Robert, Cuyler Patterson, Peter Aasnonson and Pearl, Ruth Fessler, Hagvey Christensen, Lew Stoffel, and many others.
Francis Murphy of Estherville signed a confession to charges by county attorney Harry M. Coffie for operating a car without the owner's consent and driving it out of state. He allegedly took Ray Brown’s vehicle to Minnesota and caused a Christmas Eve crash near Dunnell involving Swenberg and Zeimer vehicles, injuring Lyle Zeimer, Swenberg, Merlin Zeimer, and Murphy. The cars were badly damaged and uninsured. Murphy required fourteen stitches.
Christmas holidays brought 633 violent deaths across the nation with 418 from traffic accidents. Last year totaled 395 deaths. Delaware alone had no fatalities. Town November accidents reached 1447, 40 fatal, 768 property damage. 43 killed in November including 16 pedestrians. December first-year totals show 18478 accidents and 10199 injured versus 41259 incidents last year with 412 killed and 8988 injured. VR Ralph McKay returned to Rochester Minnesota for medical clinic consultation with C J Mathienon and Ian Howard.
Iowa State College announcer Andy Woolfries receives a flood of Christmas cards letters and gifts from listeners. By Dec 28 the desk holds between 1000 and 2000 cards along with cakes and candy. A rural listener sent a small dressed pig ready for roasting with an apple in its mouth and cloves stuffed sides.
Miss Marie Sorum as county Tuberculosis Association chair reports $485.04 in Christmas seals sold in Emmet County this year. Rural teachers contribute $101.46 so far, Estherville totals $368.96, and several township teachers list individual amounts up to $8.79.
Local market notes list Heavy Springs over 6 Ibs at 8c, Heavy Hens over 6 Ibs at 8c, Heavy Hens 4 to 6 Ibs at 8c, Light and Leghorn Hens at 7c, Heavy Stags over 5 Ibs at 8c, Light and Leghorn Cocks 4 6c, Hennery Eggs per dozen with No 1 standard and No 2 grades, Cream eggs with varying values, and hogs top price around 420 dollars per hundred for packers.
The body of Mrs. Mary Clark, mother of Dr. J. P. Clark of Estherville, was returned for burial in Oak Hill cemetery beside her husband. Funeral services were held in Cedar Rapids where she had lived, age 69, after ill health since last March. Survived by son Dr. J. P. Clark, a brother Neil McFarland, and other relatives.
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