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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1942
Page
3
The Bathville Post Office in Emmet County Iowa lists VINJIGATOR as a second class matter with editor details. The notice reflects the paper's mailing status and official handling under postal rules.
A pamphlet summarized for Congress urges a ten point wartime program including wage controls, labor board reforms, and production mobilization led by Baruch, with a push to finance through a new Liberty loan style drive. It also offers practical guidance on achieving sleep during stressful times and warns against drugs.
A poem titled The Farmer Feeds Em All repeats a refrain praising the farmer as the provider for all roles. It lists many figures from politician to sailor and craftspeople, asserting that without farming no work sustains society. The verse ends with the line Bet the farmer feeds them all.
An era wartime guide urges readers to improve sleep for health and war efficiency. It cites English army reforms, links insomnia to mental factors, and urges routines of food, fresh air, and exercise to help with rest.
Miss Shirley Hunt of Spirit Lake married Gerald Harmon of Estherville in a single ring ceremony at the Methodist church in Jackson Iowa on January 22. The bride wore blue silk crepe with black accessories. attendants wore red earth tone dresses. The couple, both with local ties, will have ongoing employment plans while Harmon prepares for US Navy service. A council meeting and navy enlistments are noted among local events.
The Lincoln Child Study club will meet Tuesday at 2 15 P M in the home of Mrs E C Johnson 994 12th avenue North Mrs Bert Dittsworth assisting hostess Miss Helen Hipple of Iowa State College will talk on Sea Education for the School Child over radio station WOT.
The Rebekah Lodge will meet Tuesday at 7 30 PM in the IOOF Hall with a bridge party at 8 PM. The public is welcome and a small fee will be charged.
A new Chicago department store opened by Russels allocates 10 percent of gross sales to advertising in year one under a 10 year lease. In the first year newspaper ads captured 98 percent of promotional funds as the store profits ahead of expectations, with Frank Russek highlighting newspaper advertising as key to attracting fashion-minded women and building perceived value.
I N Salyers begins moving buildings for new hotel site this week. Two buildings moved onto the third dome site. Tom Tracy fills ice houses in the country for C E Fastmar and M J Groves. A son born to Carl Johnson and wife January 28. A son born to Howard Alpaugh January 31. Women can vote at the February 2 special bond election urging school support. Court convenes February 7 with Judge Coyle. docket small. Supt T J Lerdall visits country schools. Spencer and Estherville high school basketball at the armory Friday night.
Twenty years ago the Vindicator and Republican reported Robert Knight returned to work at the First National Bank on Monday after recovering from a recent operation.
Dr and Mrs Fredrick Shadle motored to Minneapolis for a visit and business trip. A son born January 22 to Mr and Mrs Loren Marsn in Long Beach California. Richard Aljen named. Christensen, Brown and Ch ristensen travel to Chicago for a fashion show and store buying in Estherville and Spirit Lake. Roy Wright moves to Storm Lake Boss hotel. Katherine Lyman on sick list. John Strube and Emil Nottingan visit Merle Moller north of the city. Loughs return from Florida with Cuba trip.
The past presidents of the Degree of Honor will hold a luncheon Tuesday at 1 30 PM in the Blue Room of the Gardston hotel with Mrs. Herman Sorum as hostess for the meeting.
Second Lieutenant Raymond Bringle remains in San Francisco awaiting orders. Earl Bagans’s parents report he is still in New York awaiting orders. Harlan Hiebner, previously employed at Lakin Cleaning, left Monday for the Great Lakes Naval training station.
Warner Bros presents the Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. Bogart's private detective pursues a deadly gang after his partner is murdered as John Huston debuts as director and screenwriter. The Grand Theater runs the film Tuesday.
The Little Foxes portrays a woman’s descent into murder and blackmail in a bid for wealth. Bette Davis stars as Regina with Herbert Marshall as Horace Giddens. Teresa Wright and Richard Carlson also appear. The film version features the same cast and opens at the Grand Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday.
Ilona Massey, star of International Lady, headlines at the Grand theater in an United Artists release show Friday and Saturday. The article notes she had many thrills during production and highlights her film prominence and theater reform.
A compact section outlines that liver kidneys sweetbreads heart and tongues hold vitamins and minerals including A B complex D and K. It advises liver once weekly for iron, notes iron copper and phosphorus in all, and gives cooking methods for liver and kidney dishes plus dessert hints and yeast note for cherry pie.
An actress sits beside a concrete wall under steampipes in a basement of a London hotel as a bombing raid rages three stories above. An orchestra plays while extras in British uniforms dance. a husky property man hauls ropes and dust falls as lights flicker, with Miss Massey calm and poised amid the chaos for her seductive scenes with co star George Brent in Riders of the Badlands.
Sunday and Monday at the Grand Theater the film Babies On Broadway stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. A real life drug store youth group, featuring Ray McDonald and others, held a basement election for Mayor of Forty Fourth Street with Joey Fay Young as sole candidate, promoting two portraits of himself to bolster the campaign.
Summary of farm market activity in the Sioux Cir. area shows Howard-Harland with 568 head valued at $10.15 per unit, Gee Kirchner with 20 hogs at $11.80 weighing 195 pounds at $11.40 per unit, and Don Kirchner with 10 hogs at $12.30. Caption notes “Ab: Fearless” and a Hollywood gossip line mentions Mickey Rooney Judy Garland and Ray McDonald with three votes to his plurality.
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