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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1922
Page
3
Local notice records that an item was entered at the city post office in Exsterville Iowa as second class matter, indicating mail handling status for the publication.
Governor Kendall named Charles Rawson of Des Moines to the United States Senate seat vacated by Kenyon’s resignation. Critics call him a misfit though his business and Republican credentials are noted. The Iowa Press Association meeting in Des Moines highlighted strong attendance and a push for stricter law enforcement.
A big meeting of the Maurice Doyle Post American Legion is set for Thursday March second at Gardston hotel with the dining room rented for a Legion Club Room. The event aims to raise funds via a basket social and includes music from the Novelty Five and a possible appearance by Jess Cox. Everyone in the community is urged to attend and participate.
Mrs Lever Lee has been ill but is improving. Mrs Frank Weaver travels to Worthington Minn for a visit with sister Mrs Glenn Eggleston. Miss Elizabeth Kelly rushed to Nevada Iowa for brother’s pneumonia. Families and friends meet for meals and greetings. local residents visit, travel, and assist neighbors while some recover from operations and illnesses.
The Estherville Chamber of Commerce will use part of the Gardatoh dining room as its office and director's room, ideal for headquarters for both the Chamber and the American Legion. Maurice Doyle’s group met at the courthouse February 15 to organize a new club room, pledging $5 each by January 1923 to finance the project. More details follow.
The Service Star Legion attended the funeral of Lloyd Chamberlain, an ex-serviceman, last Monday. They accompanied the casket to the grave and sang a hymn as the body was interred.
The Service Star Legion invites mothers wives and sisters of ex service men to join and help with relief work. In Estherville the group has sent films books clothing and supplies to U S Veterans Hospital No 57 in Knoxville Iowa and urges larger membership to expand aid to hospitalized veterans.
The American Dolorators Congress opens in Des Moines with assurances of strong attendance. Over three days the program covers foreign markets cooperative terminal selling organization labor relations taxation and banking. Noted speakers include Dr Frederick Howe J M Anderson Milo Reno J E Kelley and Charles Watts.
The Emmet County Farmers Union filled the I O O F hall last Wednesday with a packed audience. Gali Erickson was named County Organizer and aims to recruit many new members. Mrs. Robert Clark and Gail Erickson spoke on farm issues and the Farm Bureau debate. President Utz defended the Union as farmer-centered and not opposed to other groups. The evening featured Grover Local entertainment and a box supper followed by dancing. Next meeting is March 8 with Four Mile Lake Local presenting and a discussion on self preservation as divine law versus other interests solving problems.
Mrs F Brehmer and family died after a month of severe Trichinosis from porksausage eaten in the eastern part of the state. Rudolph Viss and Hilda Brehmer's party also fell sick. Mrs Voss and others recover. Other local notes mention Mrs Groshens appendicitis and W E Becker rheumatism.
C C Peters of Dunnell received a 90 day county jail sentence for failing to support his seven-member family. The court found him guilty after testimony from Lake Belt and Lake Fremont residents. Peters had previously served 30 days last winter for the same offense and showed radical religious influence toward the end of the case.
Mrs Sophia O Woods widow of John Woods dies at home in Altadena aged ninety three. Longtime resident since 1905 mother of seven sons six surviving. Past president of Altadena Woman's Club respected member of Altadena Methodist Church remembered for bright mind swift wit and strong faith. Funeral at Mountain View Cemetery attended by family and friends.
The Martin County Sentinel reports neighbors say a man menaced his family with a gun to coerce them into praying. They describe him as a feverish, oft feared figure, noting past episodes that have alarmed kin.
An essay reflecting on happiness as defined by the Declaration of Independence. It contrasts selfish gain with service to others, cites Aristotle and Jefferson, and argues true contentment requires moral and spiritual elements beyond material success.
Estherville resident Elmer Olsen reports back pain and kidney sluggishness improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. He urges neighbors to try the remedy and notes the product price of 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. manufactures in Buffalo New York.
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