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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1938
Page
6
Local newspaper notes an unusual delay as the press misses publication deadline. Editor laments missing stories and acknowledges financial strain while residents await next issue. Community reacts with anticipation and concern over communications.
Mesdames J C and Ernest Bliesmers hosted a large New Year dinner with Ernest's birthday celebrated. Dozens of relatives and friends from Sherburn Ceylon Ottumwa and nearby towns attended. Additional gatherings included Silcox family reunions at F A Silcox home and multiple visits and dinners among local families and guests from Fairmont Spirit Lake Gowrie Rock Island and Huntington.
L C Browlette visited son R J Browillette then left for Otterbourne Manitoba to visit daughter Mrs Wallace Thoms. Virgil Timko's third birthday was celebrated by family friends in Jackson. Helge Nasby of Decorah spends Christmas at his parents home. Arline Nasby returning from the University of Minnesota to spend two weeks. Union State Line church to hold Christmas services at 10 45 a m with a Sunday school program.
Mrs. Chris Ellerston hosted a Wednesday calling occasion at Emma and Nettie Hanson with Jimmie Ellerston and Annie Welsh escorting Miss Margaret Schloeman of Estherville to Lone Rock where Mrs. James Welsh and family attended New Year dinner at the Ellerston home. Christmas day dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Glass napp and others from Minneapolis and surrounding families at Paul Glassnapp’s home. Eliza Welsh returned to Estherville with Miss Jessie Bigelow, and Sunday visits included Emma Hanson’s guests Charlotte Anderson and others. Raymond Anderson and family were Monday visitors at Emma Peterson’s. Clara Akre returned home to care for ill relatives near Emmetsboro. Helen and Annie Welsh visited Mrs. George Back for New Year. Joe Durham and Leroy Anderson were guests at Estherville and St Peters, Minnesota respectively. Jessie Bigelow again appeared as a New Year guest at the Welsh home. Marine Hanson hosted a birthday gathering with Pete Aaronson and family, Albert Madison and family, Lewis Larson, Orville Gjerde, and Maynard Oleson among attendees. Vernon Andersons from Emmet consolidated school stayed Monday night with Mrs. Lawrence Anderson. Local residents attended the East Emmanuel church Christmas tree program. Alfred Birkland visited Andrew Oleson on Tuesday.
The white pennant bearing a blue cross signals Divine Services on board. Currently 89 chaplains serve the Navy, offering spiritual guidance and nonreligious support, enhancing recreation and education while remaining available at sea or land bases.
Grenville M. Dodge led the first survey across Iowa in 1852 for the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad. The route, begun at Rock Island and reaching Council Bluffs, passed through Marengo, Des Moines, and Des Moines Valley, with a depot site chosen near the Rock Island station. the party faced fever and hardship over six months.
Airmail and Bolivian stamps with upside down airplanes sell for thousands, showing collectors pay premium for misprints. An earlier U S stamp error brought 13,000 for 24 cent airmail sheet later valued at 4,200 each. Bolivian sheet commands 1,500 per copy or 6,000 for a four block.
The life of Helen Jepson, once mocked as "Fatty" and selling corsets in Akron, rises to fame as a leading soprano at the Metropolitan Opera. She overcomes poverty, auditions on radio, wins a Curtis Institute scholarship, and recalls humble beginnings while remaining democratic and unpretentious.
Preliminary estimates from the Minnesota State Division of Game and Fish show at least one deer per two big game licenses sold. About 55,000 deer licenses were issued with early reports indicating 66 percent success, likely settling near 60 percent.
The Emmet County Cow Test Association reports rising production as silos open and winter feed begins. Averaged 455 pounds of milk and 19.7 pounds butterfat per cow this month, up from November. Peter B. Petersen led with 909 pounds milk and 43.1 butterfat. A. G. Jensen second at 431 pounds milk and 26.9 butterfat.
J D Salar is listed as agent for Wallingtoe and H W Gaarde serves as agent for Estheryjlj in an abbreviated directory entry. The fragment notes multiple agents and locations but lacks full context or dates.
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