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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1921
Page
8
The piece argues that investors and financial institutions are being drained as war bonds collapse in value. It accuses capitalists and social clubs of profits from the war effort while banks and bondholders bear the brunt as holdings are dumped and prices plunge.
Miss Catherine Evans of Cedar Rapids married Mr Stanley B. Crowell on December 16. They will reside in Cedar Rapids where both are employed.
Neighbors gathered Monday evening to honor L L Smith for his twenty fifth birthday. Cards played late, then Mrs Smith served a delicious cake and lunch.
A lively meeting of the Stick-to-it Eluoon drew about fourteen members to Mrs. Ed. Stanwick’s home on Thursday to discuss Christmas topics. Neighbors visited and family news filled the rest of the page including travels, new home work, and a newborn Alice Marie at the Bower residence.
Descriptive letters recount Shakespeare’s lost sweetheart Mary Witton a court beauty of 20 involved with the Earl of Pembroke in 1601. Rumors say she lured the poet away from Shakespeare leading to gloom and a staged affair that ended with her dismissal from court and Pembroke’s imprisonment.
In early days Grover Cleveland relied on a lazy lawyer friend for case details. The friend teased Cleveland for not reading enough and urged him to study his own books. Cleveland retorted that the friend could read his own cases and stop spooning knowledge.
The article notes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra as the claimed author of Don Quixote, detailing his birth on October 9 154% and life moves from Seville to Valladolid. It cites an imprisonment tale, the novel’s writing in prison, the second part in 1615, his death on or near April 23 1616, and a Florence Rome Madrid statue erected in 1885.
The piece compares life to a bank savings account with returns and interest, noting life’s journey winds through new and interesting discoveries. It mentions spring bonnets, old-fashioned quilts, a wife, education, and a garment with a seamy side as metaphors for life’s varied experiences.
About a thousand Angora goats are rumored on a tiny island off California in a high altitude lake area near the Sierra Nevada. Reported lake water is said to be poisonous though the island is said to host a lurce goats.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes on Misa Grabcoin returning from a costly school. It quips she learned to keep her chin high for a young woman whose father’s wealth nears 20 million dollars, hinting at social status and privilege.
A Kansas City Stir column jokes about a man from Derry with ready money and a liberal income who worries about counting his wives and finding one missing in adulthood. The quip reflects social pretensions and marital concerns in a lighthearted tone.
A disciple asks why the philosopher does not die if life and death are the same. He replies there is no difference, while the seeker insists on a difference. The exchange centers on meaning and mortality in a contemplative frame.
In Estherville area notes a renewed church attendance and Bible school. The Sunday morning sermon, Christ's Restoration to the Church, is announced along with a Women’s Missionary meeting. County Farm steward applications due January 31 1921. board meeting announcements follow. local notices include visits, travel, and births.
Local notes report Fresh Fish Friday at Booths. Herman Oransky visits from Cedar Rapids to manage his mercantile business. Charles Barber and wife plan to spend winter in Los Angeles. A rainbow after a brief shower amused residents. Attorney Sam Bammer travels to Armstrong for business. A. H. Hanson transacts between trains in Armstrong. Aalborgs visit from Cedar Rapids to see Jos in Emmet township. F W Jones trips to Minneapolis. H J Wanson to hold a public sale east of Emmet township school on January 13 with livestock and machinery. George Schryver recovering after a rabbit hunting accident where a fingertip was injured. Fresh Wish Friday at Booths.
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