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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1918
Page
2
The issue blends editorials on fuel conservation, fresh air campaigns, and wartime measures. It laments fuel restrictions, suggests turning off lights on moonlit nights, and notes a “tag your shovel day.” It highlights farm prosperity, War Savings Stamps, and local notices about triplets and Candlemas. It reflects Estherville community concerns during January 1918.
Rep Frank P Woods of Town was re-elected chairman of the Republican National Congressional Campaign Committee by unanimous vote at a Capitol meeting on Monday. Officers elected include Julius Kahn and W R Wood as vice chairs, E H Wason as secretary, and Nathan B Scott as treasurer. A subcommittee of Graham Marthell and Senator Sutherland was named to revise the by laws.
O C Anderson and Lee Cafferty attended the fourteenth annual convention of the farmer grain dealers at Fort Dodge last week. Alfred Ophiem shipped two car loads of cattle to Chicago Friday evening with Ole Peterson and J I Nilson. Mr Ophiem and Mr J P Jackson accompanied the shipments. Proceeds of the basket social at the Petersburg schoolhouse last Saturday evening amounted to 46. Rev J Ot Akre had Sunday dinner at the Lars Herem home. Anna and Albertina Benson visited over Sunday with relatives here. Mrs K Knutson is spending this week with her daughter Mrs Albert Brunsvoll. Next Wednesday February 6 the Confirmation class will meet in the forenoon at the L J Hoover home and in the afternoon at the S A Bruhsvold home.
Community snippets report Lee Griffith visiting Ames on business. Fritz Kublin and family hosted at W. T. Ogle home. Mrs. Claude Ressler and family welcomed her brother and wife. Paul Peterson family moved from Welcome Minnesota to Estherville. Mike Erpelding sought Mayo Clinic care in Rochester with his father. Center Country Club held a Red Cross benefit social at Malorlay schoolhouse. Mrs. Erpelding donated a goose selling for 46.60. total raised 141.75. Earl Clark family hosted a surprise gathering with neighbors and relatives, sharing baskets and games in memory of Kansas.
Church announcements list services and events across local congregations. Including First Church of Christ Scientist, Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel, Union Baptist, Norwegian Lutheran, Gruver and Maple Hill Churches, and Presbyterian, with prayer meetings, Sunday School, revivals, and a fuel conservation appeal. Administrators note estate of T. O. Berg.
In Estherville readers are told Adlerika with buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients acts instantly to flush the entire bowel. The notice claims no sour stomach gas or constipation and even prevents appendicitis. Sold by Jay Johnston & Co., druggists.
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