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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
3
A satirical overview notes corn price shifts and debt to the gold standard, recounting how off the standard appears linked to higher corn costs. It cites Estherville photographer H C Sorensen boasting about local beauty and urging youths to travel abroad to gain appreciation of home sights.
A July 4 family reunion at Louis Cargill home sparked a string of visits. Mrs. James Edwards and daughter Lillian Edwards of Iowa Falls visited Shirley Beck. Carrie Gangestad returned to Minneapolis after a stay with Julian Gangestad’s family. Others included Bobby Fitzgibbons of Armstrong visiting E Camden, and Joe McIntire with family and Tile Carlson at Jamey Edwards. Weekend guests included Ralph Flier of Elendale at Jess Felkey’s home. Fern Hanten visited a friend’s home. Gladys Madden was on the sick list. A morale-boosting quote concludes the item.
A lengthy report from Federal Agricultural Statistician Lestif M. Cart outlines June toll on Towa crops due to drought and heat. June rainfall was only one third normal with temperatures 9.5 degrees above normal, yielding 133,316,000 bushels of small grain, 45 percent below the 1926-1930 average. Corn fared better, but overall acreage declines and low oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, and potato yields reflect severe drought impact across crops.
Report claims training twins as witches in Cherokee North Carolina. Other regions teach witchcraft only to females.
The text argues stones do not grow in a biological sense. Animals and plants increase in size via internal processes or external accretion, but stones only change when material is added from outside, not by intrinsic growth.
Wealthy Russians and East Prussians sent laundry annually to Holland, with shiploads and wagon trains carrying linen in spring and returning it in summer, a century ago.
WANTS WANTED. Old cotton or linen rags washed with buttons removed. Also ALFALFA wanted in any quantity. Contact G A Nichols at phone 776 Estherville for arrangements.
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