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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1924
Page
1
Sixteen Spencer golfers lost to sixteen Estherville players with a 26 to 16 team score. Blaine Asher shot 78 39 on the rounds setting a new 18 hole mark though not enough to lift Spencer. The event used a three point match system with nine holes per side and an 18 hole total.
Eighty six students took teachers' exams for county uniform certificates at the college last week. About sixty aim for first grade certificates after 36 weeks of teaching experience. A faculty party at Dr. Ewen's home honored new handwork teacher Harriet Crabb replacing Miss Hickman. Light refreshments were provided by the Faculty Social Committee. Nelson L. Hersey visited Cedar Falls over the weekend with S F Hersey. LaVane Sellers has embraced aunthood, and her eldest sister announced the birth of a boy in Marshalltown.
Lodges of Armstrong Dolliver and Grover invite Emmet county Odd Fellows and families to a picnic on the south shore of Iowa Lake east of Dolliver and north of Armstrong on Sunday August 3. A committee from each lodge organized a program with noon picnics and afternoon activities. A storm south of Emmetsburg brought hail rain and wind damaging crops along a four to five mile stretch.
Emmet County is grading and gravelling about 25 miles of roads under County Engineer F A McDonald. A two mile stretch near the golf links to Four Mile Lake and four miles south to the township line are under construction. Six miles north of Armstrong are graded and ready for travel, plus 3.5 miles south from Grover. A graded route from Emmet Consolidated School west to a state line segment will be traveled this month. Dickinson and Emmet counties share costs while Dickinson supervises. The projects aim to connect Minnesota and Town and broaden farm access.
Grading work by the city is underway on a scenic road just west of town parallel to the Rock Island tracks. The stretch, running north from Third Avenue to city limits, has been badly rutted but will be graded and ready for traffic within a week.
The Emmet County American Legion will not sponsor the annual Home Coming in Estherville this year. They cited financial risk and heavy work for merchants and volunteers, promising public disappointment but hoping a future county group may revive the event.
Record crowds filled Electric Park near Ruthven as Moores Orchestra of Estherville played last Friday. The park under new management invites dancers this Friday night with the same lively program promising another large turnout.
V. R Raleigh Richardson of Estherville was badly hurt and Mrs Moser seriously injured when the Moser car was side swiped by another vehicle in Minneapolis Saturday night. Mr Richardson sustained an ear injury and possible rib fractures. Mrs Richardson escaped harm. The couple plans to stay with relatives in St James until he recovers.
Auditor J. J. Klopp Treasurer Leo Brawford and Sheriff Tom Nivison traveled to Des Moines Tuesday for the state convention of Iowa county officials. Klopp rode with D. R. Alexander who drove his car for repairs.
Mrs. Chas C La Van died at home from paralysis after about twelve years of invalidism. Born Margaret Jane Morgan in Pennsylvania on Sept 11 1955 she would be nearly 69. Survived by husband five children Stella Stewart Estherville Glen Boone Lynn Estherville Orlo Cedar Rapids and two infant deaths Ellsworth Inez. She moved to this city in 1916. Funeral at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon with Oak Hill Cemetery burial.
The Northern Lumber Co has moved its general offices from the Brees building to its new home on South Lincoln streets and is now nicely settled. The new building is a big asset to the city and an assurance that this substantial company is a permanent institution for the city and will continue to grow as Northwestern Iowa develops.
William Dahne is in a very serious condition at Birney hospital after a farm-hand finger scratch became a blood infection. A week later the finger swelled and doctors treated it. it progressed to poisoning and the little finger was amputated, with outcome still uncertain.
Judge E G Albert Jefferson was nominated for a six year term on the state supreme court at the Des Moines judicial convention on Tuesday. Justice Chas Ver Million of Centerville was nominated for a six year term and Judge Thomas Arthur of Logan for the other six year term.
Richard Miller, long a Birney Hospital patient, returned home last Thursday after a severe auto accident. He sustained a cracked leg, internal injuries, and a skull fracture near the left ear, but his condition improved steadily. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Lewis Royde and daughter Hattie of Madison Minnesota and Mr and Mrs August Johnson, who stayed with Jake Taylor and visited Grover and other county relatives.
Local report notes a winter gathering of district lawyers to be held in town. Visitors include H T Nichols returning from Ti tan ka and Mrs Deming from Minnesota. Circus disruptions affect travel as Ringling and Barnum & Bailey could not perform on site. Passenger passes issued for several residents to events and funerals in Iowa Falls Waterloo Orleans Chariton Sioux Falls. Train officials and local families were seen at various town activities.
S G Bammer was elected president and W A Ladd secretary as county bar members organized a district association. Six committees were formed to plan the December guest meeting, with aims to host a winter banquet and business session. past gatherings occurred at Spencer.
Mary Hartung Stombach, 33, formerly of Estherville, died July 20 in Pasadena California after a brief illness with dysentery. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. Born in the county and a 1909 Estherville High School graduate, she lived a full life before her untimely passing. Her parents, E. E. Hartung and wife, left Eugene after learning of her condition but could not reach her bedside.
A fire broke through the roof of the Estherville Steam Laundry last Saturday morning due to a chimney hole. Firefighters arrived promptly, aided by workers from the Estherville Planing Mill with a extinguisher and water. Insurance covers the loss.
G Fuller remains seriously injured from a May accident on the Milwaukee road crossing near Arnold's Park. Doctors report his fractured leg not knitting and plan a Chicago operation to reset bones, with a Wednesday transport. The Fuller family and friends fear the setback. Joseph S. DeRamus of Rock Island Magazine visited Estherville Tuesday to promote the publication, accompanied by M. M. Knapp, now retired.
Sheriff arrests Roy S. Lowman on Jackson streets with twelve jugs of liquor and weapons. Grimes found intoxicated in same car. Lowman faces charges of concealed weapons and transporting booze. Nivison deputies seize mash and whiskey at Charles Jurries farm. Iver Brandt pleads guilty to maintaining a liquor nuisance. Jurries fined in local court.
Miss Evelyn Dokken purchased the Hatfield Cafe on Mouth Main Street and now operates as U S Lunch with her father assisting. The pair, experienced in the business, previously worked with her father in Estherville where he will keep his cafe running.
The Remington Typewriter Co has released a De Luxe Portable Machine with white enamel finish and a leather carrying case. It is described as attractive for homes and aimed at buyers seeking something above the ordinary. The Vindicator and Republican has one in stock for inspection.
Twenty eight local merchants hold a special bargain sale today. Dozens of items are offered at tremendous cuts, attracting shoppers from the surrounding area and promising to outdo previous sales.
The Clay County Fair at Spencer Iowa runs September 23 24 25 26 27 with improved grounds. New speed barns convert to exhibition barns adding room for 200 more head of stock. The ampitheatre grows and more bleacher space boosts seating. Greater attractions are planned for 1924 aiming to exceed past fairs in exhibitions racing and attendance. Jackson county fair slated for August 25 26 and 27.
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