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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
7
Estherville folks gear for Ringlings big circus while Supt Lerdall oversees teachers exams. Rail and road news, crop praise, weed control, and local auctions mix with updates on Elks events and area ball games. Public notices include trains, baptisms, marriages, and shifting local business actions.
Mrs Herman H Marrego and daughter Ella shopped in Fatherville Friday. Mr and Mrs Emil Lee drove to Fatherville today. Royal Neighbors held a large ice cream social and a heat aum. Will Watson and children visited the Sameed home in Dolliver Sunday. Jasse Sidle and Cecil Wodd visited Hangart hoer home Sunday. Will Watson and daughters attend carnival in Katherville this week. Will Hangartner and daughters shopping in Katherville today. Jesse Rossberg attended carnival and dance at county seat Tuesday evening. Jesse Sidles and Mrs Sidles at carnival in Estherville today. free Jones visiting Tom Waters home in Estherville this week.
The week ending July 28 1912 in Des Moines Iowa reports near ideal growing conditions with normal temperatures and generally light to copious rainfall across the state. Some southern localities need rain for corn potatoes and pastures but overall crops are in excellent condition. Hay yield is better than anticipated with high quality. small grain harvest progressing rapidly and nearing completion. Winter wheat yields range from twenty five to fifty bushels per acre. Barley yields from twenty two to thirty bushels. Timothy not yet threshed but large seed acreage cut. Corn growth rapid though overall state crop not yet to normal size. prospects for above average yields remain.
A fragile note claims favorable weather boosts potato yields but warns of large crop risks. The message states the hardware stock is sold out and the business is closing, encouraging customers to settle debts and avoid further indebtedness.
Clerk L Heffelfinger issued three marriage licenses on record day. Robert Corey wed Cora Godfrey at Ratherville Gav H Rouse partnered with Tillie Witt at Lake Park.
A Brooklyn Eagle reader presents opposing views on punctuation. One educator criticizes excessive marks as nuisance while another argues writing is possible without any punctuation. The letter questions the necessity of quotation marks and ends with a provocative interrogation about punctuation use.
Six women form a club in Chicago to reduce household chores. They own an electric vacuum cleaner, an electric washing machine, two electric irons, and a drying fan. Dues cover upkeep about three cents weekly. Initiation equals the apparatus price divided equally. Members rotate the use, with a boy delivering the gear. The plan could expand to many housekeepers solving the servant problem.
An extraordinary graveyard adjoins the old Spanish church in the Acoma village, New Mexico. It took over forty years to build on a vast flat-topped rock, with earth hauled up 800 feet from the plain by Indian workers, and the site rests on three arches backed by stone retaining walls.
A childless couple visits an orphan asylum seeking a boy to raise, but a bizarre exchange and a loud racket cause them to decide they do not want a boy today and leave quietly.
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