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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1927
Page
1
The Estherville newspaper urges readers to back local progress and "boosters" over obstructionists, praising Iowa’s resilience, debunking a Dallas-like doom mood, and urging support for the McNary-Haugen bill while warning against pessimists who spread calamity. It notes Iowa’s status and calls for proactive community effort to spur growth.
A Florida town faced a corrosive editor who lampooned citizens weekly until the local chamber protested and residents moved away. One night a slive oak in the editor’s yard hid a hanging that ended his life, leaving the town to prosper and the community to reject gloom.
A World of universal interest discusses practical tips for staying cheerful during widespread illnesses. Milo Hastings explains methods for prevention and recovery, including a grapefruit juice diet reportedly aiding 502 patients in Florida during a severe influenza outbreak, with parallel cures noted in the north.
Two Clinton newspaper clippings from Representative R. B. Crone illustrate the contentious road bonding issue pending before the General Assembly. The dispute hinges on this funding measure to be settled before the lawmakers’ March vacation.
The Herald reports February 10, 1927, debate over the Shaff Road Bill with Senator Gilchrist denouncing centralized highway control. He warns three appointees would wield vast, unaccountable power over fifteen million dollars yearly, threatening the people’s voice and local oversight. The piece criticizes the bill and the highway commission for entrenched, inefficient spending.
An editorial argues Iowa road building is stifled by the state highway commission and its chief engineer, citing Clinton County as a lagging example and calling for decentralization and accountability before further highway legislation. It also recounts a Grundy County clipping about bank failures in South Dakota and a demonstration where Ole humorously questions punitive mob talk.
Iowa's electric light and power industry reports enough capacity to cover any industrial expansion. Generators installed statewide present a capacity three times the current demand from all energy sources.
Figures from the Iowa Committee on Public Utility Information show total generating capacity at 9 760 838 360 kilowatt hours annually, while only 1 190 000 000 kWh are produced. Economists call this surplus a key asset for luring new industries as the governor’s industrial commission and the commercial club secretaries’ association promote expansion. Reducing the stats to comparisons yields further insights.
The text notes that every person can access one horse power for six hours daily, year round, but current per capita generation stands at about one horse power for two hours per day. This highlights a gap between available capacity and actual usage per person.
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