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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1923
Page
6
A brief notice honors James W. Ghoslin for his contributions and service. The item notes community recognition and dates, with local organization acknowledgment. Further details are unavailable in the fragment.
Des Moines reports a flood of bills as House and Senate resume work. By March 20 new measures flood chambers with over 80 bills in a day. Code revisions fail to gain traction, liquor laws tighten penalties, and debates on primary timing and school superintendents prompt new proposals and potential political maneuvering.
The Civic and social items list the Child Welfare Club meeting with Mrs Gray at 520 North 6th next Tuesday afternoon, a D.D.D. Cooking Club outing to Cedar Rapids with Mrs Jennie Salisbury Alton for a wedding anniversary, and Mrs Martha Robinson celebrating her eightieth birthday with family. Also noted are a Lenten tea at Grace Episcopal, a St Patrick's party in the Dutch Room with guest-name guessing, and various residents visiting or traveling this week.
Estherville will send entrant William Maher to Spirit Lake for the sub district declamatory contest this Saturday. Four contestants compete in each class with local winners from preliminaries advancing. Maher, who won the oratorical class, is currently sick with a sore throat but hopes for improvement by week’s end.
The home of Mr and Mrs Yule Shersey on North 4th street mourns as their daughter Lois dies of pneumonia on her first birthday. The body was taken to Ocheyedan for burial with a reading of the burial service at the home by Rev Wm Whittle of Gerace Episcopal Church.
The obituary honors Rev John R Horswell a long serving Methodist minister in Iowa and Canada. Born abroad he spent decades in Des Moines and Estherville areas, led numerous charges, and helped found Emmet County organizations. His death follows the loss of his wife and daughter Abigail with memorials funding a Lahore India school.
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