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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1919
Page
6
Local reporters record social calls births visits and travels across Armstrong Burt Algona Coulter and surrounding towns. Notable items include two baby boys born to Jorgensen and Petersen families, multiple visits to homes, stock shipments to Chicago, and spring travel plans with Red Cross and War Mothers activities.
Royall neighbors visited Mrs. F Taylor to present a gift after a previous dispute with Mrs. James Starkey. Ed Miller of Montana visits her son M M Miller a couple weeks before returning west. Various church meetings, social events, and family updates fill the week. Children and teachers visit, rehearsals begin for a home talent play, and a school election names Emil Eckhart Lawrence Harness directors and M Peterson treasurer.
In the vicinity of Wallingford two school pupils from Eatherville are on nine week vacation. Mr and Mrs E A Franklin traveled to Minneapolis last week and returned the next day. Mrs James Refsell received a telegram announcing the death of her mother in Wisconsin. Oscar Refsell visited over Sunday.
Martin Natterstad begins three month work for Jake Jacobson on Monday. Viola Gilbert of Waldorf College Forest City is reported ill with the flu. Poor road conditions plague travelers as ungraded roads remain rough. Jacobson regains garage possession in Wallingford after a prior Minnesota deal. Twelve Mile Lake board of review met. trustees E H Egertson Olaf Thorson Roy French noted. land valuations up. Livestock market embargo lifted. hogs at 18 cwt last week. farmers prosper despite high costs. Local threshing outfit bought by J L Omundsen and Olaf Thorson, now stored at Chris Egeland’s place after breakdown. Ed Knowles family visiting T L Thorson Clem Peterson homes. Herman Kinander back from Des Moines. Williams family planning move to Minneapolis. Sigurd Nelson visits from Marseilles Illinois. Carrye Taylor and Jacob Flier to Estherville. P A Gaarde, Mrs John Thompson visit Estherville. Rose Korrect visiting relatives at Swea City. Leslie Anderson leaves for Des Moines. Silas Henke visits Estherville. J W Mitchell and Mrs Cora Duffy travel to Excelsior Springs for treatment.
A New York World letter questions who supports the Y M C A in wartime but two soldiers from this city Harold Hudson and Everett Ridley defend the organization. They served in trench warfare and praised the Y M C A while noting critics from others in France. J Gardner Minard of the A E F defends the Y M C A saying flaws are minor and the service is reliable.
The Scottish Society of Antiquaries received a three minute book from the burgh of Selkirk revealing an early temperance pledge. In 1592 the burgher Thomas Kerr chose to take the pledge not to touch drink and offered a bond for "one pair of gray rus alt breikis."
A compact meditation on heroism noting that real courage endures beyond fashion and that the worth of each neighbor reflects shared values. The piece references ordinary people and historical figures to underline a timeless, unglamorous ideal.
FOR SALE Mandy Lee 300 egg incubator and Belle City incubator A S Hock 121 North Eighth Street FOR SALE 8 room modern residence 703 South Ninth Street C D Osgood For prices write or phone L V Cranston Estherville Iowa Phone 5665
Real estate listing notes 160 acres in Todd County Minnesota with about 100 acres in tame hay and remaining light timber pasture. Prompt possession offered. Contact owner William W Bouslough Eagle Bend Minnesota. Also note a lost automobile tire and rim and a reward for return to Dr. Anderson Estherville. FOR SALE three rugs good as new two 9x12 and one 10x12 phone 162L. 12-2
Notice offers a single 24 by 26 frame building for sale and suggests conversion to a barn or dwelling. The seller, BB. L. Lund, accepts cattle and brood sows as partial payment and offers a low price if purchased immediately due to needing the ground.
Julian Rosenwald president of Sears Roebuck & Co. urged broad public support for the Victory Liberty Loan. He argued victory costs must be financed by widespread savings and government securities subscriptions to aid postwar trade recovery and back soldiers, noting past drives raised nearly 7 billion dollars. He warned against letting financial houses absorb the loan and urged salesmen to secure strong subscriptions to back American industry and troops.
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