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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
6
A humorous piece criticizing proposed amendments and political tinkering. It jabs at child labor laws, calls for a miracle to compel grownups to work, mocks Prohibition reforms, and parodies the 19th and 21st amendments, ending with a quip about Bull Durham tobacco.
The Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company opens a new cable direct to Italy bypassing London. It promises faster messages using Permailoy tape and runs from New York to the Azores Malaga and Rome, 5422 land miles long at 1700 chars per minute.
Estherville items detail changes at local firms including the Estherville bottling works and A O Peterson & Co. The high school petition opposes removing Prof. Davidson. Other notes report moves, fires, civic improvements, and local visits through March 28 1895.
The Camp Fire girls presented a Fanny Crosby pageant to a capacity audience, raising a little over 30 dollars for a Fanny Crosby Old People's Home at Bridgeport Ohio. Next Wednesday closes Church Night with a social and Yellowstone Park slides. Lenten sermons continue to Palm Sunday. Eggs for Goodwill Industries Mission to be donated next Sunday. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets Friday at 3. Rehearsals for the Haster Cantata and orchestra proceed weekly. An Easter-season cantata promises to be a major event.
Sunday services at 11 oclock with the subject Reality for March 29. Golden Text from Isaiah 64:4. Sunday School at 10. Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 8. Free public reading room open Wednesdays and Saturdays 3 to 6 for Bible and Christian Science literature. Public invited.
In Jack Creek Township a Farm Bureau meeting at S. G. Paulson home drew about 50 attendees who enjoyed a program, films, and a lunch described as grandmothers Christmas dinner. J. B. Quist announced plans to organize Pure Bread Club Market Pig Club and Poultry Club for the year with enrollment options through township leaders or the Farm Bureau office.
Fashion in rural areas has synchronized with metropolitan trends over the past few years. Radio, better farming newspapers, and automobiles erase isolation, letting women from distant farms adopt line, skirt lengths, colors, and hair trends as quickly as those in New York and Paris.
Government estimates show a steady rise in dairy cows on farms from the Great Lakes to the Rockies. The year 1925 totals indicate gains in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin Michigan Montana and other regions with overall national increases in dairy cattle.
Ringsted voters face a lively town election with three tickets in contention. Mayoral candidates include C. F P. Johnson or Anton Nelson, while council seats, assessor, treasurer, and park commissioner are filled by several listed contenders such as Martin Jensen and W B Mangold. More candidates may emerge before Saturday.
The speaker recalls hearing Cal’s address on radio and notes the long wait for the big show. He jokes about the Washington announcer delaying words to fill time and shares his eagerness since childhood to hear a president speak.
An ad claims Adlerika relieves gas on the stomach and restless feelings that prevent sleep. It promises quick action as an excellent intestinal evacuant and notes it often works in one hour without griping, suitable for constipation with few deep seated causes.
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