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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1913
Page
4
The item notes H C Hurd's sermon address for next Sunday evening titled What The Christian Church Stands For. It reflects local civic notes from Estherville and Emmet County with commentary on post office politics and officials. The column highlights regional politics and religious discourse in a compact civic overview.
Congressman Hobson tells town audiences that Japan has prepared for war with the United States for a decade. His warnings gain credibility now, with the California episode reinforcing belief that Hobson knows what he is talking about.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Nourse and two children narrowly escaped death when their Walnut Street house burned at 12 Monday night. The father re entered to fight flames but the structure was already a total loss. An incubator on the north side and nearby sheds caught fire. twelve hundred dollars were carried in cash by the owners. Neighbors helped as heat prevented rescue attempts and furniture from a nearby home suffered damage.
George E. Walker died Sunday morning at the home of his brother in this city from heart disease. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the residence conducted by Rev. Whithold, with interment at Oak Hill cemetery. Born March 4 1860 in Peru Maine he lived in Marlin county Minnesota before moving to Keatheryville and later to Valier Montana and Matherville where health failures prompted return. He worked for Farmers Clair Insurance Co. as a solicitor and is survived by his mother two sons Ada Anlter and a sister Mrs A B Austio of Redyard Minnesota and two brothers WoW Walker and HL Walker.
Instructions invite a petition to advance the pump governor across Buminet Drekinegon Clay Palo Alto and Kossuth counties. Details available at 412 Lincoln Street from Wainsby and McLennen.
Juniors at the high school hosted a reception in the Green Room last Thursday. A four course banquet featured purple and white decorations, matching the senior colors. The program included toasts to the seniors by Andrew Jennon with Olive Long as respondent, prophecies by Vera Kei, Violet Nolo, and Misa Bemia, and junior prophecies by Illythe Roebuck with Dorothy Blakey at the piano. About sixty attendees reported an excellent time.
Patrons enjoyed an out-of-the-ordinary Grand theater program featuring Davis and Scott in a lively comedy singing and dancing routine. Miss Scott impressed with vivacious charm while Davis showed versatility as actor imitator and musician. Audience applauded his rendition of old ballad and the overall program including a Queen Elizabeth portrait by Diving Sarah Bernhart.
The June American Magazine features Tarbell criticizing New York stock market workings and future reply by Henry K Pomroy. It includes Brand Whitlock reminiscences, Sealth Horse Power by Woods Hutchinson, A Creed of Work for Women by Laura Drake Gill, and theater and comedy pieces. Fiction by Grayson Kennett Osborn and others highlights lively, realistic writing. Also notes poor wheeling for automobiles.
Church and Society notes highlight Ladies Guild meeting at Mrs. Goo Bale's home and German service next Sunday at the German Evangelical Church. Also Lailives Aid Society to meet with Mrs L Moller. Free Methodist circuit quarterly meeting in Estherville May 23 to 28 with Rev I Balls preaching and an old fashioned love feast. Dolliver high school to graduate three seniors Grace M Peterson Bessie C Evans Bruce M Reed. baccalaureate May 26 and commencement May 28 with program including invocation solo class history prophecy address instrumental music and diplomas.
Union memorial service will be held at the Methodist church Sunday morning. In the evening a Service of Song at the Presbyterian Church features a program including hymns, sermons, solos by Mr Archer Williams, Messrs Morse Ash Mitchell Brow, Mr Rey Bartleman, Mr Bartleman, and a male quartet. The day also includes Sunday School and Christian Endeavor meetings.
The London Chronicle notes the 1825 reform when infantry soldiers first wore trousers instead of breeches and leggings. The change, announced by the Horse Guards, also required soldiers to supply their own waistcoats from a shilling daily pay, after the mark of hardship was eased by removed gaiters.
A professor riffs on English word evolution citing numerous from numerus and tracing a playful removal of the awkward middle b. He likens the change to an appendix removal, noting the operation was a success. The Indianapolis News source frames a light linguistic anecdote about letter loss and pronunciation.
A fragment discusses the Aspyrag Ebera, an early medical manuscript found in Memphis dated around 3000 B C. It notes Egyptian views linking disease to anger of a deity and the struggle between good and evil, a belief echoed in parts of Africa and Asia. J W Mores described as an Armstrong visitor in the report.
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