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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
2
A reader describes converting an old purplish wool suit into a new black one using a tailoring clinic checklist. Steps include careful fabric handling, laundering, dye selection, pattern matching, grain marking, precise cutting, basting, and machine seaming. Emphasis on light, patience, and using existing material to create a patriotic new garment.
The Flamingo eight place airplane stored at Spirit Lake airport north of Okoboji for about two years is repaired and ready for service. James B. Hamilton Jr. of Port Jervis helped with the repair. The crew left for Wichita Falls to fix another ship after inspection by a Des Moines government inspector. VR-
A severe storm system lashed northwest and central Iowa causing at least five deaths and more than twenty injuries. Tornadoes floods and torrential rains damaged property estimated at 12 million dollars and disrupted transportation and communications. The Sioux City area was hit Thursday afternoon and Fort Dodge saw further devastation Friday night including farm homes and a factory.
Birth notices list multiple newborns through April in Estherville Armstrong Graettinger Ringsted Ruthven Lake Park and Red Wing Minn with parents named including OBrien Hoelz Gram Clark Kin nard Birney Christian Lund Hemme Wilson Williams Wee Schadherer and others. Entries cover April 2 to April 29 with sons and daughters and parental households.
County Extension Director Balkema says when 80 to 90 percent of petals drop it is time for calyx spray. The mix to use for 50 gallons includes lime sulfur 4 quarts, lead arsenate 1.5 pounds, hydrated lime 2 pounds, and water. smaller mixes scaled for small orchards. The spray aids disease and insect control on apples pears plums and cherries with peach trees excluded.
Emmetsburg residents discuss refuge options at Izaak Walton league meeting. Elnder Wagen outlines refuge types. the popular model reserves open water for ducks with 50 yard shore zones and caseed guns. If adopted, the refuge would affect the lake’s north end and the downstream open water with a 60 yard shoreline strip.
The piece argues civilian fuel shortages grow acute especially in the East as war demand increases. It urges unlocking domestic oil by drilling exploratory wells, lifting price ceilings, and stopping government control that squeezes private enterprise, warning against continued reliance on Arctic, Arabian ventures and delayed field development.
A farm kitchen shows how to turn leftover chicken into a Chicken Roll. Mix ground chicken onion salt pepper horseradish and gravy, spread on baking powder biscuit dough, roll, brush with milk, bake 450F for 25 minutes, slice and serve with chive cream sauce. Serves 6.
Waterless cooking preserves vitamins and minerals in garden vegetables. Use just enough water to cover the pan bottom about half an inch and cook in a tightly covered pan for best results.
Miss Ruth Kettle son urges thorough closet cleaning for storage success. Wash to remove dust and lint, spray with household fly spray to kill moths and beetles, saturate cracks and behind baseboards. Pack woolens in moth preventive crystals, brush or dry clean wool, sun or wash the closet, and consider cedar only for repelling insects.
Dorn counsel reports Machovec a 16 year old from Humboldt filed an appeal today with the state supreme court. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a crime involving his stepfather Paul Vos. Pending the high court decision, the youth posted a bond and remains in custody.
From the Guardian Weekly, the article notes Guernsey's peacetime prosperity with 45,000 residents importing 6,000,000 pounds of goods from England and exporting 4,500,000 pounds. Nazi occupation curtailed tomato production, altered crops, and imposed German economics. island wealth collapsed, shops closed, transport limited to bartering, and occupation rents, debt, and rationing surged.
A fragment describes making a soft durable erect from flour bags and seeds, left natural white or trimmed with bias tape. It suggests cheerful window decor and easy steps, emphasizing inexpensive materials and simple finishing options.
For sale or rent near Estherville listing 206 Recrue pasture land with phone contacts. Last call for Cook's Baby Chicks on May 25 and 28 from Austin Whites, Hamp Whites and New Hamps. Call Cook's Hatchery Spirit Lake Iowa for details.
Iowa public schools faced one of their toughest years with 8,890 districts closing May 11 due to aging buses and muddy roads. Most rural schools will end this week, with 90 percent of rural and two thirds of consolidated schools finishing early to aid farm work and fill labor gaps.
In a concise appeal, farmers urged county leaders and helpers to accelerate plowing and planting efforts at the earliest feasible moment, aiming to boost field work and crop readiness. The message emphasized mobilizing available labor and equipment to speed essential agricultural tasks.
The text notes that Germans have not taken herds, but some cattle were imported from France. Cattle breeding requires a permit and there is no evidence of mixed breeding with Guernseys. The importation of cattle contradicts the island breeders' peace time policy.
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