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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1922
Page
8
American Legion notes urge attendance at the Grand theatre for next Friday November 10. The program includes a moving picture and two preliminary bouts before the main bout. Milligan of Sioux City and Stearns of Minneapolis are named as the chief actors in this melodrama. Buy a ticket and enjoy the evening.
The boys enjoyed a fine gathering of Emmet County Posts last Friday with many buddies from Armstrong in attendance.
In a courtroom exchange, the judge declares Rastus unaccountable and assigns him to a year of hard labor. Mrs. Rastus pleads from the rear, asking for a kinder sentence and to keep him at home while still serving hard labor.
A fragmented note mocks readers about wearing a shoe and shirtless sons of snails, then urges readers to do hard labor to prevent the organization from failing and going to the rock piles. The text lacks clear names or events but implies a warning about an impending collapse.
A quiet moment filled with emotion as attendees recall a poignant event. The room reacts with tears and shared memories, marking a deeply felt and moving scene for all present.
The ex-service man’s own holiday will soon be here. Thanksgiving will give the Legion another opportunity for service to the disabled. All members should pay their dues promptly. Department and national or capita taxes are due from posts on Jan. 1 and the ability of our post to pay promptly will depend upon you.
There were signs of life at the club rooms on Monday night as Our Post wakes up. Members are coming to meetings and thoroughly enjoying them. If you missed it, you missed a lively gathering and should attend next time.
There will be no dance after the Athletic Show on Friday evening in the Dutch Room. A Saturday evening dance will feature the best orchestra in the country supplying the melodious Musick. If you miss this dance, you will regret it.
Ellsworth Township hosts a large Farm Bureau meeting at Peter Noll’s on Thursday November 2 with a discussion on what the Bureau has done. Officers elected for 1923 are Peter Noll president Jesse Rosburg vice president and Laura Harland secretary. A five member committee will meet Emmet township for a winter short course. A twelve girl chorus will perform at the next meeting. Iowa Lake township met at the Sturm schoolhouse with films Thoughts of Christmas and Better Corn Cultivation shown and praised. Jack Creek Farm Bureau meeting October 28 drew a big crowd with student readings by Miss Oakes and a plan to elect officers at the November 24 meeting. Notices will be sent prior to that meeting.
Farm Bureau meetings are listed with dates in November. Activities occur in Lincoln Dolliver Emmet Ellsworth Estherville Swan Lake Denmark Ringsted Jack Creek and High Lake areas at various two. locations include Consolidated school house Maple Hill Center school house Spring Grove school house.
Free Methodist Church invites all to cottage prayer meetings held in different homes each night Phone 824 for address Services next Sunday 10 a m Sunday School Classes for all 11 a m Class meeting with Pastor G H Whiteaker.
German Lutheran Church announces services on Sunday November 12 at 10 30 a m in German language with Sunday School at 11 30 a m Pastor J E Andreae leads the services and church activity details for the day.
The Methodist church reports a strong Sunday with 300 in Sunday School and good church activity. Four children and four adults were baptized and five welcomed as members. The pastor will speak on Prayer in the Christian Life and the election’s implications next Sunday. Priscillas met at 807 North 6th. Quarterly Conference and Woman’s Home Missionary Society meetings are scheduled this week.
Last Sunday was successful with full Sunday School and communion. The church urges perfect attendance next Sunday with 10 a m Sunday School, 11 a m morning worship Looking Forward, 6 30 p m Young People, 7 30 p m Evening worship The Man of Galilee by Dr Hurley Baptism expected.
Estherville Lutheran Church lists Sunday services at 10 a.m. for Sunday School 11 a.m. Norwegian and 8 p.m. English services. Thursday 3 p.m. L A and M S. Mesdames Berg Spande Peterson Berg hostesses. 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting at Tollet Sunde Sr. Saturday 10 a.m. Confirmant class. Annual Bazaar and Supper of the Mission Society set for Wednesday November 22. S. A. Berge.
Sunday services at eleven with the subject Mortals and Immortals. Sunday School at ten. Wednesday evening at eight. A free public reading room opens Wednesdays and Saturdays 3 to 5, where the Bible and authorized Christian Science literature may be read borrowed or purchased. All are invited to attend.
The G G C held a Hallowe en party at Ruth Dayton s home on Friday evening. The house was decorated with jack o lanterns witches and black cats. The young ladies played games and guessed riddles. A late hour lunch was served planned by Misses Dorothy Mahlum Leola James and Dorothy Sodum.
Florence Elizabeth Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Adams married John William Westerfield in Riverside California on Friday Oct 20. The ceremony was followed by a reception November 1 in Los Angeles at the home of the bride’s grandparents Mr and Mrs J B Binford at 665 S Hobart Ave.
The Civics Department of the Woman's Club met at Mrs. Roy Blazer’s home on Monday Nov. 6 to study Community Finance. Leader Mrs. Letchford was assisted by Mesdames Brown Jones Blazer and Wanamaker. Next meeting Monday Nov. 20 will feature hostess Mrs. Keating and leader Mrs. A C Brown.
In Spencer, a double wedding took place Wednesday afternoon November 1 at the Baptist parsonage. Vern Raymond Ewing wed Ada Ridgeway and Rae H. Puriton wed Sadie O. Bell, with Rev J Arthur Hurey officiating. The couples plan to reside in Spencer.
The Woman's Club schedules Education Day at the next general meeting on Tuesday November 14 in the Legion Room. Rev Father Conway and Miss Marie Sorum will discuss education topics and the Tonner Sterling bill before Congress. Members are urged to pay dues and attend to receive Federation News and calendars. executive board meeting to follow at 2 15 PM.
The text explains Sir John Barleycorn as a personification of malt liquor in ale or beer, a concept common in England and Scotland. It notes the ballad associated with Robert Burns, who merely altered parts of it.
Despite blustery weather the Presbyterian church drew a strong 215 in Sunday School. A quartet and the young ladies chorus boosted evening singing. Next Sunday promotes Sunday School with a special program and aims to reach 300 attendees. New secretary Mr. Biedermann replaces Mr. Coon who is absent in Washington. A teachers and officers meeting is set for Friday at 7:30 at the manse. Enroll in the School of Missions and bring a potluck dish for eating at 6:15, followed by class lessons at 6:45 with a mock trial about India in adult classes. The Ladies League bazaar and supper is Saturday Nov 25 in the church basement, with a business meeting Friday at 4 at Mrs. Geo Shadle’s home. Two band members are expected to attend.
The Ful Moon social at the hall last Friday drew about a hundred locals. A short program, games, and a fine lunch ended the evening. next meeting set for a month at the fall of the moon. The Albert Myhre family visited at the Wilson Small home Sunday.
A historical note explains platinum's rise from discarded co product to a highly valued metal, once treated as worthless alongside other byproducts. The material’s value now exceeds gold in many markets, reshaping industrial and economic perspectives.
A historic note recalls the harsh practice of three men wine in old Asace France, where one held the victim another poured the wine down his throat and the third forced drinking. Abraham Santa Clara, a friar, coined the term Three Men Wine for this cruel custom, though wine quality has since improved.
About a hundred years ago an English uke returned home at daybreak after eight nights of gambling at his club. Only two people stirred in that part of London at that hour the duke and a cobbler beginning work. They always greeted each other Good night friend Good morning sir said the cobbler and the duke respectively.
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