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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1922
Page
1
Arthur Goshorn recounts vast flocks seen on the Missouri river near Monroe county while returning from a duck hunting trip. He estimates a range from two hundred thousand to a million crows, noting they feed on carrion, grasshoppers, bugs, and worms and move in shifting, loud formations along the riverbank.
Judge H E Fry of Boone holds that buyers cannot plead the innocent purchaser act when notes to Gibford Chemical Co were purchased. Garner Investment Co sued after paying $1000 on a note by farmer Fitz who bought hog cholera remedy. The decision cites duty to investigate prior purchases. Tama County farmers had issued notes totaling over 3 million dollars.
Government statisticians report Iowa produced twelve million bushels more corn this season than last. Col. L. W. Ainsworth of Des Moines had urged maintaining usual acreage against crop-restriction advocates. He cites higher prices, noting corn has sold around 58 to 71 cents per bushel, meaning over six million dollars extra to Iowa farmers this year.
The 40th Iowa General Assembly would consider a unanimously passed resolution from the Dubuque state meeting of county boards on August 16, 1922. It calls for every county to employ a public health nurse, designates funding sources, sets minimum qualifications, and seeks state supervision details. Wesley Johnson signs the attestation, with Anna Drake directing the campaign under the state board of health.
Osceola in Clarke County tops the list with 66 pupils enrolled in the high school normal training course. Boone has 59, Albig 57, and Fairfield 54. Frank Abbott of Osceola cheers Southern Iowa’s lead along the Blue Grass highway and the C. B. & Q. railroad for school work.
A 53 car train loaded with Buick automobiles moved through the Ft. Dodge branch on a special schedule en route to Lincoln Nebraska. Each car carried four autos to shield them from weather, confirming a large shipment under guard.
Henry Fredrick’s pear tree at Strawberry Point in Clayton county yielded 14 bushels of exceptionally quality fruit. The trunk stood stout like a stove pipe and branches drooped under the weight, with limbs touching the ground as picking began. Bishop Stuntz spoke of long travels and Washington apple crops plagued by worm damage despite four sprayings, signaling troubling prospects for next seasons.
The Dubuque Chamber of Commerce approved a subsidy of 25 000 dollars per month for the Maquoketa Dubuque autobus line. The owners will run daily except Sundays and seek no subsidy if trips fall below twenty monthly. Roy Stacy of Iowa Falls calls it a taxpayer backed road bed and subsidy that competes with railways and benefits local business.
R. C. Fisk of Davenport and Dr. John H. Peck of Des Moines, president of the Iowa Tuberculosis Association, were elected members of the Executive Council of the Mississippi Valley Conference on Tuberculosis, which will meet next year in Evansville, Indiana.
Al Bly, once a Knoxville youngster, began as an acrobat in the John Robinson circus then shifted to railroading. He worked as a brakeman, became a conductor on a Burlington and Omaha passenger run for 10 years, later ran Des Moines to Shenandoah trains for 30 years, and after 45 years of service retired on pension to Knoxville where he began his career.
Otto F. Bartz of Sheldon reports that drilling on the county farm passed through a clay vein to 118 feet, after which sand and gravel were found. At 161 feet a gas pocket was clearly struck, and a roaring noise persisted for 24 hours until the curbing was extended to the bottom.
County nurses lead a campaign to raise per pupil milk intake in rural schools amid nationwide advocacy by dairy groups. Urban campaigns, health tests, and posters bearing the slogan Milk Made the Difference aim to boost consumption, with the National Dairy Council in Chicago prominently backing efforts.
In Fremont county district court at Sidney a case aims to draw interest from many Iowa counties. L. C. Kleckner of Farragut delivered about 7000 bushels of corn to Wm. McMahill at 58 cents per bushel. Farmers Co operative company of Farragut sues for alleged contract breach after refusing the corn for shipment due to car shortages. Kleckner says he did not bind himself to hold it beyond thirty days and needed crib space for new corn. The company contends the 30 day limit had not expired.
Wm Nagles of Cedar Rapids appeared before Judge Burnham in Vinton and pled guilty to selling intoxicating liquor to students at the Iowa College for the Blind. He received a $100 fine plus $27 costs, total $127, which was paid. Authorities at the institution had set a trap and nabbed Nagles delivering the liquor.
Miss Mabel Kenea of Clarinda recalls antebellum memories linked to a marriage license issued for J. H. Miler and Mrs. Marie Howard. Both were former slaves, Mrs. Miler from Tennessee and Mr. Miler from Alabama, aged 67 and 68 respectively, tying past plantation life to a present union in Page County.
Six negroes from Waterloo drove to a William Brocka timberland in Butler county and shot game on a state preserve. Sheriff arrested them. at Justice C. F. Missman court they were fined for trespassing and hunting without a license. Total $385 to school fund. two paid, four still liable.
The Cedar Falls Canning Co. ships two cars of canned corn to Los Angeles and distributes millions of labeled cans, "Packed for Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago," to customers nationwide. Iowa corn reaches all parts of the world as Iowa eaters toward California fruit.
In Muscatine the Heinz Kompany operates a large factory connected to a truck farm on Muscatine Island. Millions of cans and bottles of 57 products are produced and sent to markets around the world under a Pitts burg label.
D C Bradley and Lincoln Harbold operate 9,000 acres in Ap panoose county and northern Missouri as the world’s largest hog feeders. The operation keeps 10,000 hogs and 1,500 cattle, a million dollar venture. A 65,000 bushel corn storage building serves the plant managed by Harbold with Shubat as foreman and twenty workers.
Department of Agriculture figures show pure bred hogs tally 2,049,831 head, higher than 1,800,912 pure bred beef and dairy cattle. The report, based on 25 000 farms, notes a 36.6 percent increase in offspring value from pure bred sires and urges farmers to favor pure bred livestock to maximize returns.
A brief remark notes that dendrology is an admirable pursuit for women yet recalls an early female arboriculturist who made a sad mess of it, illustrating historical attitudes toward women in science.
Mrs John Larson visited daughter in Alden Minnesota. James Stewart from Trego Wisconsin visits George Stewart home. Gladys Robinson returning from college Iowa City for parents Chas Robinson. Inga Mathson arrived from Sioux City to visit relatives before San Francisco. Harriett Olson returns from Des Moines. Mrs F C Wehrter visits Estherville. A baby boy born to Vestal and [unreadable] Thackery on Saturday Nov 11. Alice O Keefe Lakota spends weekend with E M Danielson. Mr and Mrs J S Goodge Des Moines visiting relatives here.
The wedding of Velma Markle of Armstrong and Ward Pfeffner of Fairmont, Minnesota took place on Saturday November 11. Mrs J Homsey and her young son George planned a visit to St Paul Minnesota to see relatives and friends.
A humorous Chicago Tribune excerpt recounts young Dave insisting that blue is for boys after his mother buys him a baby sister and a blue trimmed cab, correcting her assumption with a grave, playful remark about gender color norms.
Australasia is described as a loose geographical term by some authorities, covering the Southern Pacific islands including Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and Melanesia, while others limit it to Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Fiji Islands.
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