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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1925
Page
2
Estherville Iowa weekly edition notes editors A Nichols H A Nichols and foreign ad rep The American Press Association with subscription rates 1 year 1.50 6 months .75 1 year outside zone 2.00 plus a quip about advertisers and bootleggers and a mention that the Sipes murder case cost Clay county near 5 000 and that lawyers prefer to live
Mrs C K Pierson of Albert Lea visited relatives here last week. Mr and Mrs Joseph Amdahl were at Estherville Tuesday visiting George Amdahl. Mrs Thompson hosts cousins Mrs Wright of Millbank and Mrs Clara Thompson. Grodland called on Lewis Paulsen Monday. Hog loss noted as two 250 pound animals lifted from a pen last Tuesday night. Chris Norr farm residence is up and enclosed. Alice Conway is clerk in the Lewis Christiansen novelty store. Paulsen was tending southern interests Tuesday. Paulsen’s team and Grodland have hauled corn fodder for days. Lou Young aided his father husking corn. John Wagner hunted for the last duck on the river last Thursday. Charles Harrington bought the Lewis Peterson property at the foot of the hill and is renovating it. Gerten Franklin was here Friday visiting friends.
Ames visitors, family moves, and social notes fill Estherville and surrounding towns. Mrs. Paulsen recovers from recent surgery while Clara Thompson improves. Livestock shipments from Graettinger, a basket social at Osgood, and Shiley family health updates appear alongside church services, Thanksgiving plans, and community feel.
John Pegump was a pleasant caller at the Rabink home Monday. Mr and Mrs Barnhart and M O Grodland were in the High Lake neighborhood Monday. A graveling gang moving through the area has relocated from Osgood to Lost Island to perform road graveling duties.
Wallingford Lutheran Church invites all to Thanksgiving Day services at 10 30 English. Doreas Aid serves dinner at the Irwin store followed by an annual sale of items made by the group to benefit the Missions Budget. Thanksgiving Eve prayer at the Lutheran parsonage. Confirmation class Saturday 9 30. Communion Sunday 10 30 American. VR
Prayer meeting at 8:00 Thursday evening and a devotional gathering Sunday at 11:00 led by the deacons at Palestine Lutheran Church.
Editor Frederick R. Green explains the historical belief in night air as dangerous and clarifies that malaria is caused by microscopic parasites carried by mosquitoes. The piece notes the discovery by Laveran in 1890 linking the germ to red blood cells and describes how the parasites destroy cells, causing fever and anemia, with quinine as a treatment.
Twelve Mile Lake township residents report corn shelled and delivered in Terril and Graettinger areas. Harold Anderson returned from St Paul. Cattle care, hog marketing, and social calls feature in weekly updates. Center school hosted community singing directed by Mr. Fullerton and County Superintendent Miss Sorum.
Mr and Mrs Emil Swanson celebrate the birth of a son born Sunday morning November 22. Also noted are Lynal Headley sprained wrist, the death of Mr Peter Anderson, local church events, mission bands, a $222 vs $167 band competition, Celia Olson’s birthday, a new PETerson birth on Nov 2, a Miss Elna Olson gift, Mrs Weir’s family deaths, Luther League plans, and community sympathy to the Weir family.
A South Carolina court convicts a colored man of mayhem after a brutal attack. The judge denounces the act as a shocking example of brutality, while the defendant half-defensively adds the devil urged his actions as the razor separated the victim’s features.
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