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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
1
Everett writes from the front during August 1918 detailing near daily danger in trenches and dugouts. He describes shelling, gas, damaged wire, and close calls while noting water, baths, and a missing Harold Hudson as he signs off with affection.
The study center meeting of the Towa State Teachers College at the city school auditorium drew a large turnout of county teachers. Miss Belle rfield Cedar Falls spoke on primary angles and illustrated teaching. Mr. F A Welch state director of the Junior Red Cross delivered talks on Junior Red Cross work and a patriotic lecture on W S His talk on didactics disciplinary citizenship training was recalled.
The Northwest Iowa closing session endorsed the World Centenary Program of the Methodist Episcopal church and will organize to support the eighty million dollar effort. Speakers from the Joint Centenary Committee urged international scope, with Dr. Fred B. Fisher of India emphasizing reconstruction needs postwar and democracy's rise, while Dr. Tipple and M. P. Burns outlined funding and mission expansion for home and foreign work.
A home talent musical comedy titled A Day at Coney Island will be staged at the opera house October 28 and 29 under the Elks Club. Over 100 prominent locals and visiting performers, including Jack Clifford and Elinor Staley, will present sketches, choruses, and side shows inspired by Coney Island with colorful acts and dance numbers.
Fayette Holmes of this city reports that Merle Elliott, 26, formerly of Ackley and New Hartford, son of Mr and Mrs George D Elliott of Fort Dodge, was killed by machine gun fire near Chateau Thierry on July 26 after enlisting in 1916 and serving at the Mexican border. He went to France last December and is survived by his parents and two sisters.
The Northwest Iowa Conference elected officers: Secretary Rev. J. B. Walker Alta, Treasurer Rev. G. Searth Sioux City, Statistician Rev. H. E. Hutchinson Sioux City. Many members have gone to war with few on trial, affecting future appointments. Dr Bennet Mitchell may bid farewell amid service in love.
Roderick A. Smith, longtime Dickinson County figure and historian, dies after a long life marked by frontier service, politics, and journalism. Born 1820 in New York, he moved to Fort Dodge Iowa in 1856, helped organize the Relief expedition, and wrote vital local histories. Beloved for integrity and civic-mindedness, he lived to near 89, with surviving relatives including daughters Myra Witkwire and Alice Wrightson and son Oliver Clegg. Burial occurred at Okoboji cemetery after services at his home.
Emmet County residents exceeded the $815,500 bond allotment by noon Saturday, buying $862,300 in Fourth Liberty Bonds and swelling the oversubscription by at least $50,000. High Lake township reported “over the top” by Friday evening, with all subscription points closed by Saturday noon as bonds sold beyond township allocations. A separate report notes a fatal train incident near Dolliver involving W. H. Howell and a later public notice of local events including a Shrine ceremony in Spencer and a spontaneous coal bin fire at a greenhouse.
R A Walsh screens The Prussian Cur at the Grand on October 6 and 7, aiming to render a war panorama and expose German spy threats in America. Captain Horst von der Coltz, ten year German secret agent, stars in a film that features Wilson, Pershing, Foch, Wilhelm, von Tirpitz, von Hindenburg, Bismarck, and von Bernstorff among others, with scenes of Washington turmoil, Lusitania departure, and German atrocities.
The St Paul archdiocese mourns Archbishop Ireland who died at 3 56 p m after a six month struggle with heart disease and stomach trouble He recently celebrated his eightieth birthday and had periods of frail health including a Florida visit last winter The archbishop had been active in patriotic affairs before his decline and his physicians attributed his breakdown to overwork.
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