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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1940
Page
2
The Vindicator and Republican Co. in Estherville Iowa publishes on Tuesdays and Thursdays with editor W E Deming and Adelaide Nichols as advertising manager. Subscription rates list within zones one and two at 200 dollars per year, and higher for all other zones.
Willkie for President clubs expand in Iowa with over 2,000 members in Linn County and rapid county-wide formation. Mrs. Groetken, Plymouth County Democratic chairwoman, contemplates a Democratic Women for Willkie chapter. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota backs Willkie, while Bishop Ziegler critiques fast modern preaching and urges human contact.
Dr Francis E Townsend asks Americans to observe October 10 as a Day of Prayer for Peace at 10 am local time with all religious bodies backing the observance. The message urges nationwide prayer for harmony and stability amid unsettled times.
A brief homage by Edgar A Guest extols life’s beauty and the care to preserve nature. The fragment praises life’s fairness and pleads for stewardship to guard the world from being stripped bare.
A compilation of quotes on obedience and liberty contrasts with a Milwaukee Journal piece on gendered comfort. It cites Lydia Maria Child and others on obedience while reporting C P Yaglou's study showing women feel colder, suggesting room-temperature adjustments by clothing changes to reconcile comfort standards between sexes.
Local league action opened at the city alley with Elks club Packing Plant Daily News Junior college faculty and Goldston Hotel winning in round one. James McGarth of Packing Co. led with 210 single and Packing Co. high 688 team triple while Elks club swept all three games.
Esther Brockway of Keokuk and Marshall E Lofton of Keokuk married Sunday at 4 30 pm at the bride’s parents home 713 North 6th Street Rev Claude Fausnaugh officiated The couple were attended by the bride’s sister in law and brother in law A wedding dinner followed at Gardston hotel Read details of attire guests and career plans for the newlyweds with residence 103 High Street Keokuk.
Estherville Kiwanis Club members and wives joined the Jackson Kiwanis Club at a joint Ashley Hotel gathering. The Estherville group presented the program with Arthur Cad eau replying to welcomes, R. C. Brown as toastmaster, Joleen Foster in song and tap, Kenneth Paulson on cornet, and Attorney William Johnston delivering an after-dinner talk. Twenty-nine Estherville attendees were present.
Dorothy Perrin, WPA Recreation Center director, releases October schedule. First week Birthstone Week features stone studies, crafts, games, and shadowgraphs. Second week Hobby Week includes poems, crafts, cooking, stamp books, bingo, football. Third week Outdoor Week offers campfire, bicycle tours, hikes, bird houses, puppets. Fourth Week Etiquette Week covers charm school and entertaining tips.
A wedding took place at the Clear Lake Methodist church on September 30 as Dr. Ruth Wolcott of Spirit Lake married Otto William Fischer of Okoboji. The ceremony was by Rev. Thomas B. Collins with a single ring service. The bride, a prominent figure in Dickinson County, has held medical roles in China and Philadelphia before establishing her practice in Spirit Lake. The couple will reside in Spirit Lake, with Dr. Wolcott keeping her practice.
LeRoy Rauhauser of Estherville was fined 26 dollars for reckless driving by Justice of the Peace M H Schloeman after being picked up outside city limits around 10 pm by Patrolman T R Mikesch. He was driving 70 mph within 50 feet of the car ahead as Saturday night rain worsened traffic and patrols stayed alert to protect careful drivers.
As of October 1, twenty aliens were registered in the county per Miss Clara Kennedy, director of alien registration. Some applicants have not returned blanks or been fingerprinted. Work started August 27 must finish by December 26. Women married to aliens from 1907 to 1922 must register. Nationally 1,388,679 aliens registered in 27 days, including 6,105 from Iowa.
The Emmet County Willkie for President Club will meet Thursday at 8 PM in the courthouse to finalize a permanent club and outline how to start Willkie clubs in other towns. A three reel talking picture titled America Needs Willkie will be shown, with Attorney O N Ressell as the principal speaker.
Robert A. Irwin of Estherville is among 266 flying cadets of the United States Army Air Corps to receive basic flight training at Randolph Field Texas known as the West Point of the Air. He and six other Iowa pilots will undergo ten weeks of formation flying and day and night navigation training to earn their wings and commissions as second lieutenants.
Net income of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad for August climbed to 240,696 from 142,941, a gain of 97,754 or 68.89 percent. For the first eight months the year totals rose to 542,428 versus 296,882, while gross revenues increased from 65,688,104 to 5,972,990, reflecting a strong upturn.
Oct 1 entries show buyers in Estherville Esther ville and Armstrong purchasing vehicles from Ford Chevrolet International and Mercury brands including C J Mathieson Luella McDaniel Jack R Hepp Lewis Valen Carl H Smith Edwin Gangestad Dick Stock Stanley Beckman and others.
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