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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
3
The editorial reflects on October weather and seasonal preparations, praises scenic drives to lakes and new roads, and discusses Columbus Day. It blends light verse, local notices, and reflections on Estherville and Hampton views, noting moderate fall temperatures and upcoming seasonal changes.
Emmet County residents mobilize for a corn husking bee after a tornado flattened about 1200 acres, scattering 70000 to 76000 bushels. Plans target Dolliver and Armstrong Grove farms with aid from Red Cross and local officials. Government shelling and shipping of up to 90000 bushels approved. 96 steel bins delivered. logistics include Minneapolis Omaha Sioux City Cedar Rapids stations and new storage and relief efforts.
Lyle Sather walking and J W Buchanans auto collided at an intersection after work hours in Es. Both saw little due to heavy rain. An employee of the Es t herville Co operative Creamery was at work that day with a leg injury from the impact. Mrs I C Nichols was taken home yesterday from Coleman hospital where she had been for leave. She is greatly improved.
Rock Island train 431 derailed Tuesday afternoon between Levrens and Leverett, four cars and the engine tank derailed, damage severe. Cause unknown. Engineer Cliff Halleck and fireman Ray Bryan on board, conductor A. R. Weitzel. Steam derrick crew left Eatherville at 7 p.m. to restore tracks. Leverett is a non agency station about seven miles west of Laurens.
Kossuth county will hold the annual corn husking contest at Carl Besta Farm ten miles north. Three huskers from each of three sections compete starting at 10 a.m. Eligible winner advances to district contest on October 126, then state competition. Last year's winner Ernest Heidecker from Titonie Lakota neighborhood among entrants.
The Jackson school Parent-Teacher Association discussed Health with Dr J B Osher on teeth care Dr G B Johnston on contagious diseases and Miss Alice Tangen on Health of Children in the Home Darlene Logan sang Deep River and Rosary after which about 50 were served by Mesdames Higginbotham Mortengen and Spaulding Ethyl Walker leaves for Los Angeles accompanied by her sister Mrs M J Groves who had visited Des Moines and returned from the New York World's Fair earlier this week.
J A Huff, leader of a Brown Swiss herd near Armstrong, earned a white ribbon at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. His entry Jack's Clipper, a junior yearling bull, took third in a class with 14 entrants while 57 exhibitors entered 310 Brown Swiss head at the event.
Wm. Spear of Wallingford sustained a broken collar bone and multiple bruises after his motorcycle collided with a car near the Emmet County State Bank this morning. He reported that no one else was injured.
Mrs Elizabeth Roach and Miss Alva Coakley of Washington D C have left Coleman hospital after August 14 recovery from auto accident injuries near No 9. They praised Estherville kindness and hospital care. Miss Coakley works at a Washington drug store and Mrs Rones husband works for the State Department passport division. Mr and Mrs G W Morse returned from visiting their son Robert whose wedding to Kathleen Baumler took place September 29 at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York. The Estherville couple also toured the Worlds Fair.
State fire marshal outlines home fire protection checks by room and task. Advice covers bedrooms kitchens living areas basements attics and general practices including safe fuel storage, proper extinguishers, wiring checks, keeping combustibles away from heat, and prioritizing life safety over property.
The Emmet County recreational committee asks to use an agricultural show building at the county fair grounds east of Estherville. The board of directors approves, with conditions: the board retains control, usage limited, project funds improvements, heat water and light provided by the project, and the project bears damage liability. Eligible county youth may use facilities under supervision. Estherville residents receive equal treatment.
Don Woolley sold the Emmetsburg branch hatchery to Lloyd Creery of Hartley who will operate with a partner. Robert Meeker moves to Estherville to manage and join service and flock maps. Geo Beckord resigns to start a Rolfe hatchery. A new 24 by 112 foot building houses the flock with eight brooders, grain shelters, and a cockerel house on 64 acres bought from Howard Graham of Omaha.
Councilman Cliff Hedrick Rus sell Peterson and Jay Van Valkenburg travel to Chippewa Falls Wisconsin this evening to review a municipal power plant. Chippewa Falls population about 10000, plans resemble Estherville’s needed expansions for a new diesel engine this year.
Minnesota highway crews last week added white stripes on highways 26 and 71 to warn drivers about curves hills and intersections. Patrols will enforce the new markings and violators may face heavy fines while the slogan Drive carefully and live in human life is promoted.
County recorder Hattie Osmundsen released one of the largest mortgages ever on record in Emmet county. The Continental National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago held the mortgage with Harold P. Smith as successor trustee to Central Service Company. Recording fees totaled $35.50. Also noted were two Estherville girls joining college groups, Edith Mac Alberts at Morningside College and Genevieve Gravatt in Spirit Lake, plus a political era remark on Poland and Stalin with a Hitler reference.
Readable fragments indicate tenants farmed the J. M. Cummings farm at its north section. The brief note mentions ongoing cultivation by renter farmers on the property.
The Iowa Conservation Commission announced a three half day pheasant open season in parts of the state for November 12, 13 and 14 from noon to five PM. Some counties are excluded from pheasant hunting this year while others may be opened later after population surveys. A closed season was also set for muskrats and mink except along the Mississippi River.
The first farm sale of the season will be held at G B Landmesser's place one mile east of Superior and six miles northwest of Estherville on old Highway 9. The event will close out the estate with 45 head of cattle, six horses, 70 shoats, some chattel goods, and all farm machinery. Foshier and Burns will run the sale, clerked by the Laws Trust and Savings Bank. full details to follow in future Vin dicator and Republican issues.
K. E. Butler was awarded the contract to build all cement gates for the Natural Gas Co. from Storm Lake to the Minnesota line, covering gate work along the route.
A list shows autos bought by Ethel EF Walker of Estherville and others in Plymouth Arm strong Ringsted and Ringsted Implement Co. Purchases include International truck Oldsmobile Buick and Ford with names Leonard Wackett A Halleck and Mrs Roy Van Valkenburg connected to Estherville.
Neville Mooney, the first baby born in London after the declaration of war, receives a gas hood from anxious but loving parents who named him after Premier Neville Chamberlain.
Davis Packing company progresses on a south Estherville plant expected to begin operations around November first. Articles of Incorporation authorize meat packing and processing, with Faye D Davis Tapeki Kansas Burton Hill Richard Davis and Fern D Hill as directors. Estherville named senior operations, plant will slaughter old or disabled horses shipped from local buyers, with dressed meat sent to Topeka for canning or other processing. much goes to dog foods and some for foreign trade.
The No 10 paving in Humboldt County from Gilmore City east to the Des Moines River is nearly complete, about nine miles, with shoulder work and water outlets finishing. The bridge over the Des Moines River faced delays but should be finished and open to traffic this winter. The crew will then link No 10 with No 18 percent toward Humboldt and proceed west to the river bridge, with completion anticipated in about three weeks.
Northwest Iowa residents will enjoy three Spencer high school concerts this season. Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus performs Friday night in November, Graff Ballet with 18 dancers appears in February, and harpist Edward Vito headlines in April. I M Doudna leads the league with membership drive Oct 9 to Oct 14.
More than two years have passed without a drowning in the Okoboji or Spirit lakes since Sept. 16, 1987. Prior to 1938 there were from two to 10 drownings annually for seven years, peaking at 10 in 1934 and six drownings in 1937.
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