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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1932
Page
1
A clip discusses a proposed Mankato ordinance requiring business bonds for a year and taxed stocks, praising the move to curb fly by night competition and urging high legal scrutiny. It cites Wisconsin taxes harming General Motors and notes broader tax debates involving Illinois and Palm Beach, Florida.
The Sentinel of Fairmont notes seventy six farm foreclosures in Martin County for the year ending August 15 as shown by Register of Deeds Lenny Burton records. Total real foreclosures acres amount to 12726.29, with indebtedness at 781264.34. Many foreclosures involve transfers to creditors to avoid foreclosure costs, likely tracing to boom-time borrowing for land, improvements, or purchases, with insurance companies holding most mortgagees.
Reed Garrett and his eight brothers form a baseball nine fielding teams across Utah and Idaho. Meanwhile twenty eight women’s squads compete this season in Birmingham Alabama. A new garage rises on the Mrs John Osgood residence on North Third avenue with re shingling underway. Henry Cochet of France is noted.
Berkshire County women celebrate Cal Spencer as a prizewinning baker sending pies and doughnuts to the Great Barrington fair. A column notes emancipation era social shifts and remarks on male identity, railcar smoking rooms, and a curious museum statue. It closes with astonishment at Olympic receipts returning state funds after 800,000 paid admissions.
Evangeline Booth asserts things improve, calling the Salvation Army a true barometer of need as it reaches the worst-hit, with officials noting the public’s reliance on its work. The page also surveys wrinkles in fashion and various sporting trivia from tennis to archery and baseball history.
The reflection portrays Jesus facing forty days of trial in the wilderness. He must choose between material comfort and a higher calling, resisting Satan’s offers of wealth and power. Emergence as a true leader comes from inner faith and self-command, setting the stage for his mission.
In Estherville, Mesdames Letchford Brown and Vincent and Miss Barker hosted a Thursday afternoon D A R gathering at the Barker residence. Multiple local weddings are noted including Leona Wilson and Louis Brawford at St Patrick's, and Marion Ridley and John Case at a California home. Visitors arrive from Chicago, California, New York, and Wisconsin for summer visits, harvest advances loom as corn crops boast strength, and local exchanges note travel to Minneapolis and Tuscon for education and fairs.
The Sept 4 1912 Vindicator and Republican column lists H O Sillge and T T Sunde visiting business matters in Estherville and Huntington. Conductor Robert Chilcote visits Minneapolis for his sister and the state fair. Various residents including Miss Bessie Levi Mrs George Braley and families take trips and attend fairs in Waterloo Des Moines Ames Minneapolis Forest City and Spirit Lake. Twins news at the O Neil home is noted along with other local travel and visits.
A reader urges a continued defense of farmers issues, railing at taxes and Hoover era costs while praising the Farmers Holiday movement. The letter notes court house costs, administrative waste, and calls for orderly marketing rules to secure prices, ending with a plea for action before despair deepens.
Dr Carl reports poisons in the upper bowel cause stomach gas and prescribes Adlerika to wash out the upper bowel, releasing built up gas. Distributed by Jay Johnston & Co and Estherville Drug Company.
The Clay County fair plans to feature Ernie Young's public wedding number as a climactic attraction with a grand ceremony before the grandstand. A lavish scene includes an augmented band and renowned soprano, bridesmaids, and scenic backdrops, with costumes by Lester Ltd and gifts from local merchants. Readers may write L. C. Dailey, Spencer, Iowa, to have their names considered. Local commentary notes political shifts in Germany and pork price trends potentially affecting rural life and hog calling.
The State Fish and Game Department rescued twelve million four hundred seventy seven thousand eight hundred fish from inland backwaters in July. Of these, one billion eight hundred seventy eight million five hundred fifty were bass crappies and sunfish, with the rest bullheads minnows and carp. Seines covered Linn Jones Bremer Tama Marshall Hancock Blackhawk Benton Jackson Cass Sac Clay Buena Vista Dickinson Butler and rivers Wapsie Iowa Cedar Maquoketa Nishnabotna Boyer Raccoon Little Sioux Des Moines West Fork. High river levels expanded seining this year and crews plan to continue removing backwater fish to prevent winter bottom-loss.
In Towa this fish is well known as the Hickory Shad with many names including winter shad white eyed shad hairy back and skip jack. It is swift with a silver body and blue back its value is limited by a bony frame yet it spawns early and sustains game fish by providing substantial prey. The shad is identified by a tiny mouth and metallic blue back and is sometimes deemed a nuisance by fishermen who discard it.
Deputy Wardens Coen and Huston reported a rare bird sighting on the Des Moines river about 20 miles north of Des Moines. The bird, larger than two accompanying Blue Herons, was seen in the company of the two birds.
A pure white bird, initially thought to be a Whooping Crane, was observed in central Iowa but lacked the red on its head. The bird resembled a crane in size and shape, marking the second sighting of its kind in the area this year. Farmer Geo Gilbert, northwest of Perry, also reported a large bird of the same description near his farm.
State Auditor reports Des Moines shows a 50 percent increase in county bounties for 1931, with total payments of $154 915.46 across 94 of 99 counties. Go phers led with $126 808.88, wolves and cubs $10 604.14, other animals costing $217 502.44. Chickasaw paid $70 for rattlesnakes, Blackhawk $93.24 for ground hogs and $278 for crows, with no crow bounties in Black Hawk this year.
Sportsman Johnnie John of Spirit Lake reports a rise in nesting ducks in northern areas as many marshes sloughs and potholes hold water. Pintail mallard and bluewing teal show the largest increases. he urges fencing all sloughs marshes and ponds to provide cover and food and to guard nests from grazing livestock.
The publication states its purpose is to acquaint readers with the commission’s plans and functions, encourage sportsmen and citizens to protect wildlife, and welcome feedback to improve usefulness, noting a Paris fashion note about gold capes for winter.
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