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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1934
Page
1
Ex Governor Turner questions farm price support amid drought fears while NRA labor and union dynamics draw critique. A Jackson County fair in Minnesota gets Legion support. Editorials extoll newspaper advertising as trusted, direct, and humane. Revenue officers raid a Tennessee farmer’s liquor still amid ongoing rural concerns.
Redwood Falls insurance salesman E G McCuskey in Morton Minnesota returns home after surgery. Believing he had died, his wife called an undertaker who, upon seeing the living man raise his head and murmur Not yet, tig boy, fled. The tale from Carton County Vidette preserves the odd episode.
The Oleson home welcomed a new arrival Richard Doyle born to Mr. and Mrs Maurice Oleson. Local visits included Clear Lake couple Mr. and Mrs Arthur Larson and Pomeroy couple Mr. and Mrs Owen Ivey to see J H Larson and Mrs Chas Waughtal. Wanda Mossberry hosted a North Superior teacher guest Miss Grace Martens. Chester Oleson attends Augustana College in Sioux Falls. Marie Holte visited her father Cal Holte near Graettinger. Hash hosts Happy Hour at his home with fourteen members and equal number of visitors and children. Various birdseye dinners and Clay County Fair attendance noted among Estherville area residents. Mrs Johnson of Estherville visited her daughter Mrs Earl Gage. Nelson Wheatley entertained guests from Black Hawk County.
A compact account traces the Mark Gospel’s origins from the Garden of Gethsemane where a young Mark fled naked, through his early ties with Paul and Peter, to his role as author. It notes Mark’s nonapostolic status, his mother’s faith, and his later relation to Matthew who added Old Testament fulfillments to strengthen the narrative.
Local notes report Grace Peterson receiving a Friday shower at Lone Rock hosted by Mrs D Poorman Miss Martha Bunt and Eldora Palmer. The item also lists multiple visits to Sherburn Estherville Chicago Bat tle Creek Mich Fairmont Minneapolis and Spencer with residents attending fairs and college plans. A sale ad promises notable discounts on old radio tubes electric house lamps and oil cans Sept 14 to 29.
Rock Rapids battled to a scoreless tie with Midgets on Sunderlin field in the floodlight opener. Rock Rapids, averaging 165 pounds with nine returnees, proved sturdy against the locals as Estherville and visiting crowds packed the stands and urged more night games this season.
Sanford Vorland son of Mrs. Andrew Vorland died at University Hospital in Minneapolis last Sunday. Funeral services were held at Palestina Lutheran church last Thursday with Rev. Peder Nordsetten of Wallingford officiating. The Worland family once lived near Dolliver where Sanford attended school. Several local residents attended the services. Mrs. H. O. Burdette was moved to Coleman Hospital in Estherville for an operation. Miss Hulda Clausen, a Grant Consolidated teacher near Ledyard, visited family last Friday. Miss Marjorie Williams, formerly a Grant teacher now teaching locally, returned with Clausen for the weekend. Miss Williams left Sunday. Miss Ina Griese assisted at the Burdette home Saturday.
Bruce Barton offers a regular weekly feature in which he analyzes Christianity and personal improvement. The writing aims at enlightenment and uplift for individuals, critiquing living errors with tireless study and research. Barton is a regular contributor to Vindicator and Republican.
Mr and Mrs John Sandven and friends enjoyed a picnic at the Sandven cottage in Manhattan. A wedding took place at Dunnell when Vera Elbert married Orin Register in a garden flower filled ceremony.
J W Lough returns from Jordan Minn as farmers bring much produce to town. Two school houses rise in Denmark township. Emmet county district court term promises many cases. Teens attended N H Benjamins and enjoyed watermelon. Ladd travels to Des Moines for depositions in forthcoming term. Hook and Ladder folks to meet at Graves hall to organize and elect officers.
A 6:30 dinner was served by Mrs. Elmer Jacks to 32 Wesleyan Guild members and guests. Miss Susan Peterson led a post dinner program featuring a guild history play, devotional life, world service, citizenship, social recreation, and treasury reports with several assistant hostesses helping.
Mr and Mrs Fred White entertained at a weekend family reunion with attendees including George Thompson and daughter Mary of Des Moines Gilbert S Avery and family of Mason City George L Avery of Sioux City William R Baker of South Bend Ind and James White of Estherville The Alpha class will meet Friday at 3 pm in the Methodist church parlors Hostesses are Mrs John Hipple Mrs I Weller Mrs Maurice Burrell and Mrs Elva Sidles A new year election of officers will precede the social hour and lunch served by the hostess group
Vera Yarns and Herbert Allen quietly married on Sunday September 2 in Sioux Falls South Dakota. They returned to Sandbar cottage and are at home to friends. Mrs. Allen is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Yarns. Mr. Allen has lived here for years and is well known in the community.
Remove rust by soaking utensils in kerosene until soft then wipe and polish with sand soap or bath brick. Denatured alcohol removes tobacco stains from copper and brass ash trays. Lemon on stains lifts zinc, then wash with hot water. Rub paint spots on hardwood floors with kerosene then a lukewarm cloth. Salt added to near‑done potatoes keeps them fluffy. Equal kerosene, turpentine and vinegar makes furniture polish. Fresh berries stay longer when air circulates. Wax paper over cut watermelon keeps it moist.
Local notices recount travels to Chicago for the Century of Progress expo with stops in Duluth Ontario and Chicago while others visit Rock Rapids for a funeral and Los Angeles for USC studies. Families plan Midwest trips and return from the World’s Fair. Advice to brighten copper or brass appears at article end.
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