Paying In Advance For Graveled Road
County Treasurer Martin told our reporter about farmers in the west part of West Bend township who collected 1450 dollars in cash to gravel the road two and one half miles north to connect with the gravel road from West Bend to Malard. A good deal of expense could be avoided if farm property owners in many counties followed their example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
West Prt
West Bend Township
West Bend
Malard
August threshing marks shift from fall to mid summer
The county reports most threshing finished before August 20, a sharp change from earlier practice when work stretched from September to February. The old method left grain stood until shocks. A tragic note closes with the death of Warren, an 18 month old child of Mr and Mrs William, last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way
Warren
Tragic Accident Near Manning Claims Child Life
A child living near Manning in Carroll County crawled onto a railroad track and was struck by a passing train, suffering fatal injuries to the head and arm. The incident is described as a sad and unfortunate affair.
Iowa railroad will abandon unprofitable tracks
The Iowa railroad commissioners will allow the M. & St. L. to take up stretches of track that are not paying. The line from Van Cleve to State Center has already been discontinued. The rise of autos is closing down poorly patronized lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Railroad Commissioners
M. & St. L. Company
van Cleve
State Center
Mrs J H Sherlock to Broadcast Classical Piano Selections
Mrs J H Sherlock wife of Omaha attorney J H Sherlock will broadcast several classical piano pieces on radio station W A O W Thursday evening August 27 at nine o clock. She trained at the Northwestern Conservatory of Music in Minneapolis and studied under Emile Zoch. She is the daughter in law of Mrs Dan Sherlock of Omaha and often visits Emmetsburg relatives. Local friends look forward to hearing her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
J. H. Sherlock
Wits
J.H. Sherlock
Sherlock
Northwestern Conservatory of Music of
Minneapolis
Emile Zoch
Dan Sherlock
Emmetsburg
Two Are Killed Close to Terril Rail Crossing
Ernest Dodge 81, a Terril retiree, and Clinton Lewis 8, son of Mr and Mrs Roger Lewis, were killed while crossing the M and St. L railroad tracks between Terrill and Estherville. The car moved north as a southwestbound train approached. A ground rise and corn field blocked their view. Dodge was driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dodge
Terril
Clinton Lewis
Roger Lewis
Terrille
Estherville
Mr. Dodge
Curlew News Highlights family visits and local notes
Curlew Illinois August 21. Many residents and visitors are listed visiting relatives and friends across Iowa and nearby states. Names include Thompson Seaggren Pierce Shellman Fisk Bennett Kinne Spiker Hand Gustafason Galloway Gustafason Turner Peterson Beckstrom Petersen Mahoney Murphy Lyons Leary Ferguson Redden Coskley and others. Several residents travel to Marshall Minnesota Svea Minnesota Des Moines and Emmetsburg while Norb residents attend summer school and schools return for the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curlew
G. A. Thompson
Terry
Montana
Fred Seaggren
la Vern
Albert
Eddie
Gladys
Marshall
Minnesota
Frank Pierce
Somers
W. J. Brechler
Fred Shellman
Irene
Minneapolis
Sherwood
North Dakota
Fay
St. Catherine’s
B. Fisk
Emmetsburg
H. B. Bennett
Geo. Kinne
Harry Sample
Laurens
Alice Spiker
Rolfe
W. J. Peters
George Downs
Joe Hand
Emstetsburg
W. B. Turner
Cedar Falls
Ohio
West Bend
Ward
Algona
Joel ‘Taylor
Iane Beckstrom
Ruben Beckstrom
Edna Gross
Len Atkinson
Plover
Mr. Foster
Leon
Iowa
Floyd Hatch
Veronica Schuller
Florence Peterson
Ringsted
Edne Gustafason
Claude Galloway
Nobel
Illinois
Sadie Galloway
Clarence Gustafason
Manson
Chas
Gustafason
Svea
Floyd
Edwin
Orville Hlinge
Peter of
Peretice Peterson
Don Turner
James Mahoney
Sanborn
Billie Leadley
Billie Murphy
Kansas City
Ed Lyons
Will Stahley
Lancaster
Washington, Iowa
C. Martin
Here
Keeney
Mallard
Emmetsboro
Clarence Hatch
Des Moines
Chris Halsman
Hubbard Lake
Hansman
Dick McCabe
Tom Fogarty
A. C. Martin
Alfred J. Johnson
Arthur Wilcox
K. Ferguson
Tom Leary
Will Neary
Mr. Redden
Ruthven
Ault
Ayrshire
Will Coskley
Ruth Anderson
Greenville
Evang
Ben Alien
Former Fenton Man Burned to Death in Iowa Home
Geo. Zeimer once of Fenton and later Algona area resident was burned to death last week in his Burlington Iowa home while starting a fire with kerosene. His wife was badly burned. An explosion followed. Zeimer’s remains were transported to Algona for burial after the family had moved from Fenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton
Geo. Zeimer
Burlington
Iowa
Mr. Zeimer
Algona
Ruthven Happenings Reflect Summer Visits and Travails
Ruthven notes a flurry of visitors and relatives from Sioux Falls Rockford Omaha Mason City Emmetsburg Spencer Des Moines Madison Detroit and Spirit Lake with outings in Arnolds Park Electric Park Silver Lake and Lansing amid bail games at Elk Lake and a social at the Bargström home. Local residents travel to Minnesota Wisconsin and Colorado for visits and brief trips as others return from trips and plan future journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthven
Eliza Larson
Sioux Fall
South Dakota
Thomas
Mise Gertrude
Rockford
Mortenson
Eléctric Park
Raymond Beselin
Omaha
Nebraska
LeGrand Goff
Mary
Anna Nolan
Manson
Helen Bradley
Mason City
Mary Dolboff
Emmetsburg
Ruthoven
M. T. Washington
R. L. Beselin
Bridget Fagan
Grand Junction
Hamlin Sandyig
Arnolds Park
J. Dean
Leonard Wigdahl
Gon
Detroit
Minnesota
Andrew Thoreson
Thoreson
D. A. Goff
Dickens
Nora Crawley
Madison
Wisconsin
J. & Brown
Elk Lake
Electric Park
Greenville
Silver Lake
Des
Wm. Rice
Dows
Laverna Sheffler
Spencer
Knutson
Robi, Herrick
Ora Hymer
MM. Barringer
Inez Cornwall
Spirit Lake
Wm. Brennan
Margaret Brennan
J. J. Keane
Pearl Landing
Oscar Bargstrom
Barringer
Avoca
Hancock
Harry Rogers
Northfield
Mary Rogers
Michigan
Inez Rogers
Tracy
Key
Minneapolis
Colrado
Mae Moon
Rochester
Mrs. Morgan
California
Brennan
Sioux City
Wm. Moan
Des Moines
Messrs
Chas. Jungman
Christensen
N.C. Bale
Orrie Fishér
J. B. Broadie
Alta
H. &. Shartle
Carroll
Estherville
John Willis
Mise Hazel Kummerfeldt
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Estherville Boy Drowned Friday
Estherville reports a 10-year-old boy, Ewart Jones, drowned Friday in the Des Moines river after the boat he rode in overturned. Two companions, Herbert Van derlaught, 10, and Philip Debiz, 8, survived in shallow water. authorities and responders treated the boy for about ninety minutes without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Ewart
Harry E. Jones
Des Moines
Herbert Vanderlaught
Philip Debiz
Minnesota hens exceed June egg production on records
Poultry record farm under University of Minnesota agricultural extension reports average 16.6 eggs per hen in June, above the 12.6 standard. From 32 Minnesota flocks totaling 5,945 hens, 92,257 eggs were laid, with lightweight breeds winning honors for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry Record Farm
Agricultural Extension Service, University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Obituary Notice for Es terville Trust Bank President H Rhodes
H Rhodes president of the Estherville Trust and Savings Bank died last Wednesday after a 20 year career in the town. He was a respected financier and the funeral was held Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Rhodes
Estherville Trust & Savings Bank
Funds diverted to state sinking fund for public deposits losses
State Treasurer R Johnson ordered the first diversion of public fund interest into a state sinking fund to cover losses from bank failures. Certificates from Banking Superintendent L A Andrew show $182,073 in public deposits lost across three banks. County treasurers are instructed to remit 2 percent interest on deposits for August and September to cover the losses, with no further calls anticipated. The law was drafted by Rep Lovrien and Sen Brookhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legisature
R. Johnson
L. A. Andrew
Lovrién
Aumhodt
James Brookhart
Washington
Spencer Doctor Injured in Minnesota
Dr BE Mun ger, a well known Spencer physician, broke a leg while crossing a railroad in northwest Minnesota. He was taken to Hallock hospital. His son, an interne in Chicago, was called home to lead the father’s practice. Florida boom swells Bra Wichors fortune as Florida land value rises. Former Monona County treasurer A W Patrick convicted of embezzling 25 000 and given a ten year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. E. Munger
Spencer
Minnesota
Hallock
Chicago
Florida
Bra
Estherville Vindicator
Republican
Pen A.W. Patrick
Monona County
Sioux City
Branson Not Named Omaha District Administrator
Washington reports decline of Glenn A. Branson Iowa prohibition chief for administrator post in Omaha city district. Branson offered an assistant role. Brunson departed Iowa after learning the appointment was not granted. Representative Dickinson pressed for Brunson, while Mrs Clyde Bamuels near Goldfield was accidentally shot by her husband aiming at a chicken. she sustained non serious wounds and a nearby automobile was peppered with shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Glenn A. Branson
Iowa
Omaha
Branson
Washington Dispatch
Brunson
Dickinson
Mellon
Clyde iBamuels
Lving
Goldfield
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Izaak Walton
Spencer and Ruthven
Tuank Walton League
Ikes
Ppenison
Denison Matt
Mason City Brick & Tile Company
Denison
Mason City, Town
Jones
Laura Saunders
Fort Madison
J. Kelley
Minnnesota
Ames Agricultural College
Ames
J. A. Spies Graettinger
RED Giant
Corneil
Malta
W. EB. Mills
Dicksman
Federm
Frank Irwin
Wallingford
Emmet
Towa
Graettinger
Wallingford Creamery
Spies & Jackman
J. A. Spies
Spies & Jackman Land Company
Grodland, Reeves & Keator
McNally-Mcnamara Loan. CO
Woodstock
Woodstock Typewriter Co
Monroe Street
Chicago, Ilinois
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