Spencer Airport to Receive $16 000 Cas Present
Fragmented OCR text indicates Spencer Airport funding of sixteen thousand dollars and a local high school class play titled The Importance of Being Earnest staged at Rutheo High School. Cast listed includes Raymond Glessem and Robert Berg among others with coach D A Schultz.
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Spencer
Cas
Rutheo High School
D. A. Schultz
Raymond Glesgem
Robert Berg
Vernon Tange
Harold Brady
van Sen Be
Fem Ae Yong
Migh
Dsy
Insect Causes Gas Flow Issue in Repair Scene
A grasshopper found entangled in a gas line at a repair site disrupted flow when it entered a quarter inch tube near a pipe elbow. The insect had been present months earlier, and the car in question now runs smoothly like a 38 model after the event.
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Ludeting
Ruthven People Sail to Sweden for Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Andrew Nelson and their party departed Ruthven Saturday for Sweden sailing from an unspecified port. The group planned a December trip with companions and expected travel to Stockholm and Uppsala before returning.
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Ruthven
Sweden
Andrew Nelson
Nels
Urday
Rifsholm
Meteor sighting over Sibley as crowd reports falls
A parent and onlookers described a falling meteor seen in the northern sky near Sibley. Witnesses said the object appeared to travel from the sky and descend toward a pasture, with observers noting the glow and dispersion around 5 oclock as it vanished over the next block.
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Sibley Gazette- Thane
the Spectator
Nine Ruthven Residents Plan Winter Abroad Visit
Two more residents of Ruthven expect to visit relatives in Europe this winter. Miss Gertrude Oppwirsster of Iver Oppedanl lives north of Ruthven and plans to leave for Mort Sarens. Keosh Salton and Ben also intend to travel to Europe for extended stays with relatives.
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Ruthven
Rathven
Europe
Gertrude Oppwirsster
Iver Oppedanl
Ruib
Ben
Mort Sarens
Keosh Salton
Spirit Lake Pair to Collect Our Taxes
Spirit Lake residents enlist local figures to handle tax collection, with Mrs Pangborn referenced as a former auditor. The report notes the partnership contracted their auditor to manage yearly levies, aligning with Buena Vista County administration.
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Spirit Lake
Guyrangoorn Oni Lake
Kkim
Buena Vista Caunty
Pangborn
di Inson Coiptr
Pocahontas Teacher Dies of Pneumonia During Holidays
Miss Dorothy Young 22 an instructor at Pocahontas High School died of pneumonia at her Indianola home after a brief illness. She had returned home for Thanksgiving holidays when she became ill.
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Pocahontas
Dorothy Young
Pocahontas High School
Indianola
Home butchering touted as economical despite hog price rise
Iowa extension specialist Dr. McDonald notes home butchering, canning, and curing pork remain cheaper for farmers by avoiding costs of market slaughter and processing. He promotes Iowa Home Butchering Week with workshops and school events to teach methods and timing before warm weather.
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C. W. McDonald
Town State
Lou Ze
McDonald
Dont Cough Tonight Thoxine Throat Medicine Ad
A distressed ad promotes Thoxine as a throat medicine to stop coughing within 15 minutes. It promises quick relief from throat cold symptoms with a single dose and mentions a price of 150 bat.
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Siitron
Freaks of Nature Allamakee Jeersal: Strange duck and animal seen
A report from Allamakee describes two unusual specimens observed early in the week. Federal Ranger Harley Lawrence brought a duck mixed from mallard and pintail bloodlines to the city, the first of its kind seen locally. The description notes the bird's mixed markings and reddish fur-like growth on its head.
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Allamakee
Harley Lawrence
Theo Hidera
D. P. Wolfe
Pocahontas Woman Drowned After Cistern Incident
Mrs. Levine of Pocahontas is believed to have fallen into a cistern while heating water for a bath. Her death occurred when the cistern, ten feet deep, flooded the bathroom after the lid was removed and the pump failed. She left six children and was widowed nine years. Her mother, Mrs. Christine Nieman, presides at Plover.
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Pocahontas
Daceag
Christine Nieman
Ac Plover
Serra
Mission Dr Frank Day Preaches at Methodist Church
Dr Frank Edward Day conducts a Methodist Episcopal preaching mission with nightly 7:30 services at the church. Topics include The New Interpretation of the Goat Samaritan Light Out Prayer Is It Passe Mol No It’s Funeral and The Church at the Gate of the Golden Age. A Bible Hour is set for 2:00 pm on Tue Wed Thu.
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Frank Edward Day
Methodist Episcopal Church
Gate of the Golden
Liquor Truck Hijacked Near Britt Steals 204 Cases
Two drivers C A Stark and Dale Crites of East Dubuque were held up by three men in a Ford V-6 near Britt Friday night. The hijackers blindfolded and tied them, took 204 cases valued around 2700, forced them into a sedan, and kept them prisoner for eight hours before releasing them north of Albert Lea Minnesota.
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Britt
C. A. Stark
Dale Crites
East Dubuque
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Petersen couple heads south for California trip
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Petersen of Graebinger left recently for southern California and plan to stay until next April.
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Mir
Peter A. Petersen
Graebinger
California
Apri
Sealing Costs Rise in 99 County Warehouse Reports
Secretary Ray Murray released a summary of the annual financial report for 99 county warehouse boards for the year ending September 1935. It shows 10,910,120 bushels sealed at $52,431.64 total cost, receipts of $112,839.49, expenditures of $93,470.40, and payments to sealers and board members totaling $44,182.17.
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Ray Murray
Murray
Ruthven Station Agent Transferred to Spencer
Spencer gains P. G. Bowers as new station agent succeeding Frank Hinton who died last September. Bowers will assume duties this week with a relief agent covering Ruthven depot until a replacement is named. Mrs Bowers serves as Secretary of the Ruthven Community Club.
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Ruthven
Spencer P. G. Bowers
Milwaukee Railroad
Spencer
Frank Hinton
Mn Bowers
Bowers
Former Graetzinger Man Died in California
Henry Keator aged 51, formerly of Graetzinger, died at Huntington Park California on Thanksgiving Day after a stomach illness. He is survived by his widow and two sons Ivan and Lyle. The Keators moved from Graetzinger about ten years ago. Mrs Keator is sister of Ben Reeves of Graetzinger.
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Henry Keator
Grachttinger
Huntington Park
California
Ivan
Lyle
Keators
Graetzinger
Kestor
Ben
F. Reeves
Graettinger Social Basket Record Set by Miss Duffy
Miss Anlette Duffy of Leonard school near Graettinger holds the season record for basket socials per the Times. Her latest social raised 35.85 dollars with baskets averaging 1.65 dollars.
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Anlette Duffy
Leonard School
Graettinger
Times
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Ed Mitchel
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Ermetsburg
Ruthven Town Hall
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