Frences Position on the War Debts
France faced heavy wartime debts to the United States and Britain after World War I. Debts totaled about 2.404 billion dollars with loans to allies and new relief credits. President Hari cites US policy shifts and inter European talks as delaying repayment while Americans face tax burdens. France argues for revised terms amid Hoover era moratoriums and political changes in the United States.
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She Gommorweal
Basil HS
United States
France
Hari
Russia
Belgium
Romania
Italy
Jugoslavia
Greece
Portugal
Poland
Great Britain
Mr. Hart
Hoover
Germany
M. Laval
Hartzell to Return Home Amid Swindle Rumors
Oscar Hartzell plans return to the United States from England where Scotland Yard said he would soon be back. The piece notes critics plan a reception with potential hostility, and questions not yet resolved about his alleged swindles. The author recalls frigid weather and highlights Algona city council rates for light, heat, power, and refrigeration.
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Oscar Hartzell
Drake
England
US. A
Oscar
Scotland Yard
Emmetsburg
Baron Munchausen
We Knew a Man Who Bragged of Great Friends
A reader’s squib critiques a Emmetsburg man who valuess wealth and status over learning or culture. He boasts of having dined with “big men” and now faces old age and death, while the writer urges a friend to confront his misplaced pride and consider real worth.
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Emmetsburg
Honest Dollar Idea Spreading Through United States
The piece notes a rising slogan Return to an Honest Dollar spreading nationwide despite propaganda. It claims Congress is filled with lawmakers favoring currency inflation and reports even conservative papers adopt the call. It argues for a standard American dollar via gold devaluation remonetization of silver or inflation, aiming for fair farm prices and monetary standardization.
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United States
Congress
A Difference of Opinion on Huey Long and World Affairs
A column debates Huey Long’s role in Washington and as a public figure, noting his fearlessness and frequent quotes while questioning whether he is a grandstander or advancing a concrete program. It cites Frederick Hoskin on beard etiquette in history, critiques League of Nations in Japan-China tensions, and predicts auto industry fireworks and bargains for John Public. It ends with a stat about over 100,000 Jews on farms and debt to the Jewish Agricultural Society.
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Huey Long
Cruss
Washington
Huey
League of Nations
Japan
John
Jewish Agricultural Society
Like Humans Old Automobiles Have Gone the Way of All Flesh
The article recalls early car makers and models long vanished as the automobile era fades. It lists brands such as Wiston Rambler Pope-Toledo Mien igam Jeckeen Pyuffer Wayne Michel and more, noting notable features like two cycle engines friction drive and rear exit doors. The piece highlights the Thomas Flyer as a speed benchmark and credits the Cadillac with early electric starter use.
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Perest
Automo IeGre
Cedifiac
Chryster
Wiston
Rambler
Pope-Toledo
Mienigam
Jeckeen
Pyuffer
Wayne
Michel
Fiendern
EMF
Storena-Deryes
Chalmers-Detrotations
Dayton
Stem
Carter
Cadillac
Algona Clothier Quits Business Under Trustee Plan
Algona clothier quits, assets listed at 18200 with 10000 owed. Chet Williams to manage the trusteeship and oversee a stock closure. Nearly all creditors are wholesale houses. Proceeds to be distributed to creditors. Mrs Bowman of Ayrshire reported gravely ill after a Sunday meal.
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Chet Williams
Emergency Banking Bill and Foreclosure Reform Moves
February 6 1933 report from the Sioux City Tribune notes House File 218 backed by farm groups, plus a proposed emergency banking bill and a foreclosure act extending answer times. The draft real estate act sets income use and tax upkeep shares, delays until 1935, and stays in force after passage.
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House
Joint Emergency Committee
Senate
Alesch
Puester
McKinnon
General Assembly
Town
Sioux City
Dolliver Girls Triumph and Dolliver Boys Fall Short
Dolliver High boys beat Armstrong High 17 to 16 on Dolliver court last Thursday with a late in game throw in. Armstrong High girls reversed the result by defeating Dolliver 16 to 10 Friday night. Mr and Mrs V K Webster of Mason City visited Emmetsburg Saturday and Edith Bowles accompanied them home for an afternoon trip.
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Dolliver
Armstrong
Dolliver High
Armstrong High
Armstrong Girls
V. K. Webster
Mason City
Emmetsburg
Edith Bowles
Henry Wallace On Gold Dollar Debate and Policy
Henry Wallace argues that most nations have devalued or abandoned the gold standard while the United States remains an exception. He criticizes inflating the dollar by reducing gold backing as mild but risky, citing France Italy and Britain’s experiences. He notes that devaluation did not guarantee domestic price rises and recalls farm prices in 1931.
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Wallace
Switzerland
Netherlands
United States
Jim
France
Italy
Ogden Mills
Great Britain
Mills
England
Waverly Council Backs Diesel Plant Upgrade
Waverly city council votes unanimously to install two diesel engines at the light and power plant. They own a municipal plant but buy extra juice when water runs low, paying 2.7 cents per kilowatt. The $115,000 upgrade aims to produce juice at one cent per kilowatt and save about one and a half cents per kilowatt on high-line purchases.
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Waverly
Sister of Father Kelly Dies at Council Bluffs
Very Rev J T Pinnegan and Father McNerney went to Council Bluffs to attend the funeral of a sister of Father Kelly of Graettinger who died in a convent Friday She was a member of the B local friends of Father Kelly regret her passing
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Father Kelly
Council Bluffs
J. T. Pinnegan
Father McNerney
Graet~tinger
Kitchen Shower Honoring Miss Josephine Ganley Held
A kitchen shower at the George Bosold home honored Miss Josephine Ganley who will marry this month. Sixteen attended and the evening featured bridge with Helen and Katherine Duffy winning high score. Catherine McCoy received the travel prize and the guest of honor received many useful gifts.
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Josephine Ganley
George Bosold
Helen
Katherine Duffy
Catherine McCoy
Territ Young Man Weds Miss Nicholaisen’s Spencer home wedding announced
Announcement lists the marriage of Miss Helen Nicholaisen of Spencer and Franklin Chapman of Territ. They wed at the bride’s parents' home in Spencer and will reside in Territ.
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Territ
Helen Nicholaisen
Spencer
Franklin Chapman
Estherville 75th Birthday Celebration in June 1933
Estherville marks seventy five years since incorporation in 1851 and settlement in 1858 with a June 1933 celebration. The piece imagines what stories a town elder would recount from grasshopper plagues in 1873 fires such as the Coon block and Grand Theater losses, saloon clashes, and notable deaths.
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Daily News
Estherville
Line
Coon Block
Grand Theater
Emily Young thanks neighbors for farm sale turnout
Emily Young expresses gratitude to a large number of neighbors and friends who attended her farm sale held during the past week, in a warm local appeal for community support.
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Emily Young
Estherville Man Opens Fine New Bowling Alleys
Ernie Johnson of Estherville has opened a fine new bowling alley in the Estherville Enterprise building. The room is 128 feet in length. It is planned to organize bowling leagues in that city. An effort will be made to schedule teams from other towns.
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Ernie Johnson
Estherville
Father of L. T. Mitchell Dies in Algona
D. J. Mitchell aged 71, father of L. T. Mitchell, passed away in Algona on Wednesday. Funeral held there Friday. He was a contractor and builder and longtime pastor of the M E church in Emmetsburg. He leaves a wife, L. T., three daughters Mrs. Fred Plumb Mrs. M. W. Reeves and Miss Lora, and three brothers and one sister. One brother serves as assistant state attorney at Pierre, South Dakota. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
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L. T. Mitchell
Algona
L.T. Mitchell
Emmetsburg
D. J. Mitchell
Bennett Mitchell
D. J
M. EK
L. T
Fred Plumb
M. W. Reeves
Lora
Pierre
South Dakota
Mitchell
Coach Stagg Takes Minor Role at College of the Pacific
A. A. Stagg, 70, longtime Chicago football mentor, will retire June 30 and become head coach at College of the Pacific in Stockton California. The move marks his shift from a prominent Chicago role to a twilight assignment as Pacific hires the famed gridiron figure.
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A. A. Stagg
University of Chicago
College of the Pacific
Stockton
California
Stagg
Chicago
All Masculine Jury For Estherville Damage Case
An all masculine jury is serving in Estherville this term. The case Fordyce vs Nelson seeks $5000 damages from an auto accident at Bancroft where Jacob Feller, a pedestrian, was struck by Nelson’s car. Feller spent two months in hospital. Fordyce is Feller’s guardian.
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Estherville
Hursday
Dom ‘Fordyce
Nels Nelson
Bancroft
Nelson
Jacob Feller
Keller
Fordyce
Basketball doubleheader in Emmetsburg and Mason City
Thursday schedule lists Emmetsburg Senior and Junior girls games at 7 30 and Mason City Junior College versus EL JC at 8 45 Admission is 10 cents for students and 25 cents for adults.
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Emmetsburg
Mason City Junior College
EL J.C
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T. Bramagen
Beunewbars
Frence
Hartzell
Algona City
Frederick Hoskin
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Alexander the Great
Rome
Algona Clothier
Irs Bowman
Ayrshire
Henry Wallace
Treasury Mills
Freedom Coal
Kentucky
Estherville Man
Mr. Merchant
Democrat
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