Planning Extension of Highway 10 to Connect With 71
Spencer News-Herald reports tentative completion of a 5.7 mile No 10 extension from Powell's corner to No 71 north of Buena Vista county line. Plans by Resident Engineer Perry T. Savage call for right-of-way work, grading, graveling and possible concrete paving under federal road funds. The project will eliminate Linn Grove’s winding route and form a Y connection with No 71. Local traffic expected to open by July 1 with through traffic by mid-July. No 18 and 71 paving advances at Spencer with deadlines discussed.
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Spencer
Towa
No. 10
Linn Grove
Henry Berg
Country Club
Dickens
Former Ringsted Lady Killed in Car Collision
Mrs. A Richardson of Anita Iowa formerly Ringsted died in a car crash north of Carroll Iowa on Sunday May 28. Her husband was severely injured after a collision at an intersection with driver Albert Vonnahme 22. Mrs Robinson aged 39 known as Myrta Stacy in Ringsted earlier worked at J M Jensen store. The couple had been visiting in Algona.
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Ringsted
A. Richardson
Anita
Iowa
Carroll
Albert Vonnahme
Robinson
Myrta Stacy
J. M. Jensen
Two Nebraskians Jailed In Kossuth County
Frank Odens and Walter Miller from Dakota City Nebraska were arrested by Kossuth County officials Monday morning under suspicious circumstances. Their car, believed stolen, had an Iowa license plate under the back seat and gun cartridges found in the vehicle.
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Nebraskians
Kossuth County
Frank Odens
Walter Miller
Dakota City
Nebraska
Hossuth County
Iowa
Algona Runner Wins State Half Mile at Track Meet
Algona swimmer? No. Algona boy John Green won the half mile in the state track meet with a 4 43 time as eighty schools competed. His team placed fourth overall in the event.
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Algona
John Green
Former Kossuth County Official Injured by Cow
Former district court clerk Clark Oxton of Algona suffered a broken leg after a cow kicked him at his home north of Call Park. Oxton had long worked on roundups and branded hundreds of kicking steers.
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Kossuth County OF Courts
Clark Oxton
Algona
Call Park
Orton
Lauritzen Gaarde Nuptials at Nashua
Emma Lauritzen of Ringsted and Arnold Gaarde of Armstrong wed Sunday May 28 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Attendants were Eail Gaarde and Ruby Madison. The bride is the daughter of Nels and Mrs Lauritzen. she graduated Ringsted high in 1932. The groom is son of Peter and Mrs Gaarde of Armstrong. he studied at Drake University for two years after Armstrong High.
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Lauritzen-Gaarde
Emma Lauritzen
Ringsted
Arnold Gaarde
Armstrong
Little Brown
Nashua
Eail Gaarde
Ruby Madison
Nels Lauritzen
Ringsted High School
Peter Gaarde
Drake University
Armstrong High
Picnic Trip Ends in Ditch at Twin Lakes Rally
Seven Pocantontas girls and their teacher Miss Doris Baddely were hurled into a ditch on No. 17 while en route to the Junior class picnic at Twin Lakes resort. Milas Jones suffered a fractured rib, two others were cut, the car damaged, and a tire blew out. Reported from the Record-Democrat.
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Twin Lakes Resort
Doris Baddely
No. 17
Milas Jones
Record-Democrat
Dolly Cash Grocery Opens in Ruthven by Berg Family
Mrs. Berg and Sons John and Richard opened the Dolly Cash Grocery in the Osterson building Ruthven on Friday. The remodeled structure now includes upstairs apartments for the Berg family. Ray Trossen of Laurens, cousin to Mrs. Berg, joins as store helper.
Pioneer Lady of Kossuth County Dies at 90
Mrs Ursula Elbert, 90, died at her home southeast of Whittemore a week ago Friday. A longtime Kossuth County resident of 65 years, she lived with her son Carl after Hibert’s death in 1897.
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Kossuth County
Whittemore
Ursula Elbert
Elbert
Hibert
Carl
Titonka Man Wins Gravel Contract For Local Road Job
J. W. Swanson of Titonka secured a road surfacing contract in Kossuth County last week. The project covers three miles starting at the John K. Ripentrop corner north of the Rainbow Bridge. Swanson and 14 men began work on Monday after the road had been rough and impassable in March and April.
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Titonka
J. W. Swanson
Kossuth
John K. Ripentrop
Rainbow Bridge
Swanson
Large Force In Estherville Rock Island Roundhouse
Six men were put to work the first of the past week in the Rock Island roundhouse at Estherville. Five others secured employment when a second yard engine was put to work. Last year and the year before little grain moved on the division but higher farm prices have boosted carloadings in some cases as much as 300 percent.
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Estherville
Rock Island
Ti tonka Youths Injured In Auto Accident
A Ti tonka high school group endured a wreck Thursday morning on the Ti tonka Takota road when their car overturned into a ditch. Driver Harold Krantz and his sisters Mildred and Fern, along with Edith Mae Budlong Leota Ossterreicher and Catherine Schram, were involved. The Krantz sisters sustained several bad cuts. the others escaped serious injury.
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Titonka
Titonka- Takota
Harold Krantz
Mildred
Fern
Edith Mae Budlong
Leota Ossterreicher
Catherine Schram
Krantz
Josten to Direct Three High School Bands Next Year
Earl Josten of Estherville will return next year as director of the Swea City school band under a contract with three local schools. He will spend one day weekly at Armstrong, a day at Swea City, and the rest of his time in Estherville.
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Swea City Herald
Earl Josten
Estherville
Swea City
Armstrong
Esthersville
Auto Hits Paving Machine Near Spencer
G D Leese of Champlin OU company nearly wrecked a $3 000 finishing machine owned by Metz Construction on highways 18 and 71 in Clay county Friday night. He drove a Chevrolet through a barrier protecting machinery and new pavement on highway T1 south of Spencer. front end badly bent.
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Auto Hits
G. D. Leese
Champlin OU Company
Hemploye
Metz Construction Company
Pavlors
Clay County
Spencer
Leese
Funeral Dignitary Dies at her Father’s Services
At the Congregational church in Algona last Saturday afternoon Mrs. S. E. Davenport of Greeley Colorado died from a heart attack while attending the funeral of her father the late Joseph W. Wadsworth. She was his only daughter.
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Joseph W. Wadsworth
Algona
S. E. Davenport
Greeley
Colorado
Party for Henry Kliegl at Liver Lake
A Romer week bound party for Henry Kliegl of Ayrshire was hosted by friends and relatives. The gathering at Liver Lake celebrated the occasion with a lively, informal social event.
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Henry Kliegl
Ayrshire
Liver Lake
Auto Destroyed by Flames Belongs to Fred Thacker
Pred Thacker of Bancroft had his car destroyed by flames last Thursday after leaving it parked nearby. Firefighters fought the blaze but the gas tank did not explode as feared, though the tires burned briskly. Thacker, 15, is the son of Mr and Mrs John Thacker of this city.
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Pred Thacker
Bancroft
Cir
Thacker
John Thacker
Two Sibley Men Escape Drowning in Spirit Lake
George Geronsin and Herbert McConnell narrowly escaped drowning when their boat overturned on Spirit Lake during a rain slick. McConnell struck his head and both men were pulled to safety by nearby fishermen after Geronsin clung to the craft and swam ashore.
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Sibley
Spirit Lake
George Geronsin
Herbert McConnell
Geronsin
McConell
Thieves Rob Sibley Store Theft at H. A. Miller Department
Merchandise valued near 400 dollars was secured by thieves who entered the H. A. Miller department store at Sibley Wednesday morning of last week. Goods strewn on the floor indicate a preference for high grade items. The stolen inventory included 39 silk dresses and 200 pairs of first quality silk hose.
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Sibley
H. A. Miller
Britt Young Lady On European Trip
Miss Lillian E. Spalla of New York City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Spalla of Britt, left June 1 for Europe under the International Institute of Columbia University to survey modern experimental schools in Prague and across Czechoslovakia. She sails on the S. S. Uisenstein, cruises ten days en route to Belgium, then spends a month in the Carpathian mountains of Slovakia, and plans a return via Paris where she studied at the Sorbonne in 1931.
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Britt News-Tribune
Lillian E. Spalla
New York City
J. J. Spalla
Britt
Europe
Czechoslovakia
International Institute of Columbia University
Prague
Spalla
Uisenstein
Belgium
Carpathian Mountains
Slovakia
Paris
Sorbonne University
Miss Spalla
J. P. Spalig
Farmers Trust & Savings Bank
Palo Alto County Dry Groups Hold Sunday Meeting Rally
Young people from the League of Youth of the First Congregational church and Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church attended a temperance rally at St John’s Lutheran in Fairfield township on May 28. The program included solos, readings, and a talk by WCTU lecturer Mrs Josephine Sizer on alcohol’s health and economic effects, with voting instructions.
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League of Youth of
First Congregational Church
Epworth League
the Methodist Episcopal Church
St. John’s Loutheran Church
Fairfield Township
Singing of “America
Assembly
L. W. Barker
W. P. Weisbrod
Jesus
Plano
Verona Weisbrod
Suxtette
Josephine E. Sizer
Cora Jacobson
Lucile Freeman
Martha Helen Nelson
A. E. Gaard
A. W. Smith
Algona Couple Marks 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Philip Schemel celebrated their golden wedding with a double ring ceremony and high mass at St Cecelix church. Father T J Davern offered a tribute. A wedding dinner followed at the Schemel home. B W Wiechtern of Graettinger attended.
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Algona
Philip Schemel
Algons
St. Cecelix’s
T. J. Davern
Schemel
Algona Girl Completes Nursing Training in Minnesota
Miss Mary Kain of Algona finished a program at St. Mary's Training School for Nurses in Rochester Minnesota. She earned honorable mention for a $900 scholarship. Miss Edith Bowles visited Friday evening with Miss Winnette Clayton in Graettinger.
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Algona
Mary
John Kain
St. Mary's Training School
Rochester
Minnesota
Edith Bowles
Miss Winnette Clayton
Graetbinger
Emmetsburg Links to Century of Progress Traffic Route
Emmetsburg designated on main artery to Chicago Century of Progress. Emmet L. Morris of Prairie du Chien Marquette bridge tourist bureau seeks folders and details for distribution between Marquette Iowa and Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Bridges carried 75 000 autos last season with growth expected for the Exposition.
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Emmetsburg
Chicago
McGregor
Wid Life School
United States Island Refuge
Switzerland of America
Iowa
Man River
Leyinsky Defeats Griffiths in Chicago Bout
King Levinsky defeated Tuffy Griffiths of Sioux City in a ten round decision at Mills Stadium Chicago. The $3000 purse was held up pending an investigation into Levinsky conduct, with Illinois boxing officials citing lack of respect for referee Little Phil Collins. Griffiths had previously beaten Levinsky two years earlier.
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Tuffy Griffiths
Leyinsky
King Leyinski
Chicago
Tuffy Grifiths
Sioux City
Mills Stadium
Ilinois State Boxing Commission
Levinsky
Griffiths
Phil Collins
Collins
Laurens Teacher Suffering Acute Appendicitis Operated
Marjorie Stuhr daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Stuhr of Laurens was hospitalized in Fort Dodge for emergency appendicitis surgery after an acute attack Tuesday. Miss Stuhr teaches in the Fort Dodge schools.
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Marjorie Stuhr
Otto Stuhr
Laurens
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Miss Stuhr
Robbers Torture 76 Year Old Farmer
A 76 year old farmer Haldor Methus of Forest City was tortured by robbers who beat, hanged, and burned him in his home while searching for hidden money. He managed to escape with rope bindings after neighbors were alerted. Cerro Gordo county authorities collected fingerprints as Methus recovers at his nephew’s home.
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Forest City
Susimil
Winnabeco
Worth County
Haldor Methus
Hantontown
Methus
Cerro Gordo County
T. O. Rye
Memorial Day Address At Lakota By Gov Clyde Herring
Governor Clyde Herring delivered the Memorial Day address at Lakota with about six hundred county residents in attendance. Introduced by Secretary Ray Murray, he spoke on the meaning of Decoration Day and paid tribute to fallen soldiers. He noted that about one percent of LeMars area citizens were uninvolved in the recent disorder and spoke similarly at Buffalo Center in the afternoon.
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Herring
Clyde Herring
Sec'y
Ray Murray
Gav
Guv. Herving
Buffalo Center
John Miller Visits Emmietsburg From Payton
John Miller of Payton in Greene county paid a forenoon visit to Emmietsburg on Monday.
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John Miller
Payton
Greene County
Emmietsburg
Public meetings set for June 12 to oppose repeal
Two county wide gatherings are planned in Emmetsburg on June 12. The afternoon session targets youth while adults meet in the evening. Drake student Lawrence Bush, renowned statewide, is on the program along with another prominent speaker.
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Emmetsburg
Lawrence Bush
Drake
Edson Talks On Wet And Dry Question At Ayrshire
Edson, attorney from Storm Lake, addressed a public meeting at the Ayrshire theatre Sunday evening June 4. He spoke on the wet and dry question, noting Edson’s prominence in the matter.
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Edson
Ayrshire
Storm Lake
Edison
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S. 5
George T. Cox
George M. Cox
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
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Crawford
B. W. Wiechtern of
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Century of Progress
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