Thieves Enter Four Wallingford Business Houses
Four Wallingford stores were entered by burglars Thursday night. At Joe A. Haring General Store a safe door was pried and $25.70 taken from a pigeon hole. other locations yielded no valuables. Sheriff notified. pursuers found no culprits. A boxing carnival is planned for April 24 at the Emmetsburg Armory with a card including Terry Butt and Battling Terry among others.
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Estherville
Wallingford
Joe A. Haring
Ator
Mr. Haring
Haring
J. G. Gunderson Garage
Morrico
Nivison
Emmeteburg Armory
Terry Butt
Muscatine
Battling" Terry
Waterloo
Fred Etzot
Fort Dodge
Henry Jones
Des Moines
Spendy” Molloy
Gilmore
Toughy" Connolly
Gerald Reed
Graettinger
Harold Higgins
Emmetsburg
Lewis Higgins
Buddy” Fordyce
Harold Wiggins
Orland Trego Dies of Pneumonia Following Flu
Orland Trego, about 25, died at his Waterloo home after pneumonia from a preceding influenza. He worked last winter for Henry Wobbie and the Trego family formerly ran a city restaurant before moving to Lake Park and then Waterloo. He was unmarried and well known locally.
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Orland Trego
Orlando Trego
Waterloo
Henry Wobbie
Trego
Lake Park
Ithis City
Organized Northwest Iowa Thefts Target Several Towns
Thieves active in northwest Iowa with entries into shops in Mallard Wallingford Bode Whittemore and other towns over the past two weeks. An organized gang suspected as stores near Spencer were robbed for more than a thousand dollars. Peace officers are vigilant and expect arrests soon.
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Mallard
Wallingford
Bode
Whittemore
Iowa
Spencer
Former Lost Island Man Dies in Minnesota
A C Anderson longtime Lost Island township resident died in Minnesota the first of the week. The body shipped to Graettinger arrived Wednesday morning and was taken to his son Hans Anderson’s home in the town’s northeast. The funeral was to be held either today or tomorrow as relatives from distances gathered and exact timing was not known at press time.
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A. C. Anderson
Lost Island Township
Minnesota
Graettinger
Hans Anderson
Affirmative Victors In Railroad Debate
The high school PTA debate on government ownership and operation of railroads ended with the affirmative team winning. Vincent Kelly Mrs. John C. Jertson and Ben Fr Reeves spoke for the affirmative, while J A Spies Mrs. J H Gammon and Herman El Renbast argued the negative. Judges ruled three to for the affirmative. Music accompanied the program. Thomas Kelly of Emmetsburg, cousin to Vincent Kelly, won first in the state oratorical contest, a notable honor for the Emmetsburg schools.
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Assembly
Vincent Kelly
Mra
John C. Jertson
Ben Fr. Reeves
J. A. Spies
J. H. Gammon
Herman
el- Renbast
Emmetsburg
Thomas Kelly
Winter Months in Sunny Florida Evoke Mixed Views
The Mitchells describe a pleasant season in St. Petersburg Florida with visits through Atlanta Chicago and Iowa City Ed ward Mitchell a student at Iowa State University. They note a mild climate tourist traffic a winter population around 26 000 and economic reliance on northern visitors while commenting on local labor and living costs and the social scene for winter residents. They contrast Florida’s playgrounds Palm Beach and Miami with high costs and describe Florida’s agriculture as modest with limited signs of farming outside the citrus and grape sectors and mention Cuba excursions from Tampa.
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Mia
J. Mitchell
St. Petersburg
Florida
Iphursky
Atlanta
Georgia
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Chi¢agoa
Iowa City
Edward
Iowa State University
Mitchell
South
North
St.Peterwsueg
Mgr. Mitchell
Canada
Middle Western
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Palm Beach
Miami
Tech
Morida
Isoma
Tampa
Rt. Petersburg
Cuba
Mitchall
Sty. Petersburg
Winter crowds at St Petersburg churches and travel notes
The passage notes crowded Catholic and Protestant services in St Petersburg during winter and compares the climate to Graettinger. It recounts a trip with Mr and Mrs Mitchell via Atlanta and Chattanooga, observing congestion, southern red soil, and the night Pullman to Chicago after Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Also mentions Rev Sande of this city learning of his Norway father’s death at age 90 and notes sympathy from friends. A beacon light on the water tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Graettinger
Mitchell
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Chicago
South
Sande
Farsund
Norway
Sante
Old Country
Family Narrowly Survives Gas Leak at Arnolds Park
In Arnolds Park a faulty trap let odorless gas into a bathroom nearly killing the W. K. Taylor family. Four year old Shirley coughed, Mr Taylor fainted, then revived by Margaret and Mrs Taylor. He fainted again, doors opened, gas expelled, saving the family.
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W. K. Taylor
Arnolds Park
Shirley
Mr. Taylor
Margaret
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Emmeteburg
Northwest
Ringsted
Groettinger
Pel Cranier
Ibubok
Helser
Lows State College
Rev. Sande
Pro
Frank Miles and
G. A. Bemis
American Legion
Palo Alto County
Grachtinger
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionnaire
Garner
Legion Ofrie
Legion
Woodman Hell
Graettinger ‘Bachelor Club
Graettinger Bachelor Cub
Cupid
Graettinger Bachelor Club
Ife
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