Victory loan quota and local civic notes from Emmet county
Emmet county sets Victory loan quota at 611625. Residents Nels Simonsen and L E Richardson travel, Wm Knudsen hosts friends, and Gopher hunting features Sunday sports. Roads between Spencer and Spirit Lake to be paved summer eighteen feet wide, with Rev A A Howe selling nursery chairs. Ayrshire school consolidation proposal fails at 68 to 4 inside and 59 to 70 outside. Call for visitors to report names to Times. Iowa milk essay contest announced with 650 dollars in prizes. state winner earns gold medal, local units pay 2 dollars to first, 2 to second, 1 to third. Contest runs through May 10 with materials gathered from magazines and farm bulletins.
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Emmet County
Nels Simonsen
Emmetsburg
L. E. Richardson
Wm. Knudsen
Huntington
Friends
W. H. Godden
Estherville
J. J. Mahan
Spencer
Spirit Lake
Terrill Tribune
A. A. Howe
M. I
Regz
Ayrshire
Times Office
Times
Florence A. Imlay
Iowa State College
Dairy Extension Department
Agricultural Extension Department
Palo Alto
Miss Imlay
Paper Hanging and Painting Offers Service After Army Return
A returning veteran advertises paper hanging and painting services. He offers to provide latest wall designs at low prices and to hang them neatly. He also does indoor and exterior painting and solicits patronage.
Stray Notes From Graettinger Area Dinner and Visits
Stray notes list Sunday dinner at Earl Moraine and Easter visits. Locals Bert Sytsma aided Levi DeGeest with seeding. Families including Starkeys, Masters, Christiansens, and Knutsens are recorded in Estherville Graettinger Lake Mills and West Bend areas with several church and hospital mentions. Ivor Arpedhal died of inflammatory rheumatism. Mineral will be held Wednesday.
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Zelinsky
Earl Moraine
Lewis Iverson
Estherville
Bert Sytsma
Levi DeGeest
Starkey
Fred Masters
Myrtle Jacobson
Wicks
Albert Christiansen
Grachtinger
Christopher Anderson
Elmer Pierson W
Alva Lake
Local Visitors Spotted In Town Sunday Afternoon
Wallingford Mx and Mrs Will Reich My Arthur Amdal and Miss Leona Shapley of Estherville were seen in town Sunday afternoon during a casual drive.
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Wallingford
Will Relch
Arthur Amdal
Leona Shapley
Estherville
Local notes and society updates from Estherville area
Mrs. John Wee and her mother visited relatives from Estherville on Saturday. Heidecker returns to live here after moving from Sherburn, Minnesota. J. C. Kasa sold his Hardware store to L. B. Crim and will retire. Heidecker to work for Crim. Mr and Mrs C. G. Anderson moved to a new home. J. O. Kana received a long-lost letter from Frank Wahler. Mrs. L. E. Crim returned from Estherville City Hospital. P. W. Tallman arrived from Spencer to join Walingford telephone company. Mrs. Tallman has been here as operator since April 1. Mrs. John Peterson visits from Estherville for a few days at P. P. Peterson’s home. Feature on home life conservation praises thrift and efficiency, noting a Des Moines food show and Thrift Day. Mrs. W. H. Snider discusses conservation and war savings. plan to have speakers at future Iowa food demonstrations.
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John Wee
Estherville
J. O. Kana
Frank Wahler
P. P. Peterson
Des Moines
W. H. Snider
Iowa War Savings Committee
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Graettinger Nursery
George, Prop
Graettinger
Towa
Lower
Hawkeye Theatre
the Great & Company
Musiciaans
Iowa
Iowa Dairy Council
Wm, Franklin
Telepone
Leng Island News
Neownorson
Albert Thorson
Jake Nyborg
Buelah Sandvik
Lewin
Nels Smith
Carl Wendt
Clarice Bordin
Lewis Kosack
West Bend
Noss Matsen
Theodore Knutsen
Anton Bonstearl Sheme
Henry Baedke
ETON
Silverman’s
Bischof
Kirshbaum
Hinsheimer
Geyerman
H. N. Osher
R. C. U. Store
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