Red Cross Figures Highlight 1980 Donations and Reach
A 1980 Red Cross financial summary notes donations aiding hunger relief and youth areas, with annual expenditures near $1,000,000. Half of membership fees remain in local communities, while volunteer service value is uncounted. The organization emphasizes readiness for emergencies and asks readers to consider contributions.
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Ross Hepenses
Ae Reid
Ida
War Department
Red Cross
Red Cross Agian Inmense
Amoréy
Prayer of a Farmer in the Winds State Journal
A well known farmer, educated at the College of Agriculture, shares a personal prayer praising modest living and gratitude. He thanks God for not being a real estate or retail operator, for steady health, labor, and shelter, and asks blessing on others facing hardship while noting his own modest means and daily bread.
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College of Agri
Modot
West Bend
F. Bartlett
U. S. District Court
Fort Dodge
Contentment in Self Amid Vanity and Flaws
A reflective prayer or meditation passages through a speaker who accepts personal flaws and asks for mercy. The lines express humility, irony about others’ hypocrisy, and a plea for divine guidance. The tone remains intimate and penitential throughout.
Explain Use of Legume Insurance Meeting at Graettinger
A city hall meeting in Graettinger on Tuesday February 17 discusses proven methods to insure alfalfa and clover crops. Dyas, farm crops specialist from the Extension Service, leads a program on seed source, soil treatments, seed bed prep, seeding time, and soil testing for limestone, inviting farmers to bring soil samples.
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Graetlinger
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
el Dyas
Extension Service
Iowa Experiment Station
Ames
Webster
Mrs Sheffield Recalls Times in Nebraska and the Oregon Trail
Mrs. Sheffield writes from Holdrege Nebraska describing winter conditions, local crops, and farming practices in southwestern Nebraska. She notes mild weather three degrees above zero, no snow, extensive wheat and corn, alfalfa shipping from Cozad, oil drilling near Phelps County, and a tribute to pioneers along the Oregon Trail with references to Big Springs and the memory of 1868 massacred party.
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Holdrege
Neg
M. L. Hausner
Towa
McCook
Nebraska
Republican River Valley
Oberlin
Norton
Kansas
Brewster
Cozad
Platte Valley
United States
Platte
Phelps County
Seth Smith
Nenegor
Big’ Springs
Atatas
Phélps County
Itheit Fincas
Oreon
Old Port
Kearney
Buffalo and
Kear
Letter to Times Readers From Luella J. Sheffield
A brief personal note signed Luella J. Sheffield from 206 4th Ave. expresses best wishes to the Times readers.
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O Jelate
The
Times
Mra
Luella J. Sheffield
Remains Of Chris Hansen Laid To Rest
Obituary notes that Chris Hansen, once a Graettinger farmer and respected neighbor, died leaving a wife and large family. Survived by four brothers and one sister, seven grandchildren, two sons who died young, and a son John who perished in World War I. Describes him as Honest, generous, sociable and devoted to family, with ties to Palo Alto County communities.
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Ter
William
James
Henry
Gracttinger
Rasmus
Estherville
Mr. Hansen
John
John N. Hansen
Graettinger
Martin C. Hansen
Ruthven
Anthon E. Johansen
Frad Johansen
California
Mia
Minnie Hansen
Wis
Palo Alto ‘County
Sony
My. Hansen
The
Tignes
Hansen
Town theatre owner Swanton promotes February talkies
A J Swanton proprietor of Emmetsburgs Town theatre distributed advertising for high class sound productions for February. He reports strong patronage and emphasizes clean shows. The theatre is regarded as one of the best sound venues in the state with a building suited to modern programs.
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A. J. Swanton
Emmetsburg
Lews Theatre
Swanton
Coupe Truck Crash Tragedy Sunday Details
A Ford sedan carrying Mrs. Kate Cupper and adopted daughter Violet Beverly of Sanborn collided with the rear of Mike Neibauer’s Emmetsburg bound truck four miles west of Hartley Sunday evening. Beverly died in Hartley hospital. Cupper died instantly. Neibauer, under the truck’s rear, sustained injuries but no broken bones per X rays, requiring bed rest. The truck was loaded with livestock for Jos Joyce of Emmetsburg, with Joyce and Kenneth Hughes nearby on the roadside as the crash occurred.
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Kate Cupper
Violet Beverly
Sanborn
Mike Neibauer
Emmetsburg
Linus Neibauer
Hartley
Neibauer
Nelbaugr
Striess
Weet
Jos Joyce
Emmataburg
Encoute
Sioux City
Joyce
Kenneth Hughes
Emteburg
Oo Neibauer
Hughes
Weibauer
Hyundred Raed
West
Fatal collision injures and kills in Emmetsburg incident
Eyewitness accounts describe a Ford passing a truck and crushing a bystander kneeling at a jack. Mrs Cuppet died from neck injuries and mutilations described as five limbs amputated, while Milas Beverly suffered chest trauma and multiple injuries. A man with a Nashlight vanished after aiding in removal of barriers.
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Ford
Nathauer
Mra
Cuppet
Milas Beverly
Emmetsburg
Quips and Oddities From Emmetsburg Reporter
A collection of witty remarks and light notes from the Emmetsburg Reporter. Items include playful jabs at politics, a Pittsburg judge ruling on laundry disputes, Edison aviation fog experiments, and a sharp bit about a local bid for clubs by Chick Meyers, highlighting the paper's humorous tone and local references.
Carload of carp shipped alive to eastern markets
Ruthven reports a carload of carp shipped last Monday, transported in water tanks and sent by express. Emmetsburg and Emmeteburg reports note weather plowing, bankruptcies, and a boy wounded by a rifle. Swea City, Ratherville, and Katharine items cover bankruptcy settlements, bullheads, and a fraud indictment in a county.
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Ruthven
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Sa'farmer
LaBowen
Winds
Iee
Ito
Chris. Hansen
Talkies
Proud of
Fine Sound Theatre
Finnie
Duff
Pcie
W.a
National Bisewlt Co
Ned
Pittsburg
Mr. Edison
Chick” Meyers
Emmetsburger
F. B. Staver
Emmeteburg
Jack Stover
Jocal ‘Hospital
Swea Chy Herald
George Buttére Fidid
Democratic Party
Bailiwick
Albert Ley
Tor. Hoover
Emmetaburg
Demograts
J. A. Doerning
Vernon Township
Eagle Grove
Graettinger High’ School
Ratherville
Vindicator’ & Republiang
Beck. Whelan
Lawgage
Kirby
Emetsburg Democrat
Lost Island Lake
Frank May
Lansing
Milwaukee
Exterville Vindicator & Republican
Wallingford
Rock Island
Rock Taland
Katherine Enterprise
Aryas Brank
Kritz
Fred Pooch
Chicago
Mhhng Company
Portable Milling Co
Iowa
Graettinger Produce Co. c. F. Fleming, Mar
Wiegmann
M. O. Grodland
Hawkeye Theatre
Rio Grande
Tarzan, the
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