Four-Alarm Blaze Destroys Estherville Buildings
An early Wednesday fire in Estherville destroyed three nearby buildings a block east of the Gardston hotel. In 17 below zero weather firefighters battled the flames, with total damage estimated at 40000 dollars. Buildings owned by W. B. Johnston housed inventories for Berg Furniture Exchange K M Sales Co Hansen Dray Co Estherville Wholesale Fruit Co and Brady Transfer. The Arthur Bundy family narrowly escaped with their lives.
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Esther Ville Yeaterday
Gardston Hotel
W. 8.Johnston
Berg Furniture Exchange
K. & M. Sales Co
Hansen Dray Line
Wsbherville Wholesale Fruit Co
Arthur Bundy
Congratulations to Kathryn Ann newborn of West Bend
Kathryn Ann arrived February 8 at the home of Editor and Mrs. Frank Koch of West Bend. The proud father believes she will grow into a championship basketball player and even qualify as a yell leader. The Times extends sincere congratulations to the happy parents.
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Kathryn Ann
Frank Koch
West Bend
the Times
Weather Drift and Snow Impact Report
Weather report notes last week’s Times printing amid a 12 inch snow cover and a high wind causing large drifts. Primary highways remained open during the night and county roads stayed passable as drifts settled.
Graettinger Market Poultry and Produce Sales Notice
Market ad fragment lists poultry and produce items with prices and weights including heavy hens four to five pounds and Leghorns priced at eight cents. Notes trades and brand entries. text is incomplete and partially obscured with OCR errors.
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Graettinger
Myars
Ed Herke Proud as Pioneer Corn Tops Iowa Contests
Ed Herke, Pioneer Hybrid corn salesman, is feeling chesty after Pioneer seed won the state banner trophy for the second year and nine of thirteen contests. Varieties No 349 led the north Iowa section and No 318 led the south central section with a performance record of 108.74 bushels per acre.
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Ed Herke
Pioneer Seed
Iowa
South Central
Herke Hay
Curlew Man Dies After Auto Crash Near Emmetsburg
Kenneth Johnson, 20, of Curlew, died at Emmetsburg hospital from injuries in an auto wreck west of the stop and go sign. Lester Christiansen, 21, Curlew, was injured but is recovering. A frosted windshield caused the driver to skid into a snow bank. Johnson was pinned beneath the vehicle. He died about thirty minutes after the ambulance arrived.
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Kenneth Johnson
Curlew
Emmetsburg
Lester Chrisiansen
Johnson
Passin
Slants On Capitol Hill by Vivian Sullivan
Reporter notes a delegation of four Native Americans from Fama Iowa visit the State House seeking action on laws regulating marriage among Indians. The eldest is 84. youngest works as an elevator operator in Des Moines. The piece also covers political chatter in Des Moines, farm to market road debates, electric transmission requests, alcohol blend for fuel, welfare jobs, and 1929 legislative summaries from Senator Gillette.
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Fama
Iowa
State House
Wilson
Senate
House
Tama
Des Moines
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
North Dawn
Palo Alto County
State Commerce Commission
Iowa Public Service Co
Pocahontas
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Keeney Recaps Pending Iowa Bills and Hearings
Rep G H Keeney summarizes current Iowa Senate and House actions with focus on public hearings and important bills. He notes minority objections to rushing bills, calls for hearings on early calendar consolidation measures, discusses corn alcohol as a potential Iowa market, and lists bills on cigarette taxation conservation commissions and local soil district creation.
Auctions Scheduled For Next Week In Wallingford And Graettinger
Two sales are set for Graettinger area farmers Joe Jackson and Ingvald Dalen. Jackson near Wallingford lists 84 Holstein cattle and large machinery totaling, with start times Feb 20 and 21. Dalen’s sale Feb 28 or 23 features 86 head livestock, four horses and machinery, with farm location north of Graettinger and farmstead details in Times.
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Joe Jackson
Graettinger
Mondaiy
Grodkind
Reeves
Iowa Trust & Sayings Bank
Mametsburg
Jackson
Karl Pay
Charley Jackson
Wallingford
Moore
Osher
Gillette
Milford
Ingvald Dalen
Ingvalely Dalen
Wrest
Wallingfort
Dalen
Mgr. Dulen
The
Times
Community plays two one act helps Griffin school event
Two one act plays Who Gets the Car Tonight and Be Home By Midnight will be staged at Griffin school located 13 miles east of Gruettinger and 4 miles south of Ringsted on Wednesday February 22 at 8 p.m. A small admission will be charged and lunches sold afterwards. A bill licensing live bait dealers with a $3 fee is debated, likely affecting young dealers. Another bill would exempt portable corn shocks mounted on motor vehicles from licenses, treating them as farm machinery. The House calendar includes File No 628 on motor vehicle funds taxation and farm tenancy bills likely to come up for passage.
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Griffin School
Gruettinger
Ringsted
Diphtheria Immunization Drive At Local High School
Arrangements have been made to immunize high school and non attending community children next Thursday at the high school building. Miss Florence Wells county superintendent sponsors the drive with local physicians in charge. A small charge for the diphtheria shot is noted and families are urged to prepare for payment. Also mentions home from camp news about Ley Blom and James Hayes returning from the Christian C. C. camp.
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Florence Wells
Rev Christensen to Leave Graettinger for Washington Island
Rev James BP Christensen resigns as pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Graettinger and will take a Danish Baptist church post on Washington Island Lake Michigan just north of Green Bay. He and his wife and daughters Hope and Opal plan to depart in April or May amid warm hometown wishes from Graettinger friends.
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James BP
Christensen
St. Paul's
Ren Christensen
Burt Wees
Marx
Christinsen
Hope
Opal
Gradlinger
Emmetsburg DeMolays Earn Iowa Chapter Honors
The Emmetsburg chapter of the Order of DeMolay for boys placed fourth among Iowa chapters for efficiency in the state contest. A new ceremony honoring members’ mothers gained recognition and is being reprinted as a pamphlet by the Grand chapter for widespread distribution. The local boys are excited by the double acknowledgment.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
United States
Giant cactus thrives in Arizona California border area
A fragment notes a large cactus in southern Arizona and southeastern California, described as growing high and graced by a grave or tei helt of TO feet, reflecting a sparse, unclear OCR reading from a regional report.
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Arizonas
California
Hawkeye Theatre Gravinger Schedule For Feb Shows
Hawkeye Theatre presents a lineup across Feb 17 to 25 featuring The Shining Hour with Joan Crawford Melvyn Douglas Margaret Sullavan and Robert Young. Brother Rat stars Wayne Morris Priscilla Lane and Jana Bryan. Blondies with Penny Singleton Arthur Lake. Peck's Bad Boy With The Circus. Out West With The Hardys stars Lewia Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker and Fay Holden.
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Joan Crawford
Melvyn Douglas
Margaret Sullavan
Robert Young
Brother Rat
Wayne Morris
Priscilla Lane
Jana Bryan
Blondis
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Peck
Circus
Frommy Kelly
Spanky MancPart
Out West
THE
Hardys
Lewia Stone
Mickey Roonay
Cecilia Parker
Fay Holden
Lippold Died Suddenly at 64 in Graettinger Area
Lewis Lippold 64 of near Graettinger died Thursday night from paralysis after earlier a minor stroke. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Graettinger M E church with interment in Evergreen cemetery Emmetsburg. He was born February 14, 1874 in Ottawa and spent years in Ottawa and Graettinger areas in farming and real estate. He is survived by his wife two sons and siblings, with many friends mourning the loss.
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Graettinger
Lewis Lippold
East of Graetlinger
Mr. Lippold
Methadist Episcopal Church
Emmetsburix
Wm. G. Bohr
Graettinger M. J. Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Eemmetsburg
FP. Rutledge
P. C. Jackman
Charles Spies
Dth Kleigl Bonner Svergen
M. ‘Thompson
Lippoldt
Ottawa
Fred Lippoli
Mr. Lippald
Teament Parket
Herman
Lippold
Usinasa
Derosnad
Grachtinner
Viett
Lippeli
Mr. Lippeli
Vis
Lippeld
Library notes mix of nonfic and fiction titles on shelf
A Community Library rental list shows non fiction works such as Listen the Wind by Anne Lini bery Listen the Wind is a slang flight account. The Horse and Buggy Doctor by Arthur I Hertzler profiles a county doctor. Sailor On Horseback by Tiving Stone covers Jack London. With Malice Toward Some by Margaret Hulsey humor about wife in England. Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren. Andrew Jackson. Fiction includes Tho Yearlings by Marjorie K Rowlings My Son My Sons by Howard Spring And Tell of Time by Laura Krieg Rebeccus by Daphne du Maurier Thrice A Stranger by Vera Brittain.
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Anne M. Linibery
Arthur I. Hertzler
Tiving Stone
Jack London
Margaret Hulsey
Wfe
England
Benjamin Franklin
Carl van Doren
Andrew Jackson
Tho Yearlings
Marjorie K.rowlings
Howard Spring
Laura Krieg
Rebeccus
Daphna du Maurier
Thrice
Vera Brittain
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Roon
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Ley Blom
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