Red Cross sale draws town and country crowd in Estherville
Wallingford report notes widespread turnout for the Red Cross sale on May 1 at Estherville. The Sherman Nursery Co of Charles City shipped nursery goods here Friday. Creamery to take cream Saturday. Local people travel to Estherville for shopping and theater. A surprise Ford car is given to Rev Hannon by his congregation. Several residents visit relatives in nearby towns and attend church services.
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Wallingford
Red Cross
Estherville
Sherman Nursery Co
Charles City
Thea Leen
Jackson
Minn
Mhyre & Waters
Carl Peterson
Pequot
L. B.nelson
Halver Larson
Barney
Oscar Myhre
State Line
C. J. Anderson
Jas. Anderson
Superior
E L. Briggs
George Dewall
Schooly
Terril Anl
Birney
Julia Montgomery
Graettinger
Hopeful Grain Outlook and Local Social Notes
Oats and wheat look good despite cold nights. Mr and Mrs Ralph McCullough spent Sunday at Geo Benson’s home. Dr Morning of Des Moines spoke at the church Sunday afternoon. Ved Miller made a business call in Ceylon. Miss Hannifan teaches the Center School and attended a farewell party for her brother John in Armstrong. Harl Taylor and Harry Wahldieck traveled to Estherville in a Ford. Mrs Moltz of Barron Wisconsin reports her son Walter ill with Bright’s Disease. Many residents attended the Red Cross sale in Estherville, including the Benson, Culbertson, Evans, Paugh, and Wehidieck families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McCullough
Geo. Benson
Morning
Des Moines
Ved Miller
Ceylon
Hannifan
Center
Armstrong
John
Missouri
Harl Taylor
Harry Wahldieck
Estherville
Moltz
Barron
Wisconsin
Walter
Bright
Red Cross
Luke Benson
George Benson
Race
H. Wehidieck
Lost Island News Local Social and Health Notes
Miss Hannah Sanding visited her mother after a fall last week while Henry Baedke rests well following a Monday accident. Ralph Dewall's son injured in a runaway. horses hitched to a disc. Mrs Sandvig celebrated a birthday with family. Estherville visitors Milo Hausner and wife at Sheffield. Baby of Mr and Mrs Nels Smith ill. Widespread community greetings and small town events noted with health and well being updates.
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Lost Island News
Hannah Sanding
Pivit Lake
Henry Baedke
Wm. Williams
Neck of the Woods
Sheffield
Roseland
Ralph Dewall
Schooly
Birney
Hauge
Lewis
Thorson
Martin Simonson
Sam Banning
Sandvig
Emmetsburg to Host All Star Wrestling and Boxing Show
Emmetsburg will stage an athletic event at the baseball park featuring Captain John L. Griffith and Bar Caddock in a best two of three wrestling match and Mike Gibbons in a full boxing exhibition. Proceeds go to Camp Dodge's athletic fund with a $1.50 admission. The event aims to draw regional fans and boost morale as Iowa reports record auto registrations and ongoing war mobilization.
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Emmetsburg
John L. Griffith
Bar
Caddock
Mike Qibbona
Mike Gibbons
Com. Dodge
Baseball
Camp Dodge
Palo Alto
Gibbons
Camry Dodge
Iowa
Automobics
Uncle Sam
South Dakota
Commission On
Iowa State
Frank Woods
Estherville
Officers’ Training School
Camp Worth
Texas
Department of War
Woods
Michael Joynt
Joseph
Kulp
First National Bank
J. W. Ghoslin
Camp
France
Central Avenue
Fort Dodge
Emmetaburg
Jensen Sees Wide Main Streets and Negotiates Parking Ease
A fragment notes C. A. Jensen praising wide main streets with ample parking in the city center. It also mentions Germany repurposing waste paper into clothing and diplomatic value of treaties amid a political notice where a Fourth District County Supervisor candidate announces renomination, citing his officer record as key justification.
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Germany
Pasture for 50 head cattle and various farm sales
Local classified notices list multiple farm items for sale or trade including pasture for 50 cattle by W H Donaghy, Buff Orpington eggs by Mrs J A Fleming, Rhode Island Red cockerels and turkeys by A I Lande, eggs for hatching from Rhode Island Reds by A I Lande, an imported Belgian stallion offered for trade by J W Joyce, setting hens by Mrs T Sullivan, about 50 bushels of seed corn by Will Sullivan, and a scrap iron collection drive offering $10 per ton by Farmer's & Morchants Bank and nearby merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Sullivan
Emmetsburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sherman
C. A. Jensen
Peter Miller
New Windsor Hotel
Ian
J.H. Gammon
P. J. Hession, M. D
Seele & Mills
Carpenters and Masons Contractors
Telephone
C. H. Raleigh Graettinger
Royal Lumber Go
John Jackman
Prop
Penn
W. H.donaghy
Orpington Egge
Mra
J. A. Fleming
R. C
Rhode Island
Tourquas
A. I. Lande
J. W. Joyce
Route 8
Hymetsburg
Hewa
Farmer’ & Morchanta Bank
John Bondhus
Jorgen Andersen
V. L. O'Connor
Farmers’ Grain Co
V. L. O’connor
Jannissary
Olbert
Lakewood Farm
Hoping
M. O. Grodland
Geo. B. Johnson, Prop
Paddy
C. T. Sevdy
Ben F. Reeves
M. J. Riedy
D. D
L. L. Lindsey
Gammon Lumber Yard
P. J. Paulsen
Mbalmer
T. Naae
M. D. Grodland
Royal
Grace Gammon
Emma Shaver
Yoeman
Frank Madigan
A. H. Shaver
G. F
Knights of Pythias
Peter Fell
F. H. Green
C. M
LODGE
Sarson
Elk
H. Green
Adolph Peters
N.G
R. Young
V. Gi J Hy Rogers
AL “Fleming
T R ‘Cuthbert
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