Ralph Walker Returns Home From France War Memoir
Ralph Walker describes overseas service in France, tending wounded from battlefields like Chatteatt Thiery and the Marne. He recalls German fire killing ambulance crews, long treks to reach care, torn ground hindering transport, and finding wheat-field casualties after the Marne crossing. He believes war aligns with Sherman and expresses strong pride in returning to Iowa.
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Ralph , Walker
Rance
Ralph
Chatteatt Thiery
Marne
Paris
Sherman
Iowa
Palo Alto County
France
Fire damages King Theatre. doors closed for repairs
Five people started in the lamp house of the King Theatre last Monday evening, causing substantial damage to the show house and forcing a temporary closure for repairs. The fire began after the final performance, narrowly avoided injuries, and the adjacent Hene-Shan Auto Company moved cars as smoke filled the area. The Masonic rooms above suffered smoke exposure but no major damage. The alarm came in at 10:45 p.m.
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King Theatre
Hene- Shan Auto Company
Masonic Rooms
Estherville Democrat
Ruthven Injunction Stops Power Cutoff Fight Continues
Ruthven city officials obtained an injunction against Northern Iowa Gas and Electric Co to prevent a planned blackout on a specified date. Judge Lee issued the injunction and Sheriff Jackson served it, ensuring lights remain on while the case proceeds in court. The city plans to let the matter go forward on its merits and pursue further action. An earlier hail and wind storm damaged infrastructure nearby, including a derailed railroad bridge and shattered windows, with extensive cleanup underway.
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Ruthven
Northern Iowa Gas & Electric Co
T. M. Hanna
J. R. Hughes
Des Moines
Lee
Jackson
J. W. H. Turner
Northern Iowa Gas ‘& Electric,Co
Ruthven Free Press
Wallingford Epidemic Reports Frayed By New Details
The neighboring town of Wallingford faces an epidemic of influenza with early reports overstated. Two deaths are confirmed, Mrs. Arthur and Leonard Skittebo, with funerals today. Mrs. Amdhal will be buried in Estherville. A baby’s death yesterday is noted as unrelated to the epidemic. Authorities hope the outbreak is contained and deaths will stop.
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Wallingford
Arthur
Leonard Skittebo
Amdhal
Estherville
Democrat
Uncle Tom's Cabin praised for pathos and virtue
A critic lauds Reaver and Kelley's Uncle Tom's Cabin as a moral classic that eloquently portrays human liberty and the immortality of the soul. The analysis highlights Iya the child, the depiction of a Southern plantation, and the grand finale in the Beautiful Gates Ajar sequence as among the most entrancing stage spectacles observed in the city.
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Tanya
Iya
Bya
Kirby Buys Terril Bank Becomes Controller of Nine Banks
Spirit Lake reports J P Kirby of Estherville bought stock of C C Gravatt in the First National Bank of Terril and will hold controlling interest. Gravatt to stay about two months. possession likely in ten days. Kirby now controls nine regional banks, two in Dickinson county. future plans and management to be announced.
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Spirit Lake
First National Bank
Terril
J. P. Kirby
C. C. Gravatt
Dickinson County
Warning Against Fraudulent Tire Makers
Warning readers about misleading tire advertisements without naming a tire and cautioning against clubs that demand fees for promises of sales. Also notes Mrs. Fred Parsons rode with the Donaldson brothers in an airplane, becoming another Estherville resident to enjoy a flight near Milford.
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Associated Advertising Clubs
Fred Parsons
Estherville
Donaldson Bros
Thier
Milford
Ruthven postmaster named. start May 6 with $2000 pay
I J Foy has unofficial notice of appointment as Ruthven post master with duties beginning May 6 and a salary of 2000 dollars. The paper notes skepticism about past records but congratulates the selection, citing Civil Service Department recommendation.
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I. J. Foy
Ruthven
Civil Service Department
Palo, Alto
High School Grammatical Lesson Disturbing Scene
A high school girl explains pronoun usage in the sentence He kissed. She notes third person masculine singular pronoun and discusses transitive verbs and moods while a crowd reacts with a lingering blush as she reads aloud.
Paroled Boy Steals to Try Stunt and Is Recaptured
A 16 year old, Clarence Whitlock, from near Fenton, escaped from Tidora Industrial School, visited Mr. and Mrs. Sehler near Trenton, stole $160 in thrift stamps and two revolvers, and rode toward Atlantic before being caught and sent back to Tidora. A $25 reward was offered. he will serve time. Other notices include local farm ad listings and used car ads in Graettinger and Estherville.
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Clarence Whitlock
Fenton
Tidora
BE. R. Sehler
Trenton
Kossuth County
Atlantic
Vidora
Humboldt Republican
Best shoe repair in town offers prompt service
Advertisement from W. I. Stevens at Prep shop promoting quality shoe repairs with guaranteed work. Also notices by Lewis Lippold seeking land listings in Graettinger Iowa and various local sales including eggs, seed corn, and plants with contact details.
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Farber Shop
W. I. Stevens
Percheron Stallion Hamlet Sells Year 1919 Service
Hamlet a pure bred Percheron stallion with top papers in Palo Alto and Emmet counties stands for the 1919 season at two locations. He weighs 1900 pounds and is black in color. Service terms require $15 to insure a colt to stand and $12 to insure another in foal. fees due if sold or moved. Standing days include Mondays and Saturdays at J W Kizer barn and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Matt Hentges. Contact for residence details.
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Hamlet
Palo Alto
Emmet
J. W. Kizer -Bayn
Matt. Hentges
Kizer ‘Barn
Memorial Day Parade planning and local visits noted
Local Estherville visits include Mrs Gilbaugh and son, Mr and Mrs John Paulsen, Miss Mable Allen visiting from Huntington, and Lena Bolstad birthday surprise. Gusts of community updates report Arthur Fogde in Ames, Conrad Fogde with Camp Dodge service, and Jensen Auto Agency expanding Oldsmobile Buick Chevrolet Overland lines. Memorial Day events include Hon Louis Gainer delivering address May 20 at Gruetlinger and Graettinger area residents urged to attend Memorial Day planning meeting May 20.
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Wallingford
J. P. Jensen
Karl Jones
Cylinder
Conrad Fogde
Camp Dodge
Times
The
Norwegian Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Julius Sevdy
Grachtinger
Jensen Auto Company
Oldsmobile
Chevrolet
Overland
Lena Bolstad
Graaettinger
Graettinger Bachelor Club
J. C. Molsom
Art Henningsen
Local notices from Graettinger area harvest week
Mrs Lawrence Thorson underwent surgery last Friday at Dr Moe's hospital in Sioux Falls. Little Curtiss Halverson died last Friday after a year or more of illness. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved. Various locals, including H H Sandvik, Nels Smith, Alma Lande, Rachel Holt, Sam Bundhus, Milo Hausner, I Sheffield, Andrew Worland, Grace Matsen, Willie and Anna Dewall, Ole Petersen and Myrtle, visited farms and homes in Ruthven and Graettinger areas. Planting corn is the talk of the county as weather allows.
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Lawrence Thorson
Alma Lande
Rachel Holt
Sam Bundhus
Milo Hausner
I. Sheffield
Grant Smith
Ruthven
Andrew Worland
Grace Matsen
Lewis Landing
Willie
Anna Dewall
Sheffield
Ole Petersen
Little Myrtle
New Law Requires Seven Pupils for Continued School Operations
The last legislature passed a law mandating that any school continuing must maintain seven or more pupils in regular attendance. Previously some schools operated with only one or two pupils, but that will not be permissible going forward as reported by the Humboldt Republican.
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Humboldt Republican
Weather Interferes With Lakeside Park Dance
Bad weather forces a schedule change for the Lakeside Electric Park dance. The first dance of the season will be held Friday May 16 with plans for an excellent evening’s entertainment. Ruthven Free Press.
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Lakeside Electric Park
Ruthven Free Press
How Radiator Water Affects Engine Cooling
The text explains that cooler water is heavier and settles at the radiator bottom causing slow flow. It highlights the need for large clean passages and wide radiator coils to prevent overheating. If water at the top is low, no continuous flow occurs and engine cooling fails, leading to overheating.
First Feed For Baby Chicks Provides Feeding Guide
Poultry experts urge regular feeding in small amounts through the day with liberal night meals. Use clean grains like pin head oats, cracked corn, rolled oats with sour milk or buttermilk to aid digestion and vitality. Begin feeding the first two weeks and keep chicks under a 98 to 100 degree brood.
Chick feed schedule for hover raised birds
The birds are fed lively chick feed scattered in plain view near the hover at night and again early morning. Between 9 and 10 o'clock they receive rolled oats or slightly dampened mash spread on a board or trough, with oats scattered in litter. they should finish in about 30 minutes.
Civil War Veterans Workmen as Farmers Leaders
A traveler learns farm laborers include veterans from the Civil War with ranks from private to colonel. The farmer praises the privates as first class andCorporal as pretty good, calls the Major average, and rejects hiring a Brigadier General, vowing to hire only those who fought to save the Union.
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Colnel
Union
Keep Radiator Filled During Warmer Weather
The article advises maintaining a full radiator in cars with a thermo siphon cooling system. Iowa State College engineers explain that warm water rises to the radiator top while cooled water exits at the bottom, ensuring continuous circulation as the engine heats the water and cooler water replaces it.
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Engineering Extension Department
Iowa State College
Ames
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M. & Stl
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M. & ‘St. Main
Reaver and Kelley
Kirby
Terril Bank
R. Young
Gracttinger
Towa
T. Sullivan, Graettinger
C. K. Pierson
Graetttinger
G. C. Coolidge
Red Rubink
Gruettinger
J. A. Fleming
R. Island
F. T. Osborn
Emmetsburg
Lewis Lippold
Graettinger
L. Birkland
Plymouth Rock
Otto Jensen
John Moran
Wm. Penn. Tf
Lost Island News
National Biscuit Company
Nabisco
Middle West
Lam
Wolverine
A. N. Jensen, Graettinger
John Bondhus
Jorgen Ande
Farmers’ Grain Co
V. L. O'Connor, Ystrtsibans
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