Emmetsburg council and Iowa Public Service settle pole removal
The Emmetsburg city council and the Iowa Public Service Co. reached an agreement last week over ownership and removal of 116 electric street light poles. The company will remove all poles and retain ownership of 65. Russel Duhn and sister Gladys arrived from Wilmington California by motor, with Duhn noting California welding work is slack and Oklahoma City enjoys an oil boom. he may relocate there.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa Public Service Co
Russel Duhn
Gladys
Wilmington
California
Oklahoma City
Lone Bandit Shot During Bank Robbery At Hamel Minn
Harry J. Dorweiler, cashier of Farmers State Bank of Hamel, Minn., shot and killed a robber in the act of robbing his bank last Friday. The Minneapolis Tribune notes Dorweiler’s rare marksmanship earned him a $1,000 reward from the Minnesota Bankers association. The piece recalls previous Minnesota bank robberies from May 1924 to April 1927 and mentions ongoing raids across the state, including a fatal outcome for a bandit at Robbinsdale during a separate incident.
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Harry J. Dorweiler
Paul Dorweiler
West Bend
Farmers State Bank of
Hamel
Minn
Minneapolis Tribune
Corweiler
Minnesota State ‘Bankers’ Association
Minnesota
State Bank of
Robbinsdale
Security State Bank
Robber Shot Dead After Hamel Bank Hold Up
A bank robber in Hamel Minn shot by cashier Dorweiler and killed at the bank door after attempting to take cash. The robber had entered town after lunch, tried to procure cashier’s checks, and fled west before turning up at 4:30 p.m. The cashier fired a revolver loaned by H. P. Hughart, killing the assailant as bystanders watched. Miss Larson, 93, remained in the vault during the incident and later posed with Skip the police dog. The town quickly summoned authorities, with Roy Osier and Henry Stalzman among those involved in the early response.
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Hamel
Farmers State Bank
North Dakota
Tie
Dorweiler
Henry Stalzman
Roy Osier
H. I’. Hughart
Corweiler
Miss Larson
Miss Roy
Mya
Albert Fortin
Jenna Fortin
Agnes Adama
Candidate pledges support in Palo Alto county primary
A nominee aspirant for State Representative asks Republican voters to back him in the June 2, 1940 primary and, if elected, to serve all Palo Alto County residents to the best of his ability with conscientious representation.
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Quinte
Fred C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Congress
Celumns
Algona Advance
Lowa
Sensator Dilchris
Eowa
Glietriet
Store Department of Agriculture
Vas Tlova
Amos Collorce
Inwa
Ie Senate
Vehis
Béncalor
Boonie
Palo Alto County
Centerville resident noted for year of service and departure
Friends describe Indobson as a respected citizen who spent a year in Centrville D with relatives. He left Centerville last summer to visit an uncle in North Dakota and has not returned. He was employed by Anton Sorenson, paint and wallpaper dealer, as a painter, with Sorenson calling him faithful and dependable.
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Centrville
Indobson
Centerville
North Dakota
Anton Sorenson
Sorenson
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the Graettinger Times
John J. Sullivan
Graettinger
Frederic Larrabee
Fort Dodge
Egor
Gilchrist
Ghechrist
Congress Club
Iowa
Oacar J. Erickson
C. A. Carlyon
Boone County
L. J. Dickinson
Eabor
Typographical Union Veterans
Boone Rotary Club Boilermakers
Nunton Boone Chamber of, Commerce
Repub
Lican
H. E. Barringer
H. FE. Barringer
Lost Island Creamery CO
Dan W. Turner
Corning
Horace M. Towner
Col. C. M. Robbins
Kendall
Frank C. Lowden
Land
Tuner
Thas
Turner
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