Pioneer Estherville merchant dies at 77
Chris Nau a lifelong Estherville merchant died at Holy Family hospital from bladder operation complications. Born in Norway in 1871, he arrived in the U.S. in 1892 and opened the Nau clothing store in 1898 with his brother K K Nau, later selling to Leuthold Tibbetts in 1938. He was a longtime manager at the state Aquor store and leaves a son Edgar of Miami and daughter Lillian Fox of Ayrshire, among other relatives.
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Estherville Daily News
Chris Nau
Estherville
Holy Family Hospital
Chris
K. K. Nau
Motherville
Leuthold-Tibbetts Company
Leuthold-Tibbetts
Aquor
Hardanger
Norway
Germany
United States
Chicago
Nau
Johanna Glakson
Fistherville
Bergen
Estherville Lutheran
Mrs Otto Rick 64 Dies in Estherville
Mrs Otto Rick aged 64 died at Hol Family hospital from uremic poisoning. Services set for Monday at the Rick home and Estherville Presbyterian church with burial at Oak Hill. Born Ida Buendiger in Perham Minnesota in 1885 she married Otto Rick in Fargo and later moved to Estherville. Surviving are three sons Gordon John Bernard all of Estherville, three daughters Mrs Lloyd Edmunds Mrs Elmer Brix and Mrs Lyle Skow of Estherville, nine grandchildren, six sisters, two brothers and several nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by her parents and two brothers.
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Estherville
Minn
Henry Buendiger
Perham
Otto Rick
Fargo
N. D
Herman C. Knoll
High Lake
John
Gordon
Bernard
Lloyd Edmunds
Elmer Brix
Lyle Skow
Neighbors Help Harvest 65 Acres With Corn Picking Bee
Neighbors pitch in to harvest 65 acres of corn on Mrs Hang Jensen's farm south of Wallingford. Eight mechanical pickers and 31 neighbors finish in six hours with wives and others supplying food and fuel from Torreson Oil. The Jensen family mourns the death of Mr Jensen during a July 4 picnic. Effie June Jensen, 14, faces the aftermath with help from the community.
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Estherville Daily News
Hang Jensen
Wallingford
Torreson Oil Company
Jensen
Effie June
Tad Schacherer
Bud Ross
Alvin Brinkwman
Lester Larsen
Morris Dalen
Ray Ruppert
Ellwood Schenck
P. Jackson
Ronald Schenck
Cheater *Anderson
Elmer Borchers
Melvin Hull
Harvey Nichtern
Sherman Gun‘dergon
Thorvald
Nielgen
G. O. Bonstead
Wilbur Schnell
Dick Starkay
Loyd Peterson
T. E. Larsen
B. Burg
Herman Helgenon
al Hurlburt
Ralph Schacherer
Orvilia Smith
Schanck
Melvin Halgeson
Clayton Schenck
Floyd 'L Schenck
Herbert Olson
Herman Herkeck
Mra
Legrg
I. Brg
Mas
Corn Borer Count Signals Danger For Next Year
Emmet county farmers face a looming borer threat after a fall survey shows 1066 borers per 100 stalks, up from 185 last year. County and state entomologists warn of strong potential populations and crop losses next summer, urging weather-based control, clean plowing, and chemical treatments. other counties report high counts as well.
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Estherville Daily News
Emmet County
Frank P. Lown
Clay County
Dickinson
Kosauth
Palo Alto
Lown
H. M. Harris
Iowa State College and State Entomologist
Basketball Schedule 1949-50 and Tragedy on the Hinicon River
The schedule lists boys and girls basketball games across multiple towns from November to February, including dates for Ringsted Ayrshire Cylinder Dolliver Gruver Mallard Rodman Ruthven Hartley and Emmetsburg with tournaments in January. The article notes a tragedy on the Hinicon river near the river bridge piling involving several people.
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Ringsted
Ayrshire
Cylinder
Dolliver
Lake Two
Gruver
Mallard
Rodman
West Bend
Ruthven
Everly
Hartley
Emmetsburg Catholic
Oys
Graettinger
Superior
Wey
Curlew
Ayrecht
Gylinder
iThare
Unusual Iowa City Notes and Historic Anniversaries
George Sinclair of Corydon nearly lost an eye after stepping on a rake at a veterans hospital in Des Moines, with doctors removing glass from the eye. Fifty years ago F. W. Walter opened a New London law office and was celebrated for his fiftieth anniversary in local business. An Algona bowling team led by Ted Hoover Sr and five sons competes, with two more Bons joining in the future. The text mentions the ancient Greek use of pasteurization for fermented liquors.
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George Sinclair
Corydon
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
F. W. Walter
New London
Algona
Ted Hoover
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K.K. Nau
Bob Markee
Hinicon
Stailway Bridge
Fisher
Chevrolet
Fisher Unisteel
Thoreson Chevrolet
Iowa
Styteline da Luxe
Greece
Orle Offineer
Manilla
Ronald Dale Snapp
Eldora
Goodyear
C. & N. Oil CO
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