Coasting Down East with Alvin Johnson
Alvin Johnson, a Cedar Falls student, records a summer trip through eastern states with a small group. The narrative covers route details from Cedar Falls through DeKalb, Sandusky, Pittsburgh, Gettysburg, Philadelphia, and Independence Hall, noting scenes of mountains, rivers, and historic sites.
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Alvin Johnson
Alvin’ Johnson
Groattingar
Cedar Falls
Hahnn
Gracttinger Times
Europe
Bunard
Newinthia
Raleigh County Pension Investigator Appointed
O H Raleigh former postmeter for Grachtinger becomes an investigator for the Old Age Pension Assistants commission serving Palo Alto County. Mrs Deneen of Emmetsburg and Mrs Ruppert of Mallard are the other two investigators. Raleigh has been engaged in the world for the past two weeks.
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O. H. Raleigh
Grachtinger
Old Age Pension Assistanes Commission
Palo Alto County
Deneen
Emmetsburg
Ruppert
Mallard
Raleigh
Dr M J Reidy Opens Dental Office in Mallard
Dr M J Reidy, a 22 year local dentist, moved his equipment to Mallard today and will open a new dental office in hotel rooms this week. He will not relocate his family yet, plans to practice in Maitland area, and succeeds Dr B Ty Osher who moved to Isberville. He studied at Iowa University and Chicago College of Dental Surgery.
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M. J. Reidy
Mallard
Reldy
Mellard
Cameo Grnettinger
B. Ty Osher
Isberville
Mrs Ole Ton derum Passes Away In Bare Town
Mrs Ole Tonderum 69 of Bare Town died Monday morning after a period of illness. She had been bedridden for weeks after a fall last spring. Her son G M Tonderum and family left for Bode yesterday. Funeral held yesterday afternoon. Survived by five sons and two daughters. The Times extends sympathy to the family.
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Ole Tonderum
Mira
Bare
Town
Passat
Inevar
G. M.tonderum
Bode
Tonderum
Bachelor Ball At Hawkeye Friday And Saturday
The Hawkeye Theatre shows Bachelor Ball this Friday and Saturday night as the current motion picture feature. Front page Times headlines mention Scarlet River and Molored Here From Long Beach. Mrs Wm Sullivan and family from Long Beach California visited Eagle Grove and Graetlinger with J Sullivan and family, then traveled on. Sullivan is engaged in oil in California and Texas.
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Cedar Walls
DeKalb
Wayne
Ind
Sandusky
Ohio
Canton
Chester
Alleghany
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Theatre
Long Beach
Wm Sullivan
Long Begeh
California
Ds J.sullivan
Graetlinger
Eagle Grove
New Clerk At Osher Department Store Hire
The Osher department store announces new clerk Howard Horawella Leonard has joined Haauccegla as the new staff member after moving to Wisconsin.
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Osher
Howard -Horawella
Clark
Osher Department
Haauccegla Leonard
Two Marriages Of Interest To Local People
Local couples unite in church weddings with small, relatives-only ceremonies. Jons Rasmussen and Melyinn Sandvig married atElyst Lutheran Church with Rev. Mandsager officiating. Dinner followed at the bride’s home. The couple will live with Rasmussen's parents after a short honeymoon. Marvin Wikert and Bernice Myers wed at Milford Catholic parsonage with Father Meyers presiding. They will reside in Graettinger with Wikert in CCC service. Both brides and grooms come from prominent local families and are warmly welcomed by the communities.
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I. Ferguson
Sioux City
Gruettinger High
Timea
Marvin Wikert
John Wikert
Grachtinger
Bernicee Myers
Ev) Myers
Ruthven
Milford
Meyers
Wikert
Graettinger
CCC
Milfort
Stove Circus Postponed for Spencer Fair
The stove circus at Jenana Hardware is moved from September 16 to September 22 due to the Spencer fair. Auto races on September 15 would conflict, making the 15th unsuitable. Remember the new date Saturday September 22.
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Jenana Hardware
Spencer Fair
Lewison Furniture Adopts Atwater Kent Radios
L T Lewison of Lewison Furniture Co features Atwater Kent radios in this week’s ad. He recently took the agency for the well known line and reports strong sales and growing business in this radio segment.
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Lewison Furniture Co
Atwater Kent
Estherville girl Opal Meliga linked to past outlaw case
The question notes Opal Meliga of St. Paul as possibly the former Estherville girl involved. It states she was Opal Cunningham, and that her family moved to St. Paul when she was small, linking her to a claim about betraying Homer Van Metar, an outlaw, in a prior Estherville incident.
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Estherville
Opal Meliga
St. Paul
Homer van Metar
Opal Cunningham
Unclear excerpt from a Montana Charids notice
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Curlew and names such as Otto Lund and a daughter, with no cohesive event or date. The readable items suggest a scattered family or local notice fragment rather than a full story or clear outcome.
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Montana
Tse Land
Otto Lund
Curlew
McDonald Sale Next Wednesday in Sept 24 Reeves
Auction notices list Roy McDonald of Graettinger area holding a closing out sale on Wednesday September 10 starting at 1 30 p m with 51 head of livestock including 12 milch cows and various cattle hogs and farm machinery Groilan Reeves auctioneers and Town Trust and Savings Bank Emmetsburg will clerk sale further details appear in this week times Ben Reeves annual livestock sale set for Monday Sept 24 four miles east of Graettinger featuring 262 head of stock including 25 mares 100 hogs 60 cattle and 77 Shropshire ewes with two by two milk cows sale ads to run next week
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Roy McDonald's
R. H. McDonald
Grachtinger
McDonald
Groillan & Reeves
Town Trust & Sayings Bank
Emmuetsburg
Ben Reeves
Ben F. Reeves
Graettinger
Shropshire
Reeves
Mitchell Horse Sale Sees Prices Up At Least $20 Per Head
J Brown and son Harry of Limmeteburg and Ben F Reeves of Graettinger attended the Mitchell South Dakota sale on Saturday. Prices averaged about $20 higher than last month as Palo Alto buyers purchased only a few colts. The Brown Reeves party have attended several Mitchell sales in recent months and made substantial purchases.
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Mitchell Sales
V. J. Brown
Harry
Limmeteburg
Ben F. Reeves
Graettinger
Mitchell
South Dakota
Palo Alto
Messrs. Brown
Reeves
Seaturday
Remodeling George Building Begins by Gilbaugh and Clemmensen
Gilbaugh and Clemmensen started work Tuesday on remodeling the George Bros. store building on the south side. The former hardware site, built in the 1890s, will become a Gamble store with a centered entrance, a new floor, and updated structural reinforcements.
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George Building
Gilbaugh & Clemmensen
George Bros
Gamble
George Brothers Hardware
Free Movies At Jensen Auto Co Saturday Night
Jensen Auto Co hosts free screenings at their garage on Saturday evening September 16 starting at 1 30 and 7 30 with all talking pictures including a two reel comedy to advertise the 1934 Chevrolet model. Gilbert Myers of Ruthven opened a lunch room and soda shop near the Grodland store corner with plans for a popular, well kept business in Graettinger. The Sinclair station at Grodland tourist park is run by Willis Ruthven and A G Christiansen of Graettinger also connected to the station.
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Jensen Auto Co
Gilbert Myers
Ruthven
Grodland
Robbins Avenue
State’road
Potter
Graettinger
Onk
Mra. Myers
Sinclair
Grodlend
WI Willis
Mrk.Myers
Hag Jcharge
A. G
Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers After Meeting
The Legion Auxiliary of the John Nelson Post in Grachtinger held its annual meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. BE. 8, George Tuesday evening. Mrs. Lancaster and Mrs. Ritzman hosted. Elected for the coming year were President Mrs. Franz Swanson, Vice-President Mrs. A. H. Cameron, Secretary Miss Clara Suss, Treasurer Mrs. Jess Pleming, Historian Mrs. P. J. Paulsen, Chaplain Mrs. Earl Lehigh.
Renwick Boy Cuts Lip on Barbed Wire Fence
Ernest Pogge eight, of Renwick, was badly cut after stumbling over a log and falling into a barb wire fence while playing with his dog. His lower lip was nearly severed.
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Renwick
Ernest Pogge
Fiftieth Anniversary of St. Paul Lutheran Church
The St. Paul Lutheran congregation marks its fiftieth anniversary September 20 to 22 with principal speaker Prof J P Nielsen, former missionary to Japan and now dean of Trinity theological seminary, and Rev N G Carlsen on Sunday, September 23. Events include evening meetings in Graettinger, a Sunday dinner, greetings by leaders, a commemorative gong and a church history booklet with relics display.
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St. Paul
Graettingrer
Grachtinger
Newly Patented Truck At Spencer Fair This Week
The convertible truck box patented and made by H. B. Wikert and associates of Graettinger is on display at the Spencer fair this week. Hundreds inspect its simple operation and economy and the local company expects a rush of orders soon amid ongoing advertising. More news will follow next week.
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H. B. Wikert and
Misses Christensen and Fink Enroll at Dana College Blair Trip
Hope Christensen and Dorothy Fink departed Monday to Blair Nebraska to enroll at Dana College. Rev and Mrs J P Christensen also traveled to Bigir for the same journey or related visit.
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Hope Christensen
Dorothy Fink
Blair
Nebraska
Dana College
Rev
J. P. Christensen
Bigir
Man Killed Riding Bicycle East of Spencer
Joe Walsh, 45, of Ruthven, was killed instantly at 11 80 Tuesday evening on Highway 18 four miles east of Spencer when struck by a Chevrolet driven by Alden Hermansen and Glenn Jendah, Ruthven, who did not see him. Walsh rode without a light and had been advised to take the gravel road home. He is a brother of Mrs. Herbert Doyle of Emmetsburg.
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Joe Walsh
Ruthven
Spencer
Alden Hermansen
Glenn Jendah
Mr. Walsh
Herbert Doyle
Emmetsburg
Kraschel and Breen Slated for Emmetsburg Rally Banquet
Har lan’s Nels G Kraschel and Fort Dodge’s Ed Breen will headline a campaign rally and banquet at the Ker movie Hotel in Emmetsburg next Tuesday evening. Sponsored by Palo Alto county Young Democrats, the event aims for at least 150 attendees and serves as the fall campaign opener since the June primaries. Kraschel praised as a top state orator, Breen Webster County attorney and first state chairman of the Young Democrats, will speak with county candidates introduced later in the program.
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Kraschel
Des Moines
White House
Breen
Emmetsburg
Webster County
Young Democrats Club
Ews
A L Anderson New Postmaster At Ringsted
A L Andersen, former Ringsted Dispatch editor, becomes postmaster at Ringsted. He published the Dispatch for about twenty years before turning duties to his son. He previously served as Ringsted postmaster under the Wilson administration.
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L. Andersen
Gringttinger Show Receives Thanks Amid Robbery Report
The article thanks local residents for cooperation during a boxing show in Gringttinger. It notes a robbery at Chapin Town where an offender robbed employer and customers of about $100. It also mentions new show hours at the Hawkeye with 7:45 p.m. starts on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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the Hawkeye
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