Ground Is Broken For Estherville Beef Plant
Ground has been broken for a $200000 Estherville beef killing plant with initial preparatory work underway this summer. Dirt removal for underground structures is done by the Jim Huff drag line. The 19 ton power machine arrived by tractor trailer. C G Carlson leads Walsh Construction of Davenport for the building. A temporary office is set up and a small crew has been hired from applicants. Three carpenters and an errand boy among first hires. More workers to follow as work starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Jim Huff
C. G. Carlson
Walsh Construction Company
Davenport
Elk Caravan to Visit 240 Cities Across 38 States
Elk officials and radio entertainers plan a nationwide caravan to spark interest in the B P C E national convention set for Denver in July. The piece notes two weddings connected to Rev F W Ortmeyer with dates in April, including Gerald Dahnke and Lola Shatzer, plus Michael Pedersen and Ellen Enderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk’s Caravan
B.P.C.E
Denver
F. W. Ortmeyer
Gerald Dahnke
Lola M. Shatzer
Hartley
Michael Pedersen
Forest City
Ellen Enderson
Hartland
Minn
Merritt Belz
Dahnke
Pedersen-Enderson
Ortmeyer
Seman Stieff
Local Markets Top Butchers and Packers Featured
A fragmented market brief lists top butchers and packers with terse figures and codes. Readable elements point to a local markets page highlighting key players in meat trades and pricing, amid partial OCR markers.
MassMeeting Wednesday for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Estherville groups led by the city council and welfare organizations announce a mass meeting at City Hall auditorium on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The program will include speakers and a motion picture about delinquent children Marguerite Pfeffer town tuberculosis district director is among presenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Co-Ordinating Council
Eatherville Welfare League
Watange Club
Woman's _ club
City Hall
Marguerite Pfeffer
Town, Tuberculosis Association
Investigate Child Bride Case Here in Estherville
County and city officials in Minnesota and Iowa probe the marriage of Virginia DeRemer aged 12 to Ernest Johnson 24 after a license issued in Estherville. County Attorney Johnson seeks annulment as others weigh charges of delinquency and forgery while the couple’s mothers and guardians face questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Johnson
Mankato
Minn
A. E. Salisbury
Williard Cords
Estherville
Virginia DeRemer
Ernest B. Johnson
Irwin C. Nichols
Justice of the Peace
Curtis Page
Nichols
Alvina DeRemer
Johnson
Harry Coffie
Coffie
Emmet
peks _ Emmet
Gaemard
Ernest Johnson
Code of
Iowa
DeRemer
Minnesota
Hubbard Milling Company
Salisbury
Minneapolis juvenile court visit noted by Estherville trio
Claude Lanai Pocig welfare worker and his wife both welfare workers in Sibley traveled to Minneapolis Sunday to attend a Monday juvenile court session. They visited several juvenile homes before returning to Estherville Tuesday. A Swea City M E church men sub district meeting drew a group including A. J. Knepper D. R. Gardner John Hornwell John Chas Bixby KF Wittmeyer and Frank Ellwanger Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Claude Lanai Pocig
Arid
Sibley
Marie Borum
Elizabeth Colt
Estherville
Esthervile M.E. Church
Swea City
A. Men’s
A. J. Knepper
D. R. Gardner
John Hornwell
John Chas
Bixby
KF Wittmey
Ler
Frank Ellwanger
Amendment Mulls Court Integrity Through Constitutional Change
Joseph Orvis in Estherville Iowa circulated a petition against packing the New York supreme court and mailed it to Fred C. Gilchrist in Washington. Gilchrist notes public support split and suggests amendments to preserve court integrity while allowing Congress to act on measures in the public interest. Senate hearings are underway with about forty four senators pledged to amendments, though opposition persists and compromise is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Orvis
Nationa Committee
New Yor
Supreme Court
Eighth District
Orvis
Fred C. Gilchrist
Washington, D. C
J. H. Orvis
Estherville
Iowa
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Emmet County Home Project Achievement Day Attended
The Emmet county home project achievement day at city hall auditorium drew 169 registered attendees. Jack Creek led in women, Estherville and Center townships tied for second. Morning opened at 10:80 with invocation by Rev. Claude Fausnaugh and features 65 in the music contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
City Hall
Jack Creek
Estherville
Center Townships
Joe Oakes
Claude Fausnaugh
Ellsworth
Center
12 Mile Lake
M. A. Balkema
Margarette Pfeil
Marie Jorgenson
Iowa boy wrestling champ joins naval ship team
George Cahow of Panora Iowa has won the welterweight championship of the Battle Fleet. He is now serving on the battleship USS Nevada stationed at San Pedro California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cahow
Panora
Iowa
Cahow
Nevada
San Pedro
Calif
Clergy group attends Bishop Oxnam address in Algona
Rev. F. W. Ortmeyer and son Homer, L. C. Wanamaker, and Rev. Fred Sawyer traveled to Algona Tuesday evening to hear an address by Rev. G Bromley Oxnam, head of the Nebraska Iowa area of the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Ortmeyer
Homer
Fred Sawyer
Algona Tuesaday
G. Bromley Oxnam
Oxsnem
Nebraska-Iowa
Pioneer Clubs Recall Estherville Improvement Effort
In Estherville the Esther ville Town Improvement Association formed from the North Side Woman's club to beautify the Square park. Volunteers funded gravel walks, flower beds, trees, benches, a fountain, and a band stand while teaching sewing and housekeeping. A watchman at Lincoln street, a walk to Oak Hill cemetery, and a South side fountain added, with a cooking club financing lights and a library display. A banquet in the opera house honored local work and J P Dolliver attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
North Side Woman's Club
John Ree
Williams
Miss Gorton
G. F. Letchford
Lew Woods
Hartung
Jo. Hardy
Frances Barber
Warner
Town Improvement Association of
Lincoln Street
Klopp
Jennie Ellerston
Oak Hill
Improvement Association
Jo, Hardy
K. K. K. Kooking Klub
Auto Fatalities in Iowa February 1936 Report
Lew E Wallace, Iowa Motor Vehicle head, reports February auto fatalities totaled 82 with 492 injured. Among victims 25 were aged 25 to 64. 842 accidents involved 1359 vehicles, mostly 1088 cars and 252 trucks. icy roads caused 260 incidents, peak activity 6 to 7 pm, and Saturdays showing the most crashes. Mrs Ellen S Hansen, 82, Dickens, mother of C W Jones and Harry Hansen, died after a month’s illness. funeral set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lew E. Wallace
Motor Vehicle Department
Who
East
C. W. Jones
Harry Hansen
Ellen S. Hansen
Dickens
Jury Rules in Favor of Murray in Rockne Oil Suit
A jury awarded John Murray 98.89 in a suit against Rockne Oil claiming 380. The case arose after Murray went out of business in Ringsted and the defendants took over the station. Jurors listed include Mary Mauss, Ray Ridler, Leola Stroud, Perry White, L. H. Lavereide, Eugene Foster, N. K. Rasmussen, George Meiners, L. R. Keck, Dan McGee, Ralph Rown, and J. D. Ingvall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murray
Murray
Rockne Oil Company
Ringsted
Mary Mauss
Ray Ridler
Leola Stroud
Perry White
L. H. Lavereide
Eugene Foster
N. K. Rasmussen
City Park Fountain and Lights Upgrade Endure in Beauty
From a modest start the city park project grew into a notable improvement with a fountain funded by the fund, replaced by an electric lighted cement fountain on the north side. A water tap and flower bed now grace the former fountain site, drawing praise from residents and visitors alike.
Tree Planting Drive Aims At 2500,000 State Land
Two trucks carrying 250000 trees arrived in Emmet County for a planting project slated to start Monday. Workers through the WPA will plant on state lands including Birg and Grass Lake preserves east of Huntington and on East Swan Lake and Cheever Lake beds. About 75 WPA men will work eleven days. The effort, led by the local City League, seeks conservation of game and moisture and to establish timber for future lumber value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Co
Citg. League
Birg
Grass Lake
Huntington
Swan Lake
Cheever Lake
W.P.A
City League
Arbor Day roots and club meeting in Ellsworth township
Arbor Day began in Nebraska in 1872 to stress tree planting as a state with few trees. Suggestions include school and home yard plantings, tree displays, and park hikes. Eight Ellsworth township club women from four schools met at Mrs. O. E. Morton’s home on Monday April 5 with a music memory contest for the April 8 achievement day. Mrs. Vernon Anderson led the activity. Mrs. R. E. Gardinier of Minneapolis visited Estherville friends and attended an Eastern Star meeting before heading to Payton to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia
Morton
Ellsworth Township
O. E. Morton
Vernon Anderson
R. EF. Gordinier
Minneapolis
Estherville
Payton
Gardinier
Eastern Star
Yankton College Glee Club Spring Tour Opens Saturday
Twenty one men from four states form Yankton college men's glee club under Warner Smig. The group includes students from South Dakota Minnesota Colorado and Wisconsin. The concert is set for Wednesday April 14 at 8 PM at the Baptist church with Wallace Arneson accompanist. Public urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Yankton College
Warner Smig
South Dakota
Gerald Witchy
Plainview
Minn
Jonathan
Hochatatter
Froveland
Cole
Don Mattieson
Linden
Wisc
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M. E. Pastor
Ace
Venenee
Cena Es
N. Eee
New York
Helen Keller
Japan
Korea
Manchukuo
Orient
Coordinating Council
C.E
Ruby~ Pasch
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
North Star Chapter
John Sandren
W. W. Wilson
C. A. Schryver
Lois Inman
Nadine Noel
Vance Noe
Maybelle Wilson
Orris Sunde
Eliza Welsh
Bernice Clark
Roy Blazer
Robert Klemme
I. €. Nichols
Henry Mahlum
Pasch
R. J. Stebbins
Gertrude Nipher
Order
Adelaide Nichols
A. A. Halleck
MR. and
Mrs. Bixby
Charles Bixby
Rook
Arthur. Beatty
Arthur Markley
George. Kibbee
Larnie Smith
Walter Haskin
Grover
Baptist
J. ‘A.riggs
Claude Linquist
Socal
Gilchris
Gilchrist
12 Mileake
Lincoln
Denmark
Mise Aleene Wilson
Iowa State College
George Letchford
Improvement Club
V.R
C. W. Beckwith
T. Logan
Rockwell City
Guy Noel
Lelia Mathews Alpha Minn
Armstrong Cemetery
R. R. Irwin
Armstrong
The
Conservation Commission
Homer Ortmeyer
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Titherville
Rev
Mrs
East el
V.a
Eldon Burnham
Platte
Louis Billars
Kaylor
Earl Hazen
Volin
Merril Sly
Tabor
Max Williamson
Wagner
Maurice Rundell
Parker
Gerald Witschy
Bob Calhoun
Jonathan Hochstatter
Loveland
Colo
Don Matthieson
Raymond Hoxeng
Mike Imig
Laverne Mortensen
Gay‘ville
Harold Smith
Rapid
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