Gypsies Origin Traced Back to Ninth Century
Estherville readers learn of Gypsy origins tracing back to the ninth century with notes on migration routes, language clues, and historical mentions across Europe. The piece covers their dispersed presence, lack of a fixed literature, diverse trades, and distinctive yet evolving dress and customs.
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Estherville
Te City
Asia
North America
Africa
Bohemia
Europe
Balkan Peninsula
Egypt
Dublin
Crete
Ham
Austria
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
Poland
Scotland
Sweden
England
Denmark
Typists Place in State and Local Tests
Estherville High School typists excel in state and local tests. Loren Reynolds reports Estherville placed second in novice speed and accuracy and third in novice accuracy, while Abraham Lincoln High of Council Bluffs led amateur speed and accuracy. District contest in Spirit Lake on April 28 will feature top 3 from each year.
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Loren Reynard
Shenandah
Iowa Commercial Association
Estherville
Indianola
Abraham Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Estherville High School
Spirit Lake
Everald Anderson
Lavohn Bixby
Dorothy Evans
Betty Merron
Virginia Reid
Beatrice Anderson
Martha Robinson
Esther Barrett
Margaret Kennedy
Muriel Vestrem
Tradell Ross
Mutual Benefit Society Drives Membership in Des Moines
The Mutual Benefit Society, with its home office in Des Moines, launches a special membership drive to reach ten thousand members. Representatives Joe Brown, Eileen Kent, and A. G. Tott will explain a family membership offer claimed to provide maximum protection at minimum cost. Details appear in a large display ad on another page.
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The
Mutual Benefit Society
Des Moines
Joe Brown
Eileen Kent
A. G. Tott
Local office places 68 men in work under relief program
John Warrington announced that 68 men in the county have been placed in work through the National Reemployment office. Nineteen secured permanent jobs, mostly skilled labor, with the rest unskilled. Most work at the Wallingford gravel pit. a contractor began with four men and will hire more as needed. Veterans get first choice if qualified. The Reemployment office will notify the workers chosen by the CWA committee.
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Yeenetaenie
John Warrington
Wallingford
CWA
Warrington
Health Week Planned Across County Schools
Miss Marie Sorum county superintendent announced Health Week April 23 to 28 with Health Day planned May 1. Schools will observe the week and more details will follow next week. Arbor Day observed Friday April 2 with many schools planning programs.
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Marie Sorum
Fragmentary portrait description from a period article
The text sketches a striking figure with pale complexion, high cheekbones, an aquiline nose, and strong brow. It highlights shifting expressions in the eyes from listless to sorrowful to blazing with passion.
White Shrine installs officers for next year
The White Shrine held a pot luck supper at the Masonic hall before installing officers on Wednesday. The installation team included Mrs. Gladys Hunt as installing officer and Mrs. Guy Noel as installing guide. Officers named were Mrs. John Sandren Worthy High Priestess Warren Dillon Watchman of the Shepherds Miss Eliza Welsh Noble Prophetess and others.
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White Shrine
Masonic Hall
John Peterson
Gladys Hunt
W. G. Gordon
Clara Sauss
Mary Paulson
Guy Noel
Owen Morton
Ed Case
John Sandren
Warren Dillon
Eliza Welsh
Tom Nivison
A. A. Halleck
Hans Sconberg
Roy Blazer
Clarence Lewis
Dorothy Helmick
Worthy Herald
Enid Copeland
J. W. Peterson
Oscar Fagre
Alma Keyes
Mary Shelton
Jack Cramer
Bertha Guard
C. A. Schryver
Baseball Tournament Set For Armstrong Diamond
County superintendents met Wednesday night and decided to hold the baseball tournament Saturday, April 28 at the Armstrong diamond. Armstrong divides duties with Supt. W. A. Ortmeyer in charge of plans. teams entering include Armstrong, Dolliver, Emmet Consolidated, Ringsted Grover, Maple Hill, Halfa, and Wallingford.
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Armstrong Diamond
Armstrong
Emmet County PTA to Hold Meeting at Halfa April 25
The Emmet county P T A invites members to Halfa on Wednesday evening April 25 at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Clifford Huntley chairs, Miss G Gray of Armstrong is secretary. Each PTA in the county to provide a number. Jack Creek township plans a play. Estherville will feature music. Armstrong a piano solo by Mrs Alfred Thie. A social hour and refreshments follow.
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Emmet County
Clifford Huntley
G. Gray
Armstrong
Jack Creek Township
Estherville
Alfred Thie
Services today for F M Miller in Estherville
Funeral services are held at Mahlum and Anderson chapel for Francis M Miller 27 son of Monte Miller who died Tuesday at University hospital Iowa City after nine months illness. Rev A G Bailey officiated. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Pallbearers include John Rhodes Ole Johnson Maynard Johnson Arnold Goecke Francis Shadle Elmer Sumpter. Miller born July 11 1906 in Estherville lived here except three years in Oklahoma. Survived by his father and brothers John Estherville Paul and Richard Moline. Preceded by mother Mrs Walter Bishop and John Cedar Falls and Mrs Edward Bates Anamosa. Attendees include aunts Mrs Bishop and Mrs Bates.
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Mahlum and Anderson
Francis M. Miller
Monte Miller
University Hospital
Iowa City
A. G. Bailey
Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
John Rhodes
Qle Johnson
Maynard Johnson
Arnold Goecke
Francis Shadle
Elmer Sumpter
Francis Miller
Estherville
Oklahoma
John
Paul
Richard
Moline
Walter Bishop
Cedar Falls
Edward Bates
Anamosa
Bishop
Bates
Estherville Prepares for May Academic Tests in Class B
Estherville high school plans to enter the May 8 academic tests, competing in Class B with 150 to 400 rival students per school. Last year the district did not participate, but this year 70 to 90 Class B schools enter and 267 to 375 schools overall. The school emphasizes testing to measure teaching efficiency and rank against state peers while noting strong participation in music, athletics, and drama activities. Historical results show steady district and state standings from 1929 through 1932.
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Estherville High School
Estherville
Ith
Frank Miles to speak at Armstrong high school
Frank Miles editor of the Iowa Legionaire will speak at Armstrong High School commencement on May 1. The baccalaureate sermon is May 20. Class day is May 11. The junior senior banquet is May 4. The class has 27 members, listed by name. Also notes warehouse certificates involving Com. Credit Corp. and Bank of New Glarus with bushel amounts and amounts.
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Frank Miles
Armstrong Srs. Armstrong
Iowa Legionaire of
Des Moines
Armstrong High School
Norma Atwood
Grace Gaarde
Harriet Eraland
Roger Linde
Simpson
Leo
Com. Credit Corp
Higgins
Chas
Bank of New Glarus
Myhre
Archer R
Local schools boast strong records and top performers
The school reports a splendid past record with strong students entering the upper fourth. Students in that band are excused from semester exams. Yearly grades reflect averaged academic test scores, with state level tests set for Iowa City on June 4 and 5.
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Iowa City
Clean Up Week Campaign Ends April 28
Four hundred elementary students join the chamber of commerce and city council in a Clean Up Week parade from Roosevelt School to the Grand cinema. The event promotes community effort to clean Estherville with free hauling for the unemployed, by ward, beginning next week with exact pickup days to be announced.
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Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt School
Ken Maynard
Campainn
Estherville
Dolliver seniors stage comedy drama final year play
Dolliver April 18 seniors busy with end of year events led by president Omer Smith. Senior play George in a Jam debuts May 11 at Jim Gray's Brooklyn home featuring cast including Charles Huffman Janette Anderson Gailen Cayler Irene Jessen Stanton Yeager and others in a three act comedy drama about a missing pearls and a marriage twist.
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Dolliver
Omer Smith
Oger
Ts A
Carlen Cayler
Stanton Yeager
Janette Anfinson
George
Jim Gray
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Huffman
Missy Brown
Janette Anderson
George Forbes
Gailen Cayler Odessa
Florence Arden
Jack Carson
Nellie Morrow
Irene Jessen
Sara Lane Larkins
Lavon Hood Ma Larkins
LaRue Yackle Pap Larkins
Zeke Stebbins
Russell Miller
North Superior Pupils To Stage The Man In The Green Shirt
North Superior Iowa announces a junior senior play The Man in the Green Shirt set for Friday April 27. The plot follows the Fullers facing bankruptcy as a wife splurge inflates values of a stock hidden in a green shirt, triggering romance and comic intrigue among characters including George Fuller Sidney Munson Roy Boyer and others.
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North Superior
Iowa
Fullers
Fuller
Blue Parrot Ol Co
George T. Fuller
Sidney Munson
Ivan Ross
Arkan- Bms
Ogee
Roy Boyer
Egbert Cain
the Beak Creerens
Willie Roach
The
Pullers Co
Cee Cece
Cee Lee Boyer
Mr. Rockhart
Erlyn Myers
Geo T. Fuller
Gladys Brunsvold
Seid Fuller
George
T. Jefferson Jaynes
Helen George
Ema Wellnitz
Delphine Larule
Pepe Kupetdhaniy
Muriel Myers
Lena May Crow
Cece Cece
Alice Newton
Attend Funeral of Father at Spirit Lake
Mr and Mrs Elmer Wilkins and daughter Olive attended the funeral of J F Wilkins 77 father of Mr Wilkins. Services were at the Presbyterian church with Rev Herbert Marsh officiating. Burial was in Spirit Lake cemetery. Survived by wife two sons Elmer Estherville and George Spirit Lake a niece Mrs Ella Lantz Princeton Kan two brothers Edward Kellogg and Thomas Savanna Okla and one sister Mrs Valura Strawn Jasper Mo.
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Spirit Lake
Elmer Wilkins
Olive
J. F. Wilkins
Wilkins
Presbyterian Church
Herbert Marsh
Elmer
Estherville
George
Ella Lantz
Princeton
Kan
Edward
Kellogg
Thomas
Savannah
Okla
Valura Strawn 1
Jasper, Mo
Spellers from Emmet County head to Shenandoah
Emmet county sends Ruth Jorstad and Elbert Bouw Esther ville to the Interstate spelling contest in Shenandoah on Friday April 20. About 300 entries are expected from Iowa Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota and Missouri. The top six spellers in the county contest receive medals with gold for best oral and written spellers and silver and bronze for the next places. Leona Bango, Emmet county champion, will seek the state title at Des Moines on Saturday April 28 under the Register and Tribune. The Degree of Honor lodge meets Tuesday night at Mrs. R. O. Rogers home.
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Emmet County
Shenandoah
Ruth Jorstad
Wallingford
Elbert Bouw
Estherville
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri
Leona Bango
Emmet
Des Moines
Register and Tribune
Degree of Honor Lodge
R. O. Rogers
J C Penney stores celebrate 32nd anniversary
James Cash Penney tells of his ascent from a $2.27 monthly clerk to company chairman as J C Penney stores mark a 178,879,000 business year through 32 years of steady growth and thrift.
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J. C. Penney, Inc
James Cash Penney
J. C. Penney Company
Penney Company
Music groups plan to attend state contest
The girls and boys glee clubs from Estherville with Miss Everald Anderson and Miss Berna Hansen will travel to Iowa City in early May to compete in the ninth annual music festival on May 3 to 5. Tryouts are set for May 3 at 2 30 for the girls and 8 p m for the boys. Miss Anderson will perform on the pipe organ Friday. A large group of donors and performers from the high school program supported the event.
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Miss Hansen
Miss Blazer
Eugene Hutchinson
Gerald Darling
Irvin French
Gene Milsener
Russell Youman
Lawrence Doud
John Sanchez
Jack Beck
Percy Yule
Edgar Knutson
Charles Reid
Eugene McNally
Stanley Fagre
Eugene Petcoff
Leo Cooper
Robert McKay
Harlan Broadie
Arnold Olson
Glenn Olson
Earl Archibald
Ben Niemoth
Wilbur Strait
Irwin Lowman
Homer Ortmeyer
Norman Jensen
Eugene Balta
M. Thompson
Beatrice Anderson
Lavohn Bixby
Eleanor Brown
Ruth Brown
Eleanor Carlson
Carol Jeanne Crim
Iva Evereth
Evelyn Gerloff
Jeanne Hayden
Elizabeth Hendrickson
Margaret Kennedy
Jane McKerral
Pauline Merriott
Betty Merron
Leola Mulock
Lola Nelson
Florence Norby
Mary O'Rourke
Carolyn Osmundson
Martha Robinson
Ivadelle Ross
Marion Rousseau
Alice Sunde
Loretta Swale
Mildred Vedder
Muriel Vestrem
Marion Willey
Pauline Wilson
Iowan City
Roosevelt Auditorium
Estherville
Dorothy Ehlers
Earl Josten
City Council Grants Beer Licenses and Permits
At Tuesday night’s meeting the city council renewed multiple beer licenses for the coming year. Class C permits held by Carl Moser at Gardston drug store and George Smith at Recreation hall. Class B permits awarded to Gardston hotel J. E. Sheltren Noah Crook at People's cafe Clarence Golla and Frank Sullivan. L. O. Hansen awarded a permit to build an oil station east of new road 17 near the M & St. L. railroad within old city limits.
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Carl Moser
Gardston Drug Store
George Smith
Recreation Hall
Gardston Hotel
J. E. Sheltren
Noah Crook
People's Cafe
Clarence Golla
Frank Sullivan
L. O. Hansen
New Road
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Douglas
Emmet CO. P. T. A
Halfa
F.M. Miller
Sixth Street
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Main
Dolliver School
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Baseball
Toama
Innte Pream
Ase
William
Tompkin Bill) Terry
New York Giants
Ace Cronin
Washington
Purpoe
Mr. Penney
Hamilton
Denver
Longmont
Colo
T. M. Callahan
Young Penney
Mr. Callahan
Mr. Jonson
Kemmerer Wyoming
J. C. Penney
Penney
G. A. Nichols
Babson Park
Fla
Adelaide Nichols
Crestview
Florida
J. E. Stockdale
Leslie Waldee
Ingoet Karnstad
City Hall
W. A. Cresap
Henrietta Milley
Frederick Wilson
Mark Dolan
W. W. Mavis
Vernon Anderson
Aletha Whitcomb
Mr. Cunningham
Marie Stellingworth
Chas. P. Jackson
Ora
Sunderlin Field
Algona
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Isburg
Hancon
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Cox
Leghorn
Light
Renee Ae
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