Charles Fuller narrowly survives Arnold's Park auto crash
Charles Fuller, returning from Milford to his home city, was struck by a Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger train at Arnold's Park crossing near the ball park. His Scripps-Booth car was wrecked. he sustained a fractured right leg in two places, a hip injury, and facial scratches. He was taken to Milford Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Q. c. Fuller
Chas. Fuller
Milwaukee
Scripps-Booth
Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Crawford and Sons Ho Hotel and Grocery to Re Open
Crawford and Sons hotel and grocery will reopen on Saturday April 26 with demonstrations from Cudahy Packing Crescent Macaroni Cracker Co and Mc Laughlin Coffee Co The rebuilt facility includes sixteen hotel rooms fourteen restaurant tables soft drinks and ice cream The meat department features a one ton per day brine ice plant and a twenty four foot cooling chamber Meals are thirty five cents and rooms seventy five cents to one dollar and four quarters per day James Crawford and his two sons run the hotel and grocery Sam Grimes of Minneapolis will lead cooking efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crawford
Sam Grimes
Minneapolis
First Trust Bank to Expand by Using Rear Room
The First Trust and Savings Bank plans to expand their quarters due to increased business. They will take the rear room now occupied by Shafle’s ready to wear department. Mr Shadle will move the basement to continue his bargains and shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trust and Savings Bank
Shafile
Shadler
Ernest Neville Dies of Stroke in Los Angeles
A telegram informed Mrs. L. Lough Mrs. G. H. Morse and Mrs K. V. Turner that their brother Ernest Neville suffered a paralytic stroke in Los Angeles where he resided. He died at 6 30 PM after a day of reports of serious condition. Neville grew up in Estherville and learned printing at the Vindicator office before working for the Los Angeles Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Lough
G. H. Morse
K. V. Turner
Ernest Neville
Los Angeles
Ernest
Estherville
Vindicator
The
Los Angeles Times
Groves Garage Burned. Three Cars Lost In Fire
A Thursday afternoon fire destroyed the Mack Groves residence garage and three cars inside, including a new Hudson six Se dan as a gift to Mrs Groves. The Olds and a Mitchell were uninsured. The Hudson had not been kept in the home garage before. Mrs Groves was away at an Eastern Star meeting in Emmetaburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Groves
Gruwell
Fort Williams site marked near Owa Lake urged
Swea City readers are urged to locate and mark the old Fort Williams site near Owa Lake. Mrs. C. Q. Fish recalls a 1919 Des Moines Register note on the Fort Dodge company’s 1862 outpost to protect northwest Iowa from Indian raids. Local residents from Emmetsburg Estherville Algona and nearby towns are named among 1919 pensioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea City
Silver Lake
Itowa
Silver Lakes Lakes
Herald
C. Q. Fish
Walter Smith
Fort Dodge Company
Northern Iowa Brigade
Kirkwood
Iowa
Northwest
New Ulm
Williams
the Register
Northern Border Brigade
Fort Williams
Major Williams
Iowa Lake
Jeremiah Crowley
Emmetsburg
Hogan Gilbert
Estherville
Patrick Jackman
Andrew’ Jackman
Andrew J. Jones
Algona
Amos A. Pingrey
Esthervile
Lewis’ H. Smith
Jack Creek and Halfa Girls Win First In Spelling Contest
In a county spelling contest hosted at Maple Hill and Estherville, Jack Creek and Halfa township students won top honors. Rural and town divisions named champions Lillian Boecker and Hazel Monson, with medals awarded to first and second place finishers. Winners advance to the Interstate contest May 9 at Elk Point South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Creek
Halfa
Maple Hill
Estherville
Center
Cleo Hauz
Lars Anderson
Luis Clemens
Edna Juhl
Emmet
West
Victor Oleson
Chester Oleson
Fern Nasby
Marion Nelson
Ellsworth
Rachel Williams
John Myhre
Gladys Harris
Eary Hoffmeyer
High Lake
Palma Nelson
Clifford Rathman
Alma Peterson
Norbet Barman
Towa Lake
Lloyd Sampson
Maurice Anderson
Marjorie Mills
Bertha Wigdal
Ruth Wicks
Levane Lillian Boecker
Caroline Hak
Twelve Mile Lake
Rachel Chapman
Vera Rowe
Dorotha Frank
Lorinda Osmundson
Denmark
Ervin Henricksen
Martha Jacobson
Elsie Larsen
Christina Peterson
Swan Lake
Minnie Campbell
Shirley Bayan
Esthervile
Virginia Swanson
Edwin Christensen
Wesley Christensen
Mary Juhl
Consolidated
Armstrong
Vernal Heck
John Knowles
Mae Mixell
James Erickson
Emmet—Enda Dean
Hazel Towe
Anna Schafer
Louis Burke
Ringsted
Grace Butterfield
Harold Johnson
Florence Pederson
Edna Pieterson
Ray Lund
Hazel
Hazel Lilland
Hulda Clausen
Dolliver
Hazel Monson
Lillian Boecker
Monson
Emmet County
Elk Point
Estherville Invites Track Meet Opens Home Season
Estherville High School opens its home track season with an open meet on Friday May 2 inviting 23 schools from Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota including Clarion Algona Spencer and Spirit Lake. The meet features a fast quarter mile track and aims to become an annual event with trophies including a 22 inch silver cup for the overall team and silver medals for top three in each event. Preliminaries begin at 10 am with the meet starting at 2 pm.
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Iowa Athletic Association
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Clarion
Algona
Spencer
Spirit Lake
Estherville
H. S
Mareial Yard
Sheppard Towner Clinic Dates At Court House
The Sheppard-Towner Clinic runs Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 and 30, at the Court House. Dr Thomas Bolling Gay of Johns Hopkins and Dr Velura Powell, a lady doctor, will consult with young and expectant mothers. Miss Alice Baker is the clinic nurse. Examinations are free and private for children up to age five with certain concerns. Estherville residents get forenoon slots. country residents call local numbers or Farm Bureau office for appointments. C E Ingval opens a repair shop with Brown auto on Fifth Street.
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Sheppard-Towner
Court House
Thomas Bolling Gay
John Hopkins University
Velura Powell
Alice Baker
Estherville
Elmer Jackson
Tabert Case Inspires New Legion Picture at Grand Theatre
Based on the Tabert case, the film The Whipping Boss stars Lloyd Hughes Barbara Bedford Eddie Phillips and Lydia Knott. Premiering May 2 1924 in Estherville the film is presented by Maurice Doyle Post of the American Legion which helped fund the investigation that led to Florida reform. The piece blends action with a love subplot while recalling how the whipping system ended in Florida the sheriff and judge were ousted and the whipping boss jailed for manslaughter.
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United States
Estherville
Grand Theatre
Maurice Doyle Post
American Legion
Lloyd Hughes
Barbara Bedford
Eddie Phillips
Lydia Knott
Tabert
Legion
Langdon
N. D
Commercial Club
Martin Tabert
Talbert
Young Tabert
Florida
Kossuth County Farmer Killed by Holstein Bull
Lestding, a well known farmer from near Algona, was killed Wednesday last week when a Holstein bull attacked him in the barn stall. His son found him unconscious soon after and he died within minutes. The death comes as a grim spring accident on his farm.
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L. N. Thorpe
Algona
Mr. Thorpe
Estherville Merchants Hold Second Big Bargain Day
Four-page bills mailed to homes in the county and trade area list bargains by twenty eight Estherville merchants on April 26. Merchants promise extra special bargains at below cost and urge shoppers to prepare lists to save money. The event aims to bolster Estherville as a top Iowa trade center and extend its reputation.
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Esthervile
Iowa
Commmitee
Vu Op
Elks Frolic Planned For Friday Evening April 25
Friday evening April 25 is set for the Elks Club frolic open to members and guests. Activities begin at 5 30 with a cafeteria dinner, followed by dancing to Si Wasserman orchestra, an athletic show directed by Ernie Johnson, side shows by Harley Lambert, and the Elks quartette. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the entire evening.
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Elks Club
Elks Lodge
Si Wasserman
Ernieohnson
Harley Lambert
Elks
Oscar Sneffing Dies After Vein Operation in Wallingford
Oscar Otto Sneffing of Wallingford died Saturday evening at a local hospital from a blood clot on the heart after a vein operation three weeks earlier. Born September 21, 1887, he was 36 and lived with his mother, a mason and ex soldier. Funeral services planned at Adventist church, Riverside Lutheran church, Riverside cemetery with American Legion post in charge.
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Oscar Otto Sneffing
Wallingford
Young Loeffing
Otto Loeffing
Adventist Church
Riverside Lutheran ‘Church
Riverside
Noris Kasa
The
American Legion
Peterson Bros Prosper in Northern Minnesota
Joseph A Peterson of St. Cloud sends $2.00 for 1924 Vindicator and Republican subscription and notes he and brothers Ernie and Charles remain in the candy business. He asks about an alumni banquet and invites friends to visit, calling Minnesota the Home of the Ten Thousand Lakes. Also mentions H H Shrader’s business trip to Cedar Rapids and Pete Waldron’s return to Omaha to work at the Paxton Hotel.
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Joe Peterson
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Ernie
Vindicator Land Republican
Charles
Erneyt
Ten Thousand Lakes
Joseph A. Peterson
Avenue South
H. H. Shrader
Cedar Rapids
Pete Waldron
Omaha
Neb
Paxton Hotel
Anid
D. J. Waldron
Chautauqua To Be Best Ever In 1924 Program
Mr E B Lawrence outlined the 1924 Chautauqua season with plans for new tents and a full lineup. Attractions include the May Valentine Singers, Russian Cathedral Choir, Irene Stolofsky, the Davis Sisters, and Wall Street performers. Notables: Tom Sheyhill, Jesse H Holmes, Anne Dickie Oleson, Carl Thompson, and Selma Lenhart. The campaign slogan $2550 or bust is cited as a booster rallying cry.
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E. B. Lawrence
Redpath
Wm. Keighley
May Valentine Singers
Captain Applejack
LaSalle Theature
Chicago
Petrograd
Irene Stolofsky
Vawter
Davis Sisters
Sammies
Walter Eccles
Bill’ Pearsall
Anne Warrier Baker
Miss Baker
Me. Hollmann
National Pigeon Association
Tom Sheyhill
Jesse H. Holmes
Swartmore College
Chas. H. Plattenburg
Isaac _T. Headland
Anne Dickie Oleson
Minnesota
Carl Thompson
Selma Lenhart
Pittsburg
Susan
Mr. Lawrence
Des Moines
Corn Growers Association Meeting Changes Time
The Corn Growers Association meeting, planned for Friday afternoon at the Court House, will now be held Friday evening at eight oclock. It is part of a statewide series addressing the corn price problem. Speakers D N Luce of Emmetsburg and Wmn Curey of Fonda will address the gathering.
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Corn Growers Association
Court House
D.N. Luce
Emmetsburg
Wmn. Curey
Fonda
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Charles Fuller
Arnolds Park
Milford Hospital
Crawford & Sons
First Trust & Savings Bank
Calif
Owa Lake
C. E. Ingval
Brown Auto Company
Fifth Street
NEW Legion
N. L. Thorpe
Kossuth County
Estherville Merchants
Aprit
Oscar Sneffing
LOCAL
Peterson Bros
May Valentine
Oo ” Corn Growers Association
Jessie Seevers
Harry Darland
Sibley
Darland
Sioux City
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