River Pollution Report Delays Cities' Hearing
Estherville and other cities faced 30 day postponement after a 69 page state report on sewage in the Des Moines river. Officials pledged cooperation, noting river pollution endangers drinking water and recreational use as coli levels far exceed safe limits. Evidence shows sewage reduces oxygen, causing fish deaths. renewal notices urge prompt subscription payments.
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Estherville
Walter L. Beering
Des Moines
Emmetsburg
Fort Dodge
Humboldt
Ottumwa
State Department of Health
W.S. Johnston
United States Public Health Service
C. c
Dedication Set For Ruthven Methodist Church Rebuild
The Ruthven Methodist church, rebuilt after a June tornado damaged the west side roof brickwork and three rooms, will hold dedication services on Sunday September 16 as part of Rally Day Loyalty Day and Homecoming. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Ruthven
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Estherville Readies School Year for 1934 35
Estherville will open the new school year on Monday morning September 3 with Superintendent J S Hilliard announcing the date. At a board meeting Miss Gertrude Dudley of Oskaloosa resigned and Miss Wilma Jessen Story City was elected to teach dramatic and English in the junior high and high school. The rural school teacher position remains vacant. Mr Hilliard returned from Des Moines where he supervised the teachers agency he bought last spring and opened his office at the high school.
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Estherville
J. S. Hilliard
Gertrude Dudley
Oskaloosa
Chicago
Wilma Jessen
Story City
Hilliard
Des Moines
Wheat Association elects leaders at Emmetsburg meeting
L E Shonkwiler is chosen vice president of the Wheat Production Control Association for Dickinson Clare Emmet Palo Alto and Pocahontas counties at the annual meeting held July 28 in Emmetsburg. G V Giffin is president. Randall Hoffmann secretary. J W Sharp treasurer. Second wheat bonus payment near $500. first payments totaled about $1100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Production Control Association
Dickinson, Clay
Emmet
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Farm Bureau
Emmetsburg
Democrat
G. V. Giffin
George Fisher
Wm. McConnell
Paul Goff
J. W. Sharp
Fred Bade
L. E. Shonkwiler
Geo. Higgins
Wheat Association
We Should Be That Emmet county Folks Have Much to Be Thankful For
A card received by J O Kasa of Wallingford from his daughter Florence Kasa Rapid City South Dakota confirms they are well. She describes a country facing hard times with deserted farms and crops burned by heat. Miss Kasa recently traveled from San Francisco and was returning with three others via Minneapolis and the central route through South Dakota.
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Emmet County
J. O. Kasa
Wallingford
Florence Kasa
Rapid City
O. K
Kasa
San Francisco
Minneapolis
South Dakota
New Store Doing Well at Jackson
Emmet Amdahl reports strong gains at his new Jackson grocery store. The business is thriving as customers respond to the fresh offerings and convenient location.
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Emmet Amdahl
Jackson
Music Day at the Iowa State Fair August 26
Plano and Iowa schools prepare for a big music day at Des Moines fair. Karl L. King will direct the massed bands with selections like El Capitan March and The Land of Plenty. Tolbert McRae leads the high school chorus and C. A. Fullerton directs the rural choir. Rehearsals start at 10 a m with performances at 2, 2 45, and 3 30 p m.
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Plano
Des Moines
Karl L. King
Fort Dodge
Tolbert McRae
Iowa State College
Ames
High Schole
C. A. Fullerton
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Emmet County
el Capitan
Land of Plenty
Loch Lamond
America the Beautiful
Henry Hale to Direct Inn's Thirteenth Annual Swim Meet
Henry Hale of Estherville who guards at the Inn on Okoboji will direct the thirteenth annual Inn swimming meet to be held Sunday at 3 pm at the Inn beach. Registration closes at 2 pm. Events span three classes with backstroke breast stroke and free style, plus high and low board diving and an underwater distance swim planned. Jake Daubert of Iowa State College is invited to judge.
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Henry Hale
Estherville
the Inn
Lake Okoboji
Inn
the Inn Beach
Jake Daubert
Iowa State College
Ames
John Dillon
Pete Hall
Arnolds Park
Norbert Manson
Laverne, Minn
Complete party ticket at state judicial meeting
The Democratic party nominated four candidates for the Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday at Des Moines. Leon W. Powers was chosen for the short two year term to oppose Justice George Claussen, while William H. Hamilton James M. Parsons and Paul W. Richards won the full six year terms on the first ballot. Emmet county delegates were F. J. Kennedy and Dr. Darnell and one of the largest crowds in the history attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Emmet County
F. J. Kennedy
Darnell
Leon W. Powers
Denison
George Claussen
Clinton
William H. Hamilton
Sigourney
James M. Parsons
Paul W. Richards
Daniel F. Coyle
Humboldt
D. L. Morrow
Corydon
George F. Heindel
Ottumwa
Dolliver fills school faculty in consolidated district
Dolliver August 6 report lists the school staff for the upcoming year. High school superintendent is M. Q. Moklebust of Thor. Home economics is Celia Fulton of Princeton. English and dramatics go to Marie Harker of Spirit Lake. Athletic coach is Fred Ellingson of Decorah. Grades assign Muriel Efnor Des Moines first and second, Agnes Colby Leeland third and fourth, Marjorie Williams Washta fifth and sixth, Fred Ellingson Decorah seventh and eighth. School opens September ard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolliver
Dolliver Consolidated School
M. Q. Moklebust
Thor
Celia Fulton
Princton
Marie Harker
Spirit Lake
Fred Elingson
Decorah
Muriel
Fred Ellingson
Local officers arrest youths Saturday night
Freeman Shull was arrested Saturday night by city officers L. L. Jones and Ed Case for intoxication and sent to ten days hard labor in mayor's court after noon before Mayor M. K. Whelan. Mayor Whelan also sentenced Fred Henley to ten days hard labor. his sentence suspended on good behavior after arrest by Chief J. C. Lilley. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. filed suit at Storm Lake against A. B. C. Dexter for $1,189 over property damage after Dexter's car crashed into a freight train at Sibley last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Shull
L. L. Jones
Ed Case
M. K.whelan
M. K. Whelan
Fred Henley
J. C. Lilley
Chicago, St. Paul
LeAnn Thomas Dies Sudden Death at Home
LeAnn Thomas two percent months old daughter of Mr and Mrs L B Thomas died Sunday afternoon at the Thomas home on East Lincoln Street after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at 2 30 this afternoon at the home with Rev Frank Yearnd officiating. Burial will be in East Side cemetery. Survived by her parents two brothers and four sisters.
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LeAnn Thomas
L. B. Thomas
Thomas
East Lincoln Street
Thomas Home
Frank
East Side
Relatives of H. C. Sorensen in Accident
Marie Sorensen and Stella Hansen of Cedar Falls escaped with minor bruises when their 1933 Terra plane car left the road north of Grover. They swerved into a ditch to avoid a parked vehicle, was nearly a total wreck, and they are visiting the Sorensen home. Marie is H. C. Sorensen’s sister and Stella his niece.
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Marie Sorensen
Stella Hansen
Cedar Falls
Grover
Misa Sorensen
H. C. Sorensen
Miss Hanson
Sorensen
Waldron Home Badly Smoked By Small Blaze
A fire originated by an oil stove on the back porch heavily smoked the Charles Waldron residence on East Pleasant Street this morning. The flames were extinguished before the fire department arrived.
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Waldron
Charles Waldron
East Pleasant Street
Big Live Stock Auction at Sibley Aug Nine
An auction sale of 1500 hogs 350 cattle and 15 horses will be held Thursday afternoon in Sibley from a drought stricken South Dakota region. All must be sold. See ad in this paper for details. Farmers with feed can buy feeders near their figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
South Dakota
Kraft Clothing to reorganize as Kraft Hayden Ltd
Spirit Lake Beacon reports August 1 arrangements complete giving Kraft Clothing store in Spirit Lake to manager John Hayden. Hayden will assume full management and continue in business with the Kraft shop in Spirit Lake renamed Kraft Hayden Clothing. Hayden, longtime Kraft employee and former Estherville youth, enters business for himself.
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Spirit Lake
Kraft Clothing Company
John Hayden
Kraft-Hayden Clothing Company
Hayden
Kraft
Estherville
Local D A R S Attend Group Meet At Inn
The Okamanpado chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered for the northwest district meeting at the Inn on Lake Okoboji. Attendees included Mrs. Alex Johnston Mrs. M. M. Knapp Mrs. Walter Wilson Miss Elizabeth Colt and other members along with state regent Mrs. Clyde E. Brenon and national vice president general Mrs. B. C. Higgins as afternoon speakers.
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Okamanpado
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Northwest District
Lake Okoboji
Alex Johnston
M. M. Knapp
Walter Wilson
Elizabeth Colt
Guernsey
E. W. Knight
W. G. Gordon
James Rainey
M. J
Fort Dodge
Harry Narey
Spirit Lake
Emogene Emery
Cedar Rapids
W. I. Frederickson
Charles City
Edmund P. Chase
Atlantic
O .S. van Krog
Eldora
M. M. Burns
Clinton
J. E. Fitzgerald
Sioux City
F. E. Frisbie
Sheldon
Nettie White
Harriet ‘Lake
Independence
Family Reunion Honors Ridleys at Fort Dodge
Mr and Mrs Everett Ridley and children from South Gate California were guests of honor at a Fort Dodge family reunion held at Ole Son Park. Fifty eight relatives attended as the Ridleys visited with R J Ridley Harold Lambert and Schmidt family members and friends from Arnolds Park Des Moines and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Ridley
South Gate
Calif
Oleson Park
Fort Dodge
Gardner Family Reunion at Graettinger
Sunday gathering near Graettinger brought together Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Gardner family group with invited friends to celebrate the home visit of newly married locals Stanley Gardner of Manchester and Marvin Grebe of Forest City. Attendees included Gardners from Wallingford and Graettinger plus Emmetsburg and Spirit Lake visitors. The day featured dinner, hymn singing, and fellowship.
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Graettinger
O. R. Gardner
Stanley Gardner
Manchester
Marvin Grebe
Forest City
Gardner
Alberta Anderson
Grebe
Bertha Gardner
Lloyd Gardner
la Venne
Romaine
Wallingford
Kenneth Harding
Marvis
Helen
Mildred
Edith Gardner
I. F. Noble
Emmetsburg
Frank Furgerson
Spirit Lake
G. L. Conley
Estherville
Harry E Brown Arrests Motor Law Violators
Harry Brown state motor vehicle department inspector arrested 26 violators of motor laws in and around Arnolds Park for stopping at signs passing on curves and failing lights. All were fined small sums. Fragments note visits to Des Moines and Rodenborns with several named individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Brown
State Motor Vehicle Department
Arnolds Park
Hold Ireland Rites At Home
Mrs. H. M. Ireland 65 was buried Saturday at East Side cemetery following funeral services at her home. She died Wednesday after a five year illness. The Rev. F. W. Ortmeyer officiated with pallbearers J. M. Keifer Matt Scholtes Ed Reese Co J Jensen Dr G E Tomhave and C L Mulock. Jennie Eva Walkup daughter of Mr and Mrs O B Walkup was born August 11 1868 at Ryan Iowa. She married H M Ireland February 4 1888 and lived in Rockwell Ocheyedan Estherville before settling in Estherville in 1913. She joined the Methodist church in girlhood, belonged to Rebekah lodge, and was a member of the D A R at Fergus Falls. Her health declined about five years, yet she remained active in community service. She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Chas Bixby of Estherville two grandchildren two brothers Geo Walkup of Fergus Falls and Hoyt Walkup of Staples. She was a constant helper in the community and deeply loved at home.
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H. M. Ireland
East Side
Ireland
Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Fergus Falls
Minn
Chas. Bixby
Estherville
Geo
Hoyt
Staples
Council Grants Beer Permit to Mrs Roy Lowman
At a regular city council meeting in city hall a beer selling permit was issued to Mrs Roy Lowman for a cafe on South Fifth Street in the former State cafe building. The committee will seek bids on special equipment such as bullet proof glass before purchasing a police car.
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Roy Lowman
South Fifth Street
Storby Marries Mary Louise Russell in Quincy
Former Estherville athletic coach S. O. Storby of Quincy Illinois married Mary Louise Russell, daughter of Dr and Mrs S Frank Russell of Macomb. Storby directed local athletic teams for two years and left Estherville in 1928. his basketball team won the state title last year.
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O. Storby
Quincy
Estherville High School
Mary Louise Russell
S. Frank Russell
Macomb
Storby
Chamber to finalize Achievement Days plans tonight
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce meet at 7 30 tonight in city hall with the 4 H club Achievement Day committee to complete plans for the celebration set for September 6 7 and 8.
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Chamber of Commerce
Achievemen
Emmet County Unemployment Relief Costs Detailed
A county report by Arthur Bringle and Miss Irene Kohl covers July unemployment relief in Emmet County. Work Relief paid $1044.20 to 60 families representing 308 people. Direct Relief totaled $534.63 to 62 families and 279 persons plus one individual. Federal funded $1198.00 and the County $380.83. Surplus government commodities distributed included roast beef, smoked pork, flour sacks, and lard with values totaling $241.75. Miss Kohl notes extensive home canning and garden provisions despite drought and outlines future use of vegetables for special diets. Fred Raleigh of Mankato, visiting Estherville, traveled to Graettinger to see his brother O. H. Raleigh. he previously lived in Estherville.
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Emmet
Arthur Bringle
Irene Kohl
Othe
Kohl
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Wheat Assn
A. B. Chapin
Kern
Fort, Dodge
J. O. Griffis
Tipton
Iowa
Gordon
Clothing CO
D.a.r.’S
Harry E. Brown
Frances Long
Emily Bryan
Donald
E. G. Stavros
Lou Rodenborn
Mary Margaret
Lena Long
Stavros
Rodenborn
Sunset Ridge
Shirley Ann Johnson
U.S
Hilda Livergood
Council
S. O. Storby
Fred Raleigh
Mankato
0. H. Raleigh
Minnesota
Leghorn
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