Pioneer Death Notice for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Neville
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Neville 84 of Estherville died Friday at 1 a m after a six month illness. Born January 21 1852 near Rock Island Illinois she married O Neville December 28 1871. Surviving are son Neville and four daughters with twelve grandchildren. Funeral held Saturday at daughter's home conducted by David Wade. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Neville
Estherville
Neville
Rock Inland
Ill
Daniel and
Florinda Felkey
Osage
Fort Dodge
Kenneth Turner
David Wade
Fairmont
Minn
Christian Science Church
John Greig
Russell King
Milford
Robert Morse
New York City
Richard Turner
Oak Hill Cemetery
Burbank
Calif
Lorenzo. Lough
G. H. Morse
Russell Kine
Chauncey Morse
Buffalo
Pees Eicher
Ee ‘ End Galt ‘Morse
New York
City
Bern
Neele eBe Jank
Kenneth “Turnéye Oor
Harold Lough
Visalia
Emerald Lough
Frances Lough
Los Angeles
George
Ernest Neville
Kossuth County Fair to Feature Peerless Potter Act
The Kossuth County Fair September 7 to 11 will spotlight the Peerless Potters, famed for their high daring casting act originated by Harry Potter. Also appearing are the Emerald Sisters with acrobatics, Merele's Cockatoos with colorful stage settings and trained birds, and Healy & Mack performing dancing, acrobatics, and ladder works.
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Kossuth
Harry Potter
Emerald Sisters
Merele
Healy
Healy _& Mack
Smith home at Armstrong struck by van in morning incident
A fragmentary report indicates a van struck a home at Armstrong Street early this morning. No injuries or quotes are provided in the readable text. Further details are unavailable in the excerpts.
Forest City-Luther League Convention Opens In Wallingford
The Luther League convention at Riverside Church Wallingford ended Sunday with Rev J W Yivisaker of Northwood delivering the theme sermon The Hope We Cherish A vocal duet by Mesdames Guard Cylinder and solos by Thelma Anderson and Florence Berdin Emmetsburg. Stanley Olson reported on the resolutions committee. Morning and afternoon services were in the grove beside the church Rev Hanson Lakefield Minn preached the morning sermon Peder Nordsletten led the liturgical part The Wallingford choir sang Matteson Christiansens Today There Is a Ringing The Choral Union of about a hundred voices offered a sacred concert including A Lamb of God The Heavena Resound In Heavenly Love Abiding This Night The Sabbath Morn and Temples Eternal Odvin Hagen Forest City directed Mrs M C Thompson at the piano and Miss Berna Hansen at the organ Business meeting Saturday elected Norman Larson Wallingford president Everett Shaw Estherville vice president Judith Landvig Forest City secretary Wayne Elquist Thompson Pocket Testament League secretary Esther Selberg Cylinder board of directors Rev Gerhard Wicks Ruthven Florence Berdin Emmetsburg Agnes Haugen Rake Odvin Hagen Forest City Erlene Sandvig Graettinger Arline Nasby Petersburg.
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Odvin Hagen
Forest City
M. C. Thompson
Berna Hansen
Norman Larson
Wallingford
Everett Shaw
Estherville
Judith Landvig
Wayne Elquist
Thompson
Pocket Testament League
Esther Selberg
Cylinder
Gerhard Wicks
Ruthven
Florence Berdin
Farmers Form Community Oil Company Here
A group of farmers met Friday night and formed the Community Cooperative Oil company. Articles of incorporation were drawn up, eight directors elected, and plans were made for a membership drive over the next two weeks. Walter Miller of Cherokee County, president of the Marcus corporation, spoke of growth from one truck and a small station to thirteen trucks out of Marcus. The local board includes Ben DeKock, Dolliver. Frank Smith. George Robb. Mack Elia. TB Anderson. Schacherer. Frank.
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Community Co-operative Oil Company
Walter “Miller
Cherokee ‘County
Marcus Corporation
Marcus
Ben DeKock
Dolliver
Frank Smith
George Robb
Mack Elia
Anderson, Schacherer
Frank
Guy E Simpson Purchases West Side Grocery in St James
Guy E. Simpson of St James Minn bought the West Side Grocery from G R Connelly and took possession Friday. Connelly had operated the store for six years. Mrs Simpson, formerly Ida Baird, is daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Baird. Simpson will keep his state highway job part time. Mrs Simpson will run the store. They will live at the A W Baird home for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E. Simpson
St. James, Minn
West Side
G. R. Connelly
Connelly
Simpson
Ida Baird
A. W. Baird
State Highway Commission
St. James
W O Dillon to Retire After Forty Nine Years of Service
Conductor W O Dillon celebrated his seventieth birthday with a postal card shower and will retire from Rock Island railroad after a storied Dakota division career spanning nearly five decades. He may end his last run on Monday and has long been a community figure in White Shrine and Eastern Star. he and wife have resided at 506 South Eighth Street since 1910 with two daughters and a granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren QO. Dillon
Dillon
Rock Island
Dakota
South Eighth Street
Harold Hurlbut
Los Angeles
Calif
Millie Percival
Edris Mae Percival
Clarence Ford
Oklahoma City
Okla
Local names linked to recent Hutchinson event noted
Hutchinson Estherville Rob Waat Ceylon Minn and Johnnie John HON of Wallingford appear in the readable portion, indicating a regional connection or tag for an upcoming item. The fragment suggests a geographic and personal name cluster surrounding a local matter or notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Estherville
Rob Waat
Ceylon
Minn
Johnnie John- Hon
Wallingford
Teachers Will Meet Saturday In Emmet County Courthouse
Rural teachers of Emmet county will gather Saturday in the courthouse for a meeting where Miss Marie Sorum will distribute school supplies and issue year instructions. All schools open Monday August 31 with Miss Lulu Grippen discussing manuscript writing. Election of officers occurs in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Marie Sorum
Lulu Grippen
Andiscuss
Miss Sorum
Center Township
Gertrude Rasmussen
Hatherville
Pauline Miller
Estherville
Mary Belle Nicholson
Roma Abell
Thelma Spear
Wallingford
Millie Percival
Denmark Township
Charlotte Carlson
Ringsted
Pearl Christiansen
Lorene Trenary
Edna Jensen
Ellsworth Township
Margaret Keifer
Alta Petergon
Alice Schultz
Lillian Handereng
Dolliver
Zelda Logue
Alice Sunde
Leva Waldee
Emmet
Lucy Fern Smith
Superior
High Lake
Alva Anderson
Vivian Norgard
Josephine Handeland
Helen Helgeson
Armstrong
Burnetle Watts
Jack Creek Township
Dorothy Spear
Mildred Bosold
Graettinger
Mabel Tindall
Evelyn Hanson
Swan Lake Township
Florence O’brien
Leona Dominy
Marion Hartman
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Nellie McMillan
Faculty Governor Dies in Minnesota Leader Olson
A photo shows Governor Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota in a New York hotel suite during a recent visit. Olson died on August 22 as a public figure and state official, leaving a leadership void in Minnesotan government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
New York
Olson
August heat record and shower bless Estherville
A Mercury register shows 108 degrees, new August high, with Estherville receiving a light .08 inch shower. The month totals 1.30 inches. highs reached 106, near the season record. Weather outlook favors generally fair skies with possible showers late week, temps above normal in the south. P. G. Gray improved from a serious stomach illness with several hemorrhages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
A. O. Peterson
Peterson
Mississippi
Missouri
South Portion
North Portion
Great Plains
One Vacancy To Be Filled In Dolliver School
Aug 25 Dolliver reports start Aug 31 with same faculty except principal and athletic coach Mr Ellingson who resigned. Board has several applications. Teachers include Moklebust as principal, Harker, Auberich, Williams, Colby, Goddall, Efnor. janitor Maron. Ten bus routes planned. nine drivers contracted. Route 8 re-advertised due to no bids. Drivers listed: Fowler, Evans, Fedderson, Watland, Griese, Foster, Peterson, Hanson.
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Dolliver
Ellingson
M. O. Moklebust
Maurine Harker
Spirit Lake
Vera Auberich
Monona
Marjory Williams
Washta
Agnes Colby
Leland
Luella Goddall
Thor
Muriel Efnor
Minneapolis
Minn
William Maron
I. J. Fowler
Raymond Evans
Carl Fedderson
Ollie Watland
Ed Griese
Marvin Foster
N. M. Peterson
Henry Hanson
Berry Halden to speak in Terril at Fall Festival
Berry F Halden Chariton editor and Republican senatorial candidate will be principal speaker at Terril Fall Festival Wednesday delivering his address at 3 pm Democratic hopefuls Vincent Hartington Lester Gillette and W A Yager also speak in the festival program The Terril businessmen host a full day with a parade floats band concert horseshoe game dinner free attractions pony races donkey baseball and a dance ending the day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry F. Halden
Chariton
United States Senate
Louis Murphy
Tervil
Malden
Des Moines
Vincent Hartington
Congress
Lester Gillette
W. A. Yager
Terris
Halden
Henaman Garage Opening Draws Large Saturday Crowd
More than 1,000 people attended the Henaman Motor Company's opening in their new East Main Street home, after 906 registered on Saturday. The building, owned by J. E. Wilson and built for the company, relocated from the Thompson-Sweet building on South Sixth Street. Ellen Marie Knutson was named for a $100 Ford credit, as Rosa Barto of Algona visited Estherville to manage farm interests north of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henaman Motor Company
East Main Street
Thompson-Sweet
South Sixth Street
J. E. Wilson
Ellen Marie Knutson
Ford
Editorial Comment on Park Closure and Political Life
An editorial laments Templar Park closing to the public August 31 due to weak profits and hot weather. It critiques political rallies, praises newspaper advertising, and notes Republican and Democratic participation. It recalls past campaigns, criticizes a railroad’s service decline, and ridicules excessive school board spending on athletics and frills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templar Park
Textbooks Needed to Begin Classes Monday
A complete list of required textbooks for Esther ville students is published to aid parents in buying books. Books are purchasable at the high school office of Miss Imogene Knutson, the school secretary. Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Imogene Knutson
Big Democratic rally caravan sets August 29 at Terrace Park
Caravans from Estherville and Emmet County will join a Democratic state ticket rally at Terrace Park on Saturday. Speakers include Clyde L. Herring, Guy M. Gillette, Nelson Kraschel, and many others with E. J. Maniece leading the local delegation. Free entertainment, barbecue, bands, and leisure activities accompany the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Emmet County
Terrace Park
Clyde L. Herring
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Nelson G. K
Kenneth F. Baldridge
Harry H. Dunlap
Otha D. Wearin
Ray Murray
Vincent F. Harrington
Richard F. Mitchell
Iowa Supreme Court
Florence Lynch
LeMars
Mary S. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Landon
Drowning death of Stanley Nickels near Terril
Funeral services for Stanley Nickels a 19 year old from Jackson Minn will be held at the Methodist church in Jackson tomorrow afternoon. Nickels drowned Sunday afternoon in a gravel pit on the E C Davis farm three miles northwest of Terril after an improvised raft tipped and he disappeared beneath about 15 feet of water. His body was recovered after deep water searches by Marvin Turving and lifeguards from Arnolds Park. Doctors found a broken neck and facial injuries. Nickels his wife and their month old son had been visiting the Davises when the accident occurred.
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Stanley Nickels
Jackson
Minn
E. C. Davis
Terri
Methodist Church
Jackson Cemetery
Mahlum and Anderson
Estherville
Fred Frank
Spirit Lake
John Wyland
Tervil
Nickels
Davises
Marvin Turving
Terril
Estherville Creamery Picnic Transforms To Riverside Park
About 2000 people are expected for the second annual Estherville Cooperative Creamery picnic at Riverside Park on Thursday. The full day starts at 10 with foot races, followed by a tug of war led by Sam Pederson and Alert Rasmussen. A noon picnic dinner will be provided with coffee milk cream cheese and ice cream. Mayor Fred Ehlers will give the welcome at 1 30, Frank Brunner of Nora Springs director of Town State Brand creameries Mason City will speak on topics of interest to farmers and residents. The day ends with a kittenball game at 3 p m between teams led by Lester Ramsey and Henry Nepple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Co-operative Creamery
Riverside Park
Creamery
P. E. Frettem
Sam Pederson
Alert Rasmussen
Fred Ehlers
Frank Brunner
Nora Springs
Town State Brand Creameriies
Mason City
Albert Dick Files $250 Damage Suit in Clerk Office
Albert Dick, foreman of the county bridge gang, filed a Saturday afternoon petition in the district clerk's office seeking $250 against Sheriff Cliff Fredericksen and Drs B T and J B Osher. The suit stems from a judgment in Justice of the Peace Curtis Page's court on March 12, 1935 that authorized attaching Dick's car, later sold by the sheriff. Osher's account against Dick was $87.50. Dick claims the car is essential for livelihood and seeks $125 for the car and $125 for damages. Attorney W S Johnston represents Dick.
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Ins
Albert Dick
Cliff Fredericksen
Drs. B. T
J. B. Osher
Oshers
Court of Justice of the Peace
Curtis Page
Fredericksen
Plantiff
W. S. Johnston
Several Arrests Here Over Week End
Estherville saw multiple intoxication arrests over the weekend as Mayor Ehlers reported. The men appeared for hearings and were sentenced: Emmet Develin 30 days hard labor, Leo Mitchell 10 days and costs, Francis Murphy $5 fine and costs, Jud Walker 10 days and costs, Earl Markley 10 days hard labor, Leo Keller $5 fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Ehlers
Emmet Develin
Leo Mitchell
Francis Murphy
Jud Walker
Earl ‘Markley
Leo Keller
Dolliver Community Church Undergoing Repairs
Dolliver August 25 Work on the Dolliver Community church began with a new heating plant in the auditorium as the old one wore out. Roof and belfry repairs completed interior papering and painting will start next week. Exterior repainting planned before cold weather this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolliver
Dolliver Community
Local Market Prices for Farm Commodities and Livestock
Corn No 2 yellow priced at 1.00, white at 1.07, oats at 0.55, barley 1.00 per unit. Heavy Springs and Hens listed by weight with prices 0.16 to 0.18 and cocks 0.07 to 0.18. Hogs top butcher price 9.00, hogs top packer 9.00, various cream prices shown.
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Mary Neville
K. V. Turner
Kossuth County Fair
Peerless Potters
Mrs. C. Neville
Mr. Neville
N. Larson League
Wallingford S Unday
V-R
Community Oil Company
West Side Grocery
W. O. Dillon
Robert Noel
A. B. Cromwell
Cedar Rapids
Virgil Shepard
Allison
Harold Jacobson
Britt
Philadelphia
Phi Kappa Sigma
Washington, D. C
P. G. Gray
Berry Halden
Henaman Garage
Rosa Barto
Algona
Editorial
G. A. Nichols Dn
Republican
Minneapolis and
O. K
Atl
E. J. Maniece
Jackson, Minn
Thur
Estherville Co - Operative Creamery
Mgr
Albert
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