Labor Day Attractions Packed Schedule In Estherville
Estherville and vicinity labor groups along with business leaders host a city wide Labor Day celebration on Monday September 3 featuring a mammoth parade at 9 30 am followed by free acts, a dinner picnic with Iowa labor commissioner A L Urick speaking, a drum and bugle corps exhibition, a Fairmont vs Silver Lake game, swimming and diving contests, and performances by Silver Thomas bicycle acts Babe Du Mont Ban's mime dog and pony, talk ens Blank juvenile acts bowery dance Harmony Kings Orchestra and Estherville Municipal Band with continuous entertainment throughout the day.
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Esthervile
A. L. Urick
Iowa
American Legion
Ball Park
Fairmont
Silver Lake
Estherville
Silver Thomas
Babe du Mont
Ban
Talkens Blank
Harmony Kings
Few New Court Docket Items for September Term
The fall term of Emmet County District Court opens Monday September 3 with Judge James DeLand of Storm Lake presiding. Foreclosures and liquor cases dominate a short docket. New filings include six divorces and one annulment BeulahSaxton seeks annulment from Charles Saxton Laurel Bradshaw seeks separate maintenance State of Iowa vs Thirty one blankets involves forfeiture of blankets from a local legion ticket sale contest only stopped by the county attorney One trial set Arthur West vs W E Bradley damages for alleged breach of lease Most criminal cases are old liquor cases with two desertion charges.
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District Court
Emmet County
James DeLand
Storm Lake
Gertrude M. Young
Perl J. Young
Mrydemi Swanson
Herbert G. Swanson
A. B. Stoddard
Elizabeth J. Stoddard
Forest H
Legion Post
Orleans
Arthur West
W. E. Bradley
West
Sister Joe Orvis Dies at Waterloo
Joe Orvis learns of his sister Mrs Hugh McCartney death in Waterloo Sunday evening. Funeral services set for Wednesday with Mr Orvis and family traveling Tuesday night to attend. Mrs McCartney, known here as Mrs Winn, formerly married to M E Winn, Rock Island agent twenty five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Orvis
Hugh McCartney
Waterloo
Mr. Orvis
Tuesay
McCartney
Winn
M. E. Winn
Rock Island
Brother of Mrs. Maloney Dies at Veterans Hospital
Percy D. Richards, oldest brother of Mrs. R. V. Maloney of the city, died at the Veterans Hospital in Brentwood Heights, California, on Saturday August 18. He was 42, died of paralysis from a back injury once broken in a 1921 fall while serving six years in the Marines en route to China. An operation and plaster enabled limited movement for years. he spoke only once in a year and a half. Funeral services were held at the Soldiers Home last Monday and he was buried there. Richards spent his life in Pocahontas before enlisting.
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Percy D. Richards
R. V. Maloney
Veterans Hospital
Brentwood Heights
California
Marines
China
Jim
Soldiers Home
Mr. Richards
Pocahantis
Estherville Merchants Experience Busier Saturday
Saturday proves a peak day for Estherville merchants with full parking blocks around the business district. Many stores employed extra staff to handle the surge in customers. One firm reports its largest single day of sales since locating in town.
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Estherville
Weather outlook for late August to early September period
A shower period starts the week, followed by midweek fair weather and another shower near the close. Temperatures run near or below normal early in the period with a rise in temperatures later.
County Schools List Teachers
County schools announce full teaching staffs for the year with Armstrong, Dolliver, Ringsted, Halfa, Swan Lake, Grover, Emmet consolidated and Wallingford leading. Rural districts list specific teachers by numbered districts. Fragments show many names and assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Slocum
Dorothy Roemer
H. H. Claus
Dollivers
Orville Stow
Paul Robinson
Constance Hunt
Mary E. Shoemaker
Irene Rogers
Lydia Oberdoerster
Ethel Hinsch
Lottie Mitchell
Neill Finn
Ringsted
T. M. Sogge
J. Cornell Johnson
H. J. Croft
Blanche Cole
Eunice Jenson
Esther L. Johnson
Genevieve Gusland
Lydia Olson
Cleo Quinn
N. L. Bope
Halfa Consolidated
Vivian Klinefelter
Play Heinrich
Henrietta Schneider
Berniece Downs
Co. M. Todd
Swan Lake
Elmer Valen
Warren Searles
Wallingford
Olga Ressell
Lena Gunderson
Center Two
Vivian Taylor
Edna Juhl
Margaret West
Selma Handeland
Markc Woods
Wilma Gronstal
Leontine Kately
Ilda Squire
Estherville
Denmark
Ella Bennickson
Lehman Rovn
Carol Mathiesen
Ferne Ki. Larson
Evelyn Schultz
Myrtle Madsen
Ellsworth Twp
Zelda Logue
Ethel Sanford
Takes Lake Trip to Niagara but Return by Auto
Adelaide Nichols recounts an 18 day journey covering 1943 miles by land and 1500 by water. starting in Estherville, she visits Dubuque Iowa Falls and Chicago, then sails on the SS South American with a cousin joining in Chicago. a leisurely tour includes river scenery, Great Lakes vistas, and city exploration before finishing by auto through Michigan Wisconsin to Duluth and back.
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Adelaide Nichols
Dubuque
Chicago
Buffalo
Detroit
Michigan
Wisconsin
Duluth
Twin Cities
Estherville
Rock Island
Illinois Central
H. T. Nichols
Iowa Falls
Lester Streinz
Father of Waters
Great Lakes
Mabel Warthow
Esther Hinshaw
Great Northern
Clair Carson
Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company
Munckinac Island
Local Swimmers Defeat Sheldon Team in Return Meet
Raymond Behrens of Estherville won bronze in fancy diving at Fort Dodge in a Citizens Military Training camp event. Estherville defeated Sheldon in a swimming and diving contest with final scores and medals for first places, including Gordinier and Graves among top finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Behrens
Ernest Behrens
Esthervile
Citizens Military Training Camp
Fort Dodge
Raymond
Des Moines
Sheldon
Sheldon Gordinier
Gibson
Tracey
Hilliard Estherville
Gordinier
Cram
Estherville
Swenny
Graves
Jimmy Bray
University of Iowa
Graat
Sheldon Life Guards
Estherville Visitor After Long Absence
Mrs Hale Williams of Minneapolis visited Estherville from Thursday to Sunday staying with Mrs Geo Gruwell. Before marriage she was Marie Siders a town teacher. The family moved from Alaska to Minneapolis in 1920. Their elder daughter will train as a nurse in Shrine hospital Minneapolis. The younger daughter is a high school junior.
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Hale Williams
Minneapolis
Geo. Gruwell
Williams
Marie Siders
Our Town
Klondike
Alaska
Shrine Hospital
T_R
Melvin Marple Is Youngest Iowa Air Pilot
Melvin Marple son of Mr and Mrs M M Marple just finished a ten hour aviation course at Gerbracht Aeronautic school in Ames He completed a parachute and packing course and made his first exhibition at Meridan last Tuesday He jumped from a Travel Air plane owned by Mr Gerbracht from 2000 feet He is the youngest Iowa air pilot and parachute jumper and among the youngest in the United States He also is Iowa's youngest to take the transport pilot license exams in Des Moines He soloed in the plane Mr Gerbracht flies in the national air races from New York to Los Angeles on Sept 8 and helped win second in the Iowa State Good Will tour
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Melvin Marple
M. M. Marple
Gerbracht
United States
Iowa
Des Moines
New York
Los Angeles
Old Resident of Dunnell Passes to Final Reward
Peter Osberg, longtime Dunnell resident, died Tuesday August 21 at his son Emil’s home. Aged 74, he was born in Helsingland Sweden and emigrated in 1866 with his family. He married Betsy Anderson in 1878, siring Alfred Theodore and Emil. Surviving are 21 grandchildren and four great grandchildren, plus two sisters and a Swedish brother. Funeral at the Methodist church with Lake Fremont Cemetery interment. Rev Mondale of Ceylon directed services.
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Peter Osberg
Dunnell
Emil
Mr. Osberg
Helsingland
Sweden
Wataga
Betsy Anderson
Alfred
Theodore
Martin County
Minn
Lake Fremont
Rev. Mondale
Ceylon
Fred Daries Joins Local Bank Loan Department
Fred Daries of Armstrong has taken a position in the insurance and loan department of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank of this city. He is familiar with Emmet County conditions from years in the Armstrong real estate business and previously served as examiner in charge of the Emmet County Bank after its closing.
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Fred Daries
Armstrong
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Daries
Hmmet County
Emmet County
Wstherville State Bank
Fistherville Bank
Brockway Accepts Bondurant Coaching Position
Glenn Brockway, longtime athletic coach, leaves Thursday for Bondurant to take a similar role in a large consolidation school. He previously held a coach position at Humeston for two years and is known for success with his teams. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J Brockway of this city and a graduate of Esterville High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Brockway
Bondurant
Mr. Brockway
Humeston
Zollar resigns and moves to St Paul office
Rock Island notes report EE H Zollar, traveling auditor for the Dakota Division, resigns and transfers to St Paul downtown Freight Department. The family plans to move Sept 15. Mrs Zollar returns to her old home town but both regret leaving Estherville. A staff meeting occurred Tuesday with several out of town attendees.
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EE. H. Zollar
Dakota Division
St. Paul
Down Town
Zollar
Sioux Falls
J. W. Capwell
Town Falls
R. P F. Wright
Iowa Falls
G. H. Buseman
Pipestone
Chas. Allen
Galena
Jessie Harkness
Elizabeth
Ill
Earl Gordon
Mason City
E Broms
National Dental Convention Attended by Local Group
Dr. B. T. Osher, Dr. S. G. Ewen and family, Dr. Johnston and Clair Post joined in Minneapolis for the National Dental convention. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Vost of Van Nuys Calif also attended. Attendees praised the convention entertainment for both men and women.
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B. T. Osher
S. G. Ewen
Rosemary
Harry Johnston
Clair Post
Minneapolis
Raymond Vost
van Nuys
Calif
Ringsted Girl Health Champion Crowned in Emmet County
Agneta L. Jensen of Ringsted was named Emmet County health champion by Dr. M. T. Morton after winning a field of 125 4-H club girls from seven clubs. She will compete at Des Moines for Iowa health champion honors starting August 27, traveling with Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Morton who chaperon.
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Agneta L. Jensen
Happy Moments Club
J. C. Jensen
Ringsted
Emmet
M. T. Morton
Miss Jensen
Des Moines
Iowa
C. S. Morton
Put Cover on Pavement to Fill Cracks An Experiment
A block of paving in front of the high school is being covered with cutback asphalt mixed with Pipestone granite. A three eighths inch layer will go over the old surface to fill cracks and holes and provide a smooth surface. If successful, more paving in town may be surfaced similarly. Anfia Eglin joined KE W Whitish and E B Lohr on a trip to Rochester last week.
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Anfia Eglin
KE. W
Whitish
E. B. Lohr
Rochester
WARRINGTON IS HIGH POINT MAN AT Moline MEET
Dakota Division wins Rock Island System Athletic meet for the third year. John Warrington earns 26 of 50 team points, setting a shot put record and placing in multiple events. Other Dakota competitors set records, with 7000 spectators at Browning Field Augustine College. Spirit Lake woman Carrie De Sart dies after gall bladder surgery in Spirit Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Silvis-Illinois
John Warrington
Warrington
Dakota
Blake
Harold Halleck
Clarence Lewis
Haileck
Merle Moeller
Rock Island
Geo. Pullen
Lester Cameron
Chicago
W. W. Cameron
Beecher
Chicago Terminal
Gen. McCutchcheon
McCutcheon
A. Peterson
Pipestone
Gene Denham
Estherville
Homer Denham
Prank Barber
Horton
Strayer
Edgar Warrington
Geo. Heyman
Rock Island Athletic Club
Hugh Dempsey
A. A. Halleck
H. FB. Allen
F. X. Foran
Whavanaugh
Wm. Fahey
Mabel Warthow
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Weather Outlook
Niagara
C. M. T. Camp
Ringsted Girl Health
Agneta Jensen
Emmet Co
Silvis
Spirit Lake
Carrie de Sart
Lester Elbridge de Sart
Market Report
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