Local notices from Estherville region and surrounding towns
A collection of community items reports visits, travel, and events in Estherville and nearby towns. Residents attend Thanksgiving gatherings in Illinois Minnesota and Iowa while others welcome guests from Des Moines Joliet Chandler and Fairmont. School staff changes, club meetings, and church services are noted along with holiday travel and family visits.
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C. L
Bush
Armstrong
Broberg
Swea City
Bob of
Graettinger
Waterman
Fenton
Ingh
Miss Cowling
Beverly Miller
Joyce Iverson
Doris Evars
Lyte Iverson
Joe Eckhart
Hans Twyedte Jr
J. Po Stillman
Edgar Kleen
PT. R
Minnesota
A. J
Estherville
Edgar Kieen
Mmes
John Spoo
Andrew Frisvald
James Kasa
LaRue Wiseman
Sam Nauss
Willard Rucker
Starry Michael
Ben Lande
I. N. Jook
Alpha
Sessil Jacobsen
Donna Rucker
Edwin Michael
Eileen
Ira McAdams Franklin and
Lowell
Granda
Alex Buchan
Gerald
Charles
Rosalie
Nels Jensen
Yvonne
Charles Buchan
Irwin Steeler
Charles Robinson
Vairmont
Stephanie Cowling
Bobbie
Connie Huron
South Dakota
Clinton Laarr
Austin
Minn
V. J. Whalen
Dolliver High School
Friendly Dozen
Bridge Club
James HW. Smith
Ace Messers
Miss Anetta Stow
Frederics Martin Beal
Tulsa
Stows
Mason City
Rathburns and family visit Rome for weekend
Dr and Mrs Oliver Rathburn of Plattsburg New York and Will Nau and son George of Ringsted visited Rome Sunday. Mrs Rathburn is a cousin of Mr Hunt. The Rathburns plan to return to New York this week.
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Rome
Oliver Rathburn
Plattsburg
New York
Iatters
Will Nau
George
Ringsted
Trail of the Modoc War at Lava Beds National Monument
A historic account of the 1873 Modoc War in the Lava Beds area on the Oregon California line. It describes the siege, Captain Jack’s stronghold, Canby’s death, and the legacy of the conflict as a national monument.
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Warafe
Ava Beds National Monument
California
Oregon-California Line
Jack’ Keintogos
Gent
Bayley
U.S
Thomet
Jack
General Canby
Jck
Captain Jack
Local notices and social news from Dunne l l area
A roundup of visits, weddings, funerals, and community events in Dunnell and nearby towns. Renters hostages and guests travel to McAllen for winter, neighbors herd corn for Henry Grussing, group trips to California and Los Angeles, and a village election agenda with multiple candidates and invitations. Community Club dancers and musicians perform at the November meeting with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oelkers
Robert
Arnold
Oelkers
McAllen
Texas
Glass
Oelker
Waterloo
Martin Hall
John Markus
Walter Hall
Tracy
Bill Bowman
Los Angeles
Merlin Ziemer
Wayne Anderson
Frederick Weir
Weir
West
California
Pheasant Season Comes to a Close in Strength and Depth
The 194 pheasant season ends with strong hunter success and ample birds in coverts. Open season showed many birds flushed early, with improvements later as dogs found birds and hunters faced tougher flushes. Inland fishing season closes November 30 on open species, with late fall fishing strong in northern Iowa lakes.
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Iowa Lakes
Open season game birds rules and Lyon lunch gathering
Game birds may be kept ten days after close of season without permit. Pheasant season closed on the 18th, so birds held longer must be removed by the 28th. Cold storage plants require hunter permit forms for extended holding. Sherburn high school list includes Jeanne Swenberg Pate Ny2al Ty arison Vélda Wallerstedt Herbert Asp Reuben Peterson Joy Marth Betty Lund Robert Heyman Beverly Nord Dorothy Berg and Lyon youths Betty Junior Robert Dean and Arlene. Mrs Lyon hosted a party lunch.
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Sherburn High School
Jeanne Swenberg
Pate Ny
Vélda Wallerstedt
Herbert Asp
Reuben Peterson
Joy Marth
Betty Lund
Robert Heyman
Beverly Nord
Dorothy Berg
Lyon
Betty
Robert
Dean
Arlene
Iowa New Car Sales Value Falls 38.3 Percent in October
The Iowa tax commission reports use tax receipts on new car sales dropped 38.3 percent in October from a year earlier, totaling 76,809 dollars and reflecting a 3,790,450 dollar business volume. The 2 percent levy applies to new autos and goods brought into Iowa for use. County receipts list varied figures across Appanoose to Woodbury, with Polk, Scott, and Linn among the higher sums.
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Iowa
Iowa Tax Commission
National Defense
Appanoose
Benton
Black Hawk
Boone
Carroll
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Clay
Clinton
Dallas
Des Moines
Dubuque
Emmet
Fayette
Floyd
Hamilton
Harrison
Jasper
Johnson
Lee
Linn
Mahaska
Marshall
Muscatine
Page
Polk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Story
Union
Wapello
Washington
Webster
Woodbury
Married men with no dependents face draft after January 1
Maj. George A. Irvin of the national selective service board says many married men with employed wives will be drafted after January 1. A general round-up will assess deferment status and may expose defense workers avoiding service. Local boards, especially in agriculture, worry over evasions and investigations.
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Army
George A. Irvin
National Selective Service Board
National Selective Service
Winter Driving Dangers and Precautions
Nationwide focus on winter driving risks and higher fatality rates due to snow ice fog sleet and longer hours of darkness. The piece notes 40 percent higher fatalities in the north and 20 percent in the south and promises next week’s tips on reducing mechanical hazards and driving carefully.
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Country
Iowa Corn Husking Near Two Thirds Complete
Meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports nearly two thirds of Iowa corn husked with normal pace at 80 percent for this date. Five percent unmerchantable due to molding and sprouting. drier northwest counties spared while central and eastern areas show up to 20 percent damage. Soybeans vary from near total loss to about 25 percent, aided by warm Indian summer slowing work after 10 weeks of rain.
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Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Northwest
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Sioux Falls
Dak
Fr. Winterton
Torger Lerdant
Vic Ricke
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Antone Ricke
Ada Philips
Chillicothe
Fleshman
Keokuk
Allan Tiles
Rex Jnmaneft
Uinois
Buford Hiles
Chicago
Newton
Willow Hill
Mary Ann Heinrich
Hutchinson, Minn
C. Heinrich
Vizzer Onnodt
Lakeside Country Club
Nels Jesperson
Ad Iverson
Andrew Handeland
S. J. Knutson
Oswalt Lilliand
A. J. Oswalt
G. Hall
Lee Miller
Iid Evans
Violet Oswalt
M. C. Peterson
J. J. Stillison
Red Cross
Sara Brown
Kembeck
Teterson Brothers
Brown
Dolliver
Refaleck
Belle Wink
Nerina Jensen
Marcelia Johnson
Ladies Aid Society
Dolliver Lutheran Church
Warren Canady
James Stillman
de i Jones
Spencer
Hans Petersen
American Technical School
Daisy Redhead
Teett Ty Eo
Indianola
Redhead
Russell Mindock
Moline
Owa
United States Savings “Bonds
America
Treasury Department
Defense Savings
Daniel Chester French
Defense
Abraham Lincoln
Idunnel Community Club
Jo Ann Dreke
Judith Dreke
Betty Ann Janssen
Wayne Gripentrog
Warren Gripentrog
H. T. Foller
G . Heyman
C. E. Swink Thas
William Roggon
Hasan’ W
Gavinz Atieapolis
C. A. Thulien
A. M. Peterson
Henry Rose
Welcome
Peter Rose
Ernest Rose
Ceylon
Henry Staffen
Fairmont
Carl Willer
Lawrence Huse
Ernest Richmond
Albert Mathies
Robert Johnson
Minneapolis
Axel Lyon
Prange
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
General Electric
G.E
General Electric Company
Schovenstase N
Eer
Doans
G. T. Tostenson
C. E. Birney
Estherville Abstracts Co
Bonded Abstracts
Emmet Count IE
Rosendahl
Harley
Degen General Law
T. D. Mann
Sanborn's
L. F. Hoffman
D-X
East Central Avenue
R. D. Thompson
Omics
Lauthold-Tibbetta Clothing
Gerberich
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