Florida Sand-Grove Swindle Spells Losses and Plans
The column recalls a Florida land scam where Minneapolis buyers sold sand-hill plots at high prices, investors cleared and cultivated groves for years, only to face $850 per acre land values and uncertain futures. It notes a Spirit Lake resident seeking work, a Sebring wedding announcement, and train service resuming for winter. It ends with holiday reflections and local commerce pleas.
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Minneapolis
Dupes
Air-Castle
Stamps Go To All In City Today
In this morning's mail Esther ville residents received their annual supply of Christmas seals under the Iowa Tuberculosis Association. Mrs Glenn Pullen chairs the drive in this city and Miss Marc Sorum is county chairman. Stamps were distributed to Emmet county teachers who sell them in rural areas. Emmet County ranks high in per capita sales and previous years' proceeds have yielded clear benefits.
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Estherville
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Glenn Pullen
Marc Sorum
Emmet
Two Estherville Women Called To Reward
Two well known Estherville women died this week, Mrs Maude Doolittle and Mrs L E Mathews. Doolittle died from a heart attack and Mathews after an emergency appendectomy. Doolittle formerly Maude Barker, born 1876 in Sparta Wisconsin, lived in Estherville many years and was active in church. she left a husband L C Doolittle, a son John and two grandchildren. Mathews, 67, had lived in Emmet county twenty years with husband, four daughters surviving. services held at Union Baptist church with interment at Livermore.
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Estherville
Maude Doolittle
L. E. Mathews
Oak Hill Cemetery
Vance Noe
Lloyd Johnson
Dickerson
J. M. Hale
Chas
Nourse
Fred Trevett
Doolittle
Sparta
Wis
Emmet County
John Barker
Maude Barker
Estherville High
John Baker
Emmet
Maude
L. C. Doolittle
John
Edna Barker
California
Sioux City
R. J. Ridley
Mahlum and Anderson Chapel
Union Baptist Church
J. A. Riggs
Wesley
G. E.forasell
Livermore
Auto plates see rush as new color debuts
Miss Eliza Welsh, deputy county treasurer in charge of motor vehicles, reports brisk sales of the new orange license plates with 291 sets sold by noon. She notes that semi annual truck license payments will increase workload but aid owners. Also mentions Rex Beach and Mrs. Beach wintering in Sebring. Federal reserve survey shows September vs August shifts in the southeast, with gains in construction, residential contracts, textiles, and steel, while department store sales lagged behind seasonal norms.
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Eliza Welsh
Miss Welsh
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
John Pluth Farm Sale Holds Auction This Week
John Pluth, residing near Wallingford, will conduct a public auction on Tuesday December 12 featuring 40 head of cattle an excellent team of horses farm machinery and household goods. Auctioneers are Fashier and Burns with Emmet County State Bank as clerk. Watch Thursday issue of the Vindicator and Republican for full sale details.
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John Pluth
Wallingford
New Weather Observer in Estherville Introduced
Estherville gains a new weather observer Mrs Joseph Orvis succeeding A O Peterson. She assumed duties Saturday with S E Decker moving instruments from the Peterson home to the Orvis residence. The Petersons kept thrice daily readings for 47 years, Earl Peterson had 11 years, and the family has 86 more years of service.
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Estherville
Joseph Orvis
A. O. Peterson
S. E. Decker
Des Moines
Peterson
North Seventh Street
Orvis
First Avenue
Earl Peterson
Peterson's
Raids Seize Liquor At Sail Inn Club
Dickinson Emmet and Clay county officers raided the Sail Inn at Orleans early Sunday about 1 30 am seizing around 40 liquor bottles. Roscoe Keyser of Estherville was arrested on bootlegging charges and held in Dickinson county jail awaiting arraignment. Operator Frank Weatherlee named. many patrons present 100 to 150. club to close upon attorney Virginia Bedell's return from Rochester.
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Dickinson
Emmet
Clay Counties
Royal Orleans Club
Orleans
Sail Inn
Roscoe Keyser
Estherville
Keyser
Dickinson County
Virginia Bedell
Rochester
Frank Weatherlee
Benda Found Not Guilty In Highway License Case
Ben Benda of Estherville was acquitted of operating a car on a public highway with a revoked license in a hearing before Justice of the Peace Gertrude Nipher. He was arrested last Sunday by Patrolman M L Dean after being stopped with his wife and daughter in the car. testimony from Mrs Benda and their daughter supported that he was not driving. Dean testified Benda was behind the wheel. The jury, largely composed of local truckers, was assembled by the county constable at the county engineer L J Boggess's office.
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Court House
Gertrude Nipher
Justice of Peace
Ben Benda
Estherville
Benda
M. L. Dean
L. J. Boggess
Dean
Damage suit dismissed in district court
Judge Stillman in Spirit Lake district court dismissed a damage suit brought by Herbert Benit of Arnolds Park against Ralph Warner last week. Benit had sought an attachment against Warner for damages to his car after a collision.
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Stillman
Spirit, Lake
Ralph Warner
Herbert Benit
Arnolds Park
Costa
Benit
Wate
Locals Bow To Nettleton In Openers
Estherville high school team opened the season with a 84 to 45 loss to Nettleton junior college. Hynes scored 16 for Estherville and Griffith added nine while Dunlap and Jansa led Nettleton with 18 and 13 points. The Aggies showed potential despite the defeat and coach Starr experimented with lineups for the first conference game.
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Estherville
Wolves
Nettleton Junior College
Hynes
Nettleton Boys
Dunlap
Jansa
Nettleton Aggregation
Griffith
Nettleton
Starr
Estherville FG
Knutsen Schryver Eenenean
Hynes Erereee
Borgesseene
King
Seereeree O
Griffith Nee
Burt Oeed
Watts
Serene
Pearson
Madden
Kelly Bbapweees
Arnold Toe
Peterson Oe
Nettleton FG
Dunlap One
Utenen
Wheeler Reid
Dowling Junior College
Des Moines
Roosevelt Gymnasium
Dowling College
Bob Aiken
Grover High School
Storm Lake
Tate
Sioux Falls
Esthervill
Maple Hill
Keys to Happiness campaign for Studebaker cars
Studebaker launches Keys to Happiness, a Christmas merchandising plan run by its national dealer organization through the holidays. George D. Keller, vice president of sales, sponsors the drive to present a new Studebaker as the ideal family gift. Distributors and dealers will promote the car’s appeal with an attractive jewel box containing the keys to a new Studebaker, to be hung on the Christmas tree by the donor.
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Studebaker
Geo. D. Keller
Trp
Frank Weed Dies at Orleans After Illness
Frank J. Weed, 69, longtime Spirit Lake resort figure, died Friday at his Orleans home after an illness since July from a bone disease. He came to Orleans at age 11 from Eldora with his parents, ran a bua line for lake visitors, served as storekeeper and postmaster, and owned several cottages along the lake shore. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Spirit Lake.
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Frank J. Weed
Spirit Lake
Orleans
Mr. Weed
Steven Weed
Eldora
Lake Shore
Soil Men At District Meeting
Emmet county conservation officials met at Storm Lake to discuss the 1940 AAA farm program and imminent corn sealing. The plan calls for an average 12 percent acreage cut with up to 20 percent in some areas, plus parity and conservation payments and a 57-cent corn loan rate. Parity, allotments, and soil conservation aims were outlined by AAA officials, with county and state figures to follow.
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National Aaa
Nels Christiansen
B. W. Horswell
Lee Miller
Emmet County Conservation Committee
M. A. Balkema
Storm Lake
Iowa
Emmet
Nounce Cmen
AAA
United States
R. M. Evans
Santa Claus to Visit Estherville Saturday
Santa Claus returns to Estherville this Saturday for candy distribution to local children. He will ride in a sleigh around the courthouse square at 1 30 p m and candy will be handed out at 2 p m. Walter Schultz chairs the arranging committee with J B White A O Peterson Harley Degen Melvin Whitish Louie Perkins Wm Huffman W W Sweet Rev J J Keane and L N Boone. The women of the American Legion auxiliary are packing the candy and Mildred Ortmeyer leads the escort and helpers for Santa.
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Santa Claus
Estherville
Court House Square
Walter Schultz
J. B. White
A. O. Peterson
Harley Degen
Melvin Whitish
Louie Perkins
Wm. Huffman
W. W
Gardston Hotel opens newly redecorated landmark in Town
The Gardston Hotel unveiled a remodeled portion last Tuesday with a private dining room seating forty and a coffee shop featuring fountain service. The south lobby houses a tap room while the west lobby received a modernized entrance with a curved canopy. Blue and white decor dominates the Blue Room with royal blue walls and gold patterns. Blond maple furniture and blue orange leather upholsteries accent both dining and coffee areas. Modernized design aims to crown Estherville as a stylish northwest Town establishment.
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Gardston Hotel
H. H. Drey
Directoire
Northwest Town
Estherville
Bar Association Midwinter Meeting In Emmetsburg
The 14th Judicial District Bar Association will meet Saturday in Emmetsburg with about 125 attorneys and wives. Represented counties include Buena Vista Clay Dickinson Emmet Palo Alto Pocahontas Humboldt and Kossuth. Afternoon sessions start at 2 30 with Judge Cooper and Judge Graven addressing. An officers election occurs, Wives are entertained, banquet at 7 with dancing and bridge to follow.
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14Th Judicial District Bar Association
Emmetsburg
Buena Vista
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Kossuth
W. S. Cooper
Winterset
Henry N. Graven
Mason City
Clem W. Garfield
K. V. Welty
Spirit Lake
Kermore
Smith
P. T. A. Executive Committee Meeting Noted
A meeting of the executive committee of the general Parent- Teachers' association is scheduled for 4 15 p m Thursday December 7. The venue is in Mr Khyvigs office in the Roosevelt building.
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General
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Khyvig'sa
Roosevelt Building
Films To Be Shown In Emmet County Schools
Health education by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association features Wm Reed presenting two film reels and lectures on prevention and cure. Miss Marie Sorum schedules four days across Emmet County with programs at Roosevelt Auditorium Dolliver and Ellsworth, Armstrong Iowa Lake, Maple Hill Swan Lake Ringsted, Denmark township, Gruver Center township, Halfa Jack Creek, East West Emmet, Wallingford High Lake and 12 Mile Lake townships through Friday.
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Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Wm. Reed
Emmet
Marie Sorum
Roosevelt Auditorium
Dolliver High School
Dolliver
Ellsworth Township
Armstrong
Iowa Lake
Armstrong School
Maple Hill
Swan Lake
Ringsted
Denmark Township
Gruver
Center Township
Halfa
Jack Creek
Emmet Consolidated School
East
West Emmet
Wallingford
High Lake
12 Mile Lake
Prisoner Skips Out On Iriving Hunt in Emmet County Jail
Irving Hunt of Sac City, held since Nov 2 after changing a forgery plea to not guilty, fled the Emmet county jail yesterday morning without county officer authorization. Arrested Oct 30 in Rockwell City, Hunt faced Judge G. W. Stillman for forging checks, totaling 20 dollars. He was sentenced to 10 years at Anamosa, bond set at 1000, and returned for January term. A prior Minnesota sentence is noted.
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Irving Hunt
Sac City
Emmet
Court House
Hunt
Rockwell City
M. E. Huckaba
Estherville
G. W. Stillman
Wayne Dixon
M. B. Whitish
Stillman
Anamosa
Minnesota
Tuberculosis Drive Marks 33rd Year In Emmet County
The Emmet county tuberculosis drive opens with the pledge “Protect Your Home from Tuberculosis” and notes 2 active cases and five new ones last year. An economic loss of about 21000 yearly due to TB deaths is cited, with the 1938 Christmas seal by Rockwell Kent showing an angel guarding against TB.
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Vos
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Emmet
Rockwell Kent
United States
Local Market Prices for Livestock and Eggs
Heavy Springs over 5 lbs 11 cents per pound. Over 4 to 5 pounds 9 cents. Leghorn Springs 0. Heavy Hens over 5 lbs 10 cents. Hens 4 to 5 lbs 8 cents. Light and Leghorn Hens Te. Heavy Stags over 5 lbs 8 cents. Light and Leghorn Stags Te. Heavy Cocks over 5 lbs Te. Light and Leghorn Cocks 6 cents. Hennery Eggs 18 cents. No 1 Standard Eggs 10 cents. No 2 Eggs 1 1/2? Erratic. Poullet Eggs 9 cents. Cream Sweet 32 cents. Cream No 1 28? Cream No 2 6? Hog prices: Hogs top 8 5? Packers 84.25.
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Goa
Nichols
Babson Park
Robert Holtz
Tampa
Sebring
W. G. Watters
W.G. Nichols
Kathleen Elizabeth
Richard Clarkson Baker
M. W. Baker
Miss Watters
Sebring High School
Ward- Belmont College
Nashville
Alpha Tau Sigma Fraternity
Kirksville
Florida Sunbeam
Chicago
Detroit
Ohio
F. L. Jenkins
Southern — Railway
Cincinnati
Hampton
Fla
Sunbeam
New York Central
Seaboard Air Line
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Miami
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt
Eatherville
V.K
Rex Beach
New York
V.R
V.k._ BENDA
Frank Weed
Superior
Gardston
Entire State
A. W. Smith
Eb, C, McMahon
Algona
Franklin Fe
Carl L. Spies
Guy Carmichael
J. P. Hand
P. T. A. Executive
Iowa T. B. Association
Tammany
Ong
Eri Tien
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