Treas Hanson Adjourns Tax Sale Until Jan 23
Treasurer B H Hanson adjourned the annual Emmet county delinquent tax sale at the courthouse until January 23 after bidders and observers waited. The pause allows county residents another month to raise funds to pay taxes on farms, businesses, and homes. The adjournment mirrors a common legal postponement used in many counties, with Hawarden adopting a similar scheme.
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B. H. Hanson
Emmet County
Emmet
Hawarden
Safety First Thursday Night Proved A Success
A DeMolay produced light farce, Safety First, kept the audience engaged from start to finish. Sheldon Palmer wrote the play. Maurice Nathanon, Frederick Albertson, and Vance Hilliard stood out in a strong cast. The group directed themselves with no outside help, delivering a playful, brisk comedy with clear Irish and Turkish characterizations and a climactic elopement scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMolay Organization
Sheldon Palmer
DeMolays
Maurice Nathanon
Frederick Albertson
Vance Hilliard
Elmer Flannel
Albertson
Jack Montgomery
Elmer
Zuleika
Nathanson
Jerry Arnold
Florida
Jack
Mable
Jerry
Virginia
Vaunlta Brown
Gretchen Raife
Marie Cramer
Maia
Frederick Wilson
Vermain Sidles
Abu Ben Mocha
la von Brown
Lois Hemphill
Home Economics Girls Sew for Red Cross Gifts
Estherville high school home economics classes meet at the school to sew Red Cross cotton goods into garments. Junior workers will sew every other Tuesday until Christmas, making clothes for little children to present as Christmas gifts to needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville High School
Red Cross
Miss Tucker Called Away As Mother S condition Worsens
Miss Helen Tucker left for Indianola on Friday due to her mother's critical illness. No recovery hopes are held, and her stay will be indefinite. Mrs. J. B. Hilliard substitutes for Tucker in England class at the junior high. Frank Matthes ill in Coleman, starting with quinsy. Merrill Strube broke his left shoulder Sunday exiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Tucker
Indianola
J. 8. Hilliard
Miss Tucker
England
V-R
Frank Matthes
Coleman
Quinsy
Merrill Strube
Governor Fires Babcock Minnesota Highway Chief
Governor Olson demands the resignation of Charles M. Babcock Minnesota’s first highway commissioner effective January 1 He joined the state highway department on November 9 1909 and earned national fame for building up a trunk highway system He helped plan a state trunk highway network funded by motor vehicle taxes and federal aid He previously led the American Association of State Highway Officials and later headed the Road Builders Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olson
Minnesota
Charles M. Babcock
Babcock
Minnesota State Highway Department
State Highway Board
American Association of State Highway Officials
Road Builders Association
Eshterville Junior Comedy to Be Presented Dec 14
The Eshterville High junior class presents I Won’t Be Long Now a farce in three acts at Roosevelt auditorium on Wednesday evening December 14 directed by Miss Gertrude Dudley. Cast includes Robert Preston Charles Fisher Miss Wikes Margaret Kennedy and more with tickets for reserved seats available December 14 at Supt J S Hilliard’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Auditorium
Mebers
Estherville High School
Gertrude Dudley
Robert Preston
Preton
Edward Ger
William
Meeks
Elerk
Beansy” Blake
Charles Fisher
Margaret Kennedy
Miss Wikes
Preston
Harold Hanson
Charles Dobson
Eugene Petcoff
Walter Dalley
Florence Norby
Anne Winston
Carolyn Osmundsen
Vivian Darrel
Elizabeth Hendrickson
Olga
Beatrice Anderson
Francis
Tone Kately
Loring
Playground Center
Lloyd Boone
Earl Archibald
Frank Cullen
People
Aged man passes Sunday in Estherville area
William Johnson aged 75 died Sunday at 3 o clock after a long illness. He was born in Norway August 14 1857 and came to America with his parents later settling near Wallingford and Estherville Iowa. He had 12 children 25 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren surviving. Funeral services were held Tuesday with burial at Wallingford cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson
Botolf Breke
Balesstrand
Norway
Hans
Carrie Johnson
America
Columbus
Wis
Emmet County
Wallingford
Johnson
Hivard Hande
Lyneve Olsdatter
Estherville
Carrie Anderson
Tacoma
Wash
Lena Kranta
Etta Bixby
Hans Johnson
Louise Gage
Selma Nelson
Jennie Johnson
Olene Vasser
Omaha
Neb
Ole Johnson
Swea City
Aamanda Dennison
Norwalk
Colo
Sternberg Funeral Home
Ole
Willem
John Bixby
Marl Gage
Alfred Nelson
Messiah Chorus Cast Named For Estherville Production
Rehearsals for the Messiah stage a pronouncement of participating singers. Director Earl Josten lists sopranos altos tenors and basses from Estherville Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal churches, highlighting a large mixed chorus. The piece recalls Handel’s enduring appeal since its first Westminster Abbey performance in 1759.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Josten
Estherville
Methodist Episcopal
Persone
Messiah Chorus
Hazel Amdahl
Alva Anderson
Mildred Anderson
Lovohn Bixby
Betty Blazer
Magda Center
Arlette Skromme
Hortense Smith
Marie Sorum
Cora Sunde
Irene Sunde
Ruth Thompson
Miriam Townsend
Arthur Valen
Mildred Vedder
Elizabeth West
Florence West
J. EB. Wilson
Altos
Florence Anderson
Sara Reese Bennett
Helen Brockway
Eloise Burt
Charlotte Carlson
Eleanor Carlson
Fern Carlson
Dorothy Christensen
Evelyn Coon
Edith da
Westminister Abbey
Hit Run Killer of Minneapolis Captured in Wisconsin
Riai Dalton, 30, a former Minneapolis convict, confessed to driving the fatal hit-and-run that killed Hazel Smith, 28, and injured two others on 17th Street and Nicollet Avenue. Dalton was arrested in La Crosse, Wisconsin, while stopping to have a damaged fender fixed. he is brother to Jack Dalton who escaped from St Peter asylum after a St Paul robbery.
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Riai Dalton
Minnepolis
Noieas
Minneapolis
Northwest
la Crosse
Wis
Hazel Smith
A. D. Smith
17Th Street
Nicollet Avenue
Dalton
Jack Dalton
St. Peter State Asylum
St. Paul
Swanson Shippers Head Emmet County Farm Union Officers
At an Odd Fellow hall meeting, Emmet County Farm Union shipping association re elected George Swanson as president and Henry Neppl as secretary treasurer. Ed Ahrens and Geo Frank join the board with the officers. Next regular meeting set for January 6, with a 50day time oyster supper program by Farm Union juniors. Sheriff Gordon ill at home. The Measish Handel choral program set for December 18 at Roosevelt Auditorium with the choir of local churches and an orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellow Hall
Emmet County Farm Union Shipping Association
George Swanson
Henry Neppl
Ed Ahrens
Geo Frank
County Farm Union
Farm Union
Fox Lake Gets Bass Fishlets
Eight cans of bass fingerlings were planted in Fox Lake by Floyd Lane two weeks before the lake froze. The state fish and game department led the general planting in the region, with about 400 fingerlings in this shipment—the largest after Fish, Bingham, and Shetek lakes. The fingerlings came from a Win dom hatchery pond. Fox Lake is at its lowest level, and the state may raise its level next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherburn
Fox Lake
Floyd Lane
State Fish and Game Department
Fish and Bingham Lakes
Windom
Temperance Lake
State Game and Fish Department
Auxiliary Unit Plans for Xmas Welfare Work
Estherville Legion Auxiliary outlines Christmas charity efforts for the needy and disabled veterans in government hospitals. Funds raised by the year go to gifts for Knoxville exchanges and the veterans' Christmas party. Social hour followed with bridge. high score prize to Mrs Harold Woodling and draw prize to Mrs Herb Nourse. Committee: Mrs Floyd Goldsbury chair, with Mesdames Gene Foster Art Fossum Wm Deming Dan Howard Fred Ehlers and Miss Priscilla Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Legion
Knoxville
Harold ‘Woodling
Herb Nourse
Floyd Goldsbury
Mesdames Gene Foster
Art Fossum
Wm. Deming
Dan Howard
Fred Ehlers
Priscilla Booth
Ford theft leads police pursuit to Omaha
Stolen Ford Weight traced from Birney hospital front in town Friday evening and identified at Storm Lake Sunday. It carried Palo Alto county numbers from an abandoned car found in Estherville Friday. The Weight may carry Wm Dailey wanted on burglary charges to Omaha. LeRoy Dailey named his brother as the one who stole auto accessories from the M and St. L depot at Dunnell Thursday. Wm Dailey planned to sell goods at a local garage Friday and deliver at three, but the younger Dailey appeared at eight and was arrested. James Benton has pneumonia and is ill at home since Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Birney
Birney Hospital
Storm Lake
Palo Alto County
Estherville
Wm. Dailey
Omaha
LeRoy Dailey
M. and St. L
Dunnell
Armstrong Ladies Die This Week in Community Notes
Mrs. Fred S. Robinson of Armstrong died Monday at seven after successive strokes. Born August 16, 1877 as Lou Foster, she and husband lived in Armstrong nearly thirty years. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at the Presbyterian church, interment Liberty, IL. Mrs. Alve Bergeson died at home northeast of here after a cancer illness. Funeral Monday at Swedish Lutheran church in Sew City. Surviving: husband, three sons Roy Leo Vernon and three daughters Freda Edith Helen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Fred S. Robinson
Swedish Lutheran Church
Sewa City
Alve Bergeson
Here
Sheriff Elect Fredericksen Moves to Estherville
Sheriff elect Cliff Fredericksen will move his family to Estherville this week. He has rented the Q O R Olson residence on East Lincoln street. A farewell party at the Ringsted opera house Thursday evening honored Mr and Mrs Fredericksen with dancing and cards. An appreciation dinner was held for a large banquet at the R N A hall last Monday evening, with Temp Wiley entertaining and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Fredericksen
Estherville
Q O. R. Olson
East Lincoln Street
Ringsted Opera House
Will Sew for Welfare by W C T U units
Estherville chapter of the W C T U will be assisted by Dolliver unit members Thursday. The Indies will sew all day on Red Cross cotton goods to be made into garments for welfare work by local women and groups from other areas in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Dolliver
Indies
Red Cross
Breaks Arm When Falling While Hunting
Lawrence Jones broke his wrist Sunday after a fall while hunting. The injury is healing and mending as expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Jones
Dailey youths get in trouble
LeRoy Dailey a 19 year old Estherville youth was arrested Friday night with stolen property in his possession The stolen items included spark plugs Ford coils electric light bulbs and other goods stolen Thursday night from depots at Dunnell and Huntington These depots are combination freight and passenger depots Dailey denies theft and accuses his brother Bill Daily 26 who left Estherville Friday night for parts unknown of taking the articles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Dailey
Estherville
Dunnell
Huntington
Dailey
Bill Daily
Ringsted woman breaks arm in fall Sunday
Ringsted December 6 1932 Mrs Nels Mouritsen slipped and fell Sunday breaking her right arm just above the wrist Her daughter and husband Chris Hansen of Forest City were visiting and she accompanied them to Forest City for a visit
Infant Leila Lee Lucas Dies After Iowa City Hospital Visit
Leila Lee Lucas infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lucas died Wednesday at an Iowa City hospital after an operation. Born November 9, she had not been strong since birth. Funeral services were held Saturday at Mahlum and Anderson funeral chapel with Rev. Geo. Conley presiding. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Alma Lee White and Bernice Clark spent Sunday at homes in Eagle Grove. Dewey Sidles remains seriously ill with inflammatory rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Lee
H. L. Lucas
Iowa City
Mahlum and Anderson Funeral
Rev
Geo. Conley
Oak Hill Cemetery
Alma Lee White
Eagle Grove
Bernice Clark
Dewey Sidles
Swimming Bride Margaret Rainer Wins to Become Mrs Young
Margaret Rainer of Philadelphia, a three time Lake Ontario Marathon winner, marries George Young, a noted Great Lakes marathon victor. The pair, both celebrated long distance swimmers, mark their union with a ceremonial bridal veil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Rainer
Philadelphia
Lake Ontario
George Young
Great Lakes
Armstrrog J H Presents Play Aunt Drusilla’s Garden
Armstrrog J H presents the operetta Aunt Drusilla’s Garden to be staged by the Junior high school in Armstrong on Friday December 9 1932. Cast includes Aunt Drusilla Rogers Mary Heneman Aunt Judence Rogers Lola Callahan Nelda Alventa Podger and others with roles for The Circle and The Gang. Dancing numbers will feature Iriah Lilt and Accompanist Darlene Sturtevant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad
Robert Ersland
Tiny Little
Troestier the Gang
Wilford Carson
Richard Phillips
Norman Olson
The
Circle
Florence Blakefield
Bertha Baker
Letha DeBates
Ruth Horsman
Irene Yackle
Bernice Horswell
Elaine Locker
Lavon Mixall
Iriah
Ethel
Davis Louise McIntire
Lorraine John Son
Dorothy Knudson
Darlene Sturtevant
Christmas Letters to Santa Continue at V and R Office
Santa at the North Pole responds to Emmet County letters printed in the Vindicator and Republican. He will read more wish lists, consider each letter, and fulfill orders as stocks allow. He praises unselfish plans to help others this Christmas.
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Santa
North Pole
Vindicator
Republican
Emmet County
Letters to Santa from Iowa Children of 1932
A set of handwritten notes from Dolliver Estherville Armstrong and nearby towns dated November 30 to December 2 1932. Children named Norman Tweete Donald Tweete Leona M Johnson and Leo and Robert Willson request gifts such as ice skates wool socks boxing gloves a doll a bicycle a sled waterproof boots a wall and a tractor.
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Delliver
Iowa
Santa Claus
TV Am
North Pole
Norman Tweete P. S
Hans Tweete
Donald Tweete
P. S
Mrs Hans Tweete
Santa
Estherville
Leo
Robert Willson
Armstrong
Estherville Newspaper Adopts Evening Carrier Delivery
The Vindicator and Republican will be delivered by carrier boys in Estherville the same evening as publication to save expense and improve timeliness. News copy for ads must be in by noon on publication day and the headline goes to press at twelve o'clock noon.
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Republican
Fu Manchu Film At Grand Theatre Friday And Saturday
The Mask of Fu Manchu screens at the Grand Theatre Friday and Saturday. The revival tale follows Dr Fu Manchu and a group of scientists as they attempt to exhume Genghis Khan's tomb, leading to near tragedy. Boris Karloff Karen Morley Lewis Stone and Myrna Loy star in the cast.
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Fu Manchu
Sax Rohmer
Grand Theatre
Genghis Khan
Europe
Boris Karloff
Karen Morley
Lewis Stone
Myrna Loy
Visit from Santiago native highlights Iowa stay
Mike Korts hosted his brother John from Santiago Chile for a winter visit in Estherville and Avoca Iowa. John, a linotype operator, worked at a Chilean newspaper printing in English French and Spanish. He warned about harsh South American work conditions and extreme coastal temperatures. Port Santiago exports fertilizer and guano, with some ships idle for years. many once-wealthy residents now penniless. John plans to travel to Europe after a winter in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Korts
Johnnie Korts
Santiago
Chile
Iowa
Estherville
Avoca
Porto Santiago
Korts
Emmet
Europe
Vwrp
Armstrong youths arrested for harness thefts
Three Armstrong youths Donald Carstens Dale Dundas and Minard Mathis were taken into custody and tried in Mankato for stealing harness. Carstens pled guilty to stealing harness from the John Roebke farm Cedar township Martin County Minnesota last September after being identified by an overshoe imprint. The arrests are expected to help clear up several harness thefts in southern Minnesota during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Donald Carstens
Dale Dundas
Minard Mathis
Mankato
Carstens
Marshall Jack Frost
Vernon Center
Minn
John Roebke
Cedar Township
Martin County
Minnesota
Nathanson Wins Prize in Fourth Ward Contest
Nathanson Maurice Nathanson, manager of the Orarsky Furniture department, won a cash prize in a Hérmerick contest sponsored by Mohawk Rug company. He learned of the victory Saturday in the Mohawk contest held in the fourth ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathanson
Maurice
Orarsky Furniture Department
Fourth Ward
Mohawk Rug Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Treas. Hanson
Wm. Johnson
Albert T. Reid
Farous” Maiteal
Harry Adams
Julius Anderson
Leo Brawford
Axe Carlson
Grant Christiansen
Romaine Collins
Donald Hall
Lloyd Handeland
Stanley Larsen
Hale Hickman
Albert Mahlum
Theo Myhre
Clarence Roba
Walter Schildknecht
Kenneth Seylar
Winston Yeager
John Bouw
Thorwald Dahl
Erling Hansen
John Hansen
Wayne Huntsinger
Sidney Hutchinson
Clarence Lindholm
Robert McKay
Albert Bewall
Everett Shaw
Frank Sutton
Leslie Waldee
Irl West
Swanson Again Shippers Head
Sec
F. U
W. G. Gordon
Joe Nissen
Frank O'Keefe
Ft. Dodge
Earth
Handel
Choira
R. L. Caldwell
Fish Dept
James Benton
Fred Robinson
Burgeson
Fredericksen
Armstrog J. H
Dursilla
Dolliver, Town
George Johnson
Leona M. Johnson
Leona Johnson
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