Townsend meeting in Orlando draws crowd of admirers
A Townsend gathering in Orlando at a large city auditorium drew a crowd largely consisting of supporters and critics. The featured speaker, a congressman from Florida's Fifth District, extolled Townsend's bill and urged lawmakers to back or oppose it, claiming rapid national growth and near-term success. The piece also critiques political rhetoric and identifies social tensions across Florida, including harsh views on reform, race, housing, and public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Langden
Orlando
Piorida
Congress
Ways and Means
Townsend
Florida
Businessman's Prayer in a Turbulent Era
A fragmented prayer seeks divine aid for business men facing invisible forces. The speaker asks for strength to bear burdens with a clear conscience, to resist temptation for money, and to endure debt and pressure without losing integrity. The text reflects struggle between faith and material pursuits.
Lincoln school Christmas program delights parents
The Lincoln and other grade schools planned varied Christmas entertainment for parents. Lincoln’s real program opened with a PTA meeting featuring a second and third grade recital, a play Mrs Santa Claus, and a long cast list. A later choir recital and carols were announced, with students named. Maloney, Morris, and Kirgore among cast and chorus members. The report also mentions odd local lines and a separate note about a large citrus purchase by the Federal Surplus Commodity Corp for relief distribution.
Barrick Sale Thursday at Emmet County Farm
A closing out sale by H Barrick on the Chas LeValle farm northwest of Estherville 1 1/2 miles west of the Emmet Consolidated school Dec 21 will feature 101 head of livestock and 25 years of farm tools and machinery including a full blacksmith set. Livestock includes 9 horses and mules 50 cattle with 18 milch cows and springers hogs and chickens. Fashier and Burns conduct the auction with Iowa Trust and Savings Bank clerk.
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Barrick
Estherville
Emmet Consolidated School
Chas
LeValle Place
Fashier
Burns
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Mrs Anna Hamilton Files Divorce Petition in Estherville
A petition was filed today in the clerk of courts office by Mrs Anna Nelson Hamilton for divorce from Joseph W Hamilton. She accuses cruel and inhuman treatment and seeks alimony per court judgment and restraining order. The couple reside in Estherville and the request references the November term proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hamilton
Clerk of Courts
Anna Nelson Hamilton
Joseph
Hamilton
S. Johnston
Milton
Estherville
Kiwanis luncheon hosts Christmas program and carols
Kiwanis members held a noon luncheon at the Blue Room Gardston hotel with Elizabeth Perrin of the W P A Recreation project as guest speaker. A special program featured, followed by grades gathering to sing carols and an informal Christmas entertainment. The McKinley building chorus, directed by Miss Frances Smith and Miss Genie Gray, performed Christmas carols for shut-ins on the west side. Jackson School third graders present their annual Christmas program to patrons and friends at 2:30 pm under Miss Margaret Maniece, with a cast including Shirley Larson, Junior Fouts, Santa, Mouse, Scrooge, and many classmates. Roosevelt grades and junior high will also present a combined program Friday at 2:30 pm in the Roosevelt auditorium open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
PTA
Shirley Ann Diamond
Merle Sorum
Virginia Maloney
Max Fowler
Jane
Jane Kilgore
Malverne Moller
Alice
Doree Crawford
John
Deane “Case
June’ Runge
Russell “Morris
Case
Frances Smith
Maye Case
Barbara Stavros
Betty Sunde
Virginia Boggess
Phyllis Bringle
Donna Ditsworth
Mary Ann Frettem
Ruth Kilgore
Colleen Reynolds
Beverly Clark
Jean Bringle
June
Kiwanis Club
Blue Room
Gardston Hotel
Elizabeth Perrin
W. P. A. Recreation Project
McKinley Building
Genie Gray
West Side
Verda Sawyer
George Allen
Jimmy van Valkenberg
Alden Alvestad
Erna Mae Foster
Phyllis Griffith
Roberta Allen
Marion Elwood
Joyce Jensen
David Kingery
Guat Barbas
Juanita Billings
Merle Richard
LeRoy Richard
Ruth Brown
Marjorie Eckholm
Jackson
Jackson School
Margaret Maniece
Shirley Larson
Santa
Mouse
Dery
Johnson
Charles Clark
Ann Oxborrow
Margaret
Norma Green
Betty
Patty Sullivan
Charles Reed
James Bike
Bob Cratchet
Douglas McDonald
Roosevelt Auditorium
Il Hd
Yay Chorals
Stores Open Evenings This Week In Local Stores
Nearly all stores remain open evenings until 9 oclock this week and continuing through Friday Regular hours observed on Saturday Employment Office Hours The employment office will be closed Saturday and Monday December 28 and 25 also Saturday and Monday December 30 and January 2 1940.
Truck Burns After Crash Near Emmetsburg Iowa
Three injured in a high speed crash on highway 18 five miles west of Emmetsburg. A Brady Transfer Co semi truck collided with a car driven by E R B Robinson of Boyd Minnesota. Butter from Sibley creameries fueled a fire with ten thousand pounds aboard. Robinson held in jail. potential charges expected. Passersby pulled two truck occupants to safety as flames and melted butter flooded the scene.
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Brady .Transfer .Co
Ft. Dodge
E. R B. Robinson
Boyd
Minn
Highway
Emmetsburg
Paul Kramme
Hartley
Richard Tebrake
Sibley
Altho
Ray Taylor
Carl Furst
Estherville
Robinson
Boston
Mars
West Lake properties change hands in two sales
The Waltross Court property on West Okoboji near the Inn was sold to Helen Barr of Cherokee who runs a gift shop near Ft. Dodge point. Lincoln Park house and eight cottages were sold to B. L. Huddoff of Spirit Lake who will upgrade the site into a cottage camp. Wm. Bowles has bought the W. L. Benjamin cottage on the south shore of Big Spirit Lake and will join Mr. Bowles with Mrs. Bowles soon to take possession of their new home.
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Waltross Court
Okoboji
Helen Barr
Ft. Dodge Point
A. M. Hardman
Engraham
Council Bluffs
Lincoln Park House
B. L. Huddoff
Spirit Lake
E. M. O'Farrell
Hudtloff
Wm. Bowles
St. Louis
W. L. Benjamin
Big Spirit Lake
Bowles
W. R. Holmes
Fairmont Girl Named Best Cook at 4-H Club
Maxine Koons of Fairmont Inn was chosen as one of four top girl cooks at the 18th annual 4-H club event. The competition highlighted domestic arts with judging of prepared dishes and presentation.
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W.r.fairmont
Maxine ‘Koons
Fairmont
Inn
Fire forges heavy losses at Markley farm Estherville
A fire two and a half miles southeast of Estherville Saturday evening destroyed nine thousand bushels of corn and two thousand bushels of oats along with a double corn crib granary and farm machinery. Water shortages prevented full containment. Eleven hundred dollars in logs and tools were lost. three fifths of the corn and all oats belonged to Markley, the rest to Mutual Benefit Insurance Co. The Estherville fire department could not save the main buildings.
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A. R. Barkley
Estherville
Gregory Bormann
Markley Farm
Fred Bug
Award
Haywood
Markley
Orn
Mutual Benefit Insurance Co
Insurance Company
Estherville Fire Department
Byg
Funeral Services Held for Spencer Banker H. Bruce Noll
Funeral services were held for H. Bruce Noll a prominent Spencer banker and longtime president of the Clay County Fair Association. Noll died after a months long illness. Members of the Spencer Chamber of Commerce the Spencer Masonic Lodge and the Clay County fair board attended. Friends established a Bruce Noll memorial fund to buy musical chimes for Grace Methodist Church tower.
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H. Bruce Noll
Spencer
Clay County Fair Association
Noll
Spencer Chamber of Commerce
Spencer Masonic Lodge
Clay County Fair Board of Directors
Bruce Noll
Grace Methodist Church
MacDonald Breaks Pelvic Bone in Fall at Home
F. A. MacDonald former Emmet county engineer is in Coleman hospital with a broken pelvic bone after a fall at his home Sunday. His son Robert MacDonald is due Thursday to spend Christmas with him.
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F. A. MacDonald
Emmet
Coleman Hospital
Robert MacDonald
Mild Weather Delays Ahead for Christmas
Winter-like chill reaches Esther ville as temperatures drop from sixties to twenty eight and light snow falls. A trace of snow accumulates with highs ranging in the teens to mid teens and lows near the teens, signaling a brief setback before a warming trend.
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Estherville
Locals Lose To Sibley In Narrow Defeat
Estherville Midgets fall to Sibley 18 to 16 after a tight first half 10 to 7. Kennedy led locals with five points as Wile and others struggled with shots. Despite the loss the locals remain in contention for conference honors in a hard fought high school basketball game.
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Estherville
Sibley
Wile
Kennedy
Fgfs Pft
Elwood
Sanders
Kelly
Youman
McNally
Scot
Hood
Seeeeseeek
Palmer
Woods
Young
Ellerbrock
Cook
Wilson
Funk
O Moyle
Molendorp
Legion Auxiliary Plans Basket Filling Meeting
The Legion Auxiliary committee will meet Friday at two o'clock in the club rooms to fill Christmas baskets. Citizens are urged to donate food clothing or gifts and bring items to the legion club rooms on Friday.
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Legion Auxiliary Committee
Legion Club
Post Office Extends Hours To Handle Christmas Rush
Post mistress Clara E Kennedy announces extended hours from 7:80 AM to 9:00 PM through Thursday and all-day Saturday to speed Christmas mail. Staff report effort to mail out all items received Monday before closing and urge local businesses to use the post office for timely handling.
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Clara E. Kennedy
Postoffice
Rock Island
Ae Ae Clerka
Decision Upheld in Miles Edwards Estate Case
The state supreme court sustained Judge G W Stillman allowing trial in the Miles Edwards versus James Kirk case after dismissing the defense demurrer to the plaintiff’s objection. The motorcycle crash near Estherville on Aug 20 1988 will proceed to trial with Morse Estherville Kern Faville Des Moines as counsel.
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State Supreme Court
G. W. Stillman
Miles Edwards
James Kirk
Emmet
Stillman
Maurice
Kirk
Estherville
Miles
Supreme Court
Fam Tuit Afi“ Aton
Morse
Kern
Faville
Des Moines
Atkins Brothers Returned to Martin County After Cafe Shooting
Minnesota authorities sought Paul and Charles Atkins after a shooting at Louis Noffke's cafe in Ceylon. Noffke was wounded in the right hand during a scuffle over gambling dice before the Atkins brothers fled toward Madison Wisconsin. Estherville officers captured them and returned them to Martin County for outstanding charges.
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Martin County
Estherville
Paul
Charles Atkins
Fairmont
Minnesota
Ceylon
Louis Noffke
Noffke
Charles
Paul Atkins
Atkins Brothers
Lafayette
Madison
Wisconsin
Legion Post Hall Dedicated In Graettinger
The American Legion of Graettinger will dedicate its new hall this Thursday. Built of cement blocks at a cost of 6000, it features a full basement and a dining room for 200, plus a maple dance floor. State Commander George Paradise of Sioux City will be the principal speaker.
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American Legion of
Kilgore Dies of Heart Attack in Estherville
Fred S Kilgore died in Estherville after a Thursday heart attack. He was iled during the night, recovered briefly Friday, then died Monday afternoon at 346 PM. Born October 19 1878 in Peoria Illinois he moved to Estherville January 10 1902 and operated groceries and hardware businesses with partners before selling stock feed. He was a member of the Elks Odd Fellows and the Methodist church. Surviving are his widow two daughters Lyle Kilgore and four grandchildren and a brother Sam Kilgore of Seattle Washington. He predeceased by one daughter and three sisters. Funeral tomorrow at the Methodist church with interment in East Side cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Hig
Methodist Church
Rev
Ortmeyer
East Side
John Smith
Theodore Myhre
Joseph Orvis
Charles Lewis
K. K
H. H. Sconberg
R. C G. Brown
Bulls
Montgomery Ward
Sconberg
Kilgore
Elks and Odd Fellows Lodges
Mr. Kilgore
Richard [Klangs
Claude Griffith
Lyle Kilgore
Estherville
Sam Kilgore
Seattle
Wash
Irwin Herbrandson
J. E. Herbrandson
Rochester
Orlando Culbertson
Leavenworth
Indiana
Sanford Carlton
Wells, Minn
Lillian Herbrandson
Carlton
Norman
Earl
Clarence
L. A. Mathie
State Line Cemetery
Oliver Shonkwiler
Raymond Goecke
Claude Willey
Maurice Olson
Thomas Herum
Henry Valen
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Hort
Homer Eo
Lake Wales News
New Jersey
Campbell
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Florida‘ Citrus Industry
John L. Peters
FSCC
FSCO
Barrick Sale
Kiwanis
West Lake
Spencer Banker
V.R. F. A. MacDonald
V.R
Legion Auxiliary
Edward
NEW Legion Post Hall
America
F. Kilgore
Irwin Herbrandsen
Doris Hoganson
Fred S. Kilgore
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