Haller Dies at Post on Rock Island Engine No 420
Engineer B F Haller collapses and dies of heart failure just before coupling to Chicago passenger train No 420 at Estherville. Funeral services held. burial in Montezuma. Survived by wife and daughter Norma. LongtimeRock Island employee, born North Lima Ohio 1866.
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Frank Haller
Rock Island
Aes
Chicago
Wilson
Mahlum & Andersort
L. T. Weeks
Emmetsburg
North Star Lodge
A. F
A. M
Montezuma
Chas. Keeler
Ed Cole
Lorenzo Lough
Wm. Post
Norma
University of Illinois At Champlain
Estherville m
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Sioux Falls
Dakota
Estherville
North Lima
Ohio
Iowa
Merchants Report Strong Holiday Business in City
City merchants report very satisfactory holiday trade with higher volumes than in years past. Customers bought better goods, shifting from low priced underwear to $3 to $5 items, signaling improved financial conditions in the region.
Post Office Hours For New Year Holiday Observed
V R hours observed at the post office on New Year’s Day January 1 a legal holiday. Window service to patrons from 9 to 10 a m. No mail deliveries in city or rural routes. A business collection will be made at 3 45 p m.
Service Star Legion Notice Meeting January 4
Regular meeting of the Service Star Legion Thursday, Jan. 4 at 2:30 p.m. A short business session, afterwards a social time together. Hot coffee and doughnuts will be served, bring a cup and teaspoon. Also be prepared to pay next year's dues. Everyone come and bring other members with you to join us. COMMITTEE. 52w2 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parker of Minneapolis were Christmas guests at the Anton Steery home. Mrs. Parker is a sister of Mrs. Storey. Mr. Parker returned home Tuesday but his wife will remain longer. County Agent Radebaugh spent Carlene at Winterset with his family.
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Service Star Legion
Ralph Parker
Minneapolis
Anton Steery
Nellie Nelson
Albert Lea
Winnifred Side
Rockford
Mina Palit
Hanson
E. H. Kortum
San Jose
California
Evelyn Olson
Waldorf College
Forest City
H. P. Olson
Virginia Lyons
All Saints School
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Henry Klocow
Eunice
Glenis
St. James
Minn
Dorothy Beymer
Decatur
Iowa
W. A. Beymer
Marie Z. Pingrey
A. A. Pingrey
Miss Pingrey
Correctionylle
Ernie Johnson
Dubuque
D. P. Waters
Baby Dughter
Wm. Fahey
Walter Galbraith
Balaton
Frank van Velter
G. G. Griffith
Manson
David Pingrey
Virginia
Aude
A. H. Reese
Mobridge
S. D
Abe Anderson
Reinbeck
Waterloo
Lloyd Gregory
Barnes City
Elmer Boyington
Galt
Dolliver
A. B. Boyington
Emmet Moore
N. Albert
Miss Merta
Montgomery
Mike
Chauncey Morse
Sthursday
Ames
Town State College
G. H. Morse
Ralph Miller
Anita
Ben Perkins
N. R. Ellsworth
Terris
Clara Kennedy
West Bend
Allen B. Carter
Ingar Sonsenson
Clarence Johnson
Chicago
Dairying Pays Mr and Mrs Lyman Fraser
Mr and Mrs Lyman Fraser near the city describe dairy farming as a profitable use of their land with a well equipped barn, alfalfa fields, and a Jersey herd. They sell butter and cream to a creamery, yielding steady income and high quality calves from a pure bred bull. A recently freshened cow produces fifty six pounds daily.
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Lyman Fraser
Fraser
Jersey
Mother of W. W. Wilson Dies in Maryville Tennessee
Walter Wilson learned Sunday of his mother Mrs. W. S. McTeer’s death at her Maryville home after a brief illness from double pneumonia. A former resident, she left town about twenty five years ago with husband Ed Wilson, who later died. The family traveled to Maryville for the funeral.
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Walter Wilson
W. S. McTear
Maryville
Tenn
McTeer
Ed Wilson
Sam Reaney
Dan Phillips Gratitude for Estherville Gift
Citizens of Estherville contributed 150 dollars for Dan Phillips who suffered paralysis last summer. He has improved but cannot work and appreciates current help. He thanks donors and hopes to repay them someday. Moss Mason mobilized community support.
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Estherville
Dan Phillips
Moss Mason
Phillips
Emmet County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Notice
The Emmet County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday January 3 1928 at 10 o clock a m in the K P Hall Estherville. Also notes Christmas visits by Miss Geraldine Buckley and Joe Buckley Spirit Lake and Mildred Nurss to Sioux Falls. Mrs M Weland Halfa Christmas at Ocheyedan and John Osgood G A Nichols guests Sloane day. Norma Haller called after the sudden death of her father and is at the University of Illinois Champaign IL.
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Emmet County Farm Bureau
K. P. Hall
Estherville
Geraldine
Joe Buckley
Spirit Lake
Mildred Nurss
Sioux Falls
Bertha Paul
M. Weland
Halfa
Ocheyedan
W. E. Deming
John Osgood
G. A. Nichols
Sloane
Norma Haller
University of
Warmest Christmas Day in Northwest Weather History
Estherville and the Northwest Monday marked the warmest Christmas day on record for the weather bureau with a 52 degree high at 1 p.m. Reports from Duluth and Des Moines noted the warmest Christmas since 1881. Temperatures rose to 52 then fell to 36 by evening as ice and snow gave way to running water and mild winds.
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Estherville
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Grand Forks
N. D
Duluth
Des Moines
Roudebush Grocery Rearranges Store Interior
Roudebush Grocery is rearranging its interior with rectangular counters placed down the center to allow customers to examine wall cases. New display stands and woodwork cleaning enhance the store’s immaculate, attractive appearance. W E Deming in Des Moines this week checking the state automobile business. Mrs Heffelfinger visited Iowa Falls last week.
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Roudebush Grocery
W. E. Deming
Des Moines
State Department
Lew Heffelfinger
Iowa Falls
Unusual Lighting Delights Grand Theatre Audience
Manager F H Grant enhances the Grand Theatre appeal with a stunning lighting display at the start of the evening. Subdued colored lights on the stage blend and shift as advertising films play, creating a striking visual effect.
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F. H. Grant
Grand Theatre
A B Boyington Dolliver Dies in Estherville
Allen Bassett Boyington born April 14 1869 near Galt Iowa died at Estherville Hospital December 20 1922 aged 53 years 8 months 6 days He married Fannie A Collins November 23 1892 at Hampton Iowa Nine children Gerald O Des Moines L Fern Koenecke Madeira Minn June Neilly Dolliver Thad A Hugh L V Lucile G Leota G Bernice at home Swan Lake Esther M died in infancy He leaves an aged mother near Galt two brothers Charles and Elmer many friends Funeral held Community M E B Church Friday December 22 1922 Rev Herbert Marsh pastor Interment Dolliver cemetery
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Allen Bassett Boyington
Galt
Iowa
Estherville Hospitl
Fannie A. Collins
Hampton
Gerald O
Des Moines
L. Fern Koenecke
Madeira
Minn
June Neilly
Dolliver
Thad A
Hugh L
V. Lucile
G. Leota G. Bernice
Swan Lake
Esther M
Charles
Elmer
Los
M. EB
Herbert Marsh
Dolliver Cemetery
True Christmas Spirit Drives Kingstons Gift
John Nelson displays the true Christmas spirit by depositing $25 at the H. A. Kingston store to aid purchases of goods for those in need of life’s necessities, described as a heart as big as a bushel basket in the Armstrong Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nelson
H. A. Kingston
John
Armstrong Journal
Deed of 1854 School Land Owned by Letchford
Geo Letchford holds an 1854 deed for forty Iowa school land acres granted to his father by the state and signed by Governor Hempsted and Secretary George W. McCleary. The relic, though aged, will be framed for preservation. The article notes teachers returning home for Christmas and lists several locals traveling for holiday visits.
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Geo. Letchford
John Letchford
Iowa
Hempsted
George W. McCleary
Towa
Union
Letchford
Two Stores Robbed in Estherville
Robbers hit Fred Ehlers stores on the night before Christmas stealing goods mainly men’s overcoats and clothing totaling about five hundred dollars. They entered through a rear window at the Sconberg Kilgore store and attempted entry there but fled. Local amateurs suspected. arrests may follow in a few days.
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Fred Ehlers
Sconberg & Kilgore
Sconberg& & Kilgore
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America
the Vindicator & Republican
W. W. Wilson
Maryville, Tenn
VR Annual Meeting OF
Mercury
Gand Forks
North Dakota
J. F.archibeld
de Roul
Etta Davis
Gilmore City
Fred Sternberg
Peter Scholtes, Sr
Josephine
Elizabeth
E. L. Haley
Haley
A.B. Boyington
Ilness
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