Emmet County Families shaken by holiday auto deaths
A Christmas weekend wave of crashes in Emmet County and nearby states left four dead near Worthington Minnesota. Ed Schmidt of Raleigh died after a multi-car wreck on U.S. 59. P J Schmidt’s brother, plus Kenneth A Rowe and his wife perished as rescuers searched for a victim. Other accidents injured Mrs Sconberg of Springfield and Dawes Sconberg. a Jensen car rolled near Armstrong. Alvin Jensen and Arlene Schwanz were involved in a separate crash near TruMan Minnesota The tally includes a long line of injuries, hospital stays, and ongoing hopes for recoveries as families mourn losses.
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Estherville
Emmet
P. J. Schmidt
Raleigh
Worthington
Minn
Ed Schmidt
U. S. Highway No. 59
Harry Rupperle
Kenneth A.rowe
Marshall, Minn
Rowe
Rupperie
Schmidt
P. Swangon
John Schmidt
Rock Island
Sibley
K. Schmidt
Sconberg
H. H. Sconberg
Springfield
Dawes Sconberg
Leopold Brothers
Sanborn
Montevideo
Armstrong
Alvin
J. E B. Jonsen
Jensen
Young Jensen
Arlene Schwanz
Truman
Dairy School Here Thursday at Estherville City Hall
Emmet county dairy men gather for a dairy feeding and management meeting at Estherville city hall kitchen Thursday from 10 30 a m to 3 80 p m County agent W A Balkema and Arthur Porter from Iowa State College will lead discussions on high protein concentrates grains roughages minerals and home grown feeds The group will also consider the dairy outlook balancing seeds and future demand Oyster stew will be served after the meeting by the Estherville Co operative creamery and the Farm Bureau
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Emmet County
Estherville City Hall
W. A. Balkem
Arthur Porter
Iowa State College
Balkema
Estherville.Co-operative Creamery
Farm Bureau
Local Couple Wed on Christmas Day in Mulock Home
Miss Leola Mulock and Leonard Roberts united in marriage at 10 a.m. Christmas Day in the Mulock home with Rev. F. W. Ortmeyer officiating. The couple, graduates of local schools, will reside in Estherville at the BE. J. Schryver home on East Lincoln Street. He works for K. and M. Sales. she has been teaching in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola Mulock
C. L. Mulock
Leonard Roberts
Ray Roberts
Mulock
F. W. Ortmeyer
Weather outlook for upper Mississippi and plains
Weather outlook covers Dec 27 1937 to Jan 1 1938 for upper Mississippi lower Missouri Valleys and northern central Great Plains. Occasional snow in central north portions with rain or snow in extreme south portions. Generally cold in north and near or below normal temperatures in southern portions. Mentions Balkofias and Faust family travel and dinner in Clarion.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Miss Mary Mauss Becomes Deputy County Auditor
Miss Mary Mauss will succeed Mrs Selma Brunsvold as deputy county auditor, effective January 1, according to Emmet county Auditor Gladys M Bringle. Brunsvold has served seven years as deputy and is described as efficient and accommodating.
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Mary Mauss
Selma Brunsvold
Gladys M. Bringle
Emmet
Brunsvold
Boy Hurt On Coasting Hill
West Des Moines a boy 18 named William (Peanuts) Henely was struck by a car driven by Miss Alice Riggs while coasting on North Second Avenue near a crossing. He suffered several cracked ribs and a bruised nose but no internal injuries were found. he was taken to Coleman hospital and is expected to recover soon.
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Peanuts
Henely
West Des Moines
Alice Riggs
North Second Avenue
Heneley
Miss Riggs
Coleman Hospital
Jim, Clark
Gravel Output From Graettinger Pit As Winter Shutdown Looms
The Graettinger gravel pit on the Rock Island railway shipped 2125 cars of gravel before winter shutdown. Output peaked at 126 cars daily, needing five engines and multiple crews to serve points along the Cedar Rapids Division. The pit’s depleted deposits left a water-filled chasm and ice storage uses for the railway, replacing Spirit Lake output.
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Graettinger
Rock Island Railway
Cedar Rapids
Broadway
Sinota
Missouri
Iowa
Cedar Rapids-Dakota
Spirit Lake
V.re
Telegram from Scotland Reaches Mrs Hawk on Christmas
Mrs Henry Hawk received a Christmas telegram from Edinburgh Scotland sent by her cousin Mrs Mary Forsyth, a message of twenty seven words. The sender and recipient have no prior meeting but exchange regular correspondence.
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Mra
Charley Hawk
Edinburg
Scotland
Mary Forsyth
Hawk Thag
One Issue This Week From Vindicator and Republican
The paper announces only this issue will be printed this week due to New Year holidays and a shortened week. The Tuesday issue will be the last of 1937. The staff wishes readers a prosperous and happy New Year.
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Vindicator
Republican
Vindicator and
Estherville considers revoking six cafe beer licenses
At a special Estherville council meeting Alvin C. White and the local ministerial association urged license revocations for six cafes and refreshment spots alleging sales of beer and cigarettes to minors. Action depends on Wednesday. if denied, county attorney actions will follow. Evidence included multiple beer bottles and cigarette packages from several establishments. White, backed by school officials and students, led the inquiry after returning from Christmas vacation.
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Estherville
Alvin C. White
Ministerial Association
District Cour
Fred Ehlers
White
Nathanson Cafe
Palace Cafe
Gardston Hotel
Damm Cafe
Grand Cafe
People’s Cafe
Gardaton Drug Store
Moline
High Schoo
Estherville Midgets Rout Spencer Tigers 83 to 22
The Estherville high school basketball team defeated Spencer 83 to 22 on home court. Lineup includes Hillestad Spiry Burrell Tripp Darling Coughenour Bolty Thurston Stucland Monroe. Referee Vander Welt of Milford officiated.
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Estherville High School
Spencer Tiger
Estherville
Spencer Hillestad
F Spiry
F Burrell
F Tripp
F Darling
Coughenour
Bolty
Thurston
Stucland
Monroe
Vander Welt
Milford
Doctors Elect New Officers in Emmet County
Emmet County Medical Association named Dr. C. E. Birney president at the regular meeting. Dr. E. E. Lashbrook was chosen vice president, Dr. M. T. Morton secretary, and Dr. C. H. Miller committeeman to represent the local society on the state association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Birney
Emmet County Medical Association
E. E. Lashbrook
M. T. Morton
C. H. Miller
Local Market Egg and Livestock Prices Listed
Local markets show corn at 48 cents a bushel for No 8 yellow oats No 2 whiter at 24 cents No 3 whiters at 28 cents barley 48 to 70 cents per bushel heavy springs over six pounds 18 cents over four to six pounds 16 cents heavy hens over five pounds 160 heavy hens four to five pounds 14 cents light and Leghorn hens 12 cents heavy cocks over six pounds 10 cents light and Leghorn cocks 8 cents No 1 eggs 22 cents cream prices vary
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Vrseesieevesss
Christmas Fireworks and Babson Park News Mix in 1937
Editorial from G A Nichols in Babson Park Florida reflects on Christmas customs in the South, noting fireworks as a joyful expression, contrasts North and South traditions, laments reduced holiday advertising in Estherville papers, and discusses wartime tensions with Japan. Also covers Webber College Babson Park opening, lectures, church services, and a note on Georgia Deming’s progress.
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Babson Park
Florida
Christ
Georgia Deming
Estherville
Babson Park School
I Collins Are Married 55 Years Celebration
Ike Coleman and Nettie Moulston of Estherville marked 55 years of marriage on New Year’s Day. They spent 37 years in Emmet county, moving from Mountain Ontario and Jackson county to establish on a farm then in Estherville. A quiet family dinner at their daughter’s home and visits from grandchildren are planned. Also note: a California trip by Dan Howard and family. question about pedestrian licenses after traffic examinations.
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Emmet County
Maquoketa
Ike Coleman
Estherville
Mr. Coleman
Mountain
Ontario
Canada
Nettie Moulston
Jackson County
Ocala department store removes Japanese goods in protest
VT Dr Blocker owner to depart the Ocala store places a window sign declaring no Japanese goods are for sale. He states all Japanese-made items are removed and will be given to the poor. He accuses Japan of insulting the United States over the Panay bombing and vows no sale proceeds to benefit Japan.
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Dr Blocker
Ocala
Florida
United States
Jaapan
Roosevelt’s Early Year Ballot Fires Through 1935 Nation
Fragmentary OCR lists a sequence of federal actions from January to July including Roosevelt inaugurations, budget requests, naval appointments, labor strikes in Flint and General Motors, RFC extensions, and various judicial and administrative moves. Names such as Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, Charles Edison, Sanford Bates, and J. P. Kennedy appear with events spanning reorganizations, wage decisions, and policy pushes impacting labor, taxation, and public works.
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Andrew W. Mellon
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Supreme Court
Oregon
Supreme Co
Congress
Roosevelt
Conpresa
Spain
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Regenan
Charles Edison
Navy
Flint
Mich
Ans Supreme Court
General Motors
Senate
RFC
Franklin JD. Roosevelt
Sanford Bates
Federal Bureau of Prisons
House
Farley
Civil Service
Michigan National Guard
Publi
Clary
Wal. L—Hill
Joan Poiseman
Charles Seymour
Yale
Paul V. McNult
Indiana
Philippines
J. G. Wynant
Social Security Board
A. J. Altmeyer
M. W Latimer
Lenate
Eugene Vidal
Federal Air Commerce Bureau
Permanent Maritime Commission
J. P. Kennedy
Hlouse
Gulley
United Automobile Workers
Remingtons Rand
Labor Relations Board
Co. A. Dykstra
Efty
Cincinnati
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Catala
Washington
Kresee Foundation
Florence Harriman
Norway
A.rexel Biddle
Poland
Roosevalt
Agriculture Department
New York
Roosevelt Jett
Gulf of Mexico
Anthony J. Dresxel Biddle, Jr
Philadelphia
Prorence Jaffray Harriman
Cohmbla
Robert Granville Coldwell
Bolivia
Flouse
War Department
Siriies
Hollywood
San Francisco
George & Barry
Tennessee
Diplomat Grew Recaps Panay Incident Exchange
American Ambassador Joseph C. Grew in Tokyo notes ongoing diplomatic activity since the Sino Japanese war began last August. He reports the exchange of notes involving an American protest and a Japanese apology triggered by the sinking of the Panay and damage to privately owned ships and casualties among American sailors and citizens.
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Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
Judge Hands Christmas Sentences to Four Emmet County Men
Judge George Head sentenced four Emmet county men in Spencer on Friday. T. A. Bradshaw and L. J. Larson received 90 day hard labor terms for oxicated conduct, while Larson had Dec 14 and Bradshaw Dec 11 dates noted. Ray Thiesfield and Henry Bergeson faced one year and six months terms for theft from a rural school, with Thiesfield’s sentence suspended on good behavior and Bergeson to serve the full six months.
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George Head
Emmet County
Spencer
Brafile
Harry Coffie
M. ¥. Nuckabo
T. A. Bradshaw
L. J. Larson
Dharnas
Bradshaw
Larson
Ray Thiesfield
Henry Bergeson
Iowa Lake Township
Thiesfield
Cliff Fredericksen
Bergeson
Two Autos Hit Rail Trains Near Wallingford and Superior
Two motorists narrowly escaped disaster when their cars struck side of freight trains at Wallingford and Superior on the Rock Island line Friday evening. Andrea and Oscar Osmundsen, 18 and 16, driving east, failed to heed crossing signals amid frosted windshields and dim headlights. Elmer Hon of Superior, driving into a livestock car, also ignored signals. Conductor Al Reese led the westbound extra, Ed Reese the eastbound. The Don Lawler family visited Fairbault, Minnesota, over the weekend.
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Wallingford
Superior
Rock Tshind
Andrea
Oscar Osmundsen
Signais
Herb T. Nichols
Elmer Hon
John Wee
Trogan
West
al Reese
Ed Reese
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P. Schmidt
V.R
Mie
Q. Park
Fairmont
Thia
U. S
Yang
Hirohito
Dairy School
Thurday
Estherville Co-op Creamery
Weather Outlook
R. I
Charles Hawk
G. A. Nichols
Japan
Hobson
Webber College
Massachusetts
Casino
Richard M. Vaughan
Boston
Forida
I. Colemans
Dan Howard
California
E. W. Pickard
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Department of Interior
Wills van Revanter
Supreme
Fogenale Judiciary
CCC
Ppeyones & Lauthiin Steel
Alabama
Chicago
Gregte
John D. Rockefeller
White House
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambrians
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Tuhiehowey Steel
Mause
Ellis Parker, Sr
Newark
N. J
Johnstown
J. Butler Wright
Cuba
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
Buenos Aires
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Ohio Grand Jury
Ford Company
Dave H. Morris
Belgium
Hugh Gibson
Brazil
Harry Parker
Ways and Means
Ohio
Brother
Elmer Hogan
Don Lawler
Fairbault
Minnesota
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