Florida Stock Still Freezes Citrus in Hard Cold Spell
G A Nichols reports Florida cold snap with frost and ice from Jacksonville to Tampa. Valencia oranges and grapefruit suffer serious losses, estimated around twenty percent in northern districts. Snow observed in Tampa, rare event, sixth January snow in history. Forecasts warn continued chill, with potential multipliers on fruit prices and costs to growers.
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Florida
Valencia
South
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Air Lines
Tampa
Stock Trucks Tangle Up Traffic Sectional Tourney Here
Estherville high school will host the sectional basketball tournament set for February 28, 29 and March 1. The Iowa High School Athletic Association has not yet named the exact participating schools. a full list is forthcoming. Expected Class A teams include Milford, Armstrong Spirit Lake Arnold's Park Graettinger Estherville and Class B teams include Emmet Consolidated Maple Hill Halfa Grover Dolliver Lake Park Dickens Excelsior Superior North Superior Okoboji and Terril.
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Estherville High School
Warner Kirlin
George A. Brown
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Milford
Armstrong Spirit Lake
Arnold’s Park
Graettinger
Estherville
Emmet Consolidated
Maple Hill
Halfa
Grover
Dolliver
Lake Park
Dickens
Excelsior
Superior
North Superior
Okoboji
Terril
Second Annual Pancake and Johnny Cake Day Set
Estherville will host the second Pancake and Johnny Cake Day on Tuesday February 13 sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Free pancakes johnny cake and coffee will be served from 10am to 5pm, likely in a church basement. About 5000 attended last time. Local firms supply coffee syrup sugar butter cream milk eggs cornmeal pancake flour and baking supplies with Doud Milling and Hines Bakery contributing goods. Chamber covers venue and overhead for serving and dishwashing.
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Estherville
Chamber of Commerce
Estherville Grocer Company
A.B.C
Penick’s
Estherville Co-operative Creamery
D. E. K. Rural Electrification
Golden Sun Milling Company
Hines Bakery
Doud Milling Company
Denison
Iowa
Cattle truck rollover halts road near Estherville
A Sioux City driven truck from a seven-truck caravan loaded with cattle overturned on a half mile hill near Estherville. Cattle escaped and were rounded up after authorities notified Emmet county. No injuries were reported to drivers or assistants. other trucks diverted to a gravel road.
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Estherville
Arthur Johdreau
Sioux City
Sioux City Motor Express Company
Don Johdreau
Estherville’ Packing Co
Harold Goecke
Jack Jarman
Lawrence Jensen
Goecke
Johdresn
Emmet
Soe Ee Teuniar Armoars
Increase in Car Licenses at County Office
At closing time Wednesday evening the county treasurer's office had issued 3028 automobile licenses. A steady stream of applicants had filled the window for two weeks and the office was rushed every minute it was open. To accommodate latecomers the office stayed open Wednesday evening. On January 81, 1939 there were 2888 licenses sold, an increase of 146 licenses that year.
Worthless Insurance Policies Prove Golden for Aid Seekers
Des Moines officials said forgotten or lapse policies yield value for elderly and state welfare, reducing need for public assistance. One applicant paid premiums 26 years until 1997. policy later showed paid-up value 609 and cash value 355. Another case cut a policy to slash premiums and cover living costs without state aid.
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Des Moines
State Social Welfare Board
New Beauty Operator Joins C P Mauck Shop in Armstong
Miss Sylvia Hovick of Armstrong will begin duties at the C P Mauck Beauty Shop this Friday. An experienced operator, she is well known locally and offers special introductory prices for Estherville patrons for a limited time.
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Sylvia Hovick
Armstrong
C. P. Mauck
Estherville
V.R
Salesman Joshua Sheets Dies After Auto Crash Near Fairfield
Joshua Sheets, a traveling wholesale dry goods salesman for Carson Pirie Scott & Co, died from injuries after his car overturned on a culvert near Fairfield. Funeral services were held Tuesday at his childhood home in Brookfield Missouri. He had worked across northwest Iowa, with Estherville no longer in his territory, and visited stores including L. M. Christensen Co.
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Joshua Sheets
Fairfield
Mr. Sheets
Brookfield
Sheets
Iowa
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
Estherville
L. M. Christensen Company
Returns From Southern Trip By Local Beauty Shop Owner
Misa Alyce Jensen a local beauty shop owner returned Sunday from an extended vacation trip to Texas Louisiana Mexico and Lake Mexico. She was accompanied on the trip by her brother.
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Misa Alyce Jensen
Texas
Louisiana
Mexico
Lake Mexico
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Date Corrected
An error in the Legion Auxiliary notice is corrected. The meeting will be held Monday evening instead of Tuesday as previously stated. Save a life on slippery roads by driving cautiously and being able to stop when you have to.
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Legion Auxiliary
Policy assignments and premiums for disabled recipients
The unit notes that some disabled or aged recipients continue premiums after loss of sight and may have to assign or liquidate policies. When assigned, the state covers premiums. after death, premium costs and aid are deducted and policy proceeds go to the estate.
South Found Guilty In Camera Larceny Case
Frederick South was found guilty of petty larceny for stealing a camera valued at $15 and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. Judge Hudson reprimanded him as he fainted in court. The verdict notes the camera value and reflects if over $20 it would be grand larceny. The case stems from a June theft of Nolan Boggess’s camera on South Ninth street.
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Frederick South
Hudson
South
Nolan Boggess
South Ninth Street
H. C. Iseminger
Foreman
William Parnell
Freda Vandenberg
Arnold Hoganson
Helen Patterson
N. C. Volding
Chas. Nourse
Hazel Murphy
Legion Plans Get-together for Estherville Convention
Maurice Doyle Post No. 91 American Legion will host a meeting at the legion club rooms in city hall on Tuesday evening February 6. The discussion will cover plans for the Estherville district legion convention in May and all ex-service men are invited to attend.
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Liss
Estherville
Maurice Doyle
American Legion
Legion Club
City Hall
The
Legion
Iowa lowers highway deaths in December thirty nine
Iowa public safety officials report December 1939 highway fatalities and injuries dropped from December 1938. There were 56 deaths and 965 injuries in December, with 286 crashes involving drinking drivers and road hog behavior cited as major causes. Most fatalities were those aged 65 plus, and many accidents occurred on straightaways or at intersections. Authorities urge heightened safety to cut totals further.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Paul Hill
Public Safety Department
Terril Boy Scarred by Fork Tine in Barn Incident
Terril January 30 Robert Gordon son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gordon narrowly escaped serious injury when a pitchfork tine pierced his forehead as he ran into a barn doorway. The tine did not pierce the skull and the boy is recovering.
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Terril
Robert Gordon
Kenneth Gordon
Birthday Benefit Ball Draws Big Armstrong Crowd
The President's Birthday Benefit Ball at Armstrong Tuesday evening attracted a large crowd. Organizer J Homsey reports total ticket sales 81.00, advance sales 33.25, gross 114.25, expenses 55.00, net profit 59,265. Of the proceeds 25.00 went to Warm Springs Foundation, 19.85 bought a wheelchair for a local boy, and 14.40 was given to county chairman Miss Clara Kennedy.
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Armstrong
J. Homsey
Warm Springs Foundation
Clara Kennedy
Iowa land surveys map soil, erosion and use plans
Iowa’s Soil Conservation Service will survey 245000 acres by November 1 to aid land use planning. State coordinator Frank H. Mendell says 1053000 acres have been surveyed and 192000 more will be covered by April 1 to November 1. Data on soil type slope erosion and land use will guide conservation, fertility, and permanent farming programs. Grace McClure has moved to an apartment on South Ninth.
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Ames
Iowa
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Frank H. Mendell
Mendell
Will Hold Meeting For Local Welfare Recreation Committee
The recreational committee will meet Monday February 6 at 8:00 PM in the office of secretary Miss Lucille Wylder. Annual officer elections and plans for the coming year will be discussed. Financial report will be ready and summer work planned. Organizations with representatives on the committee are asked to have members present.
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Lucille Wylder
St Patrick’s Day clash with Palm Sunday sparks talk of moving date
Washington reports that 1939 and 1940 may force St Patrick’s Day celebrations to shift due to Palm Sunday overlapping March 17. Officials from the Ancient Order of Hibernians note inquiries nationwide while church leaders expect ecclesiastical rites to proceed, yet laity face possible changes in banquets and public observances. Some suggest April 3 or quietly observing March 17 without festivities.
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Washington
St. Patrick's
Joseph E. Kerrigan
Order of Hibernians
Lawrence
Mass
Patrick
Weather warms to near spring in Estherville
Yesterday's temperatures ran about five degrees above normal with Estherville posting a 40 degree high. The January thaw delayed reaching February while forecasts predict a dip today and Friday. A 26 degree low was recorded Wednesday morning and groundhog day Friday may hint at upcoming conditions. Local notes: N J Lee ill at home. H M Knutson and Parker Bennett attend a Des Moines lumber dealers convention.
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Estherville
W.R
N. J. Lee
H. M. Knutson and
Parker Bennett
The
Northern Lumber Co
Des Moines
Estherville Chamber to hear D D Conn guest speaker
The Estherville Chamber of Commerce will host a dinner and meeting Monday February 19 at 6 45 p m in the Orleans Hotel with Donald D Conn Executive Vice President of the American Enterprise Association as guest speaker. Six new directors will be elected for 1940 41 and tickets are on sale at the Chamber office and four Estherville drugstores.
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Estherville Chamber of Commerce
Orleans
Selby Broms
Donald D. Conn
American Enterprise Association
Chicago
Conn
Estherville
Henaman
Ed .W. Beck
Chamber of Commerce
Hatchery To Set Soon In Estherville Area
Hatchery plans spring operation as Don Woodley Hatchery readies incubators on South Sixth Street for first spring orders. Flocks inspected this winter, with a 1200 hens poultry plant west of Estherville supplying seed stock from Ohio and Atlantic coast flocks. Fully insulated houses maintain 60 degree temperatures without artificial heat. Worthington visitors Mr and Mrs Gay Hower recently returned from a Florida trip.
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Biddie
Don Woodley
Woodley
South Sixth Street
Estherville
Highway 9
Ohio
Atlantic
Gay Hower
Worthington, Minn
Mrs
Henry Hower
Miami
Florida
Townsend Club to Host Speaker at City Hall
The Estherville Townsend Club will host a meeting at city hall Monday evening February 5. The program begins promptly at 7 30 and the club invites all interested residents to attend.
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Townsend Club
Estherville Townsend Club
City Hall
Flu Wave Larger Than Average Prompts Precautions
The winter flu wave is four times the average with about 10 000 cases in the first week of 1940, versus 2 428 on the five year mean. Public health officials urge watchfulness as peak illness often comes mid February to mid March and offer home care guidelines including rest, fluids, soft foods, and avoiding self medicating without a doctor.
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G.A. Nichols
Babson Park
Sampa
Federal
Jacksonville
Kodiak Island
Aleutian Peninsula
Fairbanks
Alaska
Georgia Deming
Keland
Emmet County
New Beauty Operator
Mauck Shop
C. of C
Marie Sorum
la Rue Yackle
Iowa Lake Township
Supt
O. H. Miller
Terril Boy
SCS
G.r
Grace McClure
Clements
Landmesesr
South Ninth
Vwr
Mercury
D. D. Conn
V.K
Hennery
Ssesuser
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