Florida Fair Notes and Local Agriculture Commentary
Babson Park Florida February 6 1933 weather and rainfall notes describe a cool snap and citrus fruit impact. The piece praises the South Florida Fair Tampa visiting Mrs Nichole and her husband attend, comments on lack of livestock displays, and highlights poultry rabbits and pig eons exhibits. Polk and Manatee counties win citrus and vegetable prizes as the fair runs eleven days. Also reports on Mrs Justine Byron’s death and funeral, Ringling divorce suit, strawberry shipments from Plant City, and a commentator’s note on presidential pensions and celery field destruction to cut overproduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichole
Tampa
Florida
Ringling Circus
Sarasota
Polk County
Manatee County
United States
Penney store break in leaves store silent after search
An Es t herville incident describes thieves drilling through a brick wall from the furnace room to the basement of the J C Penney store after hours. They pried open the cash drawer but left no money. Entry method remains unknown amid a late Sunday engineer presence and unseen thieves. Nearby, Mrs Sutton found her chickens safe after thieves emptied the ice box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
J. C. Penney
Penney
B. F. Hanson
Misener
Boy of West Emory Street Breaks Leg Crossing Dam Ice
Bob Williams 13 son of Clarence and Mrs Williams broke his right leg below the knee Sunday morning while crossing river ice at the dam en route to Sunday school with his sister Irene. He fell on the island, fainted, and was helped home by neighbors John Bixby and Mike Kelly before being taken to Dr. Lov ing for a cast. He rests at home and was fortunate given the severe cold prior to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Williams
Clarence Williams
West Emory Street
Irene
John Bixby
Mr. Bixby
Mike Kelly
Hia
Three Farm Sales Scheduled for Next Week
Three farm sales of interest to farmers are listed for next week. Bruhn Brothers closeout sale at their farm four miles west and three miles north of Superior occurs tomorrow Wednesday February 14. Wm McMillan will sell Thursday at his farm six miles east and two miles north of Estherville. A purebred Poland China sale by 0.3 Houseman occurs at his place nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruhn Brothers
Superior
Wm. McMillan
Estherville
Poland
China
Houseman
Rock Garden Wins National Contest For Best Planted Home
Mr and Mrs Megee Tucker of Kane Washington win national amateur Yard and Garden Contest top honors for their rock garden and well planted home setting. Judges noted abundant rock and water features and a seasonally rich display with perennials. Other regional winners included Riverside California and Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Garden
Megee Tucker
Ep Kane
Tucker
America
Riverside
California
LeRoy Austin
Austins
Chickasaw Gardens
Cass II
Raynor H. Allen
Memphis
Tennessee
Allens
A. C. Hottes
Homes & Gardens
E. C. Cary
William T. Waterman
Official 1932 prize winners list by class and entrant names
The document lists winners across multiple classes for the 1932 prize event. It names first second and third prize recipients with their addresses and cities such as Spokane Washington Erie Kansas Riverside California Memphis Tennessee Cincinnati Ohio Sioux City Iowa Pomona California and many others, plus honorable mentions including F M Rulison West Hartford Conn Raymond Hess Meriden Conn and numerous others across states.
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Iist
LeRoy Austin
Riverside
Calif
Alice Gibson Rosebrough
Rose Arbor
Glenview Ave
Memphis
William Ave
Meriden
Conn
Margaret Law
Aurora
H. F. Cousins
Ottumwa
Farm sales offer large machinery stock at Bruhn and McMillan events
On Tuesday February 21 the Bruhn Brothers auction presents a large machinery sale while Mr McMillan offers 107 head of stock and machinery. Mr Houseman advertises a choice bunch of sows at his annual sale.
Postpone Club Dinner To Honor Dr. W P Galloway
The Community Club postpones its annual joint banquet out of respect for the passing of Dr. W P Galloway. The event would have featured new blood lines for his longtime customers.
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W. P Galloway
Club Event Postponed to February Dinner
The club and Women's club gathering scheduled for this evening has been postponed to Thursday February 16. The previously announced program will be carried out at the postponed dinner.
Two Local Men Die Here Sunday in Estherville
Dr W P Galloway 72 died Sunday morning at Community hospital after years of illness. He served as Estherville mayor, justice of the peace, and led local affairs for decades. Survived by daughter Mrs P J Christensen Algona and son J C Galloway Ames. Funeral 2:30 pm Presbyterian church with Masonic escort. Martin Anderson 79 longtime Emmet County resident died at home Sunday of heart failure. Funeral 1:30 pm Wednesday Estherville Lutheran church, burial High Lake cemetery. He was born 1853 in Green County and married Bertina Davidson in 1876.
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W. P. Galloway
Galloway
Estherville
J. C. Galloway
Ames
P. J. Christensen
Algona
Presbyterian Church
Arthur G. Bailey
Masonic Order
Mahlum and Anderson
L. M. Christensen
B. T. Osher
C C. Galloway
Washington, D. C
F. W. Galloway
Marshalltown
F. H. Galloway
Madison
Leslie Mayell
Chicago
Blanche Galloway
Madera
Calif
Martin Anderson
Emmet County
Anderson
Estharville Lutheran Church
High Lake
Green County
Endre
Ingeborg Anderson Glesne
Bertina Davidson
Center Township
South Eighty Street
Elmer Hayes
Dailey Tried at Spirit Lake for Auto Theft
William Dailey aged 26 brought from Omaha to Spirit Lake to stand trial for stealing an automobile and breaking into the M and St depots north of here. Before Judge DeLand he was convicted of larceny of a motor vehicle and breaking and entering and sentenced to ten years for each offense to be served concurrently. He was taken to Spirit Lake by Sheriff Clif Fred.
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William Dailey
Omaha
New Manager Takes Charge of National Store
The National 5c to One Dollar store in Estherville welcomed C. H. Bogard as manager, moving from Iowa Falls to replace E. R. Rehilly who heads to Waukon. District manager Wm. Teubert assisted Bogard in settling in as his wife and household effects arrived. A February sale event runs Friday and Saturday with bargains promoted in Thursdays Vindicator and Republican ad.
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C. H. Bogard
Estherville
Iowa Falls
E. R. Rehilly
Waukon
Wm. Teubert
Bogard
the Vindicator
Republican
Pioneer Lady Ringsted Dies in Ringsted Home
Mrs J A Mathiesen mother of Mrs E T Sorum and C J Mathiesen of the city died last evening at six at her Ringsted home after months of illness She was 82 in November a Ringsted pioneer who came from Sweden in 1870 and married in Algona in 1873 Surviving daughters and a son live in Ringsted and Estherville Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Lutheran church Ringsted graveside and her husband’s ashes interred by the aide of her husband.
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J. A. Mathiesen
E. T. Sorum
C J. Mathiesen
Ringsted
Mathiesen
Sweden
Algona
Sorum
Estherville
John Cole
J. J. Fink
Peter Nissen
Lou Christian
Clarence Mathiesen
Saving in County Office Under Superintendent Miss Sorum
The 1932 financial report for the Office of County Superintendent Miss Marie Sorum shows a saving of 1199.97 after voluntary salary cuts and reduced deputy hours. She managed the office without a regular deputy and cut expenses on supplies, earning commendation for efficiency and economy.
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Marie Sorum
Mouritsen Dies After Farm Accident Explosion
Funeral services were held Monday at Fairmont for Lew is Mouritsen of Granada Minnesota. Mouritsen died Friday in hospital from exposure and loss of blood after a hog feeder on his Granada area farm exploded while he thawed it Thursday blowing off his leg. The Mouritsen family had moved two weeks earlier from Waterloo Lake to a farm near Granada.
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Fairmont
Lewis Mouritsen
Granada
Minn
Mouritsen
Towa Lake
Emmet County Board hires new welfare worker
Miss Freda Prosser of Minneapolis was hired at a county supervisors meeting as welfare worker. Her monthly salary is set at $135.
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Freda Prosser
Minneapolis
Emmet County Board of Supervisors
Ernie Scaaf Dies After Boxing Fight
Ernie Scaaf of Boston heavyweight boxer dies at 4:30 AM after suffering intracranial hemorrhage from a Friday night bout in New York with Italian fighter Primo Carera. The controversial match drew 21 000 spectators who jeered during the fight.
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Ernie Scauf
Boston
Primo Carera
New York
Scaaf
Muldoon
Funeral rites for Clarence Dokkesven in Armstrong
Clarence Dokkesven died Monday at the Veterans hospital in Chicago. Funeral services were held at Bode Friday. Mr and Mrs Dokkesven, former Armstrong residents, had recently moved back to Armstrong to make their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clarence Dokkesven
Veterans Hospital
Erickson and County Attorney Bale to Fort Madison
Erickson and County Attorney Wm Bale face transfer and will be taken to Fort Madison soon.
Clifford Curry Found Sitting in Ditching Car Tragedy
Clifford C Curry 19 farm hand from Ringsted was burned to death in his old Ford after leaving the Raymond Johnson farm to visit his parents near Gruver. Fire followed a likely backfire. sheriff deputies and the coroner investigated. The body, identified by watch, knife and a pocket flashlight, will be given funeral rites with services at Sternberg chapel and burial at Graettinger.
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Clifford C. Curry
Ringsted
Emmet
Grover
Curry
Raymond Johnson
Merrit Curry
Gruver
Johnson's
George Berven
Mr. Berven
Berven
Cliff Fredericksen
Emiet Twite
Fred Sternberg
Fred Ankrum
Joe Steele Arrested After City Jail Escape Attempt
Joe Steele, sought since his city jail escape attempt last summer, was captured Friday morning at the Wm. Freed home during a liquor search warrant. Five officers, Sheriff Cliff Frederiricksen, Emlet Twito, Chief J C Lilley, and officers Chris Danielson and Ed Case, entered the residence. Steele, handcuffed by Twito, pled not guilty to resisting execution of process before Judge DeLand. He is held in the county jail awaiting the next term of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Steele
Wm. Freed
Cliff Frederiricksen
Emlet Twito
J C. Lilley
Chris Danielson
Ed Case
Twito
Steele
DeLand
Wm. Bale
Three Arrested for Coal Theft in Rock Island Yard
Earl Frey sixteen Frank Frances twenty seven of Grover and Ernest Shull seventeen were arrested Friday night by Rock Island Special Agent Earl Grover for stealing coal at the C R I P yards. Frey received a suspended sentence from Mayor M K Whelan and was paroled to Frank King who will report monthly on the boy's behavior. Frances got thirty days in jail. Ernest Shull has not yet been tried and was released last week after twenty days for stealing gas.
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Earl Frey
Frank Frances
Grover
Ernest Shull
Rock Island
Earl Grover
Frey
M. K. Whelan
Frank King
Estherville
King
Frances
Ernest Schull
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Babson Park, Forida
Justine Byron
Babson Park
Gallup
Edward
Byron
Emily Hagg Buck Ringling
John Ringling
New York American
Francis X. Kelly
Plant City
Tampa Tribune
New York Times
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Williamh. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Economy League
Congress
Coolidge
Celery Organization
Penney Store
Bruhn Bros
McMillan and Houseman
Tucker Back Yard
Roek
Jilley
Citrus Ranch
Theodore Tucker
Spokane, Wash
16Th Ave
Spokane
Wash
Vivian Nation Hoagland
Erie
Kans
Ira B. Frye
Iowa
Hannah Ashworth
Main St
Sanford
Maine
L. OC. Bhumac
Richmond Ave
Blair
Takoma
Kenneth D. Beardsley
Pittafield
Mass
E. E. Atherton
Baldwin Ave
Birmingham
Mich
Clark C. Johnston
Franklin Ave
Flint
David A. DeVries
Fulton Bt
East
Grand Rapids
August M. Shornak
18 Mile Rd
Royal Oak
John Erickson
Park Rapids
Edward 8. Lee
Union St
Northfield
Harold V. Peterson
East Ave
Red Wing Minn
Wiley Alexander
Marshfield
Fred J. Reb.hols
Holly Hits Bl
Louis
Gus Sumnick
Corndale Farm
Rt 1
Waterloo
Nebr
Walter H. Wallace
Fallon
Ernest H. Carson
Cape May
N. J
A . Mathews
6Th Ave
West Cape May
Fred Broelo
Campbell Road
Willoughby
R. £. Suits
Delaware
Batkeville
Okla
Marjorie Best
Hawthorne Ave
Kittaning
Willis
Goodspeed
Cedar
Robert J. Siegal
13Th
O. D. Reinemer
Dishman
Spokane Valley
Arthur E. Blader
Wautoma
Wis
Louis C. Bears
S 58Th &St
West Allis
W. E. Nants
Live Oak
Fla
Eugene Howell
Harrison Ave
John O. Spahr
N. Meridian St
Indianapolis
Ind
F. J. Knowles
Ft. Dodge
G. E. Duckwell
N. E
12Th St
Abilene
J. E. Perrin
Ponchatoula
Clyde Roeder
Elmwood Road
G. L. Berry
Blackwell
Albert T Kunz
Madeline
el Paso
Tex
J. EB. Reinburg
la Union
N. Mex
L. T. Stinson
Snyder
Fred Drew
McLean
Adolph Hemmer
S. W. Plumb
Pleasant Av
Streator
Til
Geo. L. Krauss
Lant Circle
Evansville
Marott
N. Meridian
R. C. Fox
la Porte
H. A. Guess
Markwood Rd
Forest Hills
A. G Smith
Academy
Poughkeepale
H. H. Helstand
Eaton, O
John W. Graham
Monroe &J
Dailey
Spirit Lake
Fort Madison
National
Pioneer Lady Ringsted
Board
Ernie Scaaf
Clifford Curry
Ford
Sternberg Chapel
Greettinger
Graettinger
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