Lutherans Buy Future Church Building Site
Estherville Lutheran church purchased a corner lot at Eighth and Des Moines from Miss Ethyl Walker for 4000 dollars as a future church site. The move aims to fund a larger Norwegian Lutheran house of worship in coming years while the current South Tenth Street edifice remains inadequate for the growing congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Alte
Estherville Lutheran Church
South Tenth Street
Aalte
Local Auxiliary Unit Fills Big Baskets for Xmas
The Estherville Auxiliary to the American Legion collected groceries and foods purchased by the ladies, filling eight bushel baskets that could serve several complete dinners. They prepared smaller Christmas Cheer baskets with candy and nuts and delivered them personally to needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
American Legion
Legion
The
Auxiliary
E S Honors Past matrons and patrons of North Star chapter
North Star chapter O E S held an 80day evening program at Masonic hall honoring past worthy matrons and patrons. The event featured vocal numbers by Ralph Mahlum and Mrs Bennett, readings by Miriam Townsend, a male quartet, violin numbers by R L Caldwell and Mrs Caldwell, and a drill by twenty members. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Star Chapter O. E. S
Masonic Hall
Ralph Mahlum
Miriam Townsend
Frederick Albertson
Curt Lindholm
Henry Hale
Joe Pannell
Sarah Bennett
R. L. Caldwell
Caldwell
H. L. McMilla
Mahlum
Bennett
Berns Hansen
Geo Blow to Hold Auction Sale at Dolliver
Geo Blow of Dolliver area will close out sale on Tuesday January 10 listing 58 head of livestock including 20 Shorthorn cattle, 80 horses, full farm machinery, 30 head of feeding shoots and more. Details to appear in Thursday Vindicator and Republican. Mrs Jorgen Anderson remains in very critical condition with little hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Blow
Dolliver
Vindicator
Republican
Fashier
Burns
Town Trust and Savings Bank
Jorgen Anderson
Agricultural Commodity Prices and Co-op Notes
A garbled list shows various corn grades and weights, poultry weights for heavy and light hens, and related egg and cream notes. The Estherville Co-op reference appears with half December cream and sour cream hints, indicating a local agricultural prices roundup and cooperative dairy details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Co-op
First Emmet county 1933 baby claimed at Estherville
C H Larison of Crim farm four miles southeast of Estherville claims Emmet county’s first 1933 baby at 2 45 AM Monday January 2. Dr W B Frindley verifies the claim as records near midnight January 1 determine the first arrival. County residents urged to register promptly and hope the baby wins county merchants gifts including a silver spoon bath tub five dollar life-insurance credits seven other prizes plus a year’s newspaper subscription and photos plus birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Larison
Estherville
Crim
W. B. Frindley
Emmet
Emmet County
Boone Jewelry Company
K. and
K. Hardware
Fred Himebguch
Mallory and
Bassett
O. J. Mathieson
Estherville Co-Operative Creamery
Vindicator
Republican
Estherville Drug Store
Palace Market
Sorensen Studio
Quality
Floyd Goldsberry Robbed Near Bancroft
Grover Iowa January 2 1933 Floyd Goldsberry returning home from Humboldt to Estherville was stopped near Bancroft by a car and robbed of between 40 and 50 dollars. He was allowed to drive on with his car.
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Grover
Iowa
Floyd Goldsberry
Estherville
Humboldt
Bancroft
Floyd
Broadcast sisters link local teacher to World’s Fair program
Romola L Hicks hosts Friday evening broadcasts with her son John answering questions from children across the United States about the 1933 Chicago World Century of Progress. Mrs Hicks is Dorothy Latchem’s sister, a local high school and junior college instructor. Latchem spent Christmas vacation in Chicago with her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romola L. Hicks
John
Miss Latchem
Chicago
Eliza Crossing the Ice in Uncle Tom's Cabin Tale
Harriet Beecher Stowe claimed the scene mirrors a real incident, supported by Henry William Elson. Levi P Coffin, famed Underground Railroad figure, recounted a slave woman crossing the Ohio River on ice with a child in arms, reaching Newport Indiana and being aided toward freedom as Eliza Harris.
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Eliza
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry William Elson
Levi P. Coffin
Canada
Freedom
Newport
Ind
Ohio River
Eliza Harris
Mervin Desart Dies Sunday in Superior
Mervin Desart, a young man from our community, died early Sunday morning at his home southwest of town after a years long illness. He had been found to suffer a serious lung condition this fall. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM, with obituary to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Mervin Desart
Mervin
Robbers Steal $1800 From Aged Couple At Waseca
Two gunmen robbed Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Fritz of $1800 at their Waseca Minnesota farm home early Saturday. They choked the 70 year old wife to learn the location of the money and threatened the husband in bed. The couple’s son Gus Schultz was knocked down at the door as the thieves ransacked the house and fled in an automobile. Schultz fired a shotgun at the fugitives but may not have hit them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waseca
Minn
Theodore Fritz
Gus
Ray Dauber's Parents Die In Iowa City Funeral
Double funeral services were held for Mr and Mrs George Dauber in Iowa City. The elderly couple, both killed in a highway crash, were headed to Starkville Mississippi where their son Ray Dauber, former Iowa football star and coach, works. Survived by daughter Florence Glenn and grandson Danny Ray Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
George Dauber
Estville En En Ae
Dauber
Starkville
Miss.s
Ray
University of Iowa
Mankato
Minn
Florence E. Glenn
Danny Ray Glenn
Oskaloosa
Higgins, Jr. Hurt in Wednesday Evening Crash
Wm Higgins Jr and Otto A Bjornstad Jr of Spencer were injured when their car skidded on gravel on Highway 9 east of Spirit Lake near the lake outlet bridge. The vehicle hit a telephone pole, wrecking the car and throwing the occupants through the windshield. Higgins suffered a fractured pelvic bone and cuts while Bjornstad had deep head cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Higgins, Jr
Otto A. Bjornstad, Jr
Spencer
Estherville
Spirit Lake
Higgins
Bjornstad
Eastern Star to Install at Special Meeting
North Star chapter O. E. 8. will install officers at a special meeting tomorrow evening in the Masonic hall, with a 6:30 pot luck supper, followed by the installation. Elective officers include Mrs. Henry Mahlum and G. H. Morse, among others. appointed officers take office Wednesday evening. Ray Bryan suffered a broken leg after a hurricane incident at his home, the injury occurring while he was moving a tree and the bone broke above the ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Star Chapter
O. E
Masonic Hall
Henry Mahlum
G. H. Morse
Ella B. Jones
Owen Morton
Harry Simpson
Guy Noel
Elizabeth Colt
W. W. Wilson
Mahlum
Lou Wanamaker
Marshall
Elisa Welsh
C. E. Fuller
Sentinel
H. L. McMillan
J. E. Wilson
Adelaide Nichols
Adah
Hortense Smith
Ruth
Lucy Bale
Esther
B. Twetten
H. G. McTavish
Ray Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Madision Sun: Ed O'Neil Sentenced for 187 Gallons Theft
Ed O'Neil of Estherville was sentenced by Judge F C Davidson to an indeterminate three year term at Fort Madison penitentiary for participating in the theft of 187 gallons of alcohol from the Estherville courthouse on May 26 1932. Clarence Freed William Nock and Rey Lowman implicated. Lowman and Nock on $1800 bonds. O'Neil and Freed had pleaded not guilty earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed O'Neil
Qraettinger
F. C. Davidson
Fort Madison
O'Neil
Estherville
Clarence Freed
William Nock
Graetinger
Rey Lowman
Wallingford
Lowman
County Officers Begin New Terms in Emmet and Surrounding Areas
On January 1 1933 Emmet County transfers began as new terms started for county attorney sheriff supervisor and other officials. W M Bale becomes county attorney succeeding W S Johnston. W A Gordon is sheriff with Clif Fredericksen as successor and E S Camden to replace H K Bennicksen as Ringsted supervisor. Irving Ellerston will take over January 1 1934. Deputy Emlet Twite chosen. Ray R Kennedy re elected county recorder. Dorothy Klopp re elected county auditor. I C Nichols re elected county clerk. Enoch Hanson remains treasurer. Deputy roles assigned to Mrs Ruby Heneman Miss Belma Munson Miss Jessie Hepp and Miss Eliza Welsh with Miss Edna Ries in the treasurer's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Bale
W. 5. Johnston
W. A. Gordon
Emmet
Clif Fredericksen
E. S. Camden
Armstrong
H. K. Bennicksen
Ringsted
Irving Ellerston
M. J. Iverson
Mr. Fredericksen
Jessie Hepp
Eliza Welsh
Edna Ries
Treaurer’s
Gust F Hall Dies at Home Near Dunnell at 75
Gust F Hall, 75, died Saturday morning at his Dunnell area home after a cancer illness. A Swedish native, he moved from Curlew to Lake Fremont in 1916 and farmed 20 years there. Survived by his widow, four sons Ernest William Walter and Martin at home, and six brothers Axel College View Neb Otto Des Moines Ed Mora Minn Emil Frank Boxholm Charles Dunnell. Mrs Geo Stebbins of Oclwein visited his family recently.
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Gust F. Hall
Dunnell
Mr. Hall
Lake Fremont
Curlew
Sweden
America
Boxwood
Ernest
William
Walter
Martin
Axel
College, View
Neb
Otto
Des Moines
Mora, Minn
Emil
Frank
Boxholm
Charles
Local Man Finds Spirit Lake Girl
Mrs. George Rettig of Spirit Lake was found unconscious by the roadside near Spirit Lake at 12:30 Monday by C. E. Miller of Estherville. After reviving her, she explained she left her husband following trouble and aimed for her mother in Estherville before collapsing again. She is now recovering in Spirit Lake and was formerly from Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rettig
Spirit Lake
C. E. Miller
Estherville
Miler
Miller
Waldo Lambert
Soeth Speaks on Tax Cut to Voters League
The League of Women Voters will hear M. L. Soeth of Wallingford discuss tax reduction at their afternoon meeting. Soeth heads a taxation lowering committee named by Gov. Dan Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Soeth
Voters League
League of Women Voters
Wallingford
Boeth
Dan Turner
Local couple entertained on California visit
Mr and Mrs L J Sargent returned Sunday from a California trip visiting Burlin Hearst ranch between San Francisco and Los Angeles. They were hosted by Mr and Mrs Gordon Tevis and Mr William Randolph Hearst, meeting stars like Marion Davies and Gwiff Andre. The Hearst estate includes a zoo 150 servants and tapestries valued at over 6 million dollars. The Sargents stayed two days at the ranch and three days in Los Angeles for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Sargent
California
Gordon Tevis
Burlin
Game
Tevis
Sargent
Sargents
Califoria
Hearst Ranch
Pacific
San Francisco
Los Angeles
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Marion Davies
Dorothy Jordan
Dorothy Mckaill
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Harpo Marx
Howard Hughes
Gwiff Andre
Matt Moore
Prices Good at Reil Sale on Livestock and Machinery
Prices on livestock and farm machinery showed a higher trend at the closing out sale for Mr. Bell who is moving to Grundy county. A three year old grey gelding brought 67 dollars, cows topped at 34, yearling shorthorn bulls at 30, and machinery fetched strong prices with a two row cultivator at 38 and a steel harrow at 23. Fashier and Burns cried the sale. Iowa Trust and Savings bank clerking. No hogs were offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecs
Bell
Grundy County
Hind
Goied Sur
Fashier
Burns
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Vindicator
Republican
Free cooking school to be conducted by Vindicat or and Republican
Miss Looney now runs demonstrations in other parts of the state and meets with great favor. Housewives in this community will be delighted with her demonstrations and dates will be announced later.
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Miss Looney
Service Star to Install Officers at Thurs. Meet
Officers for 1933 will be installed at a Service Star Legion meeting Thursday afternoon January 5 in the Legion club rooms at city hall. Elective officers include Mrs. C F Kilgore president and Mrs. Norman Maine vice president. appointive officers and executive board members are listed with committees for sisterhood education relief remembrance vigilance and more. Refreshments will be served by a committee including Mrs. Warren Pullen Mrs. Will Watson Mrs. Fred Sternberg Sr. and Mrs. W G Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Star Legion
Legion Club
City Hall
C. F. Kilgore
Norman Maine
Chas. Nourse
W. G. Gordon
H. Tosdal
Sam Johnston
Wm. Post
Will Dick
A. H. Davidson
Warren Pullen
W. G. Nichols
Fred Trevett
Thos. Doyle
Peter Tornell
Gold Star
Meadames ‘Post
Doyle
Frits
Bowman
Trevett
Miller
Peterson
Boyster
Gordon
Sternberg
Macdonald
Jones
Mesdames Tosdal
Mesdames Maine
Olmstead
Floyd, Loveland and Erickson
Will Watson
Fred Sternberg, Sr
Don Roberts Named Court House Janitor in Emmet County
Don Roberts was chosen by the board of supervisors as the lowest bidder for the court house janitor job at $45 a month. The prior janitor Emmet Twite earned $58.50 and resigned to become deputy county sheriff. Fifty six applicants competed for the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Roberts
Board of Supervisors
Emmet County
Court House
Emmet Twite
Twite
Vindicator and Republican Host Cooking School Response
The Vindicator and Republican announces its second annual cooking school to be held this month at no cost to attendees. Miss Gladys Looney will lead a three day program in Estherville as an expert domestic scientist and demonstrator. Dorothy Mahlum returned home after a week in Coleman hospital for injuries from an auto accident at Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vindicator
Republican
Iowa Newspapers Inc
Vindicator and Republican
Gladys Looney
Iowa
Estherville
Dorothy Mahlum
Coleman Hospital
Fort Dodge
Oransky Store Announces Major Yearly Sale
Oransky store in Estherville launches a ten day sale offering the entire stock at greatly reduced prices. The merchant plans department changes with several lines discontinued and others expanded. Extra clerks will assist shoppers during the event starting tomorrow at 9 30 a m. Also notes Rev M M Cook returning from Plymouth and visits by Miss Nellie Howard and Mrs Minnie Sutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Cook
Plymouth
Pree Methodist Church
Nellie Howard
Minnie Sutton
Will Anderson
Sixteenth Installment of Pauline and Barbara Love Triangle
Pauling marries Dennis O’Hara after a hopeful bond with Barbara. A premonition hints love can change, Barbara confesses love for another man, then Barbara departs and a crash injures Dennis. Dennis discovers Barbara loves him, Barbara avoids visits, and Dennis fears Barbara while Pauline endures tension. Barbara departs as Dennis recovers.
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Pauling
Dennis O'Hara
Barbara
Pauline
Dennis
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Louise M. Comstock
Ray Dauber
Eastern Star
M. Brown
O’neil
Madison Sun
Geo. Stebbins
Oclwein
Wm. Bale
Bale
Nome
Spirit
Reil Sale
Geo, Penn
al Graettinger
Graettinger
Robert Penn
Hilliard
Cedar Rapids
Thurs
Oransky
THEC
Ruby M. Ayres
Dovelenay poRau Co
Denis
Barbara Stark
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