Local social circle and weekend notes from Dolliver
Dolliver residents host bridge night with high scores to Mr Smith and Mrs Smith while Mrs Stillman serves lunch. A fox hunt yields two sightings but no catches. Visits and travels include Mr Russell to Chicago for a hospital operation, and Miss Sorum's school book check. Family and guest gatherings feature Owens, Oswalt, Stech, Stow, Stech's theatre party, and updates from Estherville to Fairmont Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stillman
James H. Smith
M. L. Owens
V. L Whalen
Stillmans
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Owens
Still‘man
Dolliver
John Russell
Chicago
Minneapolis
Mary Patchen
A. T. Oswalt
Fairmont
Minn
A. J. Oswalt
Bernie Hardecops
Wayne Owens
East Chain
Robert Tvedte
Estherville
H. A. Tvedte
Norman
Donald
Hans Jr
Marie Sorum
Sorum
W. C. Stow
Louann
Thor
S. Goddall
Stow
Gerald Stow
Alpha
Echternachta
Merle Lee
Hazelton
Frances Stech
BE. M. Evans
Miss Lee
Miss Stech
Paul Smith
Lois McKean
Fort Dodge
Lois
George McKean
Kenneth Peterson
Avia Fun
M. C. Peterson
Sam Cayler
Jerry
Norris
South Dakota
Superior
Spirit Lake
Sandra Kable
Smith
Storm Lake
Royal
Pioneer
O. P. Stow
Dick Westley
M. R. Lee
Hazleton
Stech
Jack Benjamin
Donald Raichle
Hans Tvedte Jr
Jack
C. L. Day
Joyce Evans
Doris Benton
Mabel Griese
Glen McKean
Ralph McKean
Lawrence Evans
Ralph Miller
Norman Tvedte
Dean Anderson
Geraldine Johnson
Willma Mcllwraith
Mary Moltzen
Annabel Benton
Marjorie Russell
Marvin Iverson
Evelyn Iverson
Community Church Ladies and Society
Albert Hardecopf
Hunchback of Notre Dame heads to Grand Theatre
The Grand presents The Hunchback of Notre Dame a sweeping medieval Paris tale starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo. The feature follows his unrequited love the gypsy girl seeks refuge in Notre Dame and a mob clash before a dramatic finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Notre Dame
Victor Hugo
Grand Theatre
Charles Laughton
Quassimodo
Quasimodo
Laughton
Cedric Hardwicke
Thomas Mitchell
Maureen O'Hara
William Dieterle
RKO Radio
Fires Ravage Spirit Lake Area Hotels Over Weekend
Two fires struck Spirit Lake on the weekend. La Plaza Hotel, run by Mr. and Mrs. A A Lundstrom and owned by Mrs. Emma Gearhart, burned down about 1880 built structure with losses near ten thousand dollars. Guests escaped with only their clothes. A large residence owned by Mrs. Carrie Birdsell in Spencer, occupied by Mrs. Byrdie Moeller and others, was burned to the ground with walls standing and a five thousand dollar estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
la Plaza
A. A. Lundstrom
Emma Gearhart
Burns
Carrie Birdsell
Spencer
Byrdie Moeller
Dickinson County Recorder
Virginia
Ellis Rute and Son
Auto Licenses Sold To Date Reaches 1279 Total
A total of 1279 automobile licenses have been sold to date in the treasurer’s office. Deputy Miss Eliza Welsh said sales are faster this year than last year when that number was reached. To avoid lines, licenses should be bought early. Miss Sylvia Howe of Sibley spent the weekend in Estherville as a guest of Miss Fern Jackman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Welsh
Miss Welsh
V.R
Sylvia Howe of
Sibley
Estherville
Misa Fern Jackman
Exams Set For January 24 County Teachers Test
Uniform county teachers examinations will be held January 24 26 and 26 in the south room of City Hall. Miss Marie Sorum county superintendent in charge announced the schedule with a two day period showing preliminary sessions spelling reading geography history home economics civics and other subjects across morning and afternoon blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Sorum
United States
Swanson Harrington Ninth District Election Contest
The House Privileges and Elections Committee will decide the Ninth District contest in January. Swanson alleges irregularities in Woodbury Dickinson and other counties, seeking to unseat Democrat Vincent Harrington who was certified winner by 339 votes. Swanson's checkers claim a 276 vote gain. objections include WPA camp voters at Milford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert F. Swanson
Vincent Harrington
House Committee On Privileges and Elections of Congress
Sioux City
Swanson
Woodbury
Dickinson
Vincent F. Harrington
Congress
Harrington
WPA
Milford
Iowa Reports 179 Infantile Paralysis Cases This Year
A report shows 179 infantile paralysis cases in Iowa through December 9, 1939. The national tally reaches 7,130 cases to that date, with state totals wide ranging from Rhode Island to New York. Michigan and New York account for large Detroit and Buffalo clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rhode Island
Maine
New York State
Michigan
Detroit
New York
Buffalo
YH Davis Takes Position With Biological Survey
Frank H. Davis of Arnolds Park resigns as conservation officer to join the United States Biological Survey. A. F. Meier of Spirit Lake also resigns. Vacancies filled by Waldo Johnson, Harold Banes, James Rector, Willys J. Mors, and G. H. Sexe. Also note on safe driving lessons from accidents and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Davis
Arnolds Park
Town Conservation Commission
United States Biological Survey
A. F. Meier
Spirit Lake
Waldo Johnson
Swedesburg
Harold Banes
Sigourney
James Rector
Centerville
Willys J. Mors
Sumner
G. H. Sexe
Humboldt
Corn loans rush into county records in December
One hundred twelve corn loans for the 1989 crop were filed in December at the county recorder’s office under Hattie B. Osmundson. Earlier filings before December are not clear in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie B. Osmundson
Emergency Crop Loans Now Available in Emmet County
Emergency crop and feed loans for 1940 are available to farmers in Emmet county. Applications are at the county agent's office under Arthur J. Petit of the Farm Credit Administration. Loans target small cash needs for feed and livestock, with security on the crop or livestock as collateral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Arthur J. Petit
Farm Credit Administration
Emmet
Premature swelling on buds on shrubs
The record warm fall and early winter caused premature swelling of buds on Jonathan apple fruit, roses, and other shrubs per R S Herrick secretary of the state horticultural society. He notes no spring damage usually, but warns a warm March or April could force buds to bloom early and risk frost damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Herrick
State Horticultural Society
Herrick
Jonathan
Iowa
Two Weekend Auto Crashes Reported in Town
Kenneth Kurtz, 17, sustained slight injuries Saturday when a Hildebrandt Chevrolet was hit by a car driven by Alene Ulrich of Estherville at the 8th Street and 2d Avenue South intersection. The Hildebrandt rear bumper struck and swung, ending at a telephone pole with broken windows and scrapes. Ulrich suffered minimal damage to her car. Earlier Saturday, Margaret Clark of Estherville and Ed Schmidt of Ceylon Minn driven Plymouth and Dodge respectively at 7th Street and 3rd Avenue North, caused minor damage with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kurtz
Gerhardt Hildebrandt
Alene Ulrich
Estherville
8Th Street
2D Ave. S
Hildebrandt
Ulrich
Plymouth
Margaret Clark
Eatherville
Dodge
Ed Schmidt
Ceylon
Minn
7Th Street
3Rd Ave
Funeral for Father in Emmetsburg
Miss Mary Carena Mulroney attended the funeral of her father Joseph Mulroney 74 in Emmetsburg on Friday. He died Tuesday in an Iowa City hospital after a brief illness. Services were at Assumption Catholic Church with a solemn requiem high mass at 9:80 officiated by Rev. John Cullen. Burial followed at St. John’s Cemetery near Emmetsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Carena Mulroney
Joseph Mulroney
Emmetsburg
Mulroney
Palo Alto
Iowa City
Assumption Catholic Church
John Cullen
John’s Cemetery
Grand and Petit Juries Chosen for 1940 Terms
The Grand Jury for 1940 and the January 1940 Petit Jury were selected Tuesday morning by Clerk Irwin Nichols. Grand jurors and alternates span multiple townships including Estherville, Armstrong, Ringsted, Dolliver, and Eldora area names, setting terms to begin January 22 for the grand panel and January 23 for the jury call, with the petit jury to be called January 30 under Judge Fred M. Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin G. Nichols
Fred M. Hudson
WPA Project Twenty Men Employed For River Rip Rap
G R Connelly reports twenty men work on the WPA project along the Des Moines river south of the No 9 bridge with more planned. The crew operates two shifts totaling 180 hours monthly. Renewal of WPA aid eases county relief burdens as the spring 1930s effort resumes after a halt last July when Emmet county and others left WPA rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Connelly
Des Moines
No. 9
Emmet
Mathewsons Installed as Worthy Matron and Patron
Mrs. C. J. Mathieson was installed as Worthy Matron with Henry Mahlum as Worthy Patron in a formal ceremony at the Eastern Star hall. Officers installed included Mrs. J. Mathieson as matron, Henry Mahlum as patron, and others with chaplain Miss Elizabeth Colt and organist Miss Pauline Wilson. The event featured a bouquet presentation, corsages from the retiring matron, and a past matron pin presented to Mrs. Oscar Fagre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Mathieson
Henry Mahium
Eastern Star Hall
Oscar Fagre
O. E. Morton
Henry Mahlum
Gail Morse
Guy Noel
Dave Crawford
J. W. Peterson
H. L. McMillan
Mathieson
J. E. Greig
Dorothy
Shirley Mathieson
W. G. Gordon
J. Mathieson
Henry Marlum
LaVera Cresap
Elizabeth Colt
Walter Wilson
Clyde Sanborn
Ward Grier
J. E. Wilson
Harold Keeler
Marshal
Ed Case
Pauline Wilson
Ada
W. H. Hunt
Ruth
Berna Hanson
Esther
J. P. Clark
Martha
Herman Jensen
Electa
Louis Palmer
Warder
Sentinel
K. J. McDonald
Ed Sorum
Lucy Chalstrom
L. E. Crim
Seward Dillon
Zella al
Children Present Christmas Program at 12 Mile Lake
The District No 6 pupils of 12 Mile Lake township staged their annual Christmas program under Miss Lena Gunderson. Included were songs, recitations, dialogues, and a school dramatization, with a Christmas tree, gifts for children, and a closing address by Mary Schacherer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
12 Mile Lake Township
Lena Gunderson
Mavis Mohr
Marilyn Hubbard
Dwight Larson
Edgar Nitchals
Harold Sampson
Dolores Schacherer
Beverly Mohr
Annette Conway
Mary Lou Larson
Dean Nitchals
Mary Schacherer
Dagny Tweet
Edgar Nitchall
Janiece Larson
Linda Nielsen
Dorothy Larson
Leroy Sampson
Lee Nitchals
Jimmy
Herbert Nielsen
June Nitchals
Dagny ‘Tweet
Ads For Sale and Listings From Local Clerks
Ads offer bred ewes due in April near Ayrshire, several home appliance items including Maytag and Speed Queen machines, a Meadows washer and various oil burners, plus legal blanks and office supplies from Vindicator and Republican. Names listed include J A Zimm erman and multiple local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoben Bros
N. E
Ayrshire
Maytag
Meadows
Montgomery Ward
Office Vindicator
Republican
Auxiliary past presidents to meet Monday
The past presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. Dan Howard Monday afternoon. Mrs. Art Fossum will assist the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Dan Howard
Art Fossum
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Vindicator
Re Republican Co
C. E. Person
Bes
W. T. Schildknecht
L. F. Hoffman
D-X
East Central Avenue
R. D. Thompson Chiropractor
DR. T. 0
Mann
Ortheopathic
Sanborn’s Store
A. I. Reed, M. D
Leuthold-Tibbetts Clothing Store
Spirit Lake Hotel
YH Davis
Biological Survey
Delny Tomow
Amount
Anderson
Gust
Claraway
Anna E
T. E
Clarence
Dan One
Dan Dee
Beck
Carl M. Jr
Christensen
L. M
L. M Christensen
Christiansen
Mary Erecree
Cavin
Emma J
Ditewig
Susanna
England
John Irsebneae
Lydia Johnson
Bessie i
Jensen
Harry K
Lilland
O. M
LaRue
Ralph
Maude
Ralph and
Maude Oe
Ase
Peterson
N. M
Lila
Pringle
C. V
Etta
Roben
Antoni
Marie
Robinson, I
Robinson, I. J
Reimer
Otto
Nellie E
Gerhard
Laura Treeee
Timmons
J. E
Ivan
Christina
Tindall
Olive Seeeees
Wicks, Lyle
Laura Sagtte
Hans Christiansen
Swan Lake Two
Armstrong
Cordes
Henry
High Lake Two
Wallingford
Enerson
E. J
Center Two
Hildreth
Howard
Petersen
T. B
Denmark
Ringsted
Theesfield
Lester
Iowa Lake
Wegner
Paul
Armstrong Grove
Welsh
James
Jack Creek
Petit Jury
Nourse
Alice
Lst Ward
Parnell
Emma
Pattersen
Helen
Partello
Dewey
Ellsworth
Pedersen
Adolph N
2Nd Ward
P. W
Schacherer
12 Mile Lake
Schildknecht
Willard
Loeth
M. L
High Lake
Salmonson
Sondrol
Verna
Sternberg
Albert
Wolding
Minnie
Wella
D. C
Ace Features
Bette Davis
Miriam Hopkins
Geo
Brent
The
the Cisco Kid and
Sir Cedric Wardwicke
Maureen O'Wara
Esmond O'Brien
Alan Marshal
Walter Hampden
Katharine Alexander
Dick Tracy
Eastern Star
Sanborn’s Cash Store
Capital Signs of
Hollywood Theatre
Ieee
Anne Dare
Jane PA Parker
COREE
Itso
Bete Sunshine
Amfrica
Campbells
Sunnyfield
Sh. Bia
Sultana
Dinty Moore
Whitehouse Milk
Ann Page
Purex Bleach
Ag &P
Witer
MELO
Red Cross
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