Fire Kills Former Maple Hill Couple in Millerdale Cottage
J P Burkholder 75 and his invalid wife 72 former Emmet county residents burned to death in their Millerdale cottage near Waterloo. Fire likely started by motor oil Burkholder planned to return to a stalled auto. Burkholder died with his arm around his wife. They were parents of 13. 10 living. Surviving children listed with locations. They lived on Maple Hill farm for years moving from Washington Township to Worthington then Waterloo in 1929 and to Millerdale. Funeral today at Burlington home of their early married life.
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J.P. Burkholder
Emmet County
Millerdale
Waterloo
Burkholder
Thez Burkholder
Donald
Ben
William
Sioux City
Fred
Winthrop
Minn
George McKean
Edwin McKean
Armstrong
Ruth Mallon
Lake Park
Lola Burkholder
Galesburg
Carl
Decker
Montana
Burkholders
Maple Hill
Washington
Worthington
Burtington
Electricians to discuss R E A wiring standards
Earl Davenport of the Rural Electr ic Cooperative will lead a discussion at Estherville City Hall kitchen on January 20 1989 at 1 pm. M A Balkema urges locally familiar electricians and those wiring farm homes under the REA program in Dickinson Emmet and Kossuth counties to attend, noting no other such meeting will occur. A later series will cover general wiring problems.
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Earl Davenport
D.E K
Emmet
Kossuth
Post Graduates Eligible to Write Examinations
Post graduate normal training students may write examinations in designated January subjects if courses were taken in high school. Examinations run January 18 to 20 in the court room with Psychology at 9 a.m. Jan 18, Grammar at 9 a.m. Jan 19, Geography at 1 p.m. Jan 19, and Physiology at 9 a.m. Jan 20.
Directors Are Selected At Emmetsburg Co op Meeting
About 200 stockholder members attended the Emmetsburg Production Credit Association annual meeting last Friday in Emmetsburg. C E Morton of Estherville and C H Arthur of Spirit Lake were elected to three year terms on the board joining John Heuck Everly H J Bode Algona and J H Currans Ruthven. A lunch preceded the business session where vice president Bode and secretary treasurer W M Townsend gave reports. In 1938 the co op loaned 585000 to farmers and livestock men in Palo Alto Kossuth Dickinson Clay and Emmet counties an increase of over 245000 from 1937. The five years of operation have built strong reserves to safeguard member capital and stock owned by members now has a book value above par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Ed Hubbard Fined $50 For Game Laws Violation
Ed Hubbard of Estherville serving an 80 day jail term in the county jail faced a $50 fine imposed by Justice of Peace M. H. Schloeman after conservation officer F. H. Davis cited him for violations of state game laws. Unable to pay, Hubbard began serving the sentence in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Hubbard
Estherville
Justice of Peace
M. H. Schloeman
Hubbard
F. H. Davis
Homestead Exemption Reduced For Spring Refunds
County treasurers including K. J. Ersland and Mrs. Gladys Bringle are ordered to credit Iowa property owners with only half the annual homestead tax refunds next spring due to lower state tax yields. The state board says the March 25 distribution will cover at most half the full credit. the second half in October will refund the exemption to those who paid taxes in full.
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K. J. Ersland
Gladys Bringle
Emmet
Iowa
State Board of Assessment and Review
Union Elects 39 Officers at Emmet County Meeting
Officers previously nominated were elected by the Emmet County Farmers Union at their meeting Friday in the city hall. Frank Abel of Estherville was chosen president, H. S. Spears secretary treasurer, Mrs Frank Abel assistant secretary treasurer and Art Lee door keeper. The session followed a covered dish dinner at noon enjoyed by about fifty members and their families with talks and recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Jackson Day Dinner Attendance Noted in Des Moines
Emmet county residents attended the Democratic Jackson day dinner in Des Moines Saturday. Names include Miss Clara Kennedy and Attorney F J Kennedy, Mrs Clare Lockner, Terris, Fred Davis, Armstrong, Mrs A L Anderson of Ringsted, and Mrs Ida Larson of Swea City. Mrs Walter Spruling of Stratford was called here by her father W L
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Emmet County
Des Moines
Clara Kennedy
F. J. Kennedy
This City
Clare Lockner
Terris
Fred Davis
Armstrong
A. L. Anderson
Ringsted
Ida Larson
Swea
Kossuth County
Walter Spruling
Stratford
W. L
Conservation men to meet Friday in Ringsted
Emmet County Conservation League schedules a meeting at Ringsted at 8:00 p m Friday January 13 inviting all conservation minded sportsmen. Biologist W W Aiken will screen moving pictures of Okamanpecan State Park events from 1938 and show footage of pike and pheasant propagation at Orleans and Boone.
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Emmet County Conservation League
Ringsted
W. W. Aiken
State Conservation Commission
Okamanpecan State Park
Emmet County
Orleans
Boone
Lee Dies Suddenly Chicago Tribune editor Robert M. Lee 55
Robert M. Lee 55 longtime Chicago Tribune managing editor died suddenly at his Lake Forest home. Survived by widow daughter Mrs. Donald Eaton brother N J Lee of Estherville and three sisters. Pioneer Wallingford area family.
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Robert M. Lee
Chicago Tribune
N. J. Lee
Estherville
Lake Forest
Mlinoia
Lee
The
Tribune
Des Moines
Register and Leader
Milwaukee
Wis
Davenport
Cedar Rapida
Ed Sillge
Frank Carpenter
Donald Eaton
T. J. Randolph
Henry Amundsen
Alexander
N. D
Walter Robb
Watford City
Joseph Lee
Wallingford
Coal theft lands four in Anamosa jail terms
Four men faced grand larceny charges after about 4080 pounds of coal disappeared from Rock Island cars. Norval Morgan, Myron Hull, Melvin Mull, and Chester Gunderson pled guilty. Morgan Hull Mull each received five year terms. Gunderson got one year with hard labor suspended after 30 days and parole to county custody. Witnesses included D F Fagan Emmetburg. MOE Huckaba, Emmet County deputy. Merle Moller Estherville police. Wayne Vandeventer county employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Norval Morgan
Myron Hull
Melvin Mull
D. F. Fagan
Emmetaburg
Moe. Huckaba
Emmet County
Merle Moller
Estherville
Wayne Vandeventer
Emmetatgrg
Harry E. Coffie
F. C. Davidson
Anameda
Chester Gunderson
Eatherville
County Aher
Che Fredericksen
Gunderson
Masked Robber Steals Six Dollars From Local Service Station
A masked armed man held up John Lyman at his east of M and St L tracks First Avenue South station Saturday about 4 p m taking six dollars from his pocketbook. Police note a similar description to a prior hold up of twenty dollars at highway 17 North with the same young, well dressed suspect. Officers watch a suspect but have not arrested anyone. Attorney Wm 8 Johnston traveled to Des Moines to avert a supreme court case.
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John Lyman
M. and
St. L
First Avenue
Lyman
E. H. Hansen
Dog License Tags On Sale In County
County auditor Gladys Bringle announces dog tax licenses are now available and delinquent after March 31. Few residents have requested tags this year. The first license, No. 1, was issued to W. H. Van Duzer of Armstrong for a fox terrier, and No. 2 to W. T. Schildknecht of Esterville for a mixed breed dog.
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Gladys Bringle
Bringle
W. H. van Duzer
Armatrong
W. T
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Plains
January 9 to 14 outlook shows generally above normal temperatures with little precipitation across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Local page 3 continues with more details.
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Mississippi
Misouri
Great Plains
V.R
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J. P. Burkholder
Geo
O. E. ‘Morton
Production Credit Board
Union
Frank Abel
Emmet County Group
Sat
Morgan
Anamosa
Hansen
Wire
Johnston
Supreme Court
Brentwood
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