World Fair Exposition Experience at Century of Progress
A Chicago World Fair visitor chronicles night illuminations, architectural curves, and crowd scenes, praising courtesy and seating comfort while critiquing the science building. The diary covers dairy displays, Beacon City tours, a Sheridan Plaza stay, and a three day all inclusive bus tour with hotel access and prepaid meals through the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Nichols
Chicago
Middle West
America
Beacon City
Estherville
Sheridan Plaza
LaSalle Street
Ake Shore Drive
Fairground
Past Presidents Hold Picnic for Families Monday
Ladies of the past presidents par ley of the American Legion auxiliary hosted a picnic at Riverside park for their husbands and families. Attendees included Claude Randolphy family, Harold Woodling, Brink family, Fred Ehlers and daughter, W E Deming and children, Ed Sorum and sons, Verne Tredway and children, H C Sorensen and daughters, Art Williamson, and Ernest Smith and son from Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Riverside Park
Claude Randolphy
Harold Woodling
Brink
Fred Ehlers
H. C. Sorensen
Art Williamson
Ernest Smith
Armstrong
Eye injury from pheasant shatters hope of sight
Will Logan is hospitalized at Birney in Estherville after a pheasant crashed through the windshield of Jens Nelson’s car near the state line on Thursday night. The bird struck between seats, badly cutting Logan’s eyeball. other occupants escaped serious injury. Dr. A I Reed attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Will Logan
Birney Hospital
Estherville
Jens Nelson
Beacon City tour details at Chicago and Indiana Ridge
The account describes Beacon City camping tours near Chicago including cottages with basic amenities, dining room, baths, and recreation spaces. It notes transport to the fair, daily schedules, optional city tours, and comparisons to Okoboji chautauqua with emphasis on lodging at Beacon City sites and Sheridan Plaza hotel arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Chicago
Beacon City Camp
Beacon City
Indian Ridge Country Club
Lincoln
Dixie Highways
Okoboji
Lincoln Highway
Sheridan Plaza
Beacon City Tours
Dilinois Central Electric
Matteson
Thieves Take Doctor Miller's Car With Medical Gear
Dr O H Miller reported his Oldsmobile coup stolen between midnight and early Monday. Sheriff CO Fredericiptem recovered it Monday night abandoned at Milford tourist park, empty of gas but with medical instruments still inside. A nearby witness recalled two young men driving the car into the park, offering no description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Miller
Fredericiptem
Milford
Dr. Miller
East Walnut Street
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Install Officers in Joint Rite
Officers for the Rebekah and Odd Fellow lodges were installed at the Odd Fellow hall Monday night, with Grover chapter also holding its installation. Rebekah officers included Mrs. J Lanning and Mrs. W H Dickinson among others, while Odd Fellow officers featured Gordon Griffis and Charles Waughtal. Local officials planned further installations in Delliver that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah
Odd Fellow
Odd Fellow Hall
Grover
Delliver
J. Lanning
Noble Grand
W. H. Dickinson
Esther Floyd
Ora Brown
Geraldine Buckley
C. J. Jensen
O. G. Grimm
Iva Christ
Grace McClure
J. C. Diltz
E. C. Heyer
Roy Bassett
Clarence Kurtz
Iva Youman
Roy Merriott
Clara Frizzell
Gordon Griffis
Charles Waughtal
Gilbert Amdahl
J. W. Brockway
J. J. Buckley
Charles Anderson
Chris Jensen
Samuel Collins
Theodore Flint
White Shrine Picnic Draws Large Riverside Park Turnout
A Sunday White Shrine family picnic at Riverside park drew over 70 members and relatives. Mrs. Oscar Fagre led the group in a cafe style dinner and an afternoon program of speed and skill games for youths. A kitten ball game entertained men, boys, and girls as the season's last Shrine event until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Shrine
Riverside Park
Oscar Fagre
Food Saving School July 13 in Estherville City Hall
A canning training school will be held at Estherville city hall kitchen on Thursday July 13 starting at 1 PM. Representatives from relief organizations, county home project, girls clubs, PTA, garden clubs, women’s clubs, churches, home economics teachers, and social service workers will demonstrate canning methods and other preservation techniques to help housewives stock fruits and vegetables for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
County Home Project
Garden Club
Postoffice retrenchment curtails Estherville service
Postmaster Fred Robinson announces nine extra furloughs force a minor service curtailment for 36 days. Afternoon delivery will be halted while five o’clock collection and delivery in the business district continues. Window service ends at 4 pm Saturdays. lobby stays open for box holders. Changes take effect this Saturday. Mr and Mrs Chas Anderson left for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Robinson
Estherville
Chas, Anderson
Chicago
Peterson and Lucile Visit Patriarch Militant Camp at Clear Lake
A. O. Peterson and his daughter Miss Lucile travel to Clear Lake Sunday to attend the Patriarch Militant encampment gathering running this week through the nineteenth. Peterson served as president of the organization for six years and will meet many former colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Peterson
Lucile
Clear Lake
Peterson
Dale Taylor 21 Dies Friday in Estherville
Dale LeRoy Taylor 21 son of Mr and Mrs Jake Taylor of Estherville died Friday morning at a Community hospital after several months illness from inflammatory rheumatism and heart trouble. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the home and 2:30 at the Lutheran church with Rev L A Mathie officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. He was born March 10 1912 in Grover Town later moving to Estherville and was active in local athletics. Survived by his parents a sister Mrs Leslie Lamp Algona and two brothers Eyun and Orville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Taylor
Jake Taylor
Estherville
Lutheran Church
L. A. Mathie
Oak Hill Cemetery
Sheldon Gordimier
Fred Wilwood
Wilfred Reed
Robert
Theodore Lee
Frederick Wilson
Dale LeRoy Taylor
Grover, Town
Jake
Levina Solomonson Taylor
Community Hospital
Leslie Lamp
Algona
Eyun
Orville
Former Local Man Killed Electrocuted on Power Wire
Arthur Hyde of Jackson Minnesota, formerly of Estherville and Superior, was electrocuted Saturday afternoon after slipping from a pole and grabbing a 2300 volt line during emergency power line repairs. His助手 on the ground called for power to be shut off. resuscitation attempts failed by six. Hyde, married three times, leaves two children from his first marriage and an infant from his third. Funeral services will be held at Superior.
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Arthur Hyde
Jackson
Minn
Estherville
Superior
Hyde
Big crowds at Roof Garden show New Deal impact
The Roof Garden at Arnolds Park draws large nightly crowds as Roosevelt’s new deal unfolds. On July fourth 5777 seven hundred seventy seven attendees danced while July 1 to 4 saw nine thousand eight hundred ninety nine people enjoy the music and the floor, with Car West and his two piano bands featured.
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Roof Garden
Arnolds Park
Car West
Boy Struck by Car in Front of Brown Mercantile
Don Strube six year old son of Mr and Mrs Ed Strube was run down by an automobile driven by Miss Dorothy Hill on Lincoln Street Friday afternoon while playing outside Brown Mercantile Co. He suffered only cuts and bruises to his leg and head. Miss Mary Jane Springer of Sioux Falls is visiting Miss Dorothy Hill this week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Strube
Ed Strube
Dorothy Hill Lato
Brown Mercantile Co
Lincoln Street
A S Reed Buried Monday at Minburn
A S Reed, 69, died Friday night at the Birney hospital after a two month illness from paralysis. Born May 4, 1864 in Putnam County Indiana, he moved with family to Dallas County and later to Emmet County. Funeral services were held here Sunday and burial followed at Minburn. Surviving are his widow, brother Jim Reed of Adel, sister Mrs. Mattie Clark of West Moreland Kansas, son Harold of Estherville, and four daughters Jess ie Stine of Dubuque, Tom McGinn of Solon, May York, and Etta Clark of Estherville.
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Minborn
Jim Reed
Adel
Mattie Clark
West Moreland
Kansas
Harold
Estherville
Jessie Stine
Dubuque
Tom McGinn
Solon
May York
Etta Clark
Purse Stolen From Woolworth Counter In Local Robbery
Mrs Evelyn Kinnard a Woolworth clerk lost a purse containing personal belongings and about $2 in cash Monday night from a back counter at the FR W Woolworth store. She and Vera Aalborg were in the office near the back door from 8 to 10 pm. the back door was unlocked and the purse disappeared while they worked. No trace of the thief has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Kinnard
Woolworth
FR. W. Woolworth
Miss Kinnard
Vera Aalborg
Hendricksen Family Reunion Celebrated on July 4
Ringsted notes describe the Hendricksen family annual reunion held July 4 at Martin Petersen’s home. A noon picnic fed attendees and the afternoon featured kittenball. Numerous local families attended including the Petersen, Henricksen, Rasmussen, Sorensen and related households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Henricksen
Daniel Sorensen
Henry Henricksen
Francis
John Henrickser
Picnic Draws Estherville Residents to Mason City
A Sunday picnic at the Odd Fellows home in Mason City brought Estherville residents including Mrs. Chas Kilgore Mr. and Mrs Will Dickinson Miss Grace McClure Mrs Iva Christ Mrs BE C Heyer Mrs Esther Floyd and Mrs John Lanning. The annual state fair drew about 3500 attendees from across the state.
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Mason City
Estherville
Odd Fellows Home
Chas. Kilgore
Will Dickinson
Grace McClure
Iva Christ
C. Heyer
Esther Floyd
John Lanning
Paving Push on Highway No 9 At Estherville Club Meeting
Estherville community leaders plan at tomorrow night’s directors meeting to push for completion of highway No 9 paving. A committee will be formed to press for action and will contact O J Ditto of Sibley, the highway commission's new member for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Community Club
Highway No. 9
O. J. Ditto
Sibley
Highway Commission
Towa
Two Slugged and Robbed at Emmetsburg
At Emmetsburg two local men Ross Evans and D E McNally were knocked unconscious by two armed assailants after stopping their car at Evans home. Evans was robbed of $200 while the men resisted the attackers. Local sheriff was notified after they regained consciousness.
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Ross Evans
D. E. McNally
Emmetsburg
Evans
Death of J. M. Peters informs Hoffman family
Mrs. Walter Hoffman mourns the death of her father J. M. Peters 65 at Lake View after three weeks of heart trouble. Survived by wife, five daughters Mrs. Hoffman Mrs. Nelson Mrs. Aschinger Mrs. Mason and Mrs. O’Ryan and two sons Herman and Henry. Funeral from the Congregational church Lake View at two this afternoon with burial at West Side. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman at Lake View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hoffman
J. M. Peters
Lake View
Peters
Hoffman
City
Wm. Nelson
Terris
John Aschinger
Clifford Mason
West Side
Dan O'Ryan
Port Clinton
Ohio
Herman
Carroll
Henry
Vail
Congregational Church
MyYys. Hoffman
Like View
Rain Refreshes This Community
A local shower morning and again at eleven brought a refreshing relief to a sultry day. Rain totaled about 1.08 inches in town, with 0.22 more in the noon hour, cooling nights persist. Gypsies escorted from Estherville by officers halted plans to visit stores.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Estherville
Family quarrel ends in double murder near Superior
At Emil Burke farm six miles northwest of Superior a son-in-law Noah Reubecker killed his wife Mrs. Burke with a 22 rifle after a violent quarrel and then shot himself behind the granary. He died at Spirit Lake hospital at 3 pm. Mrs. Burke, about 63, had lived here 20 years. Reubecker was in his late twenties and recently moved from Arnolds Park with his wife and their two young children. Only Mrs. Reubecker’s brother witnessed parts of the scene.
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Emil Burke
Superior
Reubecker
Spirit Lake
New Iowa Mortgage Law Takes Effect Across Counties
Des Moines state auditor officials say Iowa’s new mortgage recording law became effective on Tuesday July 4. The rule requires that any assignment sale or transfer of a real estate mortgage note or debt instrument be reported to the county auditor within 30 days in the county of residency. Unreported transfers have no validity under the new law aimed at uncovering unreported money and credit taxes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Spirit Lake Attorney L W Owen Dies. Funeral Today
Spirit Lake attorney L W Owen died Sunday morning leaving a prominent local legal figure. Funeral services are scheduled today as the community mourns the loss of a respected lawyer with deep local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
L. W. Owen
Atty. Owen
Official Count Shows Repealists Majority in Iowa
The official canvass by the Iowa state executive council from 99 counties on June 20 shows 626,383 total votes cast for delegates to a state convention on July 10 to ratify a constitutional amendment repealing the eighteenth amendment. Wet delegates lead 36,661 to dry 249,534, a wet majority of 127,127.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
State Executive Council
State House
Miller
Washington
Iowa
Executive Council
Dubuque
Blackhawk
Carroll
Clinton
Des Moines
Linn
Plymouth
Polk
Scott
Woodbury
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David
Albert T. Reid
ODD Fellows
Rebekahs
Food Saving School
Farm Bureau
V-R
Patriarch Militant
Mary Jane Springer
Sioux Falls, S. D
Dorothy Hill
A. S. Reed
Minburn
Birney
Hendricksen
Howard Moody
Perry
Chas, Logue
Florence Treadway
H. Qison
Leghorn
Marion Talley
Kansas City
New York
Noah Reubecker
William P. Woodcock
Spencer Florist
Ella von E. Wendel
Woodcock
Page County
Little Dickinson
Worth
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