Armstrong Man Pleads Guilty to Forgery
Walter Hutchinson of Armstrong pleaded guilty after being arrested Tuesday noon by Constable L. A. Horswell for writing checks on stolen Fairmont Creamery blanks. The checks totaled 18.30 15 22.37 and 21.50 signed A O Olson H A Hanson and A M Larson. Mrs Hutchinson cashed the checks in Estherville stores. Judge DeLand will sentence him soon.
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Armstrong
L. A. Horswell
Walter Hutchinson
Fairmont Creamery Company
A. O. Olson
H. A. Hanson
A. M. Larson
High School Alumni Plan Monday Evening Meeting
Mrs. Irving Ellerston president of the Estherville High School Alumni Association calls a general meeting for Monday evening in the city hall committee room. Plans will be discussed for a social event with a picnic proposed as a possibly cheaper option and attendance is urged. Officers include Mrs. Fred Albertson vice president Louis Obye registrar and Ruth Obye secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Ellerston
Alumni Association
Estherville High School
Ellerston
Don
Fred Albertson
Louis Obye
Ruth Obye
Estherville Man Arrested in Mason City Territory
An Estherville man was arrested Friday in Mason City on a statutory charge. He was held there until authorities transferred him to this city for trial Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Arter
Cooper Family News and Local Business Changes
E. E. Cooper returns home after hospitalization for a paralyctic stroke and is described as still serious but showing some improvement. Mrs. Cooper and daughter Mrs. Tom Triggs will care for him, with another daughter Mrs. John Winters of Petersburg visiting. H. Oransky furniture department manager Thomas E. Lindley resigns. Maurice Nathanson will take charge at the store. A Washington report notes Iowa receives 6 million in relief allocations as part of a broad billion dollar bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Cooper
Birney Hospital
Cooper
Tom Triggs
John Winters
Petersburg
Minn
Thomas E. Lindley
H. Oransky Furniture
Estherville
Maurice Nathanson
Mrs Dora Rowley Former Resident Dies Wednesday
Burial services for Mrs. Dora Rowley a former Estherville resident were held Friday at Worthington Minnesota. She was mother of Mrs C L Mulock and aunt of A J Knepper and had lately lived near Brewster with son R B Dickey. She died Wednesday morning at Brewster after a paralytic stroke. Her husband once owned the Estherville Laundry and was murdered near Omaha in 1928.
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Dora Rowley
Estherville
Worthington
Minn
Rowly
C. L. Mulock
A. J. Knepper
Mulock
Knepper
Brewster
R. B. Dickey
Hause Granted Ph D Degree in Physics
Clarence Duane Hause, son-in-law of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Bradley, earned a Ph D from the University of Illinois on Monday. He holds an AB from Cornell College 1927 and an AM from Illinois 1929, while serving as an assistant in Physics since 1927 and completing postgraduate work. His major was Physics with Mathematics as minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Duane Hause
W. E. Bradley
University of Illinois
Haus
Cornell College
University of Ilinois
Aulger Brothers Present Pleasing Week of Drama
Aulger brothers are in Estherville for their annual week of comedy and drama. Their capacious tent sits near the M and St. L tracks and they report liberal patronage. The Aulgers offer clean shows and are welcomed each year.
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Aulger Brothers
Estherville
M. and
St. L
Aulgers
Old Soldier Pioneer Visits Here
T. W. Trumble of Sherburn Minnesota, age over 92, civil war veteran and Emmet county pioneer, visited Estherville Saturday with relatives. He recalled the arrival of the first railroad in June 1882, hearing the train from the Trumble homestead. His wife cried with joy at the isolation ending. He has lost one eye but walks daily a long distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Trumble
Sherburn
Minn
Estherville
Mr. Trumble
Emmet County
Trumble
Tom Harland
Lutheran S. S. Enjoys Picnic in City Park
After Sunday services at Estherville Lutheran church the youth, teachers, and many parents held a Riverside park picnic with ideal weather and a large group. Short talks by vacation school teachers Elmer Valen and Miss Cora Sunde accompanied musical numbers by the children. Also noted: Fred Ehlers and Rev. Wagner departed for Milwaukee to attend a German Lutheran church convention June 15 to 25, with Mrs. Ehlers driving to Emmetsburg for the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Lutheran Church
Riverside Park
Elmer Valen
Cora Sunde
Fred Ehlers
Estherville
Rev
Wagner
Terris
Milwaukee
German Lutheran Church
Former Local Resident Dies in Minnesota Farm Death
Eugene Berlin age 33, longtime Estherville resident, died at his farm near Gibbon, Minnesota, from heart disease. Born in Clear Lake, he lived there until marriage, owned a suburban store in Estherville, later worked for Brown Mercantile, and farmed last spring. He is survived by his widow, his mother, and siblings Ruben, Ruth, and Homer. Funeral services were held Sunday.
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Eugene Berlin
Estherville
Gibbon
Minn
Mr. Berlin
Clear Lake
Swedish Methodist Church
Mrs. Berlin
H. M. Volding
Spencer
Volding
Ethlyn Volding
City
Fire damages house on East Lincoln Street
A vacant house owned by Mrs Will Watson on East Lincoln Street was damaged by fire early Thursday. Investigators suspect incendiary origin after children reported seeing men in the house earlier in the week and the fire starting on the stairway.
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Lincoln Street
Will Watson
East Lincoln Street
Rural Pupils with Perfect Attendance Honored at Ft Defiance Park
In Emmet county a two fold celebration at Ft Defiance state park featured eighth grade diplomas and rural honor awards for 164 students. Perfect attendance pins were given as Wallingford and Ringsted bands performed. Local clergy offered invocations and speeches by Rev. Yearne and Rev. Nordsletten.
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Emmet
Ft. Defiance State Park
Farm Bureau
Wallingford
I. W. Wolfe
Cedar Falls
Ringsted High School
Frank Yearne
Union Baptist Church
Peder Nordsletten
Wallingford Lutheran Church
Jean Parsons
Fire Damages Second Floor Attic. First Floor Saved
Mrs. Roy Brown alerted authorities after hearing breaking glass at about three. Damage was extensive to upstairs rooms and attic but little harm occurred to rooms on the first floor. Mrs. Watson’s loss is covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Brown
Watson
Farm leaders urge Hoover action on farm surpluses
Charles E Hearst vice president of the American Farm Bureau and president of the Iowa Farm Bureau told an afternoon Farm Bureau picnic crowd in Washington that funds should be made available to finance disposing of accumulated farm surpluses before new crops arrive He and Earl C Smith Illinois Agricultural Association president presented the plea to President Hoover and urged immediate action.
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Charles E. Hearst
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Washington, D. C
Earl] C. Smith
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Hoover
Mr. Hearst
E. A. O'Neal
Earl Smith
The
Winds Agricultural Association
Washington
Congress
McNary-Fulmer
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Henry Wallace
Wallace Farmer
Wallace
United States
Mr. Wallace
Attempt to steal booze evidence investigated by state detective
State detective Jesse Quinlan investigated an unauthorized attempt to steal liquor evidence from Emmet County sheriff's office last Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Labeled samples from raids in Emmet and the Emmet Dickinson county line were stored around town. entry was gained through a transom and a closet panel was broken. Guns and other items were left behind, the vault under the clerk’s office had been broken into two weeks earlier with 175 gallons taken. No arrests have been made. several persons are under suspicion.
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Jesse Quinlan
Emmet
Emmet-Dickinson
Court House
Gordon
I K Groth 78 County Pioneer Dies Thursday
I K Groth 78 pioneer resident of Emmet county died at his Minneapolis home Thursday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Wallingford Lutheran church after brief services at Mahlum and Anderson chapel. Interment at Wallingford. Survived by widow, three daughters Mrs Carl Peterson Estherville Mrs C J Naglestad Ellsworth Miss Rose Groth Madison and son C L Groth manager of the county farm.
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H. K. Groth
Emmet County
Minneapolis
Wallingford
Carl Peterson
Estherville
C. J. Naglestad
Ellsworth
Rose Groth
Madison, Minn
C. L. Groth
Memorial services for Rock Island railroad men in Estherville
Five transportation brotherhoods of the Dakota division of the Rock Island plan memorial services at the M B church in Estherville led by Rev W A Winterstein. They will assemble at city hall at 10 30 to march to church and later decorate graves in area cemeteries. Families and auxiliaries invited.
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Dakota Division
Rock Island
M. B
Estherville
W. A. Winter- Stein
City Hall
Geo
Nick
Floyd Lytle
B. of L. F
B. Ernest Roo
Clyde Bolty
S. A
N. A
Geo. Wilson
Walter Wilson
B. of L
John Bixby
W. C. Ditlon
O. Rh. C
L. H W. Vestrem
WH. W. Butler
R. T
WinterStein
Salyers Fractures Ribs In Fall From Tree At Home
Lou Salyers fell about 15 feet from a tree at his East Howard home while trimming a branch. He suffered a broken rib and painful bruises to his back and side but is confined to his home and expected to recover soon. Miss Marion Bixby, visiting with her parents, plans to return today to Pipestone to continue nurse training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Salyers
East Howard
Mr. Salyers
Marion Bixby
John Bixby
Pipestone
Who was Who by Louise M Comstock Tom Thumb’s rise and fall in show business
Tom Thumb born Charles Stratton rose under P L Barnum to fame as Gen General Tom Thumb. He met Lavinia Warren in England and they wed in a grand ceremony. Despite early pay, he earned a fortune in show business before poker losses and mortality ended his life in 1883. Lavinia later married Count Primo Magi.
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Tom Thumb
P.L. Barnum
Charles Heywood Stratton
Bridgeport
England
Queen Victoria
Paris
Barnum
Tom
Lavinia Warren
Minnie Warren
Commodore Nutt
Layinia
Lavinia Thumb
Count Primo Magi
Jenkins Sees Better Times For Iowa’s Future
J E B Jenkins, an early Emmet County Republican editor, writes to Mayor M K Whelan after the 1932 Iowa primary. He recalls past Iowa leaders, hopes for restoration of prosperity, and urges unity beyond local rivalries as Congress negotiates tax legislation and economy measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. EB. Jenkins
Emmet County
Republican
M. K. Whelan
Iowa
United States
Trade revival set to run June 29 to July 2 in Estherville
A national move by the American Legion in cooperation with Maurice Doyle post and the Community club leads to a four day trade revival starting June 29. Veterans aid, merchant booths, a county parade, free concessions, and a pavement dance are planned with Estherville and surrounding posts participating. Local organizers include Dave Conrady and G F Wilder with Henry Hower publicity and many committees coordinating concessions entertainment and parade details.
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American Legion
Maurice Doyle Post
Community Club
Estherville
Legion
United States
Ringsted
Colliver
Armstrong
Wallingford
Wes Maimes
Orleans Hotel
Muuch
Estherville Drum and Bugle Corps
Spencer Drum and Bugle Corps
Sixth Street
Town Trust and Savings Bank
Gardston
Standard Oil
Dave Conrady
American Lesson Post
G. F. Wilder
Legion and Iron
Henry Hower
Deemer Lee
Herb Allen
W. B. Demine
John Rogers
LeRoy Twathaway
Mo Christensen
A Peck
Joe Howe
Eare
A. Q. Peterson
Geet
Ti. MM
Christensen
Chas
Anderson
W. E. Lpemnine
Dave Ganrads
C. Sorensen
A. Johnson
Jay Howard
Alo. Peterson
Parade
Wm. Deming
Dr. HL
MacMillan
de. Thos. Manu
N. Hf
McKerral
Herma Sorum
Worf
Ray Rennes
Leo Brawford
Alt. Knepper
A. I. Reed
Fred Sternberg
C. J. Mathieson
Chas. Jones
Robert Knight
Ployd Lakin
Harry Jones
Wy CL
Tirl West
Fred Sternborz
Dr. Peed
Wilbur Thorndyke
Eric Davidson
M. R. Huckuba
H. C. Sorensen
Dr. S. 4G
Ewen
Romaine Sondrol
Gene Kepler
G. Berlaug
LL. K. Patch
Harry Adams
Joe Bingham
F. A. Johnson
Paul Laidley
Art Fossum
Lee Case
Merrit
Brown
Ralph McKay
Dan Howard
Ruay Kennedy
Henry Paulson
Verne Tredway
R. R. Tillea
Oleg Anderson
Ed Sorum
Melvin Warren
Roy Blakey
Verne Kilgore
Eugene Foster
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Iowa State College
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I. K. Groth
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Jenkins
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William MacKinley
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