Hilliard Re-Elected Superintendent At Estherville Meeting
At the Estherville School board’s first meeting of the new year held in the high school, J S Hilliard was re elected superintendent for another year. Henry Mahlum was chosen president as the board of Mahlum Robb Lough Morse and Lambert outlined plans for harmony and progress. Athletics funded from athletic receipts covered expenses and reduced deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Independent
Henry Mahlum
Mahhlum
Geo. Robb
L. Lough
G. H. Morse
Harley Lambert
J. S.hilliard
Schoo
Locals Defeat Spirit Lake In Narrow 14-13 Victory
Estherville Independent beats Spirit Lake 14 to 13 in a rough, tight game. The score stayed within one or two points until Sauer man’s last minute basket sealed the win. Spirit Lake had won earlier. Estherville plans another game, possibly against Ringsted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Independent
Spirit Lake
Sauerman
Estherville
Brees
Osgood
Rohde
Keeler
Rust
Alice Bingham Elected to Cap and Gown Honorary
Miss Alice Bingham a Grinnell College senior from Estherville has been elected to Cap and Gown the women’s honorary society. The election is based on scholarship personality and leadership. She is Philadelphia Society secretary of the Dramatic Club member of the Y W C A Girls Honors club and Romance Language Club and acted in the Dramatic Club spring play The Famous Mrs Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Alice Bngham
Grinnell College
Estherville
Bingham
Philadelphia Society
Dramatic Club
Large vote at Armstrong school election charts turnout
Armstrong Journal reports the Armstrong school election drew a large voter turnout for several years. Eleven candidates competed for three offices with four petitions filed, including a women’s ticket. P. A. Gaarde won the three year term, while Mrs. Anna Demaree and B. L. Clark secured the two year terms. Carrie Koch traveled to West Bend to visit her mother for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Gaarde
Anna Demaree
B. L. Clark
Armstrong Journal
Carrie Koch
West Bend
Ladd couple to move from Grand Forks to Minneapolis
Clarence E. Ladd secretary of Brown Danskin and wife Mrs. Bachman move from Grand Forks North Dakota after eight years to Minneapolis. Ladd joins Minneapolis Trust bond department April first amid Rotary and Commercial club ties. Mrs. Ladd active in clubs music and St Paul church life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Ladd
W. E. Ladd
E. W. Bachman
Grand Forks N. Dak
Minneapolis
Grand Forks
Minneapolis Trust Company
St. Paul’s Church
Ladd
Championship of Elks Volley Ball Tournament opening play
Elks Gymnasium hosted opening volleyball games as Roy Brown and Dr G Ewen led teams. Ewen’s squad won three of five, with Raife and Lambert’s teams also winning matches. Winners face off Monday to decide who advances to the championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Gymnasium
Roy Brown
G. Ewen
Brown
Dr. Osher
Percy Pullen
Roy McNeal
Geo. Anderson
Ewen
Clyde Sanborn
Floyd Lakin
Don Pullen
Ernie Johnson
Dr. Ewen
Ane
G. H. Raife
H. M. Lambert
Lambert
Selby Brams
E. J. Rhodes
Romaine Sandrol
Raife
L. E. Stockdale
A. A. Herrick
Frank Olson
Chris Anderson
Upper Des Moines Track Meet Here
Estherville will host the Upper Des Moines Valley Track Meet and Conference on Friday May 4 with twelve schools competing including Emmetsburg Estherville Hartley Lake Park Milford Rock Rapids Ruthven Sanborn Sheldon Sibley Spencer and Spirit Lake Estherville won the meet last year and the boys will resume practice after vacation to prepare for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Des Moines
Emmetsburg
Hartley
Lake Park
Milford
Rock Rapids
Ruthven
Sanborn
Sheldon
Sibley
Spencer
Spirit Lake
Leeper Freed On 15000 Dollar Bail In Iowa City Murder Case
Mrs. Beryl Wertz Leeper, 18, indicted with husband Robert Leeper and mother Mrs. Roy Wertz for the murder of Mrs. Wertz's husband in Iowa City last December, was freed after posting 15000 bail yesterday. Grandfather S. B. Reed of Dolliver and local residents signed her security. Earlier, she was released on 24000 bond. efforts to secure 35000 bail for Leeper continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Wertz Leeper
Robert Leeper
Roy Wertz
Iowa City
S. B. Reed
Dolliver
Iowa
Emmet
Dickinson
Wertz
Leslie Francis Plans Return to Iowa from California
Former Senator L E Francis, wintering in Glen dale California, will return to Iowa with his son, Mrs Francis, and Miss Mariam. He has disposed of his large grant of land in Iowa and will drive through while the others travel by rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E.francis
Glendale
Cal
Hollywood
Good Old
Iowa
Mr. Francis
Florida canning plant era opens in Crooked Lake
Crooked Lake Florida March 6 1928 a new canning industry aims to shut the surplus slump by processing grape fruit into shelf ready products. Two Polk County factories already operate with plans for more including one at Crooked Lake to salvage off sized fruit and feed a growing export trade. The Florida Citrus Exchange expects to employ about 200 workers per plant, canning up to 1000 boxes daily. The article also describes a Hickory Hammock Dairy near Lake Wales producing 320 quarts daily at 30 cents with sanitary practices and a diversified nursery, plus a burial incident among local workers highlighting social tensions of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooked Lake
Fla
Mar
Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
Polk County
Exchange
Guernsey
Jersey
Lake Wales
Tennessee
The Art of Loafing and the Value of Work
A columnist argues retirement must be paired with ongoing activity or a hobby to avoid mental and physical decline. He cites a West to Florida retiree who found rest elusive, chose work and travel, and plans to return to active life in Florida, proving loafing is an art of not loafing. Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tve
West
Florida
North Nichols
County Declamatory Contest Postponed Due to Weather
The County Declamatory Contest planned for Ringsted Monday night was postponed because of weather and judges unable to travel. The new date is undetermined but likely after April 1, as next week is vacation week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringsted
D. A. R. Pageant Teaser After East is West Show
The D. A. R. Pageant will follow the Thursday evening showing of East is West. The event promises to be one of the finest seen locally with school children admitted for ten cents in the afternoon and adults charged fifty cents at both performances.
Vote Yes For Municipal Band Levy On March 26
A fragmented notice urges voters to approve a small levy for the municipal band at polls March 26. It notes a prior taxi levy reduction and explains the levy would cost about 50 cents per property owner, funding summer concerts and ward events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satherville
Es Council
Muicipal
Tracing Mrs Wertz During Divorced Years
Detective C E Carroll and County Attorney OConnor say the Wertz case may lead to murder charges as they collect information from North Dakota and Iowa locales where Mrs Wertz lived in the past fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Carroll
Wertz
Northy
Ker
S.D
Dolliver
Iowa
Estherville
Carroll
O’connor
Washington grades present The Land of Sometime operetta
The Fifth and Sixth grades of Washington built and staged The Land of Sometime in the high school auditorium. Miss Helen Mattison directed the musical portions with help from Miss Nellie Lee and teachers Gowans Yeager and Robinson. Cast includes Japanese Chorus Teddy Bear Boys Guards and Bugbears with a Doll Festival Japan theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Washington
Helen Mattison
Nellie Lee
Margaret Gowans
Ethel Yeager
Dorothy Robinson
Wayne Osmundson
Claire Coon
Peter Dahl
Frankin Misener
Edmund Callendar
Robb Rugtio
Raymond Bradbury
Richard Evans
Gail Morse
Donald Olson
Teddy Bear Girls
Ivadelle Lambert
Jessie Osgood
Virginia Johnston
Bertha Gaarde
Harriet Osher
Ruth Osgood
Wilma Gookin
Jeanette Lytle
Adolph Sampson
Raymond Mack
Clyde Brown
Death of a Resident in Emmetsburg
Mrs. A weeks ago fell ill and died after a period of illness. She was born June 29, 1888 in her home area and lived with her daughter Serum. The funeral services were held at the local Lutheran Church with the pastor Reverend in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
Wall-E
Confessed My Treated Men Sentenced After Strike Violence
A group of men and women confessed to involvement in a murder linked to post strike disturbances. Ten were sentenced to ten years in the State Penitentiary for second degree guilty pleas. Names span many locals, including Edwards and Porter, with varied affiliations among farmers, boys and girls, and Indians listed in the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Guy
Hard
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. S. Hilliard
H. Mahlum
Alice Bingham
V. R
C. E. Ladd
Minne
Apolis
Bond Department of Minneaapolis Trust Company
Championship OF Elks
Leslie Francis
South Florida
Othe
Nichols
Band Levy
Bath
Roy. Wertz
Womats
Miss Mattis
Lere
Jamin Wiese
Francis Kimi Chambers
Marie
Warne Jeffries
Gladys Sherman
Minard
Edith Roberts
Flore Brandson
Franklin Wood
Johnston
Kathleen Porter
Ly Son
Jessie Odegard
Ivadelle Lai
Eugenia
Hileen Scholtes
Mildred Bemis
Leon’s
Marie Edwards
John&orothy Nourse
John&orothy Nourse,’ Lucile’ Paauline Rossman
Mildred A Qhinamen
Robert Hansen
Bard Miller
Joseph Pannell
Frak Wood
Farmer Boys
Ham
Claude Warrington
Betty
Sons
Virginia
Voorhies
Floyd
N Son
Bo Greenfield
Dorothy Taylor
Kenn Huntsinger
Roy Hoffman
Gleed
Mariam Jones
Irwin Golla
Parsons
Waldemar Fransdal
Frances Dooley
Bromley Dillon
Erickson
Robert Waldron
Ce A
Jessie Odegs
de Eugenia Baldwin
Ruth Osgond
Harriet Oitier
Bertha
Gears Frarelle
Vginia Johns
Sam
Carl Holmes
Columbia
Gretchen the Bat
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!