Two Pioneers Pass Away After Brief Illness
Mrs G FE Moore dies at 54 after a week of serious illness. Peritonitis from a ruptured abscess in the intestines caused her death. She lived in Estherville area, involved in farming and local business, survived by husband, daughter M R McTigue, son Raymond M, two sisters, a brother, and two grandchildren. Funeral at St Patrick’s Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Estherville
M. R. McTigue
Raymond M
Assumption
Illinois
Perry
Nancy J. Lillard
Sam Granger
Liberal
Kans
Frank Shillig
Pasadena
Ben Lillard
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Delegates Chosen for June 2 Republican Primary
The article lists delegates and alternates selected at the Estherville Republican caucuses for the June 2 primary. Names span Estherville First Ward Second Ward and Third Ward, with committeemen designated for each area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
First Ward
Chas. Keeler
Wm. Post
F. M. Brockway
Herb Nourse
F. Lytle
E. M. Houts
G. C. Allen
Henry Scharfenberg
G. Morse
O. J. Spande
G. H. Stearns
George Nichols
John Osgood
R. J. Ridley
B. EF. Westbrook
E.J. Schryver
W. B. Galloway
Joe Nissen
Nick
Clyde’bbolty
W. H. Warner
H. Fritz
Joe N. Peterson
Chas Anderson
George Lyon
A. Erickson
J. P. Littell
A. Markley
Wm. Oehrlein
S. H. Williams
Vance Noe
Jack Jorie
George Lorimer
M. K. Whelan
F. A. Robinson
Sam Johnston
Roy Wickersham
Chas
Kilgore
A. A. Herrick
Third Ward
G. K. Allen
Howard Espeset
L. L. Bingham
W. V. Sweet
J. H. Wilson
Buckley
F. H. Rhodes
C. Boller
H H. Tosdal
J. C. Lilley
Dr. Stinson
Hipple
W. E. Bagan
Harold Fox
Oransky's Big May Sale Opens Saturday May 17
A big May Sale begins Saturday May 17 at the H. Oransky Store and runs two weeks. Specials include silks and ready to wear coats suits and dresses with many seasonable garments at unusually low prices. All departments advertise attractions and readers are urged to study the advertisement carefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Oransky
Estherville Wins Upper Des Moines Track Cup In 3rd Time
Estherville high school claims the Upper Des Moines Conference track meet cup for the third time, finishing with 345 points. Spirit Lake placed second with 28, Rock Rapids third with 27, and Harris fourth with 16 as seven conference records were broken or tied on a wet, cold day at Estherville after Spencer track was moved due to Spencer’s dirt track condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville High School
Harris
Spencer
Estherville
Fair Grounds
Rock Island
Moore
Hiles
D. Madsen
Spirit Lake
Denham
Madsen
Edward Pettid Buried Last Week in Denver
Edward Pettid died in this city on April 30 after illness and was taken to Denver for burial Friday. He had worked for Rock Island until last July when he went on strike and later held work with Milwaukee at Jackson Minnesota before returning home due to ill health. He leaves a wife and five children Edward Thomas Fred William and Regina. Funeral services were held at his home Friday morning conducted by Rev. Father Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pettid
Denver
Rock Island
Jackson
Minn
Milwaukee
Estherville
Edward
Thomas
Fred
William
Regina
Father Conway
Immigration bill battles replay in House and Senate
The House sustained the immigration bill’s Japanese exclusion provision and rejected a delay to March 1925. Debate centered on the Howrell-Barkley labor provisions and the Transportation Act, with postmasters named for Tenth District offices in Pomeroy and Laurens. McNary-Haugen move eyed for May debate as Iowa visitors to Congress include Methodist delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yiouse
Executive Department
Friends of the Howvell-Barkley
Labor Board
Frank Best
Pomeroy
C. EB. L. Lee
Laurens
House
Iowa
Congress
Methodist General Conference
Springfield
Mass
W. A. Long' S
Elopement of Ellen staged by Center Township seniors
The Center Township high school seniors present The Elopement of Ellen at the school in Graver on Friday night May 28. Directed by Miss Pauline Dutton, the production features Clarence Wickens Richard Ford Molly his wife Gladys Matthes and other cast members. Curtain at eight o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Township High School
Ellen
Graver
Pauline Dutton
Clarence Wickens
Richard Ford
Gladys Matthes
Molly
Lawrence Higinbotham
Cee Bape
Viviant Maves
Max Ten Eych
Robert
Birdie Spracklin
Dorothy Marek
Max
Ford
Jessie Krieger
June Haverhill
Wellesley
Curry Maves
Greig and Son Elevator Destroyed by Fire
Fire at Greig and Son grain elevator on the M and St L tracks Tuesday night destroyed the structure and contents. The loss includes 3000 bushels of grain 500 bushels of corn and 2500 bushels of oats with insurance covering only part of the damage. A tramp is suspected as the arsonist and a new modern elevator will be built once debris is cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greig & Son
Mr and Mrs A Anderson Returning Home to Estherville
Mr and Mrs A B Anderson who have been in Eugene Oregon with their daughter Mrs Orville Turner and family since last fall are returning to Estherville. A Jamestown North Dakota card says they are on their way home and will not say when they will reach Red Lake Falls tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Anderson
Eugene
Klan cross burned on Saturday evening near South Third
A cross was burned Saturday evening on the slope of a hill off South Third Avenue. Its substantial structure and long duration of the fire led locals to regard it as a bona fide Klan cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Third Avenue
Emmet County Pioneer Dies in California Friday
Joseph Sharar, longtime Emmet County resident and Huntington farmer, died in Orange California on Friday morning May 9. Funeral services were held there. Survived by three sons in Orange Ernest Joseph and Ray and daughter Mrs Frank Bombarger in Estherville. Two sons Byron and Fred stayed in Emmet County. He was 83, died of age related complications and was highly regarded for honesty and integrity. Also listed are several birth anniversaries and a note on Mr Egertson missing Estherville wedding anniversary celebration due to travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph.Sharar
Huntington
Orange
Calif
Ms. Sharar
Ernest
Joseph
Ray
Frank Bombarger
Byron
Fred
Emmet
Obituary for Betsey Brujeld Petersen Pioneer of Emmet County
Betsey Brujeld Petersen born March 26 1836 in Bolestrand Soga Norway, baptized and confirmed there, came to America in 1857 at 21. Married Nels Peterson Brujeld in 1860. had six children, four deceased. First Norwegian settlers to Emmet County near Wallingford with Berge and Paulson families. Nels died May 3 1873 after Civil War service. Betsey died May 5 190? aged 88 years 1 month 10 days. Funeral May 8 with Rev T Hansen. pallbearers listed. community mourns pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsey Brujeld
Peterson
Bolestrand Soga
Norway
America
Madison
Wisconsin
Nels Peterson Brujeld
Prues
Gerty
Gertrud
Peter
George
Nell Peterson
Emmet
Wallingford
YT. O. Berge
Estherville
Iowa
Paulson
Nels Peterson
General Sherman
Co. 2
Oliver Ressell
Halvor Egertson
L. L. Gunderson
Edwin Osher
James Refsell
E. Ellefson
T. Hansen
T, Hansen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Emmet County
O. A. McCall
A. McCall
Mr. McCall
Cedar County
Baptist Church
Win, Bartlett
Grover
Chamber OF Commerce
Chas. Kilgore
Res
Dr. Galloway
Treas
W. H. Biedermann
Estherville Chamber of Commerce
W. P. Galloway
Geo. Gruwell
Good Roads
J. S. Hilliard
Geo
Shadle
J. EB. Howard
Fred Ehlers
E. W. Koehler
A. T. Bringle
Roy C. Brown
W. E. Allen
Dr Galloway
Orville Archibald Glenn Brockway
Leona Brown
Esther Burkart
Georgia Erickson
Ruth Heidke
Ethel Klein
Eunice Klocow
Dorothy Lee
Marion Lill
Frances Loyth
Helen Miller
Olive Morse Gage Mooremma Obye
Able Olson
Kathryn Packard
Richard Pannell
Lambert Scholtes Rosella
Sunde Ous Agserman Iva "Waters
Patricia Wood
Gulla Ul
Oransky
V. R
Ralph Miller
Battle Creek
Marjorie Gardner
Jennie Hepp
Leola James A
Magdeline Johnson
Barklie Johnson
Ageulah Kammer Rosetta Lillard
Stella Masters
John Morse
Ethel Pannell
Dorothy Smith
Gretchen Smith
Geneva Bstri
Oliva Stuelahid
Ella
Eile Swaugon
N. R
A. McGuinn
Rock Rapids
DeLong
Trone
Burgin
Milford
N. BR
Burley
I DeLong
Gibson
Sibley
Ruthven
L.aaerilee
N. R. Burgin
QO. Madsen
Burgen
Shiley
Case
Lindt
Sanborn
Pole Mault
Ellis
N. RO
N. RA
Wasserman, Moore, Denham
Washington ‘News
St. Agnes
A. Berge
Forest City
Waldorf College
Rev. Berge
Mr. Pleasant
H. Thiel
Charles City
D. P. Smith
Fort Dodge
McNary-Haugen
Post Office Department Haa
Crooks
Webster County
Oscar H. Bloomquist
B. B. Burnquist
Republican State Committee
Washington
Nellie M. Simpson
Rinard
James W. Duckett
Corwith
C. C. Knoll
C.C. Knoll
Gilmore City
G. C. Clifton
Thompson
Greig and Son
Helen Mattison
Rockwell City
Byron Mattison
Calhoun County Republican
Lake City
Presbyterian Church
G. Voorhies
Mattison
Grand Theatre
Mildred Ivey
Catharine Osgood
Glenn Brockway
Eugene Cox
Lambert Scholtes
Francis Shadle
Ruth Noe
Pearl Sweet
Ethyl Singmaster
William Reese
Richard Parnell
Vivian Vestrem
Miss Wilcox
Louis Wasserman
Harold Keeler
Julius Osher
Mrs. A. Anderson
Joseph Sharar
V. K
Jeffrey A. Olson
Bertha Nelson
Everett F. West
Ida Helmirk
John J. O'Brien
Emmetsburg
Elizabeth F. Evans
Alvin L. Diehl
Fairmont
Gladys D. Jones
Sever Egortson
Cedar Rapids
Egertson
Tae Nau Brothers
Nau Brothers
Vindicator
Republican
Petersen
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