Memorial Day Observance Planned by City Officials
Memorial Day will be observed in this city on Friday May 20 with plans led by the G AR and the W R C and supported by beaches and civic groups. The 9 30 parade starts north Sixth Street by the High School with a long lineup including the U S Colors G AR Post W R C DD AL RL The Marines Soldier Spanish American War American Legion Service Star Legion and local schools and fire department. A program at M R B Church features invocation violin solo prayer address and songs. Taps by H C Fox and grave decorations follow at Oak Hill and Catholic and Lutheran cemeteries with the Service Star Legion assisting. Post Commander H Coon urges all to honor veterans and participate.
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G, AR
North Sixth Street
H. L. Olmstead
S. Wasserman
Rev. G. Voorhies
N. C. Coon
Sollo
K. P. Hall
Aute
East Side
Oak Hill Cemetery
West Side
Lincoln Street
H.C. Fox
Service Star Legion
Oak Hill
America
Coon
Shoemaker to Practice Law in Rolfe Indefinitely
Ray Shoemaker, clerk reporter under Judge Davidson, will go to Rolfe during summer vacation to establish his law practice. He is admitted to the Iowa district and supreme courts bar, and he is described as a worthy, dependable young attorney with broad legal knowledge for Rolfe’s public benefit.
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Ray Shoemaker
Davidson
Rolfe
District Courts
Supreme , Court of Iowa
Shoemaker
Stu
Daniel Booth Suffers Slight Paralytic Stroke in Chicago
Family reports Daniel Booth, long-time Emmet County resident from Halfa, suffered a slight stroke last Wednesday while in Chicago on business. He is said to be gaining and hopes rise for a return home soon. friends wish for his speedy recovery as he has lived in Estherville since moving from the farm years ago. Also noted is Estherville’s upcoming bargain day with merchants promoting deep discounts on Wednesday the 28th across the trade area, and a brief remark about local politics simmering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Booth
Chicago
Mr. Booth
Emmet County
Halfa
Estherville
Botherville
V.R
Rock Island Train Service Greatly Reduced
Five freight trains on the Dakota division are discontinued due to slack freight business. Trains 43 84 Estherville Ellsworth 822 23 Estherville Albert Lea R20 21 Lakota Iowa Falls 825 26 Ellsworth Watertown 826 27 Gowrie Sibley now run every other day. Layoffs include ten engine and fifteen train staff plus shop reduction. restoration hoped for fall with rising demand.
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Rock Island Road
Dakota Division
Estherville
Ellsworth
Albert Lea
Lakota
Iowa Falls
Watertown
Spirit Lake Bank Consolidation Reports District Move
Spirit Lake witnessed a bank consolidation last week as First National Bank of Spirit Lake assumed the interests of Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. The town now has two operating banks, narrowing the local banking field.
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Spirit Lake
First National Bank of
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
Grand Theatre Weekly Lineup and School Board Elections
The Grand Theatre presents a week of features from May 22 to May 27 including Reno with Helen Chadwick and George Walsh, The Green Goddess, Gold Madness, When a Man's a Man, and The Heart Raider. Estherville public schools elect teachers for 1924 25 with few changes and most returning. list includes principals, specialists, and new hires.
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Helen Chadwick
George Walsh
Heart Raider
Agnes Ayars
Reels
J. S. Hilliard
Estherville
William W. Gibson
Nodaway
T. W. Kerley
Ruth Smith
Spirit Lake
Barbara Cornwall
Spencer
Lillie Cruickshank
New Plymouth
Idaho
Annual Masonic Picnic at Terrace Park Okoboji
The Northwestern Masonic Picnic Association will hold the event at Terrace Park on West Okoboji's south shore Wednesday, June 18, from morning till night. A noon Menic dinner, a noted speaker, athletic events, a large ball game, and music by the Masonic band and Kansas City Knight Hawks will fill the day. All Masons and families are invited. visitors register on arrival for badges, with a silver loving cup awarded to the lodge bringing the largest delegation.
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Northwestern Masonic Picnic Association
Terrace Park
West Okoboji
War Turner
Estherville
Grand Lodge
Masonic Band
Dave Flindt
Lake Park
Shrine Band
Sioux City
Guy Wilder
Kansas City
Knight Hawks
Lake
Green
Encer
Masons
Masonic
Masonic Lodge
Buena Vista
O'Brien
Clay
Palo Alto
Emmet
Dickinson
Osceola
Armstrong
Spirit Lake
Spencer
Ocheyedan
Sibley Sanborn
Yartley
Everly
Emmetsburg
Sioux
Rapids
Milford
Terris
Royal Land
Ruthven
Asm. Johnston, Jr
Iis
Iegram
Ients
Taylor
Fort Schuyler on Iowa Lake explored in old fort sketch
Lewiston Montana May 6 letter to the editor recounts 1862 63 fort Schuyler at Iowa Lake built by Captain Williams Company B Northern Border Brigade with details from Lt Col Sawyer report. Notes Sioux outbreak and Little Crow, links readers to Little Crow granddaughter in Minneapolis seeking a bank deposit record, and urges marking the fort site. mentions lack of markers in Montana aside from Custer battlefield.
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Harvey Ingham
Iowa Lake
Barney Howell
Annals of Town
Ingham
Fort Schuyler
Sawyer
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Sioux City
Iowa
R. Ingham
Fort Dodge
Williams
James A. Sawyer
New Ulm
Little Crow
Minneapolis
St. Paul
First National Bank of
Gideon Bluccloud
Sibley
Mankato
J. B. Johnson
Sixth
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Montana
Custer Battlefield
Crook
Rosebud
Terry
Estherville to Host Countywide Legion Homecoming Parade
The Emmet County American Legion unit will run Estherville Homecoming Day in June with all county merchants closing. Ex service members in uniform will lead a large parade featuring floats and military drills, followed by free or nominal admission events, an athletics show, and a countywide celebration expected to be the best yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Emmet
American Legion
Legion
Estherville
Gounty
Little Gerl Olson In Serious Sioux Falls Hospital
The daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter N Olson of this city nearly choked on a peanut and candy fragment. A Friday operation in Sioux Falls removed the candy but the peanut had penetrated the lungs causing dangerous inflammation and little hope for recovery is held.
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Peter N. Olson
Sioux Falls
Estherville Band Plans Memorial Day Concert
The Estherville Municipal Band, formed this year, will give its first public concert on Memorial Day Friday May 30 The band formerly backed by the Chamber of Commerce now operates on millage tax and will perform weekly on Tuesday evenings Leader G F Wilder has been hired and about twenty top county musicians are enrolled Personnel includes Wilder director Sutton Jackman Ridley E Sweet L Hiles Doudna Thompson Moore Tweet Erickson Marvell Hemmingson and Doudna.
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Estherville
Furmer
Chamber of Commerce
G. WF. Wilder
G. F. Wilder
T. N. Sutton
C. Jackman
W. Ridley
E. Sweet
EW. Lousen
W. Wickershams
Tom Mahan
C. F. Smith
Roy Burt
M. Kent
L. Hiles
R. Doudna
CC. Thompson
E. Moore
A. Tweet
Art Erickson
Olives
A. Fossum
Joe Marvell
Glenn Hemmingson
J, Doudna
Unmarked historic sites urged for preservation
The campaign notes that the Far West is unnamed at its marker point, the Bear Paw battlefield where Chief Joseph surrendered and Looking Glass fell remains unmarked though rifle pits are visible, and Old Fort Benton lies in ruins with a hand raised to save it highlighting the need to preserve these places of historic interest.
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Bear Paw
Joseph
Resume of Athletic Contests Under Coach Saterman
The school year closes with strong athletic showing across football basketball and track. Football totaled nine wins one loss and one tie over the past three seasons, with mixed results in 1922 and 1921. Basketball posted 14 wins and 6 losses in 1923 24 and overall 22 wins 18 losses in three years. Track has dominated meets earning Upper Bes Moines Valley Conference titles three years running, plus multiple invitation and tri state meets. Gought Be Sauerman earns credit for the teams. he departs to Dundee Illinois, leaving a strong nucleus and an unsettled coaching position for next year.
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Bes Moines
Spirit Lake
Fairmont
Dundee
Ill
Grand Theatre Hosts Piano and Violin Recital June Third
Grace Episcopal Church presents a piano and violin recital at the Grand Theatre on June third featuring Robert Macdonald and Aldo Del Missier. Macdonald, son of Estherville residents, teaches at Columbia School of Music and has toured the U S and Canada. Del Missier drew acclaim at Orchestra Hall Chicago and the pair plan further engagements in Italy England and France. Tickets are unusually low at fifty cents.
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Grand Theatre
Grace Episcopal Church
Robert Macdonald
F. A. Macdonald
Estherville
Columbia School of Music
Chicago
United States
Canada
Aldo del Missier
Orchestra Hall
Mr. Macdonald
Macdonald
Mr. del Missier
Italy
England
France
Esthervilla
Annual High School Alumni Banquet in Estherville
Estherville High School alumni plan their annual banquet on June 12 at the M E Church. Plans emphasize a large turnout with past classes returning to reminisce. A poppy speaker from the school is hoped for and Poppy Day on May 24 will raise funds for sick and disabled veterans.
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Estherville High School
M. E
Estherville High
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M. E. Church
Rock Island
Spirit Lake Bank Consolidation
Knighthood
Ford Thompson
Gallory Gallagher
Anna Christie
Blanche Sweet
Okoboji
Cassino
West
County American Legion
Gerl
Saterman
the Grand Theatre
Flanders Fields
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