Editorial Comment on R's and Culture Across Time
Editorial notes the shift from traditional education values to broader culture virtues Reticence Refinement Reverence and Religion while quoting a minister s bazaar plan and a boy asking about the Legislature. It surveys highway safety gains in 1988 and stresses ongoing driver education. It ends with a broadcast tribute to Estherville by the Chamber of Commerce and Wrigley Gum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Ellis
William Sykes
Chamber of Commerce
Columbia
WNAX
Estherville
Estherville Chamber of Commerce
Wrigley
Spearmint
4-H Club Members Buy Calves in Nebraska Auction
Seventy five Hereford calves averaging about 400 pounds sold at 10.5 cents a pound to 4-H club youths at Robb sales pavilion in western Nebraska. Buyers will feed calves through fall for a beef project as total club headcount grows beyond last year’s 100 at Achievement day. County agent M A Balkema and aides Ellis and Wallie traveled from Harrison near the Wyoming border to purchase the stock for numerous club members listed among the buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Robb Sales
M. A. Balkema
Mack Ellis
Wayne Wallie
Harrison
Wyoming
Melvin Nepps
Earl Nepps
Maynard Lamack
Francis Zelinsky
Forest Frank
Everett Eilis
Delbert Ellis
Beth Gage
Leroy Sampson
Vernon Martin
Rex Logue
Lawrence Evans
Dorleen Logan
Kathryn Logan
Elmer Weir
Harley Rosberg
Paul Hassel
Dale Ross
Kenneth Hocking
Baren Smith
Gertrude Smith
Norman Christensen
John Watts
Ivan Watts
Arthur Luscombe
Mildred Schultz
Wm. Hiles
Jas
Hutchinson
Donald Hutchinson
Bruce Hildreth
Joe Origer
Raymond Mitchell
Galan Origer
Leroy Calahan
Marion Hildreth
Stanley Jorgensen
Dareld Gage
Merrill Origer
Arden Hanson
Leroy McKean
Robert Simon
Three divorces filed in district court
Three new divorce cases were filed yesterday before Judge Davidson. Idella Stamp sues Henry Carl Stamp, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and seeks custody of their one year old Beverly Ann. Myrtle McLane seeks divorce from her husband on similar grounds with no children. Iva Galvin sues Merle Galvin for divorce and custody of their three year old Loretta. Two more suits include Rosa Barto versus Loyal Smith and Erma Smith for $250 rent and a mortgage foreclosure petition by Home Owners Loan Corp. against Carl Moser et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Idella Stamp
Henry Carl Stamp
Iva Galvin
Merle Galvin
Fairmont
Edgar Knutson Breaks Leg Playing Football
Edgar Knutson broke a small bone in his right leg Sunday at his North 8th Street home while playing football. He slipped on the grass and turned his ankle, with X rays at Coleman hospital confirming a fracture and casting applied. Doctors A I Reed and O H Miller treated the injury and expect the cast to stay on for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Knutson
North 8Th St
Coleman Hospital
A. I. Reed
O. H. Miller
V R C of C Luncheon Tomorrow
Commerce hosts a luncheon at the Gardston hotel at noon with Senator Jack Chrystal and Emmet County Conservation League members as guests of the Chamber of Commerce. They will discuss marginal land purchase in Emmet County for wildlife and funds from the Emergency Conservation Works after Conservation Commission approval. Also noting Miss Edna Barker is seriously ill at home with sister Mrs L C Dou little and a nurse caring for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Chamber of Commerce
Gardston
Jack Chrystal
Board of
Emmet County Conservation League
Chamber of Commerce
Emmet County
The
Conservation Commission
Edna Barker
Two Hurt In Separate County Accidents
Keith Crim of Estherville sustained a broken nose two broken teeth and facial injuries when his eastbound car collided with a southbound vehicle at a rural intersection near Armstrong. Marguerite Floyd escaped injury. A second crash at W Central Ave and W 1st St injured WPA worker Vladimir Petcoff when his car struck a curb and ditch. Petcoff suffered a head cut and was employed on a Des Moines river project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Crim
Estherville
Armstrong
Marguerite Floyd
Crim
WPA
Valdimir Petcott
W. Central Ave
W. N. 1St Street
Charles Mitchell
Mitchell
Petcoff
Des Moines
Bells to Ring When 100 Lives Are Not Lost
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Safety Council nears its goal to save 100 lives in 1938. If the toll is 100 lower than 1937 by year end, officials will telegram county seat mayors and trigger bells whistles and sirens for three minutes. The effort credits safer driving, noting 96 percent of accidents stem from driver faults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge Messenger
United States
National Safety Council
A. P. Peck
Scientific American
Genesiva Bio Channel
Des Moines
Iowa State Safety Council
Iowa
Phil WH. Sproul
Gafor
Motor Vehicle Department
Safety Council
Towa
Hallowe'en Peaceful Night in Estherville Reported
Hallowe'en in Estherville was not an event to regret. Little harm occurred as youths enjoyed private parties. Store windows were soaped and the Victory tower at the school house was entered and the bell rung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe’en
Estherville
V.R
Noted Singer At Services At Presbyterian Church
The evening Union service at the Presbyterian church features gospel baritone Douglas Grant, heard on WMT, presenting forty five minutes of gospel hymns with accompanist Eleanor Lane. The program includes prelude, invocation, solo groups by Grant, piano solo, choir selection, a pastor’s talk, and audience participation in the final hymn. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Douglas Grant
WMT
Eleanor Lane
Mr. Grant
November warms early with springlike weather noted
Observer A. O. Peterson reports November arriving with temperatures near 72 by noon and a low around 55 last night. No rain expected, readings through Oct. 27 to Nov. 1 show mild, above normal temperatures with a general dry spell and a weather outlook predicting little precipitation into the first week of November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
A. O. Peterson
Mississippi
Missouri
Philharmonic officers elected for coming year
A Sunday rehearsal for Handel Messiah by the Philharmonic society preceded the annual officer election. Miss Helen Martinsen was named president, Charles Logan vice president, Miss Marguerite Jensen secretary treasurer, and Miss Ellen Marie Knutsen librarian. Dale Nobles, Graettinger, elected representative for one year. two-year reps were R F Doudna, Spirit Lake, and Wayne Huntsinger. Dorothy Rogers elected publicity chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuan
Philharmonic
Philharmonic Society
Raymond Minkler
Helen Martinsen
Charles Logan
Marguerite Jensen
Ellen Marie Knutsen
Dale Nobles
Graettinger
R. F
Rail wage cut rejected by Roosevelt board
President Roosevelt's wage reduction plan for about 1 million railroad workers is rejected by a fact finding board. The panel says a nationwide 15 percent cut would not help the industry and urges carriers to withdraw notices. The board cites short term distress and notes wage trends in other industries. The report, unsigned after delivery, names Chief Justice Stacy Dean Landis and Harry Millis as members. Burton Hill, Davis Packing president, visited Estherville and Topeka contractors amid peak plant season. Mrs Knight returns from extended visits in Hinsdale and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Iitee
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Coolidge
Harding
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Harry A. Millis
University of Chicago
Stacy
Burton Hill
Topeka
Kansas
Tiberville
Spencer
Mr. Hill
Davis Packing Company
Estherville
Hill
Oudes Relives European Odyssey Home From Four Months Abroad
John Oudes of Gracttinger recounts four months traveling through Norway Sweden and Holland with his wife. He notes Holland’s harsh conditions a compulsory farm program and low wages. They observe wartime scars in France and German border tensions while visiting relatives and returning to the United States in September with many European Jews aboard the return ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
John Oudes
Gracttinger
Dudes
United States
Hedkugouaaib
North Holland
Qudes_ Test
Europe
Boston
Samaria
Scotland
Great Britain
Norway
Towa
Oudes
Chicago
France
Germany
Otto Spies
Fred Spies
Graettinger
Witler
Local Firefighters Attend District School at Emmetsburg
Emmetsburg hosts 187 volunteer firemen for district school with hose ladder and rescue demos at Legion hall under Captain Earl F. Park Fort Dodge. Evening talks by State Fire Marshal J. Vincent Pyle, Harry J. Corcoran, and Chief H. J. Callahan. Emmetsburg hosts served lunch. local attendees include J. P. Koster, Clarence Kirk, C. F. Stephens, Frank Capinsino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimmelsburg
Legion Hall
Earl F. Park
Fort Dodge
Harry J. Corcoran
Iowa Town Insurance Bureau
Des Moines
H. J. Callahan
Fort Dodge Department
Emmetsburg
City Hall
J. P. Koster
Clarence Kirk
C. F. Stephens
Frank Capinsino
Grading On Highway 44 Progress Near Ringsted Arm Strong
Grading started last week on Highway 44 between Ringsted and Armstrong by Sears Construction. The work aims for fall completion with next spring paving of a 36 foot driving surface and 120 foot right of way. A new Ringsted diagonal route and paving upgrades for Ringsted main street are planned.
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Ringsted
Armstrong
Sears Construction Company
Emmet County Entry For 1938 International Exposition
Hilmer H. Larsen of Wallingford will show a purebred Milking Shorthorn herd at the 39th International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Entries close November 1 for livestock, with about 80 breeds competing and $100,000 in cash prizes. The 20th annual Grain and Hay Show accompanies the event, with nearly a thousand cash prizes in crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Emmet
Hilmer H. Larsen
Wallingford
Mrs Helmick 48 Dies After Illness and Surgery
Mrs William Nelmick aged 48 died Thursday after a six week illness following a major operation. Private services were held Sunday October 30 at the home of her son-in-law and daughter in Armstrong and at 2 pm at Lake Belt Lutheran church near Ceylon Minnesota. Burial was in Lake Belt cemetery. Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs William Carrison Estherville Mrs Theodore Plath Armstrong and five sons all of Estherville George Lawrence Floyd Erwin and William Seven grandchildren and pallbearers Percy Carrison Estherville Carl Fedderson Rein ald Plath August Rosenberg George Plath and Martin Plath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelmick
Coleman Hospital
Theodore Plath
Armstrong
Lake Belt Lutheran Church
Ceylon
Minn
Lake Belt
William Carrison
Estherville
George
Lawrence
Floyd
Erwin
William
Percy Carrison
Carl Fedderson
Reinald Plath
August Rosenberg
George Plath
Fairmont
Martin Plath
Cherokee Meeting Hosts Student Council Delegation
John Raife and Keith Griffith attended a Cherokee meeting with student councils from the area. They planned to discuss developing musical activity in the school during the session led by Au rey Creasap and Jean Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.R. Student Council
Cherokee
John Raife
Keith Griffith
Aurey Creasap
Jean Knight
May Buy Land For Preserve In Emmet County
Dr FT Colby of Forest City and H C Christiansen of the Emmet county conservation league will inspect a proposed 150 acre preserve between Mud and High lakes. The Cunningham farm is the target, offered by an insurance company at a low price. Wm Sykes and league officers helped push the effort years ago to create a wild game refuge, but enthusiasm waned.
Candidates Speak Here in Esther Hill Meeting
An enthusiastic gathering at the courthouse in Esther Hill drew Democrats from Emmet County on Saturday, Oct. 29. Attorney Francis Kennedy introduced Berg Peterson and John A. Andrewsen, with brief talks. Ton Maniece spoke on farm tenancy, conservation, pensions, and fair wages. Attorney General John Mitchell urged voting on November 8 and praised Maniece as a likely next Iowa House speaker.
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Court House
Esther Hill
Emmet County
Francis Kennedy
Berg Peterson
Armstrong
Shorts
John A. Andrewsen
Kennedy
Ton
Hd Manieece
Manrice
Immet
Maniece
John Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Republican Party
Dickinson
Washington
Santa Claus
WPA
Mitchell
Fd Manieee
House of Representatives
Iowa
Reformation Choral Festival Draws Local Voice
Twenty persons from the Nov werdan Lutheran church attended the Reformation Choral Festival Sunday at the Minneapolis Auditorium. Dr W P Christy gave the Invocation, A O Christenson delivered greetings, G A Andesveen gave the Reforma tion Address, and Rev A H Schultz offered the Benediction. Participants from the area included Clarence Shaw Leverett Shaw Ellen Knutson Edward Swanson and many others. Marie Sorum also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novwerdan Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
W. P. Christy
A. O. Christenson
G. A. Andesveen
A. H. Schultz
Clarence
Leverett Shaw
Ardeen Swanton
Gladys
Thelma Walen
Phillis Robinson
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G. A. Nichols
Johnnie Smith
Dad
W.R
V.R. C
Fou Butch
Vm Cold
Hallowe'en
FE. W. Knight
Frank Sieben
Hinsdale
Russell Landis
Charleston
America
Florence Schildknecht
E’burg
C. '. Hansen
Roy Resh
West Emmet
Spirit Lake
Rock Island Railroad
Okoboji Lake
Hilmer Larsen
Cunningham
Reformation
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