Local Roosevelt Club Organized for Democratic Vote
A Roosevelt club of 300 was formed at the courthouse on Wednesday night to mobilize Democratic support in the county. Otto Wold was chosen president and Lloyd Anderson secretary. The informal meeting featured speakers including Ike Coleman, J O Kasa, Jerry Buckley, H N Jensen, F J Kennedy, Ed Maniece, Dr B T Osher, Martius Doud, and J Puckett. Membership cards were issued and plans laid for an extensive turnout campaign.
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Roosevelt Club
Court House
Otto Wold
Lloyd Anderson
Ike Coleman
J. O. Kasa
Jerry Buckley
H. N. Jensen
F. J. Kennedy
Ed Maniece
B. T
Roosevelt P. T. A. Officers Take Up Duties Tuesday
Roosevelt PTA opens the new school year with Mrs. K. K. Nau presiding at the first regular meeting. Officers include Mrs. Nau as chairman and Mrs. W. E. Deming as secretary with registrar Mrs. Joe Paul. Committee lists feature program talks by staff and parents on building a successful PTA. A second hand book sale reported $779.11 handled. Hostesses were first through third grade mothers.
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Roosevelt P. T. A
K. K. Nau
W. E. Deming
Joe Paul
Nau
Henrietta Miller
Elizabeth Colt
Karl Grover
Geo. Anderson
Ray Kennedy
F. J. Kennedy
Joy Horswell
J. E. Stockdale
Harold Sorensen
Harry Adams
Nels Nelson
Walter Schildknecht
A. L. Misener
Oran Manthey
Vance Noe
Arch Bixby
Wm. Reich
Martin Berge
R. O
George Kibbe
Schildknecht
Robert Knight
Ed Beck
H. E. Nathanson
Last Surviving Civil War Colonel Trumble Honored
Colonel W. H. Trumble of Sherburne is identified as the last surviving member of Company 8, 16th New York Heavy Artillery, two year troops. He enlisted at Potsdam, N Y, 71 years ago and re enlisted August 12 1866. Attending the American Legion Auxiliary conference in Fort Dodge were Mrs Leon Pratt, Mrs Harold Sorensen, Mrs Harold Woodling and Mrs C J Mathieson. the event included the 8th district. They returned Wednesday.
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W. H. Trumble
Sherburn
N. Y
Potsdam
Leon Pratt
Harold Sorensen
Harold Woodling
C. J. Mathieson
American Legion Auxiliary
Fort Dodge
Sister of Local Men Dies Tuesday
Word was received Tuesday morning by J. E. Stockdale of the death of his sister Mrs. W. I. Baughn at her home in Omaha Nebraska Mr and Mrs J E Stockdale left immediately L BE Stockdale in Rochester Minnesota receiving erocemen am attend the funeral at Omaha today Mrs Baughns death was sudden and was a shock to her friends and relatives The cause of her death is not known here as yet Before her marriage Mrs Baughn was Naomi Stockdale and lived in Famine She has many friends re.
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J. E. Stockdale
W. I. Baughn
Omaha
Neb
J. E Stockdale
L. BE. Stockdale
Rochester
Minn
Erocemen
Bao
Baughn
Naomi Stockdale
Local men bag Canadian geese near Estherville
Several Estherville men reported large flocks of Canada geese in the area making easy shooting. John Rhodes and Donald Hall are among those who brought in one or more of the big birds in the past few days.
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Estherville
John Rhodes
Donald Hall
Tragic Truck Crash Kills Lawrence Poole on No 10
Lawrence Poole a 29 year old paving worker died after a truck overturned on highway No 10 near Peterson, plunging down a 12 foot embankment. Poole died an hour later from internal injuries as four others were seriously injured. Farm Union meeting Friday will be a social evening after a short business session at city hall with a covered dish luncheon. LeRoy Miller traveled to Chicago Sunday to conduct business.
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Lawrence Poole
Highway No. 10
Peterson
Poole
Education Week Observed In Emmet County Schools
Education Week will be observed in Emmet County schools from November 7 to 13 with daily themes led by Miss Marie Sorum the county superintendent. Activities include a Halloween party at the Christian church and community notices of local visits and society events.
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Emmet
Marie Sorum
The
Pioneers
School of the Pioneers
Roosevelt Emancipates Farmers in Ledyard Voters Appeal
A signed open letter from 100 Ledyard Iowa voters argues for Franklin D Roosevelt as a New Deal president focused on farming relief. It criticizes Hoover era policies, cites farm mortgage refinancing, and cites tariff retaliation on wheat as proof of failing promises. The piece frames Roosevelt as trustworthy and aligned with agricultural interests, urging support ahead of the election.
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Roosevelt
Hoover
New York
Gov. Roosevelt
Mellon
Farm Board
Rrance
Italy
Who Was Casey Jones The Railroad Engineer Legend
The tale centers on John Luther Jones known as Casey Jones, famed engineer of the Illinois Central Cannon Ball, who died in a 1900 Vaughan Miss crash after volunteering to double out for a sick colleague. The ballad credits various versions including Wallace Saunders as the first to recount the accident.
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Casey Jones
Vaughan
Miss
John Luther Jones
Cayce
Casey
Tenn
Jones
Illneis Central
Jackson
Mish
Jo Lewis
Roundhouse
Wallace Saunders
Golden West film at Grand theatre Saturday only
The Golden West by Zane Grey has been filmed and will screen at the Grand theatre for one day. Star cast includes George O'Brien Janet Chandler and Marian Burns in a tale of feuds and Indian warfare. Chandler debuts under the Fox banner in The Golden Wear. O'Brien plays the lead dual role and is shown as being killed in a film for the first time.
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Zane Grey
Grand Theatre
George O’brien
Janet Chandler
Marian Burns
Fox Films
O’brien
New Bids For Custodian's House At Fort Defiance Park
M L Hutton and Wm Woodcock of the Conservation Board presented revised plans for a custodians house at Fort Defiance State park. Bids were satisfactory and construction will start soon with local labor. Plans include a stage and amphitheatre to the west of the shelter house to accommodate up to ten thousand people. Welfare labor will build the amphitheatre using timber materials.
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Fort Defiance State Park
Esthererville
M. L. Hutton
Wm. Woodcock
Conservation Board
Gree
Spencer Fair Pays Additional Premiums In 1932
The Clay county fair has ordered payment of another 20 percent on premiums won by exhibitors at the 1932 fair. The fair ran behind this year and only 50 percent could be paid at first. It is hoped creditors will allow settlement of the final 30 percent.
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Clay County
Hardin County voting machines to miss November election
Hardin County will not use voting machines in the upcoming general election marking the first time in a decade. Machines hold nine tickets while 19 are needed because many independent candidates require separate ballots, per an Attorney General ruling. Mrs Rogers and children visited Spencer while L E Stockdale lies in a Rochester hospital for an infected leg after prior home confinement.
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Hardin County
John Fletcher
R. O. Rogers
Spencer
Pheasant hunting three day season announced in Iowa
The Iowa Fish and Game Commission sets open pheasant dates as November 16 18 and 19 1932 from noon to sunset with a limit of three birds per hunter per day only one may be female. Counties listed for the open season include Cerro Gordo Cherokee Clay Dickinson Emmet Hamilton Hancock Humboldt Kossuth Lyon Moonna O'Brien Osceola Palo Alto Pocahontas Sioux Webster Winnebago Woodbury Worth Wright. The notice also promotes sharing surplus game with those unable to hunt.
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Iowa Fish and Game Commission
Ringneck
Iowa and Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game
I. T. Bode
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Hamilton
Hancock
Humboldt
Kossuth
Lyon
Moonna
O'Brien
Osceola
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Sioux
Webster
Winnebago
Woodbury
Worth
Wright
Mystery Drama The Phantom of Crestwood at Grand
A mystery drama starring Ricardo Cortez and Karen Morley plays the Grand Theatre Sunday and Monday. A beautiful unscrupulous woman lures four business men to a dinner with their families present, then is murdered hours later. Suspicion falls on 17 people including H B Warner Pauline Frederick Ricardo Cortez Aileen Pringle Mary Duncan Gavin Gordon Skeets Gallagher and Matty Kemp.
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Crestwood
Ricardo Cortez
Karen Morley
Grand Theatre
H. B. Warner
Pauline Frederick
Aileen Pring
Jaysees Meet Emmetsburg in Saturday Game
Estherville Junior college and Emmetsburg Junior college clash Saturday on the local field to decide the junior college championship as both teams lead the loop. Extra season game admission excludes season tickets. Weekend travel plans include visiting relatives in Minneapolis and Des Moines. Dorcas and Willing Workers groups set meetings this week. Amanda Hintz of Mapleton sues Armour for 2550 over injuries from a baseball attack at a vacant lot.
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Estherville Junior College
Emmetsburg
Amanda Hintz
Mapleton
The
Armour Company
Supreme Court Upholds State Board At Lakes
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the state board of conservation in a dispute with A. L. Peck over Arnolds Park lake access. Peck claimed the state pier extended over his property blocking access. The Spirit Lake Beacon notes the ruling could affect lake shore property values as owner rights depend on board regulations and decisions.
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Supreme Court
A. L. Peck
State Board of Conservation
Divorce Granted to Elsa Wichards in Local Court
A divorce was granted Tuesday to J. Elsa Wichards from John Wichards by Judge F. C. Davidson at district court. The decree follows charges of desertion and the custody of their child was awarded to Mrs. Wichards. John Wichards was not located.
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J. Elsa Wichards
John Wichards
F. C. Davidson
Spirit Lake Man Fined $500 For Liquor Sale
L. E. Chapman of Spirit Lake was fined $500 in federal court in Sioux City for illegal liquor sale. He tried to leave with $500 from a clerk’s office when U.S. Marshal Don Preussner rearrested him and charged conspiracy to violate the prohibition law in Madison. Chapman posted $4000 bail and was released after a Tuesday guilty plea tied to selling 24 pints to federal agent J. J. Ingalls, followed by a raid on his Lake Okoboji cottage revealing six cases of whiskey and 80 gallons of alcohol.
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Sioux City
L. E. Chapman
Spirit Lake
United States
Don Preussner
Madison
Wis
Chapman
J. J. Ingalls
Lake Okoboji
Commission Acts on Beaver Season Tightens Limit
The Fish and Game Commission voted to continue the closed season on beaver through July 4 1983 due to the small beaver population, warning that opening the season to trapping could lead to extermination. Local social notes follow with visits and travel details among the Klopp family and friends.
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Fish and Game Commission
Johnson Held for Thieving
Dick Johnson is jailed awaiting trial after a failed effort Wednesday morning to steal coal from a J. H. McKay and Sons coal car. Sheriff W. G. Gordon, local officers, and a carload of 300 to 400 pounds of lump coal were involved. authorities expect to file charges today.
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Dick" Johnson
J. H. McKay and Sons
Johnson
W. G. Gordon
Buttermaker at Dunnell Wins in Butter Contest
H. J. Pollei won district honors in a butter scoring contest by the Minnesota Creamery Operators and Managers Association in St. Paul. Pollei placed first in district 14 with 94 points. R. B. Jensen of Truman won district 26 with 94.75 points.
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H. J. Pollei
Minnesota Creamery Operators’ and Managers’ Association
St. Paul
Pollef
R. EB. Jensen
Truman
Warns of a hog overproduction spike next spring
Prof A G Black of Iowa State College warns that low hog prices and cheap corn could lure farmers into boosting hog production. If production surges, hog prices may collapse next fall and winter. Culbertson of Iowa State advises breeding only top sows and selling others, using heaviest litters to determine kept stock.
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A. G. Black
Department of Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
C. C. Culbertson
Mr. Culbertson
United States Department of Agriculture
Professor Black
Miss Gibson Named Private Secretary to Supreme Court Justice
Miss Marjorie Gibson of Emmetsburg is selected as private secretary by Justice George Claus sen the newly appointed supreme court judge. Her prior experience as secretary to Mr Mor ling makes her especially qualified. The Orville Kenyon family plan an over the week visit to Estherville at the R O Rogers home.
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Miss Gibson
Supreme Court
Marjorie Gibson
Emmetsburg
George Claussen
Mr. Morling
Orville Kenyon
Estherville
R. O. Rogers
Hoover to Speak in St Paul as Election Near
A late campaign rush sees Hoover scheduled to address an 8 pm crowd at the St Paul auditorium on Saturday. Supporters hope his appearance boosts votes in the Midwest while Roosevelt and Smith plan a Madison Square Garden rally, with Iowa forecast to tilt Democratic despite Republican pressures. Locally Emmet County canvasses continue amid independents and a damp Republican caravan turnout.
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Iau
Hoover
St. Paul
Middle West
West Coast
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Iowa
Emmet
Estherville
All American for grid fans heads to Grand theatre
The All American film is set to play at the Grand theatre Thursday and Friday with Richard Arien and Gloria Stuart leading a cast that includes Andy Devine James Gleason John Darrow and Preston Foster. The plot follows a star football player whose ego and rapid fame lead him to quit college and seek lucrative endorsements, only to face career consequences when misfortune hits and a national reputation cannot secure work.
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Grand Theatre
Richard Arien
Gloria Stuart
Andy Devine
James Gleason
John Darrow
Preston Foster
Tax Sale Postponed in Pocahontas and Humboldt Counties
Attorney General Fletcher approves legality of postponement to January 1933. Humboldt County Treasurer delays sale of delinquent taxes by one month to aid overburdened owners, with the delinquent tax list to be published in December. Webster County has already announced a postponement.
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Fletcher
Humboldt County
Webster County
Hemmingson Buys Petcoff Shoe Repair Shop
John Hemmingson has purchased the Petcoff Shoe Repair shop on South Sixth street. A rearrangement of the stock and fixtures gives the place a greatly improved appearance. Mr. Hemmingson is an experienced shoe man in repair and sales.
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John Hemmingson
Petcoff
South Sixth Street
Mr. Hemmingson
Real estate transfers listed for Estherville properties
Walter B. Scott and wife transfer Lot 2 Block 2 Loughs Add to Wm B Sweet on 10-27-32. Harriet Brown transfers Lot 7 Block 3 Stafford and Jarvis Add to Charles Stewart on 10-28-32. Hattie B Dack and husband transfer NW SW 10 99 34 to Carrie M Bass and Lucy A Hass on 9-1-3832. Julius Nass and wife to J E Stockdale on Q CD 10.5-32 NEW NW and NW 41 NE 1-41 99 34. Today’s markets.
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Walter B. Scott
Wm. B. Sweet
Lough’s
Estherville
Harriet Brown
Charles Stewart
Stafford
Jarvis
Hattie B. Dack
Carrie M. Bass
Lucy A Hass
Julius Nass
J. E. Stockdale
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