Two Local Residents Die From Heart Failures In Estherville
Frank J. Ash 83 retired Rock Island baggageman died after a heart attack during Sunday mass at St Patrick's church. Surviving: two daughters Mrs Oscar Hildebrandt and Mrs Celia Markley, two sons Bert and Son, widow. Rosella Nass 26, daughter of Mr and Mrs Julius Nass, died while helping with farm work near Estherville. Born August 19 1910 in Whittemore, she leaves two sisters Mrs Will Shaehler and Pauline, five brothers Gottlieb Daniel Walter Sam and William. Funeral services for Ash were at St Patrick's. Nass at German Lutheran Church with Rev Otis Lang, burial Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Ash
Rock Island
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ash
Estherville
Wisconsin
Oscar Hildebrandt
Delano
Minn
Celia Markley
Bert
Kenosha
Wis
St. Patrick's Church
B. E. Bisceid
Armstrong
Rosella NASA
Julius Nass
Fashier Place
Whittemore
Kossuth
Emmet ‘County
Will Shhaeller
West Bend
Pauline
Gotlieb
Fairmont
Daniel
Walter
CCC
Missouri Valley
Sam
William
Emmet County
Nass
Otis Lang
Oak Hill Cemetery
Luther League Rally Draws Many At Estherville Service
A large crowd attended Sunday's Luther League rally at Estherville Lutheran Church and the evening Reformation rally at Roosevelt Auditorium. Norman Larson of Wallingford chaired the Estherville Forest City circuit program on The Crusading Christian. Speakers included Miss Ida Valen, Miss Sylvia Berge, Hans Haugen, Miss Magda Center, and Bennie Gilseth. Pastors Peder Nordsletten A K Gaard M C Thompson L A Mathre spoke. Rev S S Kloth gave the principal address. Wallingford male chorus and saint chorus performed two songs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Estherville Lutheran Church
Roosevelt Auditorium
Norman Larson
Wallingford
Estherville Forest City
M. C. Thompson
Ida Valen
Sylvia Berge
Hans Haugen
Magda Center
Bennie Gilseth
Luthor League
S. Fargeson
Lake Mills
St. John's
Cylinder
Imanuel
Palestine
Graettinger
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Peder Nordsletten
A. K. Gaard
M. ©. Thompson
L. A. Mathre
Autos Purchased Report From Detherville Agency
A local vehicle sale records autos purchased by residents H Enahorn Terrill and Chevroslet. March 6 at Detherville Chevrolet dealership lists customers and model excerpts with prices not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enahorn
Terrill
Chevros
Anter
Railway payrolls show pay scales and totals in 1934 35
The 1935 edition of Railroad Facts cites 1934 average wages across railway groups led by executives at 5120 and 000 clerical staff at 1649 with tracks and maintenance workers at 9765. Overall payroll rose to 1.52 billion, up 115 million from 1933, with seven months into 1935 totaling 939 million, up 59 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Railways’ Committee On Public Relations
Cavin Auction Set on Friday for North Sixth Street Home
G. B. Cavin announces an auction this Friday November 22 at his North Sixth Street residence selling furniture and household effects. Mr and Mrs Cavin are moving to California to reside, with all items and household goods going under the hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. BE. Cavin
Sixth Street
Rule Furniture ‘and Household Cfesta
Mrs. Cavin
California
Last Rites for H. Elce
Last rites were held for Joseph Hollis Elce 22 at St Patrick Catholic church after he died following ingestion of a lye solution. Burial followed at Catholic cemetery with pallbearers listed. Elce, born March 12 1913 in Estherville, had lived in the area most of his life and recently returned from St Louis. He is survived by his mother Marie Elee father Sid Elee and stepbrother Melvin Lemenski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Joseph Hollis Elce
Coleman Hospital
Father Hischeid
Armstrong
John Chapman
Donald Krahmer
Donovan Brown
Alvin Carlson
Ralph Brown
Claire Coon
Joseph Hollis Elee
Estherville
University of Iowa Hospital
Iowa City
St. Louis
Marie Elie
Marie Elee
Sid Elee
Melvin Lemenski
Former Local Lady Dies
Mrs. Sadie H. McKibben widow of Perry A. McKibben died November 6 at her son Clifford S. McKibben’s home in De Smet South Dakota. She had lived in De Smet since her husband’s death three years earlier, after years on the Kettleson farm north of Estherville and a move west in 1910. Surviving children include Clifford S. De Smet South Oak Leroy Wasco California Mrs. Hazel M. Scott Wasco Mrs. Bessie M. Eder Buffalo Wyoming Mrs. MyrtleChristensen Clark South Dakota and Mrs. Mildred Cavanaugh De Smet. There are fourteen grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie H. McKibben
Perry A. McKibben
Clifford S. McKibben
de Smet
S. Dak
McKibben
Estherville
Kettleson Farm
Local Woman Suffers Finger Laceration at Farm
Grace Hagerman, 10, described a lab accident at Estherville farm south of Estherville. Mrs William Clark hurt her finger while operating the corn shelter Tuesday. She was taken to the Berney hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William” ‘Clark
K. Farm
Estherville
Birney
Grace Hagerman
Veterans Express Appreciation for Halloween Favors
Miss Marie Sorum received a letter from Dr. C. C. Willhite at Knoxville Veterans Administration thanking the Junior Red Cross for Halloween favors. The message asked to express appreciation to the juniors for the gifts sent to World War I veterans, noting the favors were made by Red Cross members under Miss Sorum’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Sorum
C. C. Willhite
Veterans Administration
Knoxville
Junior Red Cross
Hallowe’en
Hallowe'en
Sorum
Red Cross
Pioneer John Stark Dies at 93 in Motley Minnesota
John Stark 93 a pioneer Emmet county settler and former blacksmith for railways died from a paralytic stroke suffered a week earlier in Motley Minnesota. Burial was at Jackson beside his wife. Survived by three daughters and four sons including Lou Stark of West Emmet and Tate Stark of Fort Dodge among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stark
Lou Stark
West Emmet
Motley
Minn
Stark
Emmet
Lou
Rock Island Railways
Minnesota
Jackson
Jessie Coleman
Minnie Pietz
Harry
Ernie Stark
Henry
Mountain Lake
Tate
Ft. Dodge
Estherville
Lena Koppen
Sioux City
Low bids announced for local highway project on No.17
State highway commission announced the low bids for 4.8 miles of paving on highway No.17 from the Palo Alto county line to Wallingford and for the culverts. Western Asphalt Construction Co. of Sioux City bid $125,908 for paving and Christensen Brothers of Sioux City bid $11,924 for twenty box culverts. Bids await final federal approval in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Palo Alto
Wallingford
Omaha
Nebr
Bureau of Public Roads
Western Asphalt Construction Company
Sioux City
Highway 17
Christensen Brothers
V-R
Five Divorces Granted by Judge Davidson in One Term
In a short-term court session Judge F C Davidson granted five divorces bringing Estherville into the Reno class. Alma Shuttleworth won freedom from Arthur C Shuttleworth. Daisy F Mortensen obtained absolute divorce from Hans F Mortensen and custody of their minor child Glen L. Mortensen. Victor E Mortensen was granted a divorce from Alice S Mortensen. Esther Freeman Lane divorced Jimmie Lane and asked to resume her maiden name and retain property. Zadie Van Valkenburg received a decree of divorce from Myron Van Valkenburg. Grounds cited were cruel and inhuman treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Davidson
Estherville
Reno
Alma Shuttleworth
Arthur C. Shuttleworth
Daisy F. Mortensen
Hans F. Mortensen
Glen L
Victor E. Mortensen
Alice S. Mortense
Nurse Added to Birney Hospital Staff
A notice notes Rose McClure, a graduate nurse, is urged to arrive in Ville on Saturday to join the Birney Hospital staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birney Hos
Pital
Mise
Rose
McClure
Ville
Emmet County Education Week Programs Highlight Safety Health
Emmet county schools host Education Week with focus on Safety Good Will and Health. Mrs Alex Miller secretary of state will speak at city hall events starting tonight through Saturday, with talks on Safety and a Rural Electrification lecture by Prof Frank Paine. County towns present multiple exhibitions and puppet shows as part of daily programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Alex Miller
Emmet
Farm Bureau
Frank Paine
Iowa State College At
Ames
Thomas Mann
Ellsworth Township
12 Mile Lake
Swan Lake
Iowa Lake
Center
Jack Creek
West Emmet
Denmark Township
High Lake
New Garage Building Underway on Howard Street
Work on a one story brick and concrete structure for Mrs. Ella B. Jones proceeds rapidly. Contractor Oscar Fagre expects completion by year’s start, weather permitting. The 82 by 50 foot garage will sit on Mrs. Jones’s Howard Street lot south of the old city building, near the Masons’ recently purchased site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella B. Jones
Oscar Fagre
Red Cross Roll Call To Start In Emmet County
Annual Red Cross membership renewal begins Tuesday November 19 in Emmet County with volunteers visiting households under county roll call chairman W C Currell. The drive follows a record fiscal year ending June 30 with 160 disasters, aiding 110000 disaster victims across 809 counties in 87 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Emmet
W. C. Currell
Red Cross
Plan Meeting for Nov 21 by Emmet County Association
The Independent Business Men's association of Emmet county will hold a mass meeting Thursday evening Nov 21 at city hall with Phillip Jacobson president of the state organization speaking. This will be his second Estherville visit and he brings an important message for all interested. Members and wives clerks and wives and others are welcome. The program includes an acrobatic dance by Joleen Foster and a high school band performance directed by Raymond Minkler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Business Men’s Association of
Emmet County
Phillip Jacobson
Jacobson
Estherville
Joleen Foster
Raymond Minkler
Parents of Six Killed at Milford Crossing
Mr and Mrs Elmer Wray of Milford were killed when their car was struck by a Milwaukee gas electric train at the Milford crossing as it left the station for Des Moines. Their 14 year old daughter Arlene was seriously injured. the Wray couple left five other daughters. The family, from Terri school, faces poverty and seeks admission to an orphanage. Irvin Mays and Dr Floyd Place assisted by trainmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wray
Milford
Arlene
Milford Crossing
Des Moines
Wray
Ringsted Legion Hosts County Meeting Banquet Invite
Christiansen Bennicksen post No 382 American Legion invites Legion men and wives or friends, and auxiliary women or gentlemen, to a formal banquet in Ringsted on Tuesday evening November 19. A county wide Legion and Auxiliary meeting will be held during the banquet. Reservations urged by November 15 to help final arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiansen-Bennicksen
American Legion
Legion
Ringsted
Legion and Auxiliary
C. T. Hansen
Weather forecast stays cold with more drops in Iowa
The forecast calls for remaining cold and cloudy skies through the end of the week with further temperature drops expected across Iowa and the U. S. Friday and Saturday. Western midwest to enjoy cleaner atmospheres while Estherville reports varied daily readings from observer Peterson with multiple November figures and a noon reading on the 26th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
U. S
Estherville
Peterson
East River WPA project to widen Des Moines river front
Estherville will begin WPA work on the Des Moines river front to widen straighten deepen and beautify the channel and banks for park development. Total project cost about 17066 with labor material and equipment. Work supervised by FERA engineer Ray Fuller and Paul Linke announces start south of Des Moines street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Des Moines River
Des Moines Street
Paul Linke
Public
Lincoln Street
Ray Fuller
FERA
Paul Overmeyer
Pocahontas
WPA
Nes-Moines
West Hayes Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
South Fourth Avenue
West Barnhart Street
South Thirteenth Street
Barnhart Street
Goodell Street
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Everds
City
Everds
Judge to Sentence Pair Men for Robbery and Kidnaping
A twelve man jury found Francis Mitchell of Estherville and Iven Mitchell of Sheridan guilty of robbery with aggravation and kidnaping in connection with a Golden Sun Milling Co. heist. Arrested Nov. 8 in Chaska, Minn., they faced trial with defense witness Floyd Freed. The judge will sentence them Monday afternoon. robbery carries 25 years and kidnaping five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Mitchell
Estherville
Iven Mitchell
Sheridan
Mitchell
Sullivan
Chaska
Minn
Golden Sun Milling Company
Lawrence Jensen
John McDonough
Trede
Schalow
Smith and Wesson
Irwin Nichols
William Trusedell
Joe McIntire
R. I. Henson
Clive Davin
Westley Christensen
M. C. Oswalt
Harry Kirk
F. E. Kemp
Charles Waldron
Jamie Kasa
Ben Carlson
Wilford Osberg
William T. Wilkins 67 Rock Island Conductor Dies
William T. Wilkins a Rock Island railway conductor age 67 died yesterday at Cole men hospital after illnesses starting October 1 and two operations. He worked 35 years for the Rock Island Railway and lived in Estherville six years with his wife since. Survived by wife one son Louis Yakima Wash three children in Rock Island and one brother George Odebolt. Funeral plans undetermined with burial at Oak Hill cemetery in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Wilkins
Rock Island
Colemen Hospital
Wilkins
Rock Island Railway Company
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Louis
Yakima
Wash
Kenneth
Gerald
Geraldine
George
Odebolt
Dance Benefit for School Nurse Fund Profit Totaled
A report from Mrs W E Deming president of the parent teacher association shows that 46 84 was the total profit realized from donations and from the benefit dance held Nov 5 at Danceland Of the total amount 33 54 was from the dance after all expenses have been paid and 12 80 was the total sum donated by persons unable to attend the dance Proceeds will fund hiring a school nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Deming
General Parent-Teacher Association
Danceland
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PWA
Frank Ash
Rosella Nass
Lutheran
Church
Roosevelt
G. A. Nichols
Igwanse
Exchange
Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch
E. Cavin
Washington Bride
Lees Washington
Marie McIntyre
Col
Marvin McIntyre
Frederick Hayes Warren
H. Elce
J. Patrick’s Cemetery
Davidson
City Hall
Ella Jones
Canada
Ottawa
Wm. Lyon Mackenzie King
Independent Merchant Association
Ringsted Legion
East River
West Des Moines
W. Wilkins
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