Estherville Fall Festival Opens With Old Settlers Picnic
Estherville begins its annual fall festival with the old settlers picnic at Riverside park and homecoming events slated for Friday and Saturday. Rain and cool weather reduced attendance. prizes awarded to Mrs. Mus Woodbridge and others including Anna Hanson and Bert Barber for longevity. Activities feature high school band, impromptu talks, balloon ascension, a baseball game with Memphis Red Sox, a pulling contest, parade, and livestock show. Fire department marks its 80th anniversary with a ball at Orleans hotel.
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Estherville
Old Settlers
Riverside Park
Sam Collins
Emmet County
Barber Brothers
Bert and
Charles
Walt Lucas
Estherville High School
G. K. Allen
L .L Bingham
D. ©. Kasa
Chris Larson
Wallingford
Occasio
Charles Bixby Ia
Peterson
Pille Fire Department
Ite
Estherville Eagles
Memphis Red Sox
County Grounds
Orleans
Royal Aces
Prise
First Fire Department
Edwards
Morton Family Reunion Draws Guests at Monroe Home
Dr and Mrs M T Morton and Mr and Mrs Fred Albertson Jr drove to Monroe on Sunday for a Morton family reunion held at the home of Mrs Morton's brother W R Zerley. Guests included Mr and Mrs W M Townsend of Emmetsburg and Harold Morton who traveled with his parents after visiting his uncle.
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M. T. Morton
Fred Albertson Jr
Monroe
D. C. Wells
Sheffield
Funeral Held for Mrs Twito in Lake Mills
Mr and Mrs Emlet Twito attended the funeral services for Mr Twito's mother in Lake Mills on Thursday. The woman passed away Sunday morning in a Lakota hospital.
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Emlet Twito
Lake Mills
Mr. Twito
Lakota
Drunkenness Arrests Lead to Small Fines
Friday evening Joe Dolan and Jog Danielson were picked up by city officers for drunkenness. Saturday they were brought before Mayor M. B. K. Whelan and each fined five dollars plus costs, which were paid.
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Joe Dolan
Jog Danielson
M. BK. Whelan
Home Made Joy Revives Pioneer Estherville Days
A reminiscence of Estherville traditions with spelling schools sleigh rides and singing classes. The piece recalls community events, winter entertainments, and early social life featuring Vindicator memories, Christmas and schoolhouse gatherings, and local households such as the Graves in town reverently remembered for bringing cottage organs.
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McGuffey
Vindicator
Frank
Bates
Stewart
Stewart Home
Estherville
Howard Graves
Edith
Estherville Car Listings Include Several Models
L N Nelson offers an Estherville Ford coupe. Elbert Seracy lists an Estherville Ford Tudor. M IL Berg shows an Estherville Chevrolet sedan. Alfred Borslow cites Estherville Hudson and Oleaon in Eatherville Ford. Fred Coon lists Esther ville Hudson.
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L. N. Nelson
Estherville
Elbert Seracy
Eatherville
Ford Tudor M
Two Estherville Women Die After Illness and Sudden Heart Attack
Estherville mourns long time resident Mrs. Chas Werling who died after a cancer illness and Mrs. Jesse Cox who passed Monday afternoon from a heart attack. Werling lived 38 years in Estherville and was born Anna Downing in Seymour Indiana. Cox, a noted musician, helped form a popular amateur orchestra with her husband and brothers. Surviving Cox are her husband and four sons. Funeral services were held at their home and M E Church with burial at Oak Hill.
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Estherville
Chas. Werling
Jesse Cox
Werling
Cox
Anna Downing
Seymore
Ind
William Downing
Breckenridge, Minn
Edna Darling
St. Louis
Esthervile
East Main
B. T. Osher
H. L. McMillan
G. H. Raife
Jay Howard
L. H. Duesterhoeft
Joe Orvis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mabel June Gerbrich
Yankton
P. Gerbrich
Holdridge
Neb
Emmetsbug
Drake University
Des Moines
Mr. Cox
Mra. Cox
Morria
Rochester
N. Y
Euganne Robert
Earl
Passing of Charles Dayton in Estherville
Charles Dayton 72, a North Eighth Estherville barber since 1901, dies at home. Knights of Pythias leader and district inspector, good family man, born Mechanicsville Aug 10 1862. Survived by wife Maude, daughter Ruth, two sisters and four brothers. Funeral Sunday 2:30 pm at M E church, Oak Hill cemetery burial.
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Charles Dayton
North Eighth North Eighth Street
Estherville
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Mechanicsville
Town
Maude Hudson
Ruth
M. E
Oak Hill Cemetery
Walter Heyer Dies Sudenly
Walter Heyer four year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Heyer of Huntington died suddenly Saturday morning from a ruptured esophagus detected by post mortem exam. He became ill Friday afternoon and died Saturday at Coleman hospital after spending his life near Eatherville. Born January 22 1930, he is survived by his parents and an older brother. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Huntington church with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were Delbert Ellis Everett Ellis Henry Otto and Stanley Anderson.
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Walter Heyer
Paul Heyer
Huntington
Coleman Hospital
Eatherville
Huntington Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Delbert Ellis
Everett Ellis
Henry Otto
Stanley Anderson
Balloon Ascension at 4-H Park Event Declared
The balloon ascension, an entertainment feature of the 4-H club convention, will be held Friday afternoon at 4 30 just north of the courthouse. A space will be set aside for the school children.
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Court House
Chilren
Mrs Marshall Hurt In Crash Between Estherville And Wallingford
Mrs Chas Marshall suffered a seriously injured back after a two-car collision that ended with both vehicles on the Rock Island railway embankment. The Peterson car tagged the Marshalls’ auto on a curve near Graettinger pushing the group off the road and onto the tracks. Mrs Marshall was taken to Birney hospital with a spinal injury and facial wound. the others escaped with minor damages.
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Chas. Marshall
Estherville
Wallingford
Labor Day
Marshall
J. W. Peterson
Studebaker
Rock Island Railway
Peterson
Mr. Marshall
Dakota Division
Peterson Auto
Confirmation Class At Immanuel Church
Wallingford September 6 The Immanuel Lutheran church will hold a confirmation service on Sunday at 10 30 A M A class of thirteen children will renew their baptismal vow Names include Eldon Aanonson Ollie Aanonson Freida Berven Gladys Berven Leora Hanson Mirrine Hannon Norman Iverson Ralph Johnson Lewis Larson Edwin Madison Leona Oleson Everine Reid and Catherine Sorum
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Wallingford
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Eldon Aanonson
Ollie Aanonson
Freida Berven
Gladys Berven
Leora Hanson
Mirrine Hannon
Norman Iverson
Ralph Johnson
Lewis Larson
Edwin Madison
Leona Oleson
Everine Reid
Catherine Sorum
Miss Barbara Thoreson Receives BA Degree at Iowa
Miss Barbara Thoreson sister of Mrs Maria Jacobsen of Wallingford earned a bachelor of arts degree at the state university of Iowa graduation exercises. She will teach in Ayrshire this year and previously taught in Graettinger.
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Wn -Se
Barbara Thoreson
Maria Jacobsen
Wallingford
State University of Iowa
Thoreson
Ayrshire
Graettinger
Small boy killed in fall over railing at bank building
Lester Selmer Tweedt, nine, son of Mr and Mrs S K Tweedt of Armstrong, died at 3 am after slipping from an outside stair rail while several children slid down it Saturday night. Born March 14, 1925 on a farm near Armstrong, he leaves three sisters and a brother. funeral set for Tuesday at the Lutheran church in Armstrong.
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Armstrong
Lester Selmer Tweedt
S. K. Tweedt
Emmet County Bank
Armatrong
Democrats Hear Party Leaders at Northwest Iowa Rally
Democratic leaders attended a Saturday terrace park rally in Northwest Iowa. Governor Clyde L. Herring led a list of speakers including Joseph Meyers N G Kraschel C W Storms and Lee Wegman. The event featured hundreds of beef sandwiches and coffee and urged concerted action to keep Iowa and the Nation democratic. Several candidates for statewide offices and the railroad commission were present along with supporters from Estherville and nearby areas.
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Iowa
Terrace Park
Clyde L. Herring
Joseph J. Meyers
Firemen of Early Days to March in Saturday Parade
Rescue Fire department veterans are urged to meet at city hall Saturday afternoon for a march in the 4 H club early settlers parade. Duplicates of old equipment have been prepared and organizers want as many old timers as possible to join the unit.
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Rescue Fire Department
Early Settlers
Attend Farmer Labor Rally Traveled by Converted Buses
Two large Emmet county convoyed to Sioux City for the Farmer Labor rally on Labor Day. Milo Reno, national farm holiday head, gave an address as part of a program with speeches parades and American Legion events. Local travelers listed include Mr and Mrs Haar Swanson Clark Spoo Coax Moore Spears Jurris Gee Frank Kline Larsson Juhl Perkins Lee Kirchner and Ellis.
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Emmet County
Sioux City
Farmer Labor
Mack Ellis
Geo. Kirchner
American Legion
Milo Reno
National Farm
Farmer Labor Program
Geo, Haar
Walter Swanson
Bert Swanson
Elmer Clark
Chris Spoo
Leo Coax
Wim. Moore
Spears
Chas
Jurris
Miss Helen Sievera Attends Insurance Meeting
Miss Helen Sievera, who had been in Des Moines for several days, returned to Estherville on Wednesday after attending an insurance convention there.
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Helen Sievera
Des Moines
Estherville
Heiress Writer Harriman Russell Found in L A Office
Ethel M B Harriman Russell daughter of Mrs J Borden Harriman and social favorite has been working as a scenario writer in a modest Los Angeles office for three months authorities say. She was located after a routine check at the office where she had been employed in recent weeks.
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Los Angeles
Ethel M. B. Harriman Russell
J. Borden Harriman
Rural teachers organize in Emmet county meeting
Rural teachers from Emmet county met Saturday morning in the court room to organize for the coming year. Marie Woods was elected president with Richard Pannell as vice president and Zelda Logue as secretary, Dorotha Nelson as treasurer, and Mrs. Dave Thomas as publicity chairperson. Township officers include 12 Mile Lake LaVon Logan president and Lillian Handeland secretary, Swan Lake Laura Emily Lawrence president, Lois Clements Iowa Lake president, Zelda Logue Center president, Melvin Berg High Lake president, Lois Es house Creek president Lois Es house, Ellaworth led by Mrs. Dave Thomas, and Denmark led by Bernice Mayes. West Emmet Alice Martens presiding. Estherville township led by Richard Pannell as sole officer.
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Emmet
Leila Sconberg
Wilbur Thorndyke
Presidnt
Marie Woods
Richard Pannell
Zelda Logue
Lucille Schenck
Dave Thomas
Esther Lande
12 Mile Lake
LaVon Logan
Swan Lake
Laura Emily Lawrence
Doris Logue
Margaret Larson
Iowa Lake
Lois Clements
Ellen Johnson
Marie Saxton
Mildred Barrett
Gertrude Rasmussen
Dorotha Nelson
High Lake
Melvin Berg
Vivian Norgaard
Lena Gunderson
John Smith
Jack Creek
Lois Eshouse
Alice Dahl
Mildred Bosold
Lillian Boesker
Ellaworth
Florence O’brien
Denmark
Bernice Mayes
Ella Jensen
Agnete K. Jensen
Beulah Gladstone
West Emmet
Alice Martens
Estherville Township
Visiting Woman Breaks Hip in Fall on Stairs
Mrs. Sade Davidson of Minneapolis visiting Estherville with her daughter Lois fell while descending stairs at Dr W E Bradley home Friday night. She broke her right hip and was taken to Coleman hospital where she will be confined indefinitely. Davidson, an early Estherville settler and former city librarian, is past eighty. her husband H H Davidson was longtime superintendent of city schools and later county superintendent.
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Sade Davidson
Minneapolis
Lois
W. E. Bradley
Estherville
Davidson
H. H. Davidson
Service Star Meeting Postponed for Picnic Conflict
The Service Star Legion cancels its regular September meeting to avoid conflict with the Pioneer Picnic. Hostesses for the September gathering join those in charge of the October event.
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Service Star Legion
Estherville School Enrollment Surges in New Year
Approximately 1350 students attend Estherville public schools on opening day with the freshman class at 112, sophomores 100, and juniors and seniors 80 each. Total grades exceed 900, junior high about 227, and several new teachers begin, including Wilma Jessen and Kathrine Agnew.
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Estherville
Hilliard
Wilma Jessen
Story City
Kathrinee Agnew
Independence
Roosevelt Building
Genie Gray
Armstrong
McKinley School
Leila Larson
Colfax
Wis
Jackson Building
Gladys Saunders
Maquoketa
Lola Wilen
Milford
Dale McCarty Dies Sudden in New Orleans
Word reached relatives that Dale McCarty died suddenly in New Orleans on Tuesday night. He worked as an engineer on Estherville's first paying job, married Miss Georgia Thorndyke here, later lived in southwestern states for health, resumed engineering recently, and his funeral was held in Ames with burial at Eldora.
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Dale McCarty
New Orleans
McCart
Estherville
Georgia Thorndyke
Howeve
F. A. Thorndke
Fred Himebauch
Wilbur Thorndyke
Ames
Eldora
Himebauch
Mr. Thorndyke
Safety program proclamation urges road caution citywide
The mayor invites municipal agencies to join a September national street and highway safety push after grim traffic figures. He notes 36,500 deaths and 900,000 injuries last year, with projected increases this year, and urges heightened care as children return to school.
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United States
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