Editorial reflections on whiskey milk cure and national wealth
An editorial fragment blends folklore on whiskey and milk as a sleeping sickness remedy with poetical musings on spring happiness. It cites Iowa’s record grain and corn yields and argues concerted business growth from good harvests. It then discusses wealth distribution, noting substantial home ownership, securities, savings, life insurance and building loan assets as a comparison to other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Beief
Columbia University
New York City
Legion Elects 1938 Officers for Mawice Doyle Post
Dr A J Reed was elected commander at the Mawice Doyle Post American Legion meeting Tuesday night. LeRoy Hiles was named first vice commander Henry Paulson second vice commander B Okaner adjutant and Harry Adame chaplain. Officers appointed will be installed at the October meeting. The group will meet on Wednesdays instead of the first Tuesday each month. Social hours followed the business session with the Auxiliary also meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Reed
Mawice Doyle Post American Legion
Legion Club
LeRoy Hiles
Henry Paulson
B. Okaner
Harry Adame
Shad
Graettinger Celebration Attracts Large Crowd
More than 12,000 people attended the Graettinger annual celebration in the town Monday. Carnival concessions were enjoyed and in the afternoon a thrilling baseball game was played with Terril edging Hmmels to 8 after a close score.
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Graettinger
Two Estherville deaths mark week of mourning
Obituaries from Estherville note the deaths of Mrs. George H. Stearns and Mrs. T. Ee Waughtal. Stearns, born October 81 1888 in New York City, died after five years of illness and several operations. Survived by husband, two children, two grandchildren, and siblings. Waughtal, long familiar in Estherville and Dunnell, Minn, died recently. services held at Mahlum and Anderson chapel with burial at Ruthven cemetery.
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George H. Stearns
Estherville
Stearns
New York City
Ellsworth
Minn
Mr. Stearns
Carl van Hoven
Algona
Robert
Frances Wilson
John Wilson
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Tom
New York
George
Boston
Mass
Grace Episcopal Church
de. Vere Shermandine
T. Ee
Dunnell
Mahlum and Anderson
Ruthven
Claude Falsdale
Eestherville Presbyterian Church
Mattie B. Reely
Spring Green
Wisc
John
Jane Reely
Mason City
Theodore E. Waughal
Hazel
Charles A
Clear Lake
Fremont
San Diego
Galif
Dath
Football practice Underway at H. S. Eight
Fifty four boys reported to Coach Max Lynn for the first regular practice. Freshmen expected to push squad above sixty. Seven last year lettermen among those reporting. Large loss of experienced players due to graduation and moving. Practice focuses on passing punting tackling blocking with kicking off and back elusion drills planned later in the week.
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Max Lynn
Steuland
Stone
Sawyer
Bolty Hilleatad
Burrell
Riggs
Darling
Knutson
Eapeset
Reed
Swift
Boone
Otto
Warren
Chapman
Dawson
Williamson
Wallace
Sewell
Kelly
Baldwin
Tindal
Ziemer
Halverson
Gage
Thielle
Thompson
Gipson
Mauck
McNally
Donovan
Strube
Stoffel
Walz
Towell
Stockdale
Elwood
Morton
Zeimer
Lunde
Paulson
Polson
Hornsby
Body of Foster Found After Drowning at West Okoboji
The body of Thomas Foster, missing for 15 days after a drowning near Gull Point on West Okoboji, was found Saturday morning on a beach 50 rods east of Gull Point. Found by S. H. Leland and family while on rounds, the body was in a badly decomposed state. Foster and his wife Juliana Everist fell from a sailboat August 20. Foster drowned while trying to save his wife. Burial took place in Sioux Falls.
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Thomas Foster
West Okoboji
Gull Point
S. H. Leland
Leland
Joan Carroll
Chicago
Minn
Foster
Juliana Everist
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Account Case Settled Before Reaching Jury
Judge Jas DeLand resumed the September term of district court in Estherville. A case, Crystal Bottling Co of Fairmont vs C T Hanson, settled before the jury trial with a $125 payment. Grand jury indicted Carl Moser, Garrson Orgit store proprietor, for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. Moser bonded at $500.
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Jas. DeLand
Estherville
District Court
Rett
Triat
Crystal Bottling Company of
Fairmont
C. T. Hanson
Leo J. Seifert
Johnston
J. W. Morse
Moser
DeLand
Carl Moser
Garrson Orgit
Estherville Chamber Seeks Long Term Lease for M and St L Ball Park
The Baseball Committee of the Estherville Chamber of Commerce reports plans for a long term lease of the M and St L ball park property at nominal rent. James Rainey Jerry Wegs and Fred Ehlers are coordinating satisfactory arrangements with the Chamber. The property was placed on sale by the M and St L receiver, a move protested by the Chamber. Wilbert La Beau of Minneapolis visited Estherville with Miss Bernice Eastenson. Mrs Ed Stratton returned to Chattanooga after visiting here with W G Nichols and J Nichols and family. she is a cousin of local residents.
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Estherville Chamber of Commerce
James Rainey
Jerry Wegs
Fred Ehlers
Chamber of Commerce
Ball Park
Ed Stratton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fred MacDonald
J. ©. Nichols
Stratton
U S Alumni to Hold Football Luncheon Friday
The Iowa Alumni association will host its annual pre season football luncheon at Gardston hotel Friday at noon. Alumni, ex-students, prospective students, athletes, and local fans are invited for talks on coaches, the team, and season prospects.
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Iowa Alumni Association
Gardston
Wel come to Estherville Packing Co outline final arrangements
Final arrangements for opening the Estherville Packing Co will be made at a forthcoming conference led by president F. M. Tobin and other company officers. Preliminary steps were set at the Chamber of Commerce board meeting Tuesday night.
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Estherville Packing Co
F. M. Tobin
Chamber of Commerce
Farley Dinner Highlights Iowa Postmasters Meet
Miss Clara Kennedy of Estherville attends the Iowa Chapter National Association of Postmasters convention in Fort Dodge. Postmaster General James Farley arrives with executive secretary Ambrose OConnell for the three day event. Other speakers include Governor Kraschel and U S Senator Gillette, with many postmasters and assistants from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Kennedy
Estherville
Fort Dodge
Iowa
National Association of Postmaster of the
United States
Jas. Farley
Ambrose O'Connell
Nels G. Kraschel
J. J. Doheny
W. L. Noah
St. Louis
Marie E. Welch
Elba
Nebr
National Association of Postmasters
W. Rufus d Jackson
Guy M. Gillette
U. S
Vincent F. Barrington
BE. J. Breen
W. KE. Reynolds
Treasury Department
John Hart
A. P. M. Smith W. Purdum
Richard F. Mitchell
Fred Davies
Armstrong
Kurt Larson
Maple Hill
Anderson
Ring
Second Hand Book Base Nets $575
Women of the general P T A handled about 1600 used books in their annual sale before school term. The sale netted $575 for 408 families who contributed books. Mrs Glenn Pullen, sale chair, asks those unpaid to claim their share. About 1200 of 1500 books offered were sold.
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Mra
Glenn Pullen
Estherville Enrollments Rise as Junior College Grows
Enrollments total 1 822 across city schools, with Estherville Junior College drawing students from 22 towns. McKinley Lincoln and Jackson grade schools report 126 125 and 121 pupils while Roosevelt totals 257 and the junior high 210. High school enrollment reaches 389 with 98 freshmen 115 sophomores 90 juniors 81 seniors. Several dozen locals and neighbors enroll early for the college term.
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McKinley
Lincoln
Jackson
Roosevelt
Estherville
Estherville Junior College
Iowa
Vivian Ellingson
Wallingford
Fred Engle
Spencer
Darrel Ketcham
Kenneth Clausen
Lester Bush
Richard Andrews
Grover
Donald Swenberg
Sherburn
Archie Boe
Dunnell
Marie Smith
Homer Barnett
Ceylon
Erlyse Champine
Evelyn Sunde
Dolliver
Raymond Dominy
Maple Hill
Ollie Aanonson
Halfa
Norman Fink
John Christianson
Ringsted
Robert Leland
Swea City
John Waite
Fenton
Vernon Jensen
Seneca
Floyd Palmer
Bode
Mery Ellen Lohr
Arnold McCoy
Harold Marlye
Lawrence Moore
Virgil Morgan
Sherman Morton
Virgil Munson
Helen Munson
Omer Nau
Mary O'Rourke
Irene Pickens
Isabelle Paul
Edward Reichman
Phyllis Robinson
Daus Sconberg
Lucille Stienman
James Stockdale
Mary Swartz
Mervin Thompson
Robert Thomas
Sam Torrence
Ora Williams
Glen Willley
Russell Youmans
Estherville Junior
Columbia
California
University of Town
University of Minnesota
Jacksons Observe Golden Wedding and Dairy Tour
Members of the Emmet County cow testing association took a half day tour visiting the herds of F. G. Weir H. W. Dammann and H. C. Lundy at Estherville under Lloyd Arnold of Iowa State College. August milk and fat averages fell from July with forecasts of improvement in September and October as grain feeding increases. Fly Free Milk method by S. O. Lundy at Wallingford uses a milking setup to prevent fly contamination, feeding milk directly to a separator bowl.
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Emmet County
F. G. Weir
H. W. Dammann
8. C. Lundy
Estherville
Lloyd Arnold
Iowa State College
R. L. Olson
May Publish City Guide for Estherville
City board of commerce voted to invite bids for printing a 6000 copy Estherville city guide. The material is compiled by the Federal Writers Project. If bids meet specifications, the guide will be approved by the Chamber of Commerce and sent to press.
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Chamber of Commerce
Estherville
Federal Writers Project
David McLaughlin
Chamber of Commercce
Clyde Sanborn
Advertising and Publicity Committee
Lincoln building cleanup and yard grading completed
A general cleanup at the Lincoln building finished with desks refinished and windows walls cleaned while floors were oiled. The school yard was graded and an effort was made to feed the part lacking lawn.
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Jackson
Lincoln Building
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs John Jackson in Wallingford
Emmet County residents Mr and Mrs John Jackson celebrated their Golden Wedding Sunday at home in Wallingford with relatives and friends visiting from across Minnesota and North Dakota. One hundred twenty one called to extend congratulations as an elaborate cake and refreshments were served. the couple, both 77, traced ancestry to Scotland with Glencoe as their wedding place.
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John Jackson
Emmet County
Wallingford
Jackson
Archie Keith
Kettleriver
Minn
Theodore Wirch
Wirch
N. D
S. G. Overholtz
Son
Royal
Florence Kennedy
Joe
Detroit
Mich
John Nelson
Nels Nelson
Thomas Thompson
Doris
Frank Christiansen
Francis
C. P. Jackson
Ruby
Jean
Donald
Euphemia MacLean
Kettle River
W. Burg
G. B. Osher
Grodland
Ed Rolfson
Carl Thoreson
Byron Rolfson
Hk. H. Dewall
Nels Mickelson
O. C. Olsen
C. H. Brown
Bernard Jackson
Emmet Amdahl
Jackson, Minn
Carl Newguard
K. K. Skattebo
J. O. Kasa
W. E. Bradley
Florence Norby
C. H H. Werling
Kenneth Starkey
Zona Gayle
Walter Jorgensen
J. A. Sarazen
Clarence Christianson
Anderson
Loren Nelson
Twila Jean
John Rathman
Earl W. Pay
Clarence Clemmenson
Ludvig Larson
Ralph Borchers
John Lippert
Henry Cordes
Edwin Osher
Louie Gracttinger
Jorgen Anderson
Scotland
America
Glencoe
N. v
Margaret Keith
Charlie
Janet
Arthur Amdahl
Former Rock Island engine man writes from Washington
A former Rock Island locomotive fireman, Ingraham P. Pease, now running a Davenport Washington hotel, sends a note to Iowa treasurer J. H. Orvis with a photo showing corn 18 feet 7 inches high. Pease, who left Estherville terminal before 1912, calls the Grand Coulee dam “everything out here” and notes unprecedented concrete pours. He mentions recent visitors from Vinton and Emmetsburg Iowa, misses Estherville, and remains homesick for his old town.
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Rock Island
Vinton
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Estherville Council Cuts Power Rates and Plans Sewer Bid
Estherville city council reduced electricity charges with new tiered rates and began process to advertise bids for a South Thirteenth sewer extension. Wage increases were approved for several city employees, a plant superintendent pay rise, and a pay scale switch for a street foreman. The meeting also addressed office space for an old age assistance investigator and discussed Bank Night conflicts with sports schedules and church concerns.
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Estherville City
East Maple
South Thirteenth
Thirteenth
Melvin Peterson
Fred Heiman
Shirley Dow
Clarence Wilder
J. W. van Valkenberg
Russell Peterson
Alsat Denne Eela
William Roberts
F. G. Stith
World's Tallest Man to Be at Spencer Fair
The Clay County Fair Association accepted Robert Wadlow of Alton to run a refreshment concession at the fair September 13 to 18. Wadlow, eight feet seven inches tall at 18, plans to operate with his family and will not be exhibited in a side show. He will sell ice cream and other refreshments with no admission required. Four Emmet county men attend a Des Moines dinner tonight with Postmaster General James Farley as guest and speaker.
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Clay County Fair Association
Robert Wadlow
Alton
Wadlow
News Literad
Emmet County
Des Moines
James Farley
Ike Coleman
Ed Maniece
F. J. Kennedy
Estherville
Fred Davies
Armstrong
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Douglas ‘Malloch
Douglas Malloch
Legion
A. I. Reed
G. H. Stearns
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kissimmee
Florida
Chas, Crisp
Wayne G. Miller
Lake Tohopekahige
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Wilbert la Beau
Minneapolis
Bernice Estenson
C. of C
Farley
V.R
Jacksons
T. G. Weir
S. O. Lundy
City Guide
Minnesota
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
City Health
Wash
Fausnaugh
Ortmeyer
Schrodt
the Grand
Ehlers
Ater
Central States Theatre Company
Spencer Fair
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