Premiums Offered At Show In Estherville Iowa
Emmet County 4 H Show and Agricultural buildings hosts a poultry grain home economics and merchants show October 1 to 3 open to non residents entries judged by impartial officials. Exhibits open daily with educational demonstrations and evening entertainment. Commercial displays invited. Entry day October 1 at 10:00 am with prizes and ribbons in each class.
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Emmet County
Estherville
John Doolittle
Don Woodley
New
Harold Graff
A. I. Reed Henry Christensen
Lars Anderson
Ed Ahrens
George Lyman
Ernest Rees
Lester Hasbrook
City street hearing on Sept 23 for curb and gutter plans
The Estherville city council will hold a public hearing at 7:40 p m on Monday September 23 to consider corrections and changes to the plat and plans governing curb and guttering and hard surfacing in the north end. The meeting will review curb lines on 11th avenue north from north 6th to north 9th streets and 12th avenue north from north 8th to north 9th streets, including reducing surfaced width to 28 feet on those stretches, and curb lines on 14th avenue north from 6th to 9th streets. Abutting property owners and interested residents may attend.
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Estherville
11Th Avenue
North 6Th Street
North Ninth
Said Street
12Th Avenue
North 8Th Street
North 9Th Street
14Th Avenue
6Th Street
Seal Meet Opens Christmas Drive in Humboldt Region
The 1940 Christmas Seal Campaign kicks off with a regional institute in Humboldt on September 17. Iowa Tuberculosis Association officials from multiple counties will attend, with C L Newcomb of New York and Dr. K McCarthy outlining early tuberculosis discovery methods. The Humboldt meeting is one of nine held statewide September 10 to 26, with Emmet county representing Miss Marie Sorum and Mrs. Wesley Myers among delegates.
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Iowa
Humboldt
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Boone
Emmet
Greene
Hamilton
Hancock
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Sac
Webster
Winnebago
Wright
Co. K. McCarthy
Iowa Tuberculosis Ass'n
Iowa Department of Health
Humboldt Institute
Grundy Center
New Hampton
Cedar Rapids
LeMars
Missouri Valley
Ottumwa
Leon
Greenfield
Emmet County
Marie Sorum
Wesley Myers
PTA
Estherville
Alumni Set Plans for Pep Meeting and Homecoming
The Alumni Assn officers met with Warner Kirlin Monday to form committees for the pep meeting October 8 and Homecoming October 4 at Sunderlin Field against Cherokee. Officers are Mrs. Vermain Sidles president, Charles Reid vice president, Miss Dorothy Rogers secretary. Committees cover general, banquet, decorating, program, pep meeting, publicity, ticket sales, and nominating, with many local names listed for each group.
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Ass'n
Warner Kirlin
Cherokee
Estherville
Sunderlin Field
Alumni Association
Vermain Sidles
Charles Reid
Dorothy Rogers
N. E. Demoney
Annabel Purviance
Eugene Ejike
James Johnston
Glenn Story
Ralph McKay
Elmer Jackson
Harriet Holland
D. A. Bagan
Margaret Clark
Raymond Minkler
Margaret Gebest
Irving
Robert Cox
Berna Hanson
Stanley Larsen
Elmer Starr
Floyd Tate
Helen Martinsen
Wayne Huntsinger
James Soper
Marcella Kiefer
Carolyn Osmundsen
Regina Hill
Irvin Lande
Pep Club
Laird Swagert
Supt
Deemer Lee
Adelaide Nichols
Herbert Allen
Susan Petersen
Lucile Petersen
Ruby Hemingson
Dale Ferguson
Clara Kennedy
Francis Martinsen
Douglas Reynolds
Dorothy Nourse
Joe Paul
Vera Heyer
Geraldine Buckley
Fred Nissen
Paul Gray Jr
Emmet Amdahl
Ruth Berg
Pauline Wilson
Herman Jensen
Methodist Church School Names New Officers
The Methodist Sunday school elected officers. Names include Superintendent Frank Sutton and Secy Miss Margaret Staudenbaur. Other posts list Charles Bixby, Roy Burt, and multiple department supervisors including Miss Alice Schultz and Mrs. R. E. Creger. Local markets follow with varied prices for heavy hens, eggs, cream, oats, corn, flax, and hogs.
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Methodist Sunday School
Frank Sutton
Charles Bixby
Margaret Staudenbaur
Treas
Roy Burt
Fred Albertsen
Alice Schultz
R. E. Creger
Margaret Maniece
Ruth Smith
G. E. Tomhave
Stanley Larsen
Home Dept
B. F Sharp
Geraldine Buckley
Vermain Sidles
Ruth Howard
Hennery
Jury Hears Final Pleas In Auto Crash Damages Case
Miss Alva Coakley seeks 6000 dollars from Harker Beauman Lumber for injuries in an August crash on highway 9 east of Estherville. A truck driven by George Greener turned into the Roach car, sending it into a ditch. Coakley and her sister were hospitalized. Roach Jr. injured. two others unharmed. Witnesses include David George and Dr. G H West for plaintiff and John Lane for defense.
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Alva Coakley
Washington, D. C
Harker- Beauman Lumber Company
Highway 9
Estherville
David George
Miss Coakley
Mrs. Roach
Coleman Hospital
Mr. Roach
G. H. West
Armstrong
J. M. Walden
John Lane
Farmer
First Day Crowd at Clay Fair Reaches 16500 at Spencer
A crowd exceeding 16 500 gathered at the Clay county fairgrounds in Spencer for the fair’s opening day. It was children day and derby day with free admissions for kids and rides at a nickel. Thousands filled the grandstands for races and hippodrome acts as the sun gave way to clouds and a brisk wind persisted.
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Clay County Fairgrounds
Spencer
V.R
Mrs. Farquhar Dies in Winterset Iowa
Mrs. F. C. Farquhar mother of Mrs. R. S. Knight, died Tuesday evening at 7 in Winterset Iowa after years of poor health. Funeral services were held there this afternoon. Survived by husband and two daughters Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Raymond Knight and husband left for Winterset Tuesday morning.
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F. C. Farquhar
R. S. Knight
Winterset
Iowa
Farquhar
Knight
Raymond
Russel Springs
Kans
Meeting to form Turk 8 turkey growers district
Emmet county turkey growers invited to a 1:30 PM October 8 Algona meeting to organize a district turkey growers association. C R Scoby of Bode to chair. Districts include Kossuth Winnebago Palo Alto Hancock Pocahontas Humboldt Wright. Plans include educational meetings and activities for growers. Leo Brown to discuss organization. W M Vernon and W R Whitfield to cover turkey improvement and fall fattening.
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Emmet
Algona
Turkey Growers’ Association
M. A. Balkema
C. R. Scoby
Bode
Kossuth
Winnebago
Palo Alto
Hancock
Pocahontas
Humboldt
W. R. Whitfield
Vernon
Whitfield
Service League to Meet Monday in Fort Dodge
The Republican Service League of Town will hold an eighth district meeting at the Warden Hotel Fort Dodge at 8 p m Monday September 16 to organize for the coming campaign. Paul F Smith state secretary urged W E Deming county chairman to attend with many league members. C A Schlachter of Rockwell City is district chairman. For results try a want ad.
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Republican Service League of Town
Warden Hotel
Ft. Dodge
Paul F. Smith
W. E. Deming
C. A. Schlachter
Rockwell City
W.R
Flight training offered to Estherville students and affiliates
Flight training will be offered to qualified applicants not enrolled as students at Estherville junior college as well as regularly enrolled students. The fall course starts within two weeks and must be completed by January 81, 1941. Applicants must be US citizens aged 19 to 26 by October 1, 1940, hold no pilot certificate, and be matriculated for a degree or have two years of accredited college work, with physical requirements for student pilots.
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Estherville Junior College
Warner Kirlin
United States
Training eligibility rules for Civil Pilot Training Program
Applicants under 21 must have written parental consent to enroll and may not have been disqualified by Advisory Board Action. Those with prior discontinuation may rejoin if recommended by program directors and flight contractors, but they receive no priority or credit for prior ground and flight training.
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Aminer
Dunnell Man Accidentally Shot In Left Side
Herman Grussing of Dunnell Minn living on the Emil Olson farm was accidentally shot in the left chest with a ten gauge shotgun while in the pasture. He was taken to Fisher hospital in Ceylon after assisting by neighbors and family. His left lung was riddled and ribs removed to reach the wound. Family members including daughters from Granada Jackson Redwood Falls and others reached him at the hospital.
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Dunnell
Minn
Herman Grussing
Emil Olson
Grussing
Henry
Fisher Hospital
Ceylon
James
Monterey
Arthur Purst
Granada
Walter Peterson
Jackson
John Nyquist
Redwood Falls
Gruissing
Viss Union State Line Church Organ To Be Dedicated
At Sunday 10 45 am services the new Hammond electric organ will be used for the first time and dedicated as a gift from Mrs. Rudi Stade. Sunday evening at 8 o clock Sigurd Rislov of Flandreau SD will give an organ recital with music by a chorus from Estherville and State Line choirs.
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Union State Line
Rudi Stade
Sigurd Rislov
Flandreau
Dak
Estherville
State Line
Recollections of the Old Spellin School in 1860s Vindicator era
J E Jenkins of Los Angeles recalls reading the Northern Vindicator in Truman Minnesota around 1868 69 with his mother on a kitchen floor. He praises printing ink and type as vital to civilization and notes Robert West son of George West who started education at the old Vindicator.
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Robert West
Truman, Minn
George West
Robert
J. E. Jenkins
New Program Is Started at Recreation Center
The fall program at the recreation center opens with a popular play school for ages three to six, held daily except Sunday and Monday from 9 to 11. Mothers shop downtown while kids enjoy clay modeling, nursery rhymes, tinker toys, bubbles, and sand castles.
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Dorothy Perrin
Ren Yay
Popular Mechanics
Boys Life
Kiwanis Club Marks First Anniversary Dinner
The Kiwanis Club celebrates its first anniversary with a Tuesday dinner at the Hotel Gardston blue room. Guests include members wives, Kenneth Paulson and Raymond Minkler perform, Joleen Foster taps, Muriel Hanson sings, Rev Father Keane leads Kiwanis songs, Arthur Cadieux welcomes, Mrs Birney replies, and Major Arthur M. Nelson speaks on the war and draft.
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Kiwanis Club
Gardston
Kenneth Paulson
Raymond Minkler
Joleen Foster
Muriel Hanson
J. J. Keane
Kiwanis
Arthur Cadieux
Flags Display Called for Tri-county Institute
The Chamber of Commerce asks merchants to display the Welcome Flag on Monday September 16 for the Tri county Teacher's Institute. Welcome flags and poles are for sale at the Chamber office. The American Flag will be displayed Tuesday September 17 for Constitution Day.
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VNI
Chamber of Commerce
Tri-county
Teacher's Institute
Jacques Field Day Demonstrates Seed Corn in Wisconsin
Herman Jensen of Golden Sun Milling Co and Jacques High Bred Seed Corn salesmen attended Jacques Field Day in Prescott Wisconsin on Monday September 9. The event showcased the quality of Jacques High Bred seed corn before many salesmen and representatives. Also present were Henry Nepps Clyde Clark Arnold Hoganson Henry Hoganson Westey Suttor Ole Lilland Glen Kettleson and John McDonough manager of the Fairmont branch with a group of Fairmont salesmen.
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Herman Jensen
Golden Sun Milling Co
Jacques
Prescott
Wisconsin
Mr. Jensen
Henry Nepps
Clyde Clark
Arnold
Henry Hoganson
Westey Suttor
Ole Lilland
Glen Kettleson
John McDonough
Golden Sun
Fairmont
Frost and ice noted around High Lake in county
Frost caused minor impact with corn in low spots touched and film of ice at the edge of High Lake. Betherville official low reached 34. Historic readings show chilly nights from Sept 10 to 12 with highs in the 50s to 60s and lows in the 30s. Eastern Star North Star Chapter resumes regular meetings after summer break with pot luck supper and July August September birthday tributes.
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Emmet
High Lake
Betherville
V.R
Eastern Star
North Star
Guy Noel
Rex Inman
H. L. Beck
J. C. Diltz
Mae Case
Guy Tibbetts
Berna Hansen
Vivian Oulman
Ruth Willey
Clay County 4-H Show Honors for Kenneth Jones Heifers
Kenneth Jones of Dickinson County showed two Guernsey heifer calves at the Clay County Fair. He won first in the county and district shows with one calf and the grand champion in each. With the second calf he earned third and fourth in the respective shows. Uncle Sam proposes half a billion dollars to South America to keep them unjoined, with no estimate of further needs.
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Kenneth Jones
Clay County
Kenneth
Dickinson County
V.R
Sam
South America
Emmet County A C A elects leaders and delegates
Nels G. Christiansen was re elected as chairman for the eighth time of the Emmet County Agricultural Conservation Assn. Other officers and county committeemen were elected across townships with Loyd Paris and Earl Summers among alternates. Delegates named include Christiansen, Stanerson, Willey, Dominy, and Paris among many others. Fifty German parachutes were found in England. no parachutists were present. Sherlock Holmes would have solved it easily.
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Nels G. Christiansen
Emmet County Agricultural Conservation Ass'n
Lee F. Miller
Dolliver
Lloyd A. Paris
Armstrong
Burt V. Horswell
Earl KE
Summers
Ringsted
Loyd Paris
Horswell
Carolyn Osmundsen
Armstrong Grove
John W. Whitesell
Center
Jesse DeVoss
Denmark
Ellsworth
Thomas E. Stanerson
Elvin TL. Sunde
Carl J. Heggen
Rush L. Johnson. Emmet
Harry C. Peterson
Oliver J. Shonkwier
Everett FE
Logue
Henry J. Nepps
Robert M. Hansen
Estherville
S. Alva Sawyer
Oscar B. Myhre
James H. Willey
John D. Darling
Ralph H. TaiRue
High Lake
Harry E. Resh
Elmer K. Iverson
Fred R. Graettinger
Vernon D. Fredericksen
Burl J
W. B. Mitchell
Chris P. Fedderson
Jack Creek
Earl E. Summer
John C. Bosold
Thomas Olson
Bergie M. Monson
Lee C. Moore
Lincoln
Percy B. Herum
Albert K. Iverson
Clarence Christianson
Wm. T. Thompson
England
Sherlock Holmes
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Seal Meet
Regional Institute For Chrismas
T. B. Sale
Methodist Church School
Mrs. Knight
TURK
U.K
Fort Dodge
Geo. Greener
L. W., Stark
Jay Dunham
Weston Rogers
Chester Paulson
Erwin Story
C. J. McKirchy
Ray Miller
Ray Anderson
Mary Wegs
Agnes Grinde
le Roy Olson
Theo
Christiansen
L. J. Dickinson
Des Moines
N. J. Lee
Council
H. E. Narey
Pint Lake
Spellin’ School
Los Angeles, Calif
Vindicator
Republican
Miss Perrin
V.R.— Kiwanis Club
Paris
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