High school team tops Grover 20 to 0 in 3 innings
The local high school baseball team defeated Grover 20 to 0 on Tuesday afternoon on the home diamond. The game was called after the third inning due to the lopsided score. Various community notices follow, including visits, family announcements, choir plans, and club officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Ruth Caylera
Spencer
Lyle Kilgore
Clay County Fair
A. B. Eckhart
S. B. Reed
Cayler
Read
Muriel Backstrom
Melvin L. Hunt
Oliver Rathburn
Plattsburg, New York
Hunt Home
Backstrom
Dr. Rathburn
C. J. Christenson
Ladies Aid Meeting Notes at Community Church Annex
The Ladies Aid Society met Thursday afternoon at the church annex with several members serving a 26 cent supper. Vice president A R Eckhart led the meeting in the absence of President James Stillman. De votions were led by H D Mereness and Rev C L Day. An article The Real Dangers of the War was read by H D Mereness. Attendance roll called by group captains, last meeting of the attendance contest, winner to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Eckhart
A. R. Eckhart
Bruce Eckhart
Swea City
Melvin Hunt
Hunt
LeRoy Miller
Edna Dumag
State Street Parsonage
Fulton
New York
LeRoy
John Miller
Dolliver
Albert Hardecopf
Dunnell
Minn
Harry Freeburg
William Workins
Stephanie Cowling
James Stillman
Ladies Aid Society of the
C. P. Stow
V. L. Whalen
Gerald Stow
M. L. Owens
Wm. Stow
H. D. Mereness
C. L. Day
Social and family visits in Jack Creek area
The report lists numerous social calls and visits among families in Jack Creek and nearby towns. Highlights include Mrs. Fred Kruse and children hosting and visiting relatives, attendance at a funeral for Lewis Peterson of High Lake, and multiple church and hospital or domestic visits across Estherville Ringsted and Forest City. Names mentioned include Kruse, Aanonson, Peterson, Bodold, Voetmann, Johansen, Meyers, Wiseman, Glassnapp, and Ellerston among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kruse
Leonard
Kenneth
Evelyn
Pete Aanonson
Sarah Aanonson
Dorothy
Clifford
Charles Stoffel
Jack
Marten Berdahl
Ralph Sperry
Otto Rogers
Spencer
Pearl Aanonson
Art Hanson
Mary Allen Bosold
LaRue Wiseman
Estherville
Willis Fry
Calendar
Maurice Peterson i
Elmer Peterson
Fred Kruses
Lewis Peterson
High Lake
Forest City
Axel Voetmann
Gladys
Alice
Junior
Peter Johansen
Arlo Johansen
Ringsted
Ladies and Society of the Presbyterian Church
Henry Meyers
N. G. Christensen
C. E Christensen
Herman Helmers
John Iverson
Morris
Leo Stoffel
Seattle
Wash
Rose Glassnapp
Rochester
Minn
Paul Glasnapp
Peter P. Peterson
Wayne Long
Woodbine
John Bosold
Joan
Barbara
Janice
Chrig Ellerston
James
Byrle Felkey
Jas
Ellerston
Shirley
Detroit
Mich
Social life and visits in Superior area noted
A broad list of Sunday and weekend visits across Superior includes Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sawyer and Hans Peterson at Mrs. Christie Richard's home, Velma Hanson chairing a dinner serving committee, and many relatives visiting Estherville, Callendar, and other nearby towns. Barn construction plans replace a burned structure with hollow brick, cement interiors, and no wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Sawyer
Hans Peterson
Christie Richard
Olson Hall
Velma Hanson
Mesdames Carnahan
Underhill
Agnes Olsen
Stewart
Haze
Raymond
Laura Hand
Minneapolis
E . Myers
Osage
Esta Johnson
Johnon
Koster and Dickinson
Estherville
Will Hanson
Loyd Weaver
Clarion
Archie Wilkinson
Millard Ostheimer
Gordon Fay
Herb Ostheimer
Waterloo
Bert Weaver
Jolly
Harco starts bituminous surfacing on Highway 44 east of Ringsted
The Harco Construction Company of Sioux City began applying the bituminous surface to an eight mile stretch of Highway 44 a mile east of Ringsted last week. Crews finished grading and bridges and moved to other jobs. The road will connect No 18 at Whitemore and No 9 at Armstrong with a continuous hard surfaced route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harco Construction Company
Sioux City
Ringsted
Town of
Fenton
Whitemore
Armstrong
Whittemore
Highway Commission
Minnesota Line
Ringsted Dispatch
Minnesota
Fairmont
Storage advance to aid farmers building bins
The 1938 and 1939 corn samples are tested for moisture as resealing begins. Farmers resealing for two years receive a 10 cent storage advance per bushel and those resealing for one year get 5 cents. The program aims to fund storage structures and cribs, supporting the Ever Normal Granary and orderly marketing amid national defense efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels G. Christiansen
Emmet County Aaa
County Aaa Committee
Christiansen
Government ownership dominates Iowa trucks and beaver trade
Government uses the roads extensively with roughly one of every thirteen trucks in Iowa owned by government entities. The piece notes outsized federal and state vehicle usage, rural mail routes, school buses, and public works. It also details beaver trapping returns and pelts value, plus a brief note on the striped skunk, its size, taxonomy, fur value, and dietary habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Lloyd
Iowa Petroleum Industries Committee
United States
United States Post Office Department
Department
Towa
Vague Visit Notes From Wallingford Area
Wallingford vicinity residents My and Mrs Elwood Hyatt and daughter visited Leroy Ol en home near Terrill Sunday. Kenneth Anderson and wife left for Tacoma Washington to visit his brother Everett Anderson. Prenton Grundie st returned to Chicago after summer with Don Thom s family. Leroy Schacherer came back from Aurora South Dakota after visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Hyatt
Leroy Olen
Terrill
Kenneth Anderson
Tacoma
Wash
Everett Anderson
Prenton Grundiest
Chicago
Don Thom
Leroy Schacherer
Aurora
South Dakota
Notice of Administratrix for Lyon estate in Emmet County
State of Iowa Emmet County notice names Virginia P Lyon as Administratrix of the estate of Cora Lyon deceased. Creditors are asked to pay promptly and holders of claims to present them to the Administratrix or file with the Clerk of the District Court. dated September 9 1940. Attorney L A Moe and Clerk Irwin C Nichols oversee proceedings with publication dates September 10 17 and 24 1940. The final sentence notes a non sequitur about young born in April or May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Emmet County
Cora v. Lyon
District Court
Virginia P. Lyon
L. A. Moe
Irwin C. Nichols
Skunk Population Proves Adaptable Across Nebraska
A rough description notes that litters average six young and stay together about a year before dispersing in spring. Striped skunks adapt to diverse habitats from open fields to brushy fence rows and rock piles. Their flexible habits help maintain statewide numbers across varying environments.
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Country News
James Smith
Mesdames Paul Anderson
Joe Horral
John Kano
C L. Day
M. C. Peterson
L. P Stillman
V L Whalen
James H Smith
0. P. Stow
William’ Stow
George Kable
E. M. Evans
M. J. Iverson
H D. Hereness
Tony Accetta
Cleveland
National Association of Angling and Casting Clubs
Clinton K. Higging
Bt. Louis
Association Brealdent
Zor
Ant
Accetta
Fisher Body
General Motors
Automobile
Navy
Hudson River
Trooper
C. A. Tilt
Central Press
V.ke
Kenneth Bryan
Jefferson City
Ralph
Wayne Bryan
E. B Burg
G . Osher
Charlie Jackson
Charlie Burg
Cylinder
Lewis Osher
Osher
Jack Bailey
Amery
Wis
Tena Olson
Marie Conn
Ferman Watson
Sam Watson
Graettinger
Arnold Rustad
Coleman Hospital
W.K
V.R
Flynn
Kelly
Hague
Jersey City
Joe Guffey
Pennsylvania
GOV
Game and Fish Department
Powhatan
Tecumseh
Sitting Bull
Wallingford
Perber
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
Exust 40Th Street
N. Y
G. T. Tostenson
MecKeason & Robbina
Aridgeport
Conn
Dept. D-3
Doan
Die
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