Ribbons Awarded in 4-H Livestock Show Exhibits
Judges placed ribbons across dairy and beef classes in the 4-H show. Winners include Earl Larson Hilltop Holsteins in yearling, Cecil Smith in two-year-old Holsteins, Emil Christiansen leading yearling Guernseys, Harvey Nelson best in two-year-old Guernseys, and Ward Smith with an Angus baby beef champion. Prize money lists numerous named exhibitors across Shorthorn, Angus, Guernsey, Jersey, and Red Poll groups. grain show prizes noted at end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Madden
Heneford
Burl Felkey
Pig Club
Jon Origer
Fais Market Barrow
Dwight Butson
Myrle Hanson
Yearling Holstein
Earl Larson
Harold Larson
Andrew Larson
Eugene Larson
Emily Larson
Lyle Sabin
Harold Jensen
Mary Jane Yungeberg
Russell Miller
Arnold Lund
Cecil Smith
Raymond Smith
Willard Graettinger
Yearling Guernsty
Emil Christiansen
Merril Christiansen
Harvey Nelson
Joe Origer
Guernscy
LeVon Sargent
Raymond Equaties
G Dwight Butson
Myrle Hansen
Dale Hansen
Bears Myrle Hansen
Loren Madden
Vern Flindt Buried Here in Estherville Funeral
Funeral services were held Sunday for Vern Borgen Flindt 32 of Estherville son of Mr and Mrs T B Flindt who died Wednesday in Cherokee after a long illness of pulmonary tuberculosis. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery followed services at Mahlum and Anderson chapel. He was born August 19 1901 in Estherville and lived here most of his life. He leaves his parents two sisters Esther Harris Eldora and Mabel Irland New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Borgen Flindt
T. B. Flindt
Cherokee
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mahlum and Anderson
Frank Yearnd
Clarence Kurtz
J. M. Amdahl
Gilbert Amdahl
Will Dickerson
Joe Hurst
Ross Fouts
Mr. Flindt
T. B Flindt
Estherville
Union Baptist Church
Esther Harris
Eldora
Mabel Irland
New York
Big $3500 Safe From Wallingford Bank Sold to Emmetsburg
The large burglar proof safe from the Farmers Savings bank at Wallingford, used after a past robbery that yielded nearly $20,000 in cash and bonds, was sold to J A Spies of Graettinger for use at the Iowa Trust and Savings bank in Emmetsburg. It will cost about $15 to move and will work with a time lock on both day and night, reducing annual insurance costs by about $250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Savings Bank
Wallingford
J. A. Spies
Graettinger
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Emmetsburg
Dolliver Groups Elect Officers and Legion Auxiliary Meeting
The Ladies Aid Society of Community church elected officers for the coming conference year: Pres Mrs M C Peterson, VP Mrs S B Reed, Sec Mrs A R Eckhart, Treas Mrs L P Stillman. Guests included Mr and Mrs Byron Sharer and Mr and Mrs D S Foster. The Dolliver unit of the American Legion Auxiliary elected officers: Pres Olive Miller, VP Edna Lenox, Treasurer Anna Marion, secretary Clarice M Mereness, chaplain Emma Richards, sergeant at arms Clara Moltzen. The October meeting will be at Mrs Ernest Moltzen’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D&wr
Ladies Aid Society of the Community Church
M. C. Peterson
S. B. Reed
A. R. Eckhart
L. P Stillman
Byron Sharer
Huntington
D. 8. Foster of West Branch
Iowa
Fosters
Hiram Griese
Dolliver
American Legion Auxilliary
Clara Moltzen
Olive Miller
Edna Lenox
Anna Maron
Clarice M. Mereness
Emma Richards
Ernest Moltzen
Fred Moltzen
Indictment in Rokabenna bank robbery case at Jackson
Grand jury in Jackson indicted Anthony Strain and Alice Martin for robbery in the first degree and entering a banking house with intent. Held since July 9 at Ramsey County jail in St Paul, they were brought to Jackson and placed in local jail under guard with flood lights to deter a rescue. They pleaded not guilty. counsel appointed for arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Anthony Strain
Alice Martin
Ramsey County
St. Paul
Hartzell Trial Set for October Eighteenth
Oscar M. Hartzell faces federal charges of using the mails to defraud in the Drake estate promotion. The trial in Sioux City will hear testimony starting Wednesday October 18 with John B Pratt of Cleveland assisting District Attorney Harry M. Reed. Hartzell allegedly attracted about a million dollars from Drake estate investors, many from Emmet County. Hartzell’s principal victims were in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar M. Hartzell
Drake
Sioux City
John 8. Pratt
Cleveland
Ohio
United States Attorney General
Harry M. Reed
Drake ¢State
Emmet County
Hartzell
Towa
Farmers Plan Big Festival in Emmet and Palo Alto
Farmers unions of Emmet and Palo Alto counties plan a mammoth picnic and fall festival for September 30. Sponsored by the combined Farmers Union and Farmers Holiday association, they promise a day of speaking sports music and dancing with details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Palo Alto
Farmers Union and
Farmers Holiday Association
New Dolliver School Board Member Appointed
Dolliver Sept 18 At a school board meeting of the Consolidated Independent district H A Tvedte local postmaster was named to fill the vacancy created by Paul Andersons removal to Howard Lake Minn Tvedte will serve until the next regular election
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolliver
Consolidated Independent School District
H. A. Tvedte
Paul Anderson
Howard Lake
Minn
Tvedte
Case Settled In Farmers Mutual Insurance Dispute
Andrew F. Kline, suing Farmers Mutual Insurance Company over a 2300 fire policy on his Klein farm dwelling that burned in December 1931, settled for 1330. The insurer claimed nonpayment of assessment while Kline said he was not notified. The hearing was due before Judge Davidson. Attorneys N J Lee and O N Ressell for the plaintiff and Wm S Johnston and F J Kennedy for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew F. Kline
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Klein
Davidson
Attys
N. J. Lee
O. N. Ressell
Council For
Insurance Company
Attys, Wm, S. Johnston
F. J. Kennedy
John Hayden Takes Management of Spirit Lake Store
John Hayden, son of local residents, takes over as manager of the Kraft-Wilson clothing store at Spirit Lake. Clarence Walton, after a decade as head, retires from management to become a traveling representative while keeping an ownership stake. Hayden has served as lead man in the store for nine years and is expected to guide the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hayden
Spirit Lake
B. F. Hayden
Kraft-Wilson Clothing
Clarence Walton
Hayden
Kraft-Wilson
Spies and Son Build Another Corn Crib at Graettinger
J A Spies and son Adolph are constructing a new corn crib at Graettinger described as a baby compared to the existing structure. It will measure 48 feet long, 24 feet wide, and 20 feet high, promising substantial corn storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Spies
Adolph
Graettinger
Times
15358 Canned Garden Sass for County Welfare
Emmet county plans to use 15488 cans of vegetables from the county farm to aid needy families this winter. The 28 acre garden east of the farm produced corn peas string beans Swiss chard tomatoes and more with four 55 gallon barrels of pickles. Farm manager Carl Groth notes limited canning capacity and discusses improvised equipment and fuel from farm wood. The program aims to price cans for welfare allotments and measure savings after winter. Labor hours and NRA wage boosts powered the effort, with 5872 hours by men and 2849 by women from May to Sept. Additional meat canning is considered as fall progresses. Doctors and local groups attend meetings and plan Get-Me-Nots drives for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Carl.Groth
County Poor Fund
Groth
Mason City
NRA
Dolliver Sends Eight Students Away to College
Dolliver report notes eight local students heading to higher education this year. Robert Olson has already entered St Olaf College in Northfield Minnesota. Percy and Velma Johnson and Andrew Oswalt enroll at Estherville Junior College. Nadine Stillman heads to Ames next week for her senior year in home economics. Mary Mereness and Ella Clausen start as freshmen at the same school. Winston Yeager will be a junior at Morningside College in Sioux City.
High school classes elect officers for first semester
At end of week meetings the four class groups elected officers and advisors. Seniors chose Ed Girloff as president, Eleanor Carlson as vice president, Stankey Fagre as secretary-treasurer, Harold Hansen as yell leader, and Miss Gertrude Dudley as adviser. Juniors elected Betty Mérron president, Sophia Bouw vice president, Lola Nelson secretary-treasurer, Maurice Sunde yell reader, and Miss Florence Chambers as adviser. Sophomores picked Donald Derwick president, Marion Gordinier vice president, Marie Griffith secretary-treasurer, Gerald Wee yell leader, with Mr. Shubel Owen as class adviser. Freshmen started with Genevieve Horswell president, Marion Kennedy vice president, Carola Mathis secretary-treasurer, Homer Robinson yell leader, and Miss Vivian Kelly as adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Girloff
Eleanor Carlson
Stankey Fagre
Sve.-Treas
Harold Hansen
Yell Leap
Gertrude Dudley
Betty Mérron
Sophia Bouw
Lola Nelson
See-Treas
Maurice Sunde
Yell
Miss Florence
Chambers
Sophorgores Chiese
Donald Derwick
Marion Gordinier
Marie Griffith
Sec.treas
Gerald Wee
Shubel Owen
Genevieve Horswell
Marion Kennedy
Carola Mathis
Sec
Treas
Homer Robinson
Vivian Kelly
Mrs Reed sale draws throng amid brisk bidding
The closing off sale of Mrs A S Reed yesterday drew a large crowd. Bids ran on cows from 20 to 31 for quality milkers, a three teated cow with calf sold for 89.50, a three year old gelding brought 65, corn in the field sold at 9 per acre, chickens not sold, sale clerked by Iowa Trust and Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Reed
Fishing Trip Return Highlights Big Pike Catch
William Post and companions from Mitchell and Sioux Falls returned Sunday night from Brevik on Leach Lake Minnesota after a week long fishing trip. Post reports a wonderful catch of big pike and good company with congenial friends. They found splendid accommodations at reasonable prices near Bear Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Post
Dr. Clair Post
Otto Mades
Mitchell
South Dakota
Rollie Dickinson
Bert Keith
Sidney Smith
Fred Scheupnecht
Geo. Angus
Sioux Falls
Brevik
Leach Lake
Minnesota
Mr. Post
Bear Island
Painfully Injured in Silage Cutter Incident Near Armstrong
Gar T Horswell of Armstrong suffered a severe laceration to his left hand last Wednesday when his arm was drawn into the rollers of a silage cutter at Axel Hansen farm north of Armstrong. He received ten stitches, with no bones broken, after freeing his arm before it reached the knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gar T Horswell
Armstrong
Horswell
Axel Hansen
NRA Parade crowns Estherville area showcases
Emmet county communities joined with 4 H club show and boys and girls institute to stage the county’s largest parade in Estherville. Five bands performed including Wallingford Armstrong Swen City Estherville and Fatherville Legion. Prizes favored county groups with awards to Estherville Armstrong Wallingford and additional float and marching categories won by local schools and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Dolliver
Ellsworth Township
Center
Jack Creek
Swan Lake
12 Mile Lake
Emmet County
Boys’ and Girls’ Institute
Wallingford
Maple Hill
Huntington
Armstrom
Armstrong
Swen City
Fatherville Legion Band
Roosevelt
Irks
Wrecker Restores Graettinger Gravel Pit Outfit
The Rock Island wrecker was called out this morning to set the clamshell outfit back on its feet at the Graettinger gravel pit. The big derrick was needed to put the outfit back on the track amid lingering cold last week and a shift to summer-like weather with a high near 85. Rain threatened yesterday with an oppressive atmosphere. Official readings for the prior 24 hours are given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Graettinger
Estherville
Yesterdy
District Court Jury Dismissed After Short Term
After Monday session the district court jury was dismissed for the term. The state of Iowa vs Freed may be heard later. previous evidence in the Nodh suit could prejudice a trial against Freed. A new panel will be drawn if Freed goes to trial. Johnson pled guilty to transportation of intoxicating liquors, fined $100 plus costs and six months hard labor, sentence suspended on good behavior, paroled to Sheriff Frederickson, appeal bond $500. Nelson pled guilty to resisting an officer, six months jail, sentence suspended on good behavior, paroled to Sheriff Frederickson, appeal bond $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Freed
Nodh
Therman A. Johnson
Johnson
Cliff Frederickson
Nels Nelson
Davidson
Frederickson
W. C. T. U. Annual Meeting Set at Armstrong
Emmet county W. C. T. U. will hold its annual convention next Friday at 10 30 AM and 2 PM at Mrs. Helgason home in Armstrong A covered dish lunch will be served at noon All who are interested in temperance work are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Counterfeit Ring Nabbed Near Springfield Minnesota
Local residents watched as federal officers swooped on Wm Winkelman former bank cashier of Essig Minn and resident of Springfield along with his brother Emil and two Mankato suspects. About $90 000 in ten dollar counterfeit bills were found in the Springfield room along with the production camera. The California Winkelman is being held for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Springfield
Minn
L. L Clements
Wm Winkelman
Essig
Winkleman
Emil Winkelman
Mankato
Raymond Martin
Winkelman
California
John Bosma 45 Dies After Operation In Estherville
John Bosma 45 longtime resident of the M S Julius home near Wallingford died Sunday at noon in Estherville after being brought to a hospital with a ruptured appendix. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Buffalo Center. He was born in Lohrville and served as a private in Co F 129th Infantry in World War I. Surviving are brothers Thomas Botma Buffalo Center Ale Pigmond Mo Lorence Woden and sister Mrs John Ricks Elbow Lake Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bosma
M. S. Julius
Wallingford
Estherville
Buffalo Center
Lohrville
Co. F
129Th Infantry
Thomas Botma
Ale
Pigmond
Lorence
Woden
John Ricks
Elbow Lake
Minn
Estherville NRA pledge drive signs by ward totals
A house to house canvass in Estherville collected 677 pledge cards showing support for the NRA consumers drive. First ward 198 signers, second 214, third 265, representing about 65 to 70 percent of homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
NRA
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Ward Smith
Sherman Morton
Ernest Christiansen
Richard Henderson
Angus Ward Smith
Donald Graettinger
Curtis Haahr
Ruby Jackson
Cecil Christiansen
Vern Flindt
Lloyd Grinde
Jack Kent
Billie Hannah
Halfa
Elmer Hanson
Joan Winkelmann
Mary Nelson
McKinley
Ruth Reinhardt
Gracia Himebauch
Florence Starkey
Dorothy Thompson
Lorraine Thorndyke
Marie Fredrickson
Iola Kine
Avonne Tott
Palmer
Mary Lynch
Lois Fransdal
Eileen Frank
Dorothy Perkins
Shirley Nielson
Joyce Willey
Donald Peterson
Dolores Olson
Marguerite Moore
Betty Lou Kline
Marvelle Burdette
Betty Tindal
Shirley Christ
James Kennedy
Frank Seelee Halfa
Alice Madison
Hala
Florence Loeschen
Donna Jean Sondrol
Joyce McKean
Harold Hanson
Christina Lowenberg
Emma Fedderson
Alice Camden
Norman Tvedte
Berniece Nelson
Beverly Christ
John Bush
Lewis Bormann
B. W. Nelson
Nelson Olaf Helland
Harry Schnell
John Bush Moar
Theo Christiansen
Evans
J. W. Pannell
Olaf Helland
Anne Anes
E. E. Logue
Nelson
John Bush Serenenee
Allan Hiles
Theo
Wallingford Bank
Dolliver Groups
V-Rokabena
Jackson, Minn
Dolliver Board
Case Against Insurance CO
Spies and Son
Vindicator and Republican
William L. Nelson
Center Township
V. Ad R
J. E. Harland
Mr. Nelson
U R
W. E. Bradley
L. W. Loving
C E Birney
M. T. Morton
Dickinson County Medical Association
Antlers Hotel
Service Star
B. F. Westbrook
University Hospital
Town City
Rere
Sarmouth
India
Vitti
Reed Sale
Town Lake
West Fimmet
120 Mile Lake
Elsworth
Muarching
High Lake
Denmark
Iist
Estherville High School
Emmet Consolidated
MccKinley School
Lincoln
Emmet Cons
Sane
Renee
Estherville Co-op Creamery
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