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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
4
Estherville Iowa August 8 1901 reports clerks and officials visiting Livermore and Minneapolis while detailing farm yields barley quality and infant death. It notes library board absence Buffalo Bill show trips Emmetsburg Cedar Rapids and Grover delegates and local real estate and ad design praise.
The Ammon & Brown flour mill resumes work after six weeks of repairs, now producing 100 barrels per day using six new gyratory rollers. The "New Silvia" flour is marketed as superior, shipped to Estherville tributaries, while the city works on health concerns and sanitary conditions amid hot dry weather.
The school board met in regular session with all members present except J. H. Griffith. The committee on teachers reported Miss Katheryn Murray of Winona county Minnesota and Miss Margarette Brown of Kalamazoo Michigan for mathematics and science in the high school at $40 per month. Old janitors re-employed: W. G. Floyd 45 cents per day, Dennis Allen 30 cents, Geo Scharfenberg 25 cents. The board fixed September 2 as the opening date and C. C. Doolittle was named census enumerator for the year. A. B. P. Lough seeks to enjoin city from issuing warrants for electric light and water works improvements. the council pursued new dynamos boilers and a Corliss engine, with work underway and plant ready by October barring court delays. The next county convention adjourned for two weeks. one thousand ballots cast previously. A Pan-American sales pitch appears with local ads for wallpaper, James Dean Drug Co., and a testimonial about electric bitters.
Trex. A. A. Wilcox to administer the sacrament and organize the Raleigh church class at the Colesmans schoolhouse at 11 o'clock. W. F. M. S. of the M E church to be hosted by Mrs. Alexander on North Seventh Street Friday at 3 p.m. East Cemetery Association to hold a market in the Bemis building east room with dinner and ice cream. Change in management at Estherville Manufacturing Co. Fred Meyers resigns. J. A. Cronholm of Algona to take over. Wallace Salisbury, 13, dies of diphtheria. funeral held. Bowling seeks to establish New Ulm Business College branch in Estherville. needs 40 pledges. Various brief anecdotes and notices follow.
Travel ads tout through NYC trains with vestibuled sleepers Chicago to Boston and dining cars. Meals on American Club plan from 35c to $1.00. John Y. Calahan, agent, Chicago details. Also scattered notices blend medicine claims, goods for sale, and Dakota land promotion with local business pitches.
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