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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
7
The notice lists wheat 58-64, barley 90, flax 1.25, corn 28, loose hay 2.4, cattle fat 81.60, butcher stock 83.40, hogs 64.00 to 84.50, and other commodities including cats at 18 and aye 37 reflecting pricing in market terms.
A roundup from Estherville covers an upcoming wedding of Jack Cain and Grace Foote on September 26, a Modern Woodmen picnic at Osgood, and Hill's Players three nights at Spencer. Also noted are a new cement sidewalk on Lincoln Street, construction of a city jail, and the Clerks versus Printers ball game. Extra Agent Enger arrives to relieve Cashier Blythe, mail service anticipated on the M and St. L, and various trips, camps, and theater incidents around Spirit Lake Okoboji and surrounding towns.
Estherville becomes passenger and freight division of the M. & St. L after a week of discussion and a message to Agent Nicholson. Iowa Central extension from Algona to Estherville now part of M. & St. L. locals expect permanent division here. Hospital construction advances with Fred Bolter supervising foundation work. building measures 43 by 38 feet, two stories with basement, hot air or hot water heat, electricity, brick veneer. Amateur ball game at the Fairgrounds ends with a win for the counter-hoppers in a close contest.
Chas Martinson won the Emmet County Championship cup at Wallingford last week. Ayers led early but missed late. final scores show Ayers 16, Bev 17, L. Anderson 12, Cain 9, A. Mundyon 10, Sevatsen 11, Knowlton 10, Martinson 18, Birdall 11, C. Anderson 12, Durkee 7, Kline 22, Buckman 15. Seven extra events added. about 1,000 targets were shot. a gun club is forming in Wallingford with grand shoots planned. The teachers’ institute lecture at the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening featured Prof. J. Percival Huggett of Coe College on The Forgotten Millions. Pres. McCormick sent Huggett in his place.
A flurry of social mentions from Estherville highlights visits and trips. J L Storla is home from South Dakota, Walter Lohr hosted friends at West Bend, and Misses Lila Hill and Margorie Gibson visited from Milford and Emmetsburg respectively. Numerous locals journeyed to Chicago Des Moines Spencer Marshalltown and St Louis for family, work or leisure. A steady stream of relatives and friends cross paths as Ed Robinson Ed Allen Ed. Engaged travelers include John Smith and Anna Davis wedding plans and a Park crowd at Arnold’s Park with extended rail travel chatter.
Roadmaster Howe reports double tracking on the Burlington line from the Mardwick extension to Lake Park, adding a small round house and signaling growth for Lake Park with a new brick depot planned next year. Gun Dell Collins & Knees of Minneapolis target Estherville as a fruit distributing hub, with a first California fruit car expected in about thirty days. Iowa Central is nearing a lines extension from Algona to Estherville, linking coal regions and opening open countryside with several new towns likely along the route.
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