Local Notes Include Travel, Real Estate and Events
Tuesday updates: A. Care goes to Davenport while Freeman heads to Tacoma. McNally paints his residence. Mrs. Moore returns from Pan-American. Mrs. Croswall visits her ill mother in Waucoma. Real estate and construction expand with a $3,000 house for Wm Rhodes at Estherville and sidewalk work on Main Street. Mix of local games, county fair prep, and upcoming Held Hunt on August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
EF. Freeman
Tacoma
Myles McNally
J. R. Moore
A. G. Croswall
Waucoma
Witaffer
Wm Rhodes
Estherville
Peter Grethen
Mitchell
South Dakota
Ruthven Boys
Spencer
P. F. van Gorden
East Main Street
Local notes from Graettinger and nearby towns
A compilation of social greetings and visits across Emmetsburg Estherville and Ayrshire. Movements include Eddie Merriman in Emmetsburg and Jack Wilson's Estherville trip, dances attended, institute visits, church services, and family visits. Weather outlook warns of a hot-to-storm pattern late July into early September with a period of cooler days mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Eddie Merriman
Emmetsburg
H. ON
Osher
Estherville
Jack Wilson
P. H. Donlon
Kate
Jake Brennan
L. A. Ferguson
Minnesota
E.G. Kent
Colfax
Des Moines
E. A. Baumgartner
Hattie
Rosie Groth
Wallingford
Martin Mylore
Clara Thompson
Sioux Rapids
Goyda Larsen
Cynthia Cameron
Alice Richardson
Teachers’ Institute
Rosa Jacobsen
Abbie Carney
Ellen O'Connor
Institute
S.R. Stedman
Ayrshire
Gridley Postoffice Burned at Gridley
Fire gutted the general store owned by FG Tuttles in Gridley, destroying the post office. Total loss around $1,000 with only stamps saved. Insurance covers building and contents. Cause of the blaze unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gridley
Appointment of Asmastes tratrix in district court
A notice from the district court announces the appointment of an administrator for the estate of a deceased. It states that creditors must present claims by a specified date and directs interested parties to contact the undersigned attorney for the estate. The document lists the administrator and legal representative, and is dated by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto Canney
Ate
Ate Beqnestel Lp
German and American trade friction in Europe
An Enginering Magazine excerpt discusses how German goods are made salable in Russia and the challenges to American machinery. It critiques packing practices, shipment routes, and pricing schemes, citing brokers and manufacturers to explain how purchasers face limited redress and fixed prices, with mentions of Russian and German markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disssia
Ameri
Amer Sporters
New York
Russia
United States
Jean
Alept
Fca
Hle
von Pen
Cottage Heirlooms and English Oak Furniture
Fragmented passage discusses rural cottage heirlooms in England, valuing oak furniture passed down among villagers. It notes the shift as newer items replace older pieces, with farmers and villagers reflecting on preservation versus change. The text hints at social context and attitudes toward heritage versus modern abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Village furniture cycles back from cottage to hall
The London Express notes fashion in furniture shifts as villagers abandon modern chairs for the older style. After periods of change the despised pieces regain favor and reappear in homes, moving from cottage to hall as tastes revert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Express
Good Enough For Him. Two Brothers Visit London Office
Two brothers toured a firm of American machine agents in London. One led a major English manufacturer, the other an engineer who had lived in Pennsylvania. He urged upgrading to a modern plant to double output and cut costs. The other hesitated, arguing the old machines were good enough, as their fathers used them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pennsylvania
Tom
Tony
Fanian
Father
Brindfather
London Mail
Wanted More Vacations and Time for Healthful Recreation
A skeptical essay urges Americans to prioritize rest and leisure to sustain health and virtue. It argues that excessive work dulls character, harms the nation, and that spending time on wholesome recreation can restore civic virtue and prevent moral decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aus Nun
Lestie
Riddle of the Three Irishmen and the share of Lineas
A math puzzle where two of the three Irishmen try to divide four Lineas equally but fail. The third man then proposes a simple split: two for you two, and two for me too, yielding an apparently even but paradoxical division.
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TORK
Okoboji Lake
Josie Dealy
Fort Dodge
McNamara
Wuaverloo
J.C. Bennett
Cedar Rapids
Col. Ormsby
B. K. Kelly
Tuas
O’connor
A. M. Helgene
Atkinson
Algona
Manson
West Bend
Appelman
Mayne
The
Lakes
Crowder
Durand
Rockford
Minnis
Montgomery
Ab Neary & Menzies Heh
Spring Woot Springs
Ogden
Erie Fenat
Alente
Mmerigan
Quer
Matt
James Brennan
John Brennan
Ruthven Items
Edwin Anderson
E.A. Beeritt
Mrs. Redfield
Dell Remington
Dickens
Emily Finnigan
Will Martin
Geo. Nolan
Radd
Lulu Rice
Josie Tramblee
Pred Ront
Roy Ruthven
HW. M. Helgen
Emmetsburt
Henry Fitzgerald
Plover
Frank
Helgen
Norway
Florence Wilcox
Mike Kelly
Greene
Grady
Lins City
Hanson
Rufata
E. P. McEvoy
Emmet County
Tuttle Lake
Wells
Harry Dickinson
Curtis Photograph Gallery
Ed Wright
Ida McClellan
Vernon Township
J. H. Douglass
Waterloo
Sioux City
Anti-Saloon League
Archie Parsons
Ilinois Central
Fonda
Uwlinois Central
Netter
Asmastes Tratrix
Daten
Immetshure’s Greatest Store
Collingwood Mills Fabrics
J. H. Knoblauch & Co
McCormick
Emmetsburg, IoWa
Williams College
Wordsworth
Brown Ing
Ales
Humboldt College
Humboldt
Towa
Milwaukee Denot
G.W. Wurrsox
Rocky Mountain
Drtegist
R. B. Kidder
Jetsburg
Madison Medicine
Fannens’ Savinos Bank
Chas. McCormick
Binkley Hiney
Sanne Gallever
la Grange
Georgia
Bucklen
gEhe Democrat Office
CVE
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