Motor routes successful save postmaster Frank Carpenter
Estherville Iowa November 27 1916 Postmaster Frank Carpenter defends Burlesons motor vehicle mail routes replacing team routes in Estherville noting faster service and lower costs. Since September 1 three carriers cover about 53 miles daily and complete work by early afternoon saving $1800 annually. He cites better delivery for rural patrons fewer complaints and improved roads, urging broader adoption of motor routes nationwide.
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Frank Carpenter
Estherville
Democrat
Emmetsburg
Burleson
Jefferson
Armstrong
Witherville
Priory
Maxwell
Republican Papers
Esther~ville
Ial
Ames Short Course Banquet and Week of Instruction Planned
Two thousand delegates from farming, engineering and banking will gather at Ames for the winter short course week January 23 February 6. The program is complete with lectures on beef cattle dairy cattle swine sheep horses and poultry, livestock from outside breeders, stock judging classes, incubator work demonstrations, and hot stock conventions including hog cholera eradication and state cattle breeder meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Towa
Iowa Beef Producer's Association
Iowa Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association
Iowa State Dairy Convention of Cattle Breeders
Clare’s Potato King Claim to Irish Grower Prestige
Clare’s Potato King M T Griffin proclaims Irish grower status after a tuber mailed to his daughter Miss Regina postmaster of Clare weighed nearly four ounces. He planted it and harvested ten pounds from twenty five potatoes in fall. Fort Dodge resident McGrady dies Saturday morning while talking with a friend.
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M. T. Griffin
Clare
Miss Regina
McGrady
Ft. Dodge
Which Way Is the Fairer? Graettinger Cash Store Ad
A Graettinger cash store pits mail order price and service against cash prices. It argues mail order saves freight but forces bulk purchases, while its cash terms avoid interest and bad debts and offer single-item buys with local service. It claims mail order misrepresentation and FTC action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Sears Roebuck
Chicago
Petene
Japan
United States
Federal Trade Commission
MATL
Gasoline Tank Colors Target Fire Safety, Iowa Circular
Deputy oil inspector Dan ONeill cites 1913 Iowa fire deaths as fuel for a public notice warning dealers to store gasoline and kerosene only in vermillion red tanks or cans clearly marked GASOLINE and KEROSENE. The Des Moines circular bans red containers and requires strict enforcement, with penalties for violations.
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Dan O'Neill
Iowa
Des Moines
160 Acres sale near Graettinger Ruthven Iowa farm
Auction of 160 acres known as the Ver St Helvig Farm in Lost Island township Palo Alto County Iowa set for 10 oclock p m Wednesday December sale at the farm location described. Purchaser to assume a 6000 mortgage and 9000 cash held for five years at 5 1 percent. H M Helgen Referee Emmetsburg Iowa. Wear Lake Wins in Basketball and Notice of Appointment of John Graff Administrator of Elizabeth Graff estate in Palo Alto County Iowa.
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H. M. Helgen
Emmetsburg
Towa
John Graff
Elizabeth Graff
State of Iowa
Pato Alto County
Relief from Indigestion With Chamberlains Tablets
Mrs. Thomas Casey of Geneva New York reports her husband suffered years from indigestion with stomach pains and discomfort after meals. After using Chamberlains Tablets he found immediate relief. Sold by Bert Hughes in Emmetsburg Iowa.
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Chamberlain
Thomas Casey
Geneva
N. Y
Bert Hughes
Emmetsburg
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Shadbolt
Middleton
Clare's Potato King
Crystal Lake
del Monte
H. Leslie Wildey Graettinger
Ralph King
John J. Obrien
Eximetsburg
Sale
Wear Lake
Clear Lake
Plymouth
Nari Springs
John Grafp
Wm. J. Fisher
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