Emmet County News highlights local business, court, and fires
The EMMET COUNTY NEWS reports F. W. Con verse and L. R. Woods plan a land business partnership in California. The November district court term began in Hatherville with Judge Bailie for the last time. A barn burned at the Bert House farm near Estherville with the cause unknown. A Ringsted group forms a local L. O. Moose chapter. The Royal Neighbors of America set a convention in Estherville for November 20. Lake Park's team promotes work, and J. Vraun k Wray leases an $85,000 Perry hotel to open in March. Oskaloosa telegrams bring family tragedy for the Youngs from Oak Bluff. Arm strong residents discuss an electric light plant tied to Swea City factory plans. An Estherville tiler, Ervin E. Garton, killed himself by cutting his throat near Gruver after attempting to work on a new school. He recently moved from Marathon and was known as a temperate, hardworking man.
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Swea City Herald
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Estherville
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Tiler
Hoprig Hoping Church Briefs Tie Local Life
Reverend Johnson held services at Hoping church last Sunday. News notes a corn husker purchase, a child’s fall injury, a sociable at Nellie Blair’s school, and a ~30 dollar take. Local visits, rentals, and farm changes are listed amid social events. Thanksgiving dinner plans and upcoming Ladies Aid meeting are noted.
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Marty Wahldeick
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H. £. Vahldeick
Summer tragedy leaves a widow and three children
A partial obituary note records a man leaving behind a wife and three children. The fragment hints at a sudden loss, inviting readers to learn more about the life and family impacted by the death.
Wisdom of Mother Nature on deep sea eyes
The piece notes nature’s design in deep sea life, detailing animals below 200 fathoms with either oversized eyes or none at all. It highlights adaptations where some species retain eyes as flat plates whose purpose remains unclear, illustrating evolution’s range in vision.
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Jensen
Would Die as Man and Wife in Tuberculosis Story
A doomed couple married in a sanatorium at Morton Pennsylvania after seven years of illness. Both incurable TB victims, they met at Mount Airy where the bride nursed the groom back to health only to succumb to the same disease. The pair, sharing adjoining cots, chose to wed shortly before death.
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Morton
Mount Airy
Plan to Attend This Year at Central Market
A reader invites families to visit Central Market this year. The note highlights bringing the family to enjoy the market’s offerings and events. No specific dates or additional details are provided.
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