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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1904
Page
8
Community brief listing residents acting and ill, school term ends, upcoming events, local work changes, and shop notices. Mentions visits, illnesses, a basket social for library funds, and local business ads from Jay Johnston & Co and a pharmacy.
Oscar Refesll returns from Redwing where he attended school. L L Gunderson recovering at home. Mr and Mrs Lewis Jacobson celebrate twenty fifth wedding anniversary with gifts. Frank Gildreth hauling lumber for a barn. road repairs by James Ressell. various local visits and social events. births announced. church reorganizations and Easter programs. ads for drugs, potatoes, books, wallpaper. rentals and farm notices. funeral attendances in Armour SD. many small items from Gruver and Twelve Mile Lake area.
The Grace Church annual parish meeting elected vestrymen for the coming year: John Montgomery E E Hartung J J Klopp W A Ladd N B Carson A Peterson and P F White. The law vestry elected officers Senior warden E E Hartung junior warden F J White treasurer John Montgomery clerk W A Ladd. Delegates Fr White and W A Ladd to the Adjournal Convention, to be held in Davenport May 17.
The Northern lows Association hosted a Declamatory contest in Mt Vernon with winners advancing to Denison on April 21. Clare D. Homer Spencer and Clark Magan Mt Vernon led in oratorical class. Lillian Delknap Avamda and Mayme Bell Denison in dramatic. Vera Lillibridge Grundy Center and Leo Struble La Porte City in humorous. Prof. Dukes presided and praised the meeting.
Yuan Shi Kai commands China’s army and navy and heads Pechili province. China has massed nearly 100,000 troops on the Manchurian frontier to deter Russia and protect the empire. Military leaders believe Japan could be aided by Chinese forces if Japan falters, while Yuan is known as an opponent of Russian aggression and sympathetic to Japan.
The regular city council session covered January to March reports from the street commissioner and weighmaster, authorizing salaries for year ending March 31, 1904, and amendments to an electric wires ordinance. Library trustees reported building and maintenance funds, book counts, and outstanding balances, with a note on unresolved building contractor settlements. The council adjourned and reconvened to elect a health physician, while notices for rental properties were listed by Roy J. Ridley.
Pasture two miles north of town will be ready for stock May 1 with feed water shade and salt. Terms 95.00 from May 1 to Nov 16. Owners responsible for their stock. Also real estate transfers listed including Burkhead EJ to Andrew Mitchell and others. Also an ad for Cure Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with Be W Grove signature on each box.
Lovella Blanche Trimble born November 2, 1880 near Lexington Iowa grew up in Alnsworth Iowa. She joined the Methodist Episcopal church at age ten and remained faithful. Her illness of fifteen months showed a patient spirit and she deathbed testified Jesus is the light. Funeral at Methodist church burial in West Side cemetery.
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