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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
5
April Arbor Day plans and community notices fill the page with library fundraisers and moving picture show openings in Spencer and Estherville. Updates cover political candidacies, business changes, entertainment at the opera house, and civic notices along with anecdotes and short sketches from local life.
A compact roundup of local movements with visits and trips. Names include A Williams, Milo Hunt, W H Hodge, Byron Coon, Charles Norby, Geo Walker, Miss Rose West, Sen KF I Little, Herman Graat, N O Johnson, Mrs J Riley, F W Converse, A P Hargrave, Rev J R Daly, H W Jensen, Jay Mitchell, Earnest Floyd, Charles, L E B Francis, Miss Grace Miller, Miss Myrtle Campbell, W E Hodge, Mr and Mrs Frank Wing, John Rosa, C M Brown, Geo Groves, Dr Kulp, Mrs J Ridley, Miss Laura Klopp, Miss Nannie Klopp, Walter Kingman, S M Chambery, A BE Gaylord, Jota Randolph, Nela Anderson, Stover, Prof Stiles, Anton Bank, Winn Schellman, Misses Winn Schellman, Dr C K Birney, Mrs Gail Morse, Miss Lizzie Biglow, D Barnum, Miss Flossie Dillon, Mrs W F Barnhart, Chas Grant, Miss Helin Groth, H K Groth, Mrs J H Rhoden, Archie Pierce, Mr and Mrs A D Root, Mrs Pat Murray, I N Salyers, Mrs John Barber, Miss Anny Koehler, Miss Mary Goodell, Fred Siver, Atty Pallinson, Clarence Ladd, J M Wigton, Hol Sanborn, Mrs Roy Burt, Mrs J Irwin, Mrs P He Stedman, Mrs S W Morse, and others.
North bound Rock Island passenger train struck a little girl on the Clarion bridge Saturday afternoon, causing instant death. Conductor Scherer of a Winthrop to Storm Lake route is quarantined for smallpox. Conductor Dueharm leads the big run. New law requires three fourths of freight cars to have air, prompting air-equipped cabooses on Rock Island lines. Estherville cabooses to replace old stock. Accidents include No. 431 losing a driving wheel near Ottoxon to West Bend, injuring Fireman Bishop. Ed Green of Cedar Rapids and wife attended Garner funeral of Mrs. Flagg. Green now Rock Island trainmaster overseeing 400 miles south of Cedar Rapids. Engineer McArdis has moved to Titonka for run Garner–Titonka. Chas Kilgore in Cedar Rapids on railroad business. Conductor Bowdish ran between Estherville and Sioux Falls during Ridley’s absence. Go see Shadle & Co for wallpaper.
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