Brief City News Highlights Local Happenings
Mr and Mrs James Maloney drive a new Overland car. Fairmont voted 617 to 430 to reject a license. Eighth grade exams set for May 6 and 7. Mr and Mrs Chas Ridley traveled to Germania where Ridley base took a new job. Rural teachers held an instructive meeting here. H Scott a chiropractor from Emmetsburg will move to this city. Swan Lake plans rural school consolidation with all trustees supporting it. Hot week fuels vegetation growth with buds swelling. A local correspondent corrected Keith Cockburn misinfo about hotel ownership. Rose Ellis has leased and renovated the Freeport hotel east of the M and St L depot. Sheriff Nivison visited from Estherville to oversee county prisoners. Emmet county to hire facilities in rival county for inmates. Renwick officials visited Estherville to inspect schools and plan a new schoolhouse. WANTED Reliable man for fine paying position in Emmet county. Special Saturday cream offer noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Ridley
Germania
Ridley Base
Emmetsburg
Swan Lake
Rose Ellis
Freeport
M. and St. L
V. and
Keith Cockburn
Nivison
Estherville
Munday
Emmet County
Falo Alto County
Emmetebury
Strange death message linked to war in Europe
A Paris correspondent in the London Telegraph recounts a grieving wife whose musician husband, Sergeant Remy, left for the front and warned her he would signal if he fell. After he died in action, a violin string snap on two notes Re and Mi appeared as a foretold message, a tragic coincidence amid war news.
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Europe
Aarta
Gioinfest
Remy
RSP
Paris
Cor
London Telegraph
Why Not Be a Jitney A New Idea Says Life
A Life magazine excerpt argues for jitneys as independent buses free from tracks, promising instant transportation at the cost of traditional franchised routes and regulatory controls. It questions bonds, legislation, and social planning, urging readers to embrace unrestrained mobility.
American Plumber Honored Statue Idea Proposed
Barry Pain, visiting lecturer, suggests a heroic statue in New York harbor of an American plumber as a companion to Liberty. He notes America’s vast bathroom supply and asks who founded the United plumbing movement, vowing to learn and recognize the first American plumber.
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Liberty
New York Harbor
Barry Pain
America
New York Press
iFISH HATCHERY AM INTERESTING PLAGE contracted from page one
A historical note describes the fish hatchery plan for Iowa waters. It covers egg hatching rates, stages from fries to fingerlings, and the release of pike and bass into lakes and ponds. It notes feeding, water life, and the goal of expanding good fishing around Hinshaw. Claude Ketchum and Miss Gertrude Bryan wed in Estherville with a small home ceremony.
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Ifish Hatchery
Towa
Tria
Hinehaw
Iowa
Flah Car
State Fish Car
Hinshaw
Ascension Day Observed By Esdraelon Commandery
At a Tuesday meeting of Esdraelon Commandery it was decided to observe Ascension Day on Thursday May 13. John Ross Fred Hendershot John Randolph and Lloyd Stockdale were named a committee on general arrangements with sub committees to be appointed and overall supervision of plans. Polson. Warner Cyrus W Polson and Mina Julia Warner were married Tuesday at the bride’s parents home with only close relatives present. The groom is the eldest son of E Polson living nearby and after a short wedding trip they will return to join his father in business near Emmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Ketchem
Gertrude Bryan
North Sixth Street
Mitchell
W. R. Bryan
Jack Creek Township
Ed. Ketchum
Estherville
City
Esdraelon Commandery
John Ross
Fred Hendershot
John Randolph
Lloyd Stockdale
RK. BR Mellwain
Lioux City
Dan Thetle
B.G. Saunders
Emmetsturge
W. Kerr
Arkansas
Kerr
M. G. Miller
Nice
Mable McClure
Wichita
Kanaas
City of
St. Paul
8. C. Packard
Catherine
Hardy
Packard
L. Pickell
Ochevedan
Dolliver
H. Williams
Arthur Tutcher
John Amundson
Graettinger
L. P. Stillman
Bert Clark
C. B. Sullivan
J. B. Mitchell
County Board of Supervisors
Edstor C. G. Lighter
Terris Tribune
Lighter
Publighing & Paper
Yorks
Kenneth Turner
Gale Morse
Minneapolis
A Kesson In War From Collier's Weekly
A fragment from Collier's Weekly describes a perilous trench crawl through a war torn sewer excavation. The narrator notes bad weather, sporadic meals, and occasional dynamite to signal danger while an obliging policeman fires at them in a distant direction. The piece casts a grim, bleak view of war.
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Kesson
Collier’s Weekly
Change In Holland’s Flag To Avoid German Confusion
During the war the Netherlands altered its flag to reduce confusion with the German flag. The red white and blue stripes remained but the dark blue stripe was replaced with a lighter shade to better protect Dutch shipping.
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Holland
Ita
Purely Personal notes from Emmet county updates
Purely personal items recount a wide range of local visits and travel. The page lists numerous residents visiting relatives and friends in Betherville Dolliver Estherville and nearby towns, plus several attendees at meetings and events in Des Moines Sioux Falls and other places. It notes travel by J W Madden L L Bingham F F Sowles and others, plus health updates and a note about Kunkel's Bakery selling ninety eight pound four sacks at 50 cents per dozen.
Receivers Appointed for Rock Island Railway Company
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway was placed in receivership by Judge Carpenter. I J Midge and Jacob M Dickinson were named receivers as the company unable to meet over 5 million in short term notes and obligations before May 1. The move follows a petition by American Steel Foundries, claiming 15,000 against Ridgeway and Dickinsons. The railway held 95 percent of the stock of the operating company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Judge Carpenter
United States District Court
New York Stork
I. J. Midge
Jacob MM. Dickinson
American Steel Foundries Company
A.C. Ridgeway
Wo FL Dickinson
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
New York
Register and Leader
Free Trip to Exposition Contined from Page One
Farmers join an Ames club to raise corn on an acre plots with seed, tools, and record keeping. Members submit expenses and dates for fall reports. Prizes judge yield cost, quality, and a personal history of growing corn. Enrollment routed through local leaders or state agents to Ames.
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Mai
Ames
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Superior
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al Butler
Ceylon
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Pilot Mound
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Rathven Wan
A. B. Anderson
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West Bend
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Des Moines
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Van
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Spencer
Qraettinger
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Chicaen
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Craettinger
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Ringsted
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Liev
Armatrong
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Corwith
Mise Kit Oxter
John
Mike Morrissey
Seneca
Illinois
Emmet
Kunkel
Hakery
Rock Island
Herman Craneky
Kunkels Bakery
Pyright
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