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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
10
The column records residents visiting and returning home from colleges and trips, enlists names such as Mrs. Ole Quastad Miss Ethel Mitchell and J. O. Kasa, notes weather impacts on farming, school close for summer, and social events in Doliver Estherville Raleigh and surrounding areas with mentions of labor, real estate, and community visitors.
Monday pay day in Rock Island. Sadie’s night at the Elk’s next Monday. Des Moines Grand hosts King Perkinen Company. a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Hansen. Dr. Clinkie sports a new four-cylinder Buick. Town ball team loses to Business College. Porter Williams gets a pony from George Williams of Princeton. Midred leases the U S Express building for jewelry stock next month. Orleans hotel at Spirit Lake likely not rebuilt. J I Woods moves to Estherville. Drake family to Columbus for railroad convention. Fifteen laborers shipped in to load coal. Incumbent supervisor seeks re election. N J Lee runs for Emmet County representative. Lee praised for first term. influential on 2-cent passenger law and primary election bill.
The R. Olson Jewelry Stock formerly in Williams & Anderson Drug store has been moved to Estherville Music store, first door south of Graaf Clothing Store. Your repair work solicited.
F I Gorton died at his son's home east of town last Friday after a week long illness. He was 77. Funeral from the residence Sunday afternoon with Rev. Cole of the Methodist church. Buried in Oak Hill cemetery beside his wife and two sons who preceded him. Survived by two sons Chester A. Gorton of White, South Dakota and G L Gorton of the county. three daughters Mrs F A McCreery of Clarion Mrs Joe Thackeray of Marion and Mrs C H Calkins of Idaho. Mrs Calkins is deceased. she had lived in the county thirteen years since moving from Linn county in 1905.
A warm, generous rainfall blessed the state Friday, boosting pastures and early sown grain. The piece critiques broad hats in church and notes Earl Miller visiting, then touring northern markets as a tinware salesman for a Rochester firm with Chicago HQ.
Des Moines April 7 Special: Allison supporters file a renomination petition for Iowa senator. Over 4400 names attach to the endorsement, surpassing Cummins petitions. The drive highlights farmers and townspeople backing Allison against Cummins and criticizes political manipulation in the party.
The United States dairy industry shows rising butter fat prices in 1907 with roughly 6,000 creameries and 1,800 cooperative plants. Local creameries paid farmers about 28 to 29 cents per pound of butter fat in 1907, lowest in June at 24 to 25 cents, after freight and commission costs. The USDA seeks more data on returns when farmers sell through cream buying agencies rather than local creameries, requesting monthly reports for 1967.
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