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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1914
Page
2
A bank advertises five percent interest on savings accounts promising to help savers avoid idle funds. It urges readers with unused family funds to open an account to earn money instead of letting cash sit idle.
Iowa tops the nation in the number and value of horses with a January 1 value of 16.9 million dollars and 1.584 million head. Illinois is second in value, Texas third, Kansas fourth, and Missouri fifth. the article notes the Iowa horse industry as highly profitable and growing despite autos and other farm tech.
A lengthy account describes a southeastern Iowa repair shop that grew into an Iron works plant, later supplying boilers used in the Blackstone Hotel Chicago and Keystone Watch Works Philadelphia. It notes a local entrepreneur’s success, Iowa manufacturers’ week promotions, and broader Iowa farming and marketing themes, with emphasis on regional industry and the state’s growth.
Winifred Knowlton, newly licensed, drives alone on icy roads and skids into a ditch. A mechanic chauffeurs her car to safety, repairs follow at a country house, and a family reveals he is the son of the household, leading to an awkward lunch and a promise to drive her home later.
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