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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1915
Page
4
A Cedar Rapids Republican item discusses king drags versus road scrapers and their mud shedding improvements. It notes financial strain in the East, South, and West forcing tours by big circuses and locates amusement in smaller towns. The piece laments local manners and mentions laws on tipping, smoking, and bridge use.
Fragmentary wartime note states Germans captured War saw and remarks the sacrifice may be greater than any prize, implying high cost and uncertain value of the gain.
The article notes possible political motive in the Rosenthal murder involving Lt. Chas. Becker of the New York police force while contrasting it with a legal punishment. It also recalls a Lake Park News item from July 23 forty years earlier on corn tasseling and harvest, then shifts to a civic booster message urging town engagement. An East Side Cemetery Association stockholders meeting is announced for Wednesday, August 5, at the court house, 8 o'clock, with Hazel Bemle as secretary.
A fragment notes that better tilting improves corn yield and urges hiring a tiler next week to save for next year's NTN crop. It mentions Comont Products Do as a contact.
Long list of visits and departures across Estherville and nearby towns. Notables include Chas Howe visiting Albert Lea, Blanche Young of Ringsted staying with Estherville friends, and R S McNeil departing for a Minneapolis vacation. Several locals attend funerals, conventions, or travel to Spirit Lake and Templar Park, with numerous guests at parties and cottage weekends. Apples for sale advertised at end.
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