Charley Graat and the Train Dispatch Office Tale
An item notes Charley Graat holding 4 percent of Johnny Rhodes' place in the train dispatcher's office for a week during Johnny's vacation. Ruth Ballard returns from Luverne Minnesota. Retired Pete Baker dies in Daylight Tennessee, a pioneer settler of Estherville. Coal borings advance with south well about 126 feet and north well 150 feet. Pendleton owned a prize ticket in Louisiana lottery yielding thirty thousand dollars. Oats exceptionally light. mail tote records 400 letters. Maria Pingrey completes term in Armstrong Grove and heads to Hillsdale Michigan. Artie Maxwell sets up a show tent at Seventh and Howard with a crowd of youths attending the first performance.
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Charley Graat
Johnny Rhodes
Johnny
Ruth Ballard
Luverne
Minnesota
Pete Baker
Tenn
Baker
Pennsylvania
Estherville
Petersburg
Jackson County
Orson ,Rice
Spirit Lake
Dickinson County
Iowa
B. H. Pendleton
Tom Pullen
Maria Pingrey
Armstrong Grove Township
Michigan
Hillside College
Artie Maxwell
Seventh
Howard Streets
News items from Ellsworth 1898 inclusion and local notes
In 1898 Republican files note Geo Rugtv as a local champion shocker and invite calls for info. Miss Hattie Ridley of Estherville to teach fall term in Bob West district. Mrs Bert Caylor dies after long illness in Center Township. funeral to Dayton, Iowa. Foxes welcome a big boy born July 4. Estherville loses lawn tennis pennant. Doolittle and Woods attend West Bend contest. Livermore wins. Senior KKK club hosted by Mrs M L Archer with husbands present. Nels Lee buys half-interest in A W Snell law firm. will move from Des Moines by Sept 1. Charley Brown at Omaha fair. Allen family to Denver for weeks. James Barnum resigns from Percy Fullenweight’s store. to Minneapolis. Mrs Tomlins expected from Chicago. Ladd and Foote chosen by Grace church vestry as delegates to Davenport convention Sept 6 for Iowa bishop election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Geo. Rugtv
Ellsworth
Hattie Ridley
Estherville
Bob West
Center Township
Bert Caylor
Dayton
Iowa
Chauncey
Fox
H. H. Doolittle
F. P. Woods
West Bend
Livermore
M.L. Archer
West Side
Nels Lée
A. W. Snell
Des Moines
Lee
Charley Brown
Omaha Exposition
F. E. Allen
Song
Eddie
Donald
Denver
James Barnum
Percy Fullenweider
Minneapolis
Tomlins
Grace Church
Chicago
W. A. Ladd
W. H. Foote
Davenport
Percy
Estherville Readers Endorse Doan's Kidney Pills
Estherville readers recount kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills. A. B. Ammon, railroad engineer, 415 East Walnut, says backache and kidney issues from his work improved after using Doan's. The ad notes price at dealers and urges asking for the kidney remedy. A stray line mentions a recruiting office and names W. P. Gallowax in unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vindicator
Republican
Dean
Estherville
A. B
E. Ammon
East
Walnut Street
Doan
Railroads Receive Large Government Advances During War
The article details substantial government advances to railroads to cover back wages, loans, and compensation. It lists totals since January 1 reaching 208.7 million dollars, with July disbursements split into back wages, demand loans, and partial compensation, and highlights major individual railroad allocations and surpluses turned over to the railroad administration. It also notes Iowa war proclamations issued by Governor Harding urging patriotism and war effort participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Seaboard Air Line
Missouri ,Pacific
Hudson Manhattan
Eineryares
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville & Nashville
Southern Pacific
Santa Fi
Denver & Rio Grande
Burlington
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Hudson & Manhattan
Missouri Pacific
Harding
United States
Washington
Lincoln
Ages of soldiers in Civil War debunked by Iowa study
Professor W. W. Gist reports rosters of Iowa regiments show far fewer under sixteen and far more men aged 26 and older than official records suggest. Most enlisted at eighteen, some at seventeen, with a small number from ten to sixteen in support roles or on the battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Gist
Iowa
State Teachers’ College
State Historical Society of Iowa
Gist
Boys Examined by Medical Board for Defects
Those who registered in June 1917 and June 1918 are being examined by the medical board for physical imperfections. The examination began Saturday and will continue until all registrants are processed. Ninety eight registered in June 1918 and will be examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Board
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Estherville State Bank
B. B. Anderson & Sons
Crowell Building
Lincoln St
J. N. McClanahan
C. W. Hansen
Lows Gardton
FA Sete
Offire
W. P. Gallowax
the Root Lumber Co
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estherville, Owa
Brimet Co
Eagle Clothing
Howard Espeset
J. Hansen
W. Bachman
Sconberg & Kilgore Block
North Seventh St
A. Anderson
Rhodes’ Bloc
R. G. Ross
Sixth and
M. E. Wilson
Kilgore & Klocow
Holwe
B. Soper
D. R. Alexander
Soper & Alexander
Emmet County
C. E. Birney
Birney Block
Ceinite
D. D
Iowa Savings Bank
Weert
Joyce Lumber CO
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