Local and personal notes from Estherville area
Irving Marten of Emmet township to run the Oak Hill Guernsey herd this winter during G A Nichols absence. Miss Bal Shannon returns from Cedar Rapids and Dallas Center. Mr and Mrs Van Nuys plan winter in California with their daughter. Mrs E F McFarland visits from West Bend. County Treasurer E H Hanson frostbits, promises better protections. Mrs Hannah Hayes and family relocate to Estherville. Floyd Resh rides to Eagle Grove. Rindernecht and others visit. Many residents travel for Thanksgiving and visits to Des Moines Clinton and Kansas City.
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Irving Marten
Emmet Township
Estherville
Oak Hill Guernsey Company
G. A. Nichols
Bal Shannon
Cedar Rapids
Dallas Center
Iowa
van Nuys
California
Rev
Mrs. Voorheis
E. F. McFarland
West Bend
E. W. Bachman
Wisconsin
Bachman
E. H. Hanson
Hannah Hayes
Armstrong
Lincoln Street
Floyd Resh
Eagle Grove
G. C. Rindernecht
J. M. Jensen
Lone Rock
AL Finnand
Rockwell City
John Jensen
Little Gen
Clinton
J. G. Sando
Schneider
Armand Matsen
Sidney Wilson
J. &. Peterson
Bo Wickland
Carlisle
Arkansas
Missouri
Nels Nelson
N. W. Larson
Christmas gifts from Uncle Sam baby bonds and stamps
Do your Christmas planning early and buy government savings certificates and War Savings stamps. The $100 Treasury Savings certificate costs $84.40 in November, with $100 on January 1, 1924. The $1,000 certificate costs $844, delivering a thousand in five years. War Savings stamp price $4.22 in November yields $5 in five years. Thrift stamps at 25 cents each. Certificates issued in registered form. purchase through post offices, banks, or direct from Seventh District War Savings in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Treasury Savings
Washington
Seventh District War Savings Organization
West Monroe Street
Chicago
War Savings Stamp Song Revisions for War Effort
A printed verse pair urges thrift and patriotism through revised War Savings Stamp lines. It references a little man trading gun bits for stamps, and Humpty Dumpty learning to save, urging readers to buy stamps and support the government war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Humpty Dumpty
Cab
Humpty
Thrift Habit and Self Discipline Pronouncement
A quirky quotation extols thrift as a daily habit shaping behavior. It likens early habits to lion cubs that grow powerful, urging readers to choose a habit that governs spending and earning, with a playful misprint note about thrift guiding expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Bob
Murder Ends Renwick Man’s Life in El Dorado
Renwick-John Goasset, son of a former Renwick citizen, was murdered recently at El Dorado Kansas. He was hired to drive robbers to an oil field and was found tied and shot through the heart, with reports he refused to aid a crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renwick
John Goasset
el Dorado
Kaw
Ington
Minnesota
Meekes
Hartley
Prison system notes fall and winter labor trends
Inmates’ numbers may grow before winter as commitments rise in late fall and winter. Farm prices remain high and iron workers report good output. The furniture factory stays busy and external work from Woodward Clive and Knoxville adds income. Some inmates save from state pay and send funds home, with amounts ranging from twenty seven to fifty five dollars. Sioux City hosts a golf demonstration by state champion W A Kishigo, a Sioux Indian and Mitchell high school athletic director. An elevator operator at the Des Moines club, a Winnebago Indian named Eagle Feather or John Smeade, oversees elevator mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Clive
Knoxville
Sioux City
W. A. Kishigo
South Dakota
Kishigo
Mitchell High School
Des Moines
Eagle Feather
John Smeade
Automobile Revenues Jump in Iowa Motor Vehicle Funds
The Iowa motor vehicle department reports a revenue rise from July 1 to October 31, 1919, totaling 574,880.51, compared with 368,261.01 for the same period in 1918. The gain over the predecessor’s five months is about 206,619.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State
Farm Loans at 5 per cent in Estherville Iowa
FOR SALE-My home one mile south of town, six room house with garage, chicken house, barn, wash house and large new building. 1 acre fenced. Small cash payment, balance easy terms. Par ties interested inquire at this office. TAKEN UP- A Chester White male pig about 150 pounds, W. A. Schultz. WANTED-One or two lady room ery in modern home. Mrs G A Nichols, Phone 776. FOR SALE-One Emmet county atlas, Last edition. Inquire at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Siberia
Red Cross Bank
Amp Dodge
Charles K. Brown
Brown
France
Stephen M. Foote
163Rd Field Artillery
Fort Banks
Boston
Chester
W. A. Schultz
G. A. Nichols
Emmet County Atlas
Haul Tile Now for Large Sizes to Load in Weighing Gaps
The message urges moving heavier tile sizes seven through twelve and beyond to ground for main outlets. Limited stock remains and December roads suit travel better than January drifts. Teams can be loaded immediately to expedite shipments.
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Peleeee
Carl Iverson
Minneapolis
Pine River
Miss Olson
Algona
J. M. Lindstrom
Griswold
Miss Beck
Westview
Gladys Christensen
Fenton
Reba Bixby
Fairmont
Gladys Winterfield of
Jewell
Vance Law
Anna Mouritsen
M. C. Mouritsen
John Madgen
Kansas City
Rochester
Maude Hall
Grant
Montgomery County
W. M. Winner
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Far East
Brother Sandy
State News
John D. Lanz
Kossuth County
U. S. Army
United States
Algonsa
Eik
U. S
Interchurch World Movement
G. P. Mitchell
G. W. Robinson
James B. Burling
A. M. Haggard
D. D
Chas. S. Medbury
Clarion
William Knadk
O’brien County
Worth
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
State Board of Control
S.C. Packard
South Third Avenue
Sons of the Pathfinder
Iowa Volunteer
Heaton
Hampshires
H. Heaton
Sows Savings Bank
Farm and City Loans First Trust and ‘Savings Bank
F. H. Rhodes
Fred Hintz
Cement Products Co
The
Grand Theatre
ALL Star Company
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