Fire destroys Coon block and nine adjoining buildings
A wind driven blaze from the Coon block last night wiped out the west block of shops in Estherville. Nine other buildings burned, with total losses around 157,700 and partial losses to several merchants. Occupants escaped. local firemen and citizens saved adjoining property, while the Bank of Estherville reopened in a new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon Block
Brothers Dry Goods
Davis, Sillge and Miller Block
H.C. Coon
M Sbadle & Squs
Bemis Bros
Bank of Estherville
J. Robinson
Vindicator & Republican
F. Albro
Block
Helen Roupe
Robert Foster
Coon Tock
Bank OF Esthenville I Vartens
Bank of Mstherville
H.G. Graaf
Eagle Clothing Store
H. Q. Graaf, Sr
Eagle Clothing
H. Ryopes
Trains Tied Up by Storm Across Rail Lines
Storm kept all Rock Island and M. and St. L. trains from moving last night with wires down. Passengers were held at Ia Falls Germania and near Sherburn while crews worked to restore service. Christmas notices and local visits fill the rest of the town’s brief notes as residents travel, host relatives, or mark holiday events.
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Rock Island
Iowa Falla
Germania
Sherburn
Mrs J Higinbothams Visitor Goes To Washington
Mrs. J Higinbothams mother visits here then will move to Washington to make her home. Mrs. Bellman accompanies her brother home and will visit relatives and friends as Chas Higinbotham and family are.
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Mrs. J. Higinbotham
Washington
Portraits of Noted Local Figures in Early Event List
EK Mills W V Sweet B Trimble Mrs Cora Rhodes Hal Wells Wm Breck Dr Fister Chas Lyon F C Sidle Geo K Patterson F V Cannon L Peterson are listed among prominent names in a historic community record. The snippet documents local residents associated with a past event or society directory, highlighting a crowd of repeatedly named individuals across professions.
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EK. Mills
W. V. Sweet
B. Trimble
Mrs
Cora Rhodes
Hal Wells
Wm. Breck
Fister
Chas. Lyon F. C. Sidle
Geo. K. Patterson
F. V. Cannon
L. Peterson
Christmas visitor notes fill Clinton area households
Residents welcomed relatives and friends for Christmas. Local names include Miss Lillian DeVaney of Worthington visiting Mrs. W. C. Butcher, Mrs. E. J. Ketcham and son to Kansas City, and Dr. Oshier and wife of Graettinger at the W. H. Jones home. Many travelers returned from Chicago, Mason City, Ames, and Des Moines for the holidays, with teachers and students coming home from Grinnell and Iowa City.
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Ed Neilson
Hia Aleter
Germania
Tom Larson
Graettinger
Frank Buck
West Bend
Elmer Bingham
Minneapolis
Herb Nichols
Des Moines
R. A. Barron
Chicago
Bert Champlain
Galt
Mattie Johnson
Armstrong
James Hardy
Watertown
J. N. Riley
Swea City
Ivan Cotant
St. James
H.S. Greig
South Dakota
Leo
Updyke
Cedar Rapida
Mattie Hanson
Sioux Falls
Clarence Ladd
Lowa City
W. BK
Alton
Fort Dodge
Clinton
Lillian DeVaney
Worthington
W. C. Butcher
Attorney Paulsen
Mrs. Paulsen
Mason City
Davidson
Spirit Lake
H. H. Davidson
Dr. Oshier
Babe
W. 9. Jones
E. J. Ketcham
Kansas City
Henry Knoch
Myrtle Teskey
Leonard Blakey
C. E. Fuller
Toledo
Bert Clark
Iowa Lake
Iowa Savings Bank
Clarence Ford
Ames
L. H. Scharfenberg
Don A. Bradley
National Biscuit Company
Robert Tweedy
Albert Lea
Wm. Tweedy
Brand
Iowa Falla
Thos. Brand
California
8. M. Compton
Dea Moines
Inez Mitchell
Grinnell
When Forks Were New At Henry III S Dinner
A historic 1574 Venice dinner recounts guests first using forks to eat artichokes asparagus peas and beans. The lady observer notes forks kept hands from touching meat and guests rinsed hands afterward, marveling at the new dining aid and its etiquette impact.
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Henry III
France
Henry
Venice
The Mississippi Immense Volume and Moods of the Yellow Flood
A Birmingham Age-Herald traveler describes the Mississippi River’s vast yellow flood. He notes its sublime majesty between shores, moods from calm to furious, chocolate hues, erosion of banks, and trees swallowed by the current as the river shifts with rain and sun.
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Birmingham ‘Age-Herald
Could Not Be Settled Out of Do A Good Story Told Conce
A magistrate devoted to smoothing over titles and ragged claims faced a case where the warrant was for technical quailities. The evidence disclosed that the parties were neighbors and a dispute arose from a local title matter.
Out-of-Court Hope Fails in Long Dispute
In a court scene the judge laments the strained terms between old friends now facing a formal hearing. The plaintiff remains resolute, noting the case cannot be settled amicably, while the defendant refuses to back down, asserting the cur won’t fight.
Tortoise Shell Cradle in Pau Displayed
A relic in Pau in the Basque Pyrenees draws visitors to the bed room of Jean d Abret wife of Anthony of Bourbon King of Navarre The infant son born in 1553 there later became Henry IV of Navarre near an antique walnut bedstead lies a tortoise shell cradle about two feet long and eighteen inches wide said to cradle the prince at birth.
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Pau
Basses Pyrenees
Jean d’Abret
Anthony of Bourbon
Navarre
Henry IV
Gift of gracious speech eludes Mrs Cobb at concert hall
Bagged at Leat. Not even Mrs Cobb's best friends could claim refined speech, though they praised her kind intentions. She breathlessly greeted an acquaintance as she emerged from a crowded concert hall, exclaiming she had chased a wild goose all day and finally found them where she least expected.
The Foolish Fish and the Fisher Boy Dialogue
A humorous exchange about fishing ethics features Deacon Good arguing against harming fish and the Fisher Boy replying that baited worms are used for fishing. The dialogue, printed in a Boston Transcript style, underscores the minor moral clash over drawing fish from their native water.
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Deacon Good
Boston Transcript
Quite a Difference Between Lunch and Luncheon
A light captioned quip from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune contrasts the terms lunch and luncheon with a humorous reply that a luncheon costs about a dollar and a quarter more. The brief joke highlights changing language in everyday meals.
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My Bay
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Taxation in the reign of George III
The text notes taxes in George III’s era with the least levy at threepence and higher duties. It contrasts lower values taxed at threepence with items over 13 shillings assessed at two shillings, illustrating historical tax structure.
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George III
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Dr. Birney
Wnear
Dr. Galloway
Geo. Patterson
Geo
EB. Brower
J.B. Binford
Kendall & Paulson
Pletcher
C.C. Doolittle
Woodmen Lodge
Heeley Koupe
Coo Commision Co
Txtures
John Rygg
W. H. Hodge
Delos Walls
W. H. Davis
Nau Bros
F. M. Shadle & Sons
Neu Brothers
Bemis Brothers
John Rugg
Vindicator
Republican
Chtep Connelly
Ford Connelly
Coon
Mr. Coon
Fhogé
Bank of Estherville Announcement
Binelig
Broad
Scott
Miller
Austin Andrews
John Richarda
McGuire
Roy Merriot
Jake Taylor
Perry Irwin
Claude Richards
Higinbothams
Mr. Lathrop
Swan Lake
Mrs. Sweet
Angie
Cedar Falls
Father Daley
Fred Parsons
Hia
C. D. Osgood
Sibley
Carl Hybert
Rolfe
Chas. Peterson
Wallingford
Fern Robinson
Cedar Rapds
O. Dillon
Neva Wiltsie
Brandon
R. ¥. Bodell
Waterloo
Gruwell
Dunnell
Estherville
James Doyle
Jack Wilson
Ki. Fletcher
Winlalow
Patterson
Algona
Wm. Linke
Minn
D. R. Alexander
BE. B. Soper
Kwwmetsburg
Warren Stanhope
Hia Gister
Ceylon
A. B. Hoff
Independence
Emil Cronholm
Storm Lake
Grover
Harry Eglin
Morse W. Crowell
Wm. Maxwell J. Hacket
Chas
Lyttle
Ole Anderson
N. B. Carson
G. K. Allen
Jnd
Banka
Eric Fred Stade
D. R. Lausen
J. EF. Rawson
W. W. Barnes
L. J. Clark
Rev. Heady Holmes
Wm. Lush Harold Svaren
H. Bemis Henry Kitchener
A. F. Sampson Thorvald Anderson
Minnie Fritz
Hanske
Mina
Srie
Oscar Hart
Andrew Anderson
Pexas
Hoe
Texas
Sweet Jurgens
Grundy Center
John Biom
Bileworth Township
Jurgens
Biom
Esthervilli
JSOVA
Mississippi
Chicago Tribune
Hetort
Mr. Lapleigh
Miss Pert
H. C.brees
Firoffee and Iveast
Lowa
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