Snow Grips Town As Lincoln Birthday Week Begins
A six inch snowfall blankets the city Sunday with forecasters predicting lingering cold. Local events include a moving picture theatre opening, a tri county teachers meeting, and a grand closing of the Spirit Lake flour mill amid merchant challenges.
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Emmetsburg
Shorty” Howe
Oak Hill Cemetery
Frank Carpenter
Hot Springs Arkansas
Pat Howe
Palace
New
Moving Picture Theatre
W. C. Ayers
Chas. Howe
Roy Goggin
Tri County
Palo Alto
Dickinson
Emmet
Spirit Lake
Missionary speaker to address Christian church services
Des Moines Mrs aura De Laney Garst a returned missionary from Japan and noted speaker will address the new Christian church next Sunday delivering a brief Sunday School talk at 10 am occupy the pulpit at 11 and again at 7 80 pm and speak to Juniors and friends open and free to all Ladies Aid of Federated Baptist to meet with Mrs Sam Collins Wednesday Feb 16 and Christian church to meet with Mrs Chas Keeler Friday Feb 16 events include toast Master A H Nash prayer chaplain H M Morgan solo Clair Voote and poems with Chas Bixby and P H Paulson as guests. program notes provided.
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Aura de Laney Garst
Des Moines
Japan
New Christian Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Federated Baptist Church
Sam Collins
A. H. Nash
H. M. Morgan
Clair Voote
Beeleveney
Pye
Chas. Bixby
P. H. Paulson
Scien
Harold Hudson
State
Qne
L. L. Bingham
Savings Bank Recommends Applicants by Accounts
A merchant advertised for a boy to fill a position and found six applicants at dawn. Only one had a Savings Bank account, which the merchant used as a quick test of qualifications. The bank touts a 5 percent interest rate in its Savings Department. ESTHERVILLE STATE BANK G. Akeman, Cashier.
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Estherville State Bank
G. Akeman
First Anthracite Coal in Philadelphia History
The article recalls the 1808 arrival of the first two tons of anthracite coal in Philadelphia and residents attempting to burn it before breaking it up. In 1822 Colonel George Shoemaker sold eight to ten wagon loads in the city but faced warrants for taking money under false pretenses.
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Philadelphia
George Shoemaker
Canine Rudders and the Bible Cake Recipe Mock Feature
A humor piece riffs on dogs guiding themselves by their tails and a mock Bible cake recipe citing chapters and verses for ingredients. It also notes that the handkerchief originated in Italy, tracing its spread to France and Germany with an 18th century example and a London Globe citation.
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Italy
China
Alps
France
Germany
Careful of His Gun in Kentucky Mountain Tale
A Kentucky tale recounts a hunter Dan with a friend on a hunt. A rabbit appears as they pause atop a hill. Dan refuses to shoot uphill saying he would not strain any gun. Judge Sizemore to perform with the Gilpins next week, playing a piano nonstop under hypnosis.
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Lat
Kentucky
Dan
Purely Personal News Roundup
W W Follam returns from Omaha and Nebraska trip. Oscar Haynes of MankatoMinn, visiting sister Mrs Hans Sconberg, back home. George Murray home from Germany and A F Biglow home from Grahtinger. Mrs F C Williams and Rosella Amundson's daughter return from Oklahoma. A J Rhodes at Ghievro for auto show. Svp Denning family head to Marseilles Minnesota. John Hanson to Chicago for business. Mrs Johobbesgood hosts Sunday school class with oyster supper. Mr and Mrs KE Sullivan of Dolliver in Estherville. Geo Scoville of Jack Creek visits daughter Mrs Hugh Lawrence. Hans Leonberg in Granite Falls Minnesota. Miss Margaret Weed visiting Orleans friend Miss Gladys Helm. Mr and Mrs Wred Vandershot back from Monroe. Miss Florence Wrenel to Green Mountain. Milo Hunt to Storm Lake. Conductor Dan Casey and wife move to Cedar Rapids. Casey in charge of Cedar Rapids Estherville through freight with Sunday layover.
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Jonh Hanson
Chicago
Johobbesgood
Miss Larson
The
Baptist Church
KE. Sullivan
Dolliver
Estherville
Geo. Scoville
Jack Creek
Hugh Lawrence
Hans Leonberg
Granitealls
Minnesota
Beaufort Hotel Promises Motherly Interest at 112 Third Street
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple room counts and prices for properties on N streets and Lincoln, plus an offer tied to the Beaufort Hotel. A nostalgic ad tone mentions a nurse and a mother boasting of her baby boy, with scattered names and locations.
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Blaerrer
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J. W. Goshli
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C. J. Langren
Valley Junction
G. A. Peterson
Fort Dodge
H. A. Bechtel & Sons
Langren & Peterson
Bechtel
Dowt
Emmet Co
Iowa
M. H. Schloemman
I. W. Hepp
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County Recorders
Armory Rhetro
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Annette
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McDonald
Hilda
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Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Chas. Keeler
Eugene Walters
Real City
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Nau Brothers
Mr. Sizemore
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Shadle
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F. M. Shadle & Sons
W. W Follam
Omaha
Nebraska
Oscar Haynes
Mankato
Minn
Hans Sconberg
Geo. Murray
Germania
A. F. Biglow
Grachtinger
F.C. Williams
Rosella Amundson
Oklahoma
A.J. Rhodes
Ghievro
VP. Denning
Marseilles Minois
Margaret Weed
Orleans
Gladys Helm
Mrs
Wred Vandershot
Monroe
Florence Wrenel
Green Mountain
Milo Hunt
Stormbake Tuesaday
Dan Casey
Godar Rapids
Casey
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
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Beaufort
Third Street
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Anderson Drug Co
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