Mrs Taylor Reports Western Trip and Fruit Ranch Purchase
Mrs Taylor recounts leaving Dec 16 and visiting Washington Oskaloosa Keota Atlantic Iowa and Lincoln Nebraska before continuing to Los Angeles via Cheyenne Leaven and San Francisco. She details San Francisco naval sightseeing with Asa, weather and snow in the Sierras, market scenes in Los Angeles, and the purchase of a near four- square- mile Rivera ranch with English walnuts oranges and berries. The note closes with an invitation to Emmet County friends and a salutation from Rivera California.
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Mrs. Taylor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Des Moines
Tooment
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Leamme
Ogden
California
Reno
Nevada
Sierras
San Francissco
Asu
Goat Island
Asa
Flora
Ratherville
Grant
Amy
Highlana
Redlands
Riverside
Taylor
Geo. KE. Delevan
B. F. VayiLor
Rivera
R. F, Do Nak
Printer’s Rating Machine Ready for Publishers
The Vindicator and Republicat Co. announces a rating machine capable of handling any class of work. A reasonable stock of paper stock and dew exceptions to furnish stock and rulings. Day orders accepted from publishers and appreciated.
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The
Vindicator and Republicat Co
Zeeman to Build Modern Home on Des Moines Street
Mr G Zeeman purchased the Tapesut property east of the Kree Baptist church and plans a season construction of a modern residence costing about six thousand dollars. The site is described as one of the best in town and expected to improve the area.
Des Moines Weighs Lincoln Birthday as Legal Holiday
Assistant Attorney General Lyon ruled Lincoln's birthday is not a legal holiday in town. The Thirty-third General Assembly had made it a legal holiday, approved January 25th, 1909, making last year the first observed as a legal holiday in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Lincoln
Lyon
Towa
Thirty-third General Assembly
Wis
Judge Heltsell Retires After Jury Losses
Judge Heltsell of Rock Rapids announces his retirement from general practice after a jury in Pocahontas delivered a verdict of 3500 for the Bonsantas case. He cited heavy bank holdings and the death of his partner as reasons for stepping away, planning to retire following a final few trials.
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Pocahontas
Heltsell
Rock Rapids
Hantas
Algona
Wrestlers and Society Debate at Broad Street Hall
A lively event featured literary society debates on whether women surpass men, with May Willissl, Nell and Prof Vangan Jee affirming and Mrs Barber and Mrs Axe opposing. A wrestling match at Elik's hall drew attention, with Relfstick defeating Shadle and others performing in the program.
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Miss May Willissl
Hinmann& Crimatin
Wyatt Law
Dickinnon
Gale
S. H. Matuiatts
Myerly
Prof. Vangan Jee
Barber
Axe
Charles Young
B. C
Elik
G. BF
ELS
Relfstick
Kingman Tiane
Rnmilige of the
Pacific
Seattle
Gin Goth
Kansas City
Reifstick
Wis
NM Ting
mQers
Meteor Falls Near Carrington in North Dakota
A large meteor struck about seven miles northwest of Carrington, North Dakota, burying six feet deep and lighting the night sky over the area. Residents awoke to a brilliant glow as the fireball burned for hours, leaving hot ground and a suspected ore fragment awaiting extraction for exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Carrington
Candlemas Day Traditions and Weather Folklore
The article discusses Candlemas Day on February 2, its church calendar origin as the Purification of the Virgin Mary, and public ceremonies in medieval Europe. It notes weather folklore about February and mentions Foley's Kidney Remedy as a health ad, ending with promotional language.
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Europe
T.lim
Bynce
Switzerland
England
Washington Memorial Hall planned to honor George Washington
The George Washington Memorial Association in New York plans a national campaign to build the George Washington Memorial Hall in Washington DC as a living monument to promote general diffusion of knowledge. Americans are urged to contribute funds and land to mark Washington's birthday with schools and societies supporting the project nationwide.
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Washington
Neation
Capitol
Neww Yorks
George Washington
Amorial
Washington, DC
Ars
George Washington Memorial
Washington, Academy of Sciences
National Federation of Art
Nationl Academy of Sciences
Ameorican Medical Association
Weking
Grand Army of the Repts
United Confederate Veteran
Daughter's of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confedercy
Space of the American Revolution
Wati
Ay Alsso
Waestington
Henry F. Dimock
Georges Washington Memory Association
60Th Street
Washington Memorial Hall
Dimock
Bheing
East 60Th Street
Enigmatic Halless Coronet Tale From May Rapids Item
A fragmentary notice from the Rapids Republican mentions Halless cornet, a tail of ten million miles, and a comparison to a longer tail of 1.2 billion miles. It discusses envelopes around a dart, a May time frame, and a possible sensation. The text also references farms and names such as Ting B Rowe and Recaran Co.
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Halless
Jong
Cudar
Rapids
Republican
Sears Roebuck Fraud Award Shocks Minnesota Makers
The Chicago firm Sears Roebuck & Co was ordered to pay $18,750 to Chas A Stickney & Co of St Paul Minnesota for fraud in listing engine power. A prior $10,000 judgment was increased on appeal as the two and a half horsepower engine was shown marketed as three horsepower and other overstatements spread across the catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Chas. A. Stickney & Co
St. Paul
Minnesota
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Seara, Roebuck & Co
Stickney & Co
Stickney
Sears, Roebuck &O
Redwood Gazette
U G T Council Organized In Estherville
Estherville Council No. 485 of the United Commercial Travelers was organized in the Odd Fellows hall on a February Saturday evening. Twenty-seven signed applications, twenty-one at ceremonial initiation, and officers elected include A J Gruetzmacher and M H Schloeman. Future meetings planned in the K of P hall with many young members eager to build a strong state council.
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Estherville Council
United Commercial Travelers’ Council of the
United States
Odd Fellows Hall
A. V. Weidnell
Sioux City
L. J. Edson
Council Bluffs
Ed Daum
John Sandren
Albert Lea
Lou Scharfenburg
St. Cloud
J. B. Levi
G. Hospers
A.J. Gruetsmacher
M. H. Sehl
K. of Py Hall
Henry Kruse
RO. Warner
Gey M. West
H. M. Cox
Sam Johnston
H. Schultz
A. J. Gruetzmacher
H. Wickersham
John Hansen
A .K. Groves
F. C. Trevett
Bos Wheelock
KH. J. Hartung
G. A. Nichols
W. A. Bisher
J.D. Broadgate
Spirit Lake
GO. G. Hospers
James Flatt
L. T. Drithey
M. H. Schloeman
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B. F. Taylor
Emmet County
the Vindicator
H. Bruno
Copany
Opera House
Nth & Akots
Foley
Farry
Ting B Rowe
Recaran Co
Catalogue House
Iowa Railroad Commission
Lamoni
Eldora
W. W. Bartlett
Wi. Bartlett
O. L. Bartlet
Bank of
Estherville
U. G. T. Council
Bruno
First National Bank
First National Bank Ino
Estherville,iowa
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