Will Call New Election On Bond Issue For High School
Local parties challenge the legality of the previous bond notice and papers. The school board plans a new election in late March or early April to authorize about 76000 for a modern high school building, urging strong support to beat last vote’s margin. Feckner's embezzlement charges threaten Graettinger Co-operative store and spark district court action. preliminary hearing held, case bound for March term. The report also notes a successful skeet contest by Estherville Gun Club and a midwinter school picnic at Berg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issu Os
Friends of Education
Graettinger Co-operative
L. E. Feckner
Minneapolis
Feckner
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
River Ice Pronounced Very Good By City Report
Des Moines river ice judged very good by Professor Glomseett bacteriologist of Drake University in a city council report. Ice from distilled water and consumers’ ice also rated good. L L Bingham of Estherville spoke at Congregational church, praised for integrity and high ideals, urging a balance of prosperity and moral duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glomseett
Drake University
Glomsett
Des Moines
Twenty Years Ago Republican Notes on Local Life
R K Soper rents Blow residence while N Peterson sells 160 acre High Lake farm for 25 dollars an acre. Leslie Littell plans a west river residence as spring opens. Chas Barber to build a North Sixth Street home costing 1500 over foundation. Rev Robinson fills Methodist pulpit then moves to Texas. Mr and Mrs Leslie Littell return from wedding trip via Minneapolis St Paul and Wisconsin. Chas Carpenter sells farm to G W Emmerson for 4347, taking possession March. Schultz family welcomes a new boy. Washington’s Birthday observed as postal holiday with changed delivery hours. post office open 9 to 11:30 and 6:40 to 6:80, rural carriers skip delivery. G C Allen Postmaster. Short Horn Bulls and Percheron stock for sale at Stock Farm managed by Geo W Munguay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Files
R. K. Soper
Blow
QO. N. Peterson
High Lake Township
Lesitie Littell
Chas, Barber
North Sixth Street
Sheriff Rae
Robinson
Paterson
Swan Lake
Texas
Leslie Littett
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Chas. Carpenter
G. W. Emmerson
Dows
Chas. Schultz
Emmet Township
Washington
G. C. Allen
Seventeen Year Locust to Visit Iowa Warns Expert
Ames Iowa February report from entomologist R I Webster cautions that a seventeen year locust will reappear this spring. He notes a history of regular intervals since 1844 and predicts central to southeastern Iowa will see the insects. They largely threaten young trees, with damage mainly to new growth during May to July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
R. I. Webster
Town Experimentatation
Mr. Webster
Webster
Adair
Adama
Audubon
Boons
Cass
Dallas
Davis
Decatur
Des Moines
Greene
Hamilton
Henry
Jasper
Jefferson
Johnson
Keokuk
Louisa
Madison
Mahaska
Marion
Marshall
Monroe
Muscatine
Polk
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Scott
Story
Taylor
Union
van Buren
Wapello
Warren
Wayne
World for March and Top Articles in Popular Science
A roundup of feature pieces and essays from Popular Science and Mechanics supplement. It includes The Health of the Cities by Dr F C Walsh and Sun Power to Irrigate the Nile Valley by Arthur St George Joyce, plus assorted titled works by Carlyle Ellis Hyde Kohr Prosser and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Ellis
New Orleans
Big Ditch
Harry M. Hyde
Alien Willey
Harry F. Kohr
William ‘I
Prosser
Marine Corps
Rene Bache
P. J. Preaton
Dr. F. C. Walsh
Nile Valley
Arthur St. George Joyce
Robert G. Skerrett
Robert H. Moulton
Popular Science and Mechanics
Dehli Durbar at Lyric Crowned Prince of India Reel
Special reel at the Lyric on February 29 features Dehli Durbar with two other reels. Grand show priced at 10 cents. Three performances listed as 7:16, 8:15, and 0:51. Contact 7 16 0 5 1 6 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
The Rutes For Lent A Pious Guide From Sioux City
The Lent rules begin February 1 and run until Easter Sunday with strict fasts and exemptions. Flesh may be eaten at meals on Sundays and some weekdays. eggs and dairy allowed at principal meals and collation. Two ounces bread with coffee or tea, Drippings and lard may be used. Sundays have no flesh. A bishoply indult eases some workers from daily abstinence but not the fast. A Lent season almsgiving and abstinence custom is urged, plus a church supper on February 22 featuring roast pork and other dishes with prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upiahep Garrigan
Sioux City
Duas
Nook
United States
Price Hikes A Reynolds Print Finds Prince Buyer
A London dealer argues over value with Sir Joshua Reynolds as a second hand shop stumble uncovers a print of the Duchess of Rutland after Reynolds by Valentine Green. The dealer had bought it for four pounds and sold it later for one thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Reynolds
Eketeh
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua
London
Duchess of Rutland
Reynolds
Valentine Green
Jernigham
Blondes Getting Scarcer and Darker in Future
A scientific forecast warns that blonde individuals are thinning and darkening, predicting the rise of "whitey browns" as the prevalent hair color. It suggests preserving blondes is possible but would hinder civilization’s progress, with fewer women remaining divinely fair in coming decades.
Dogs Smuggled Aboard Dover Steamer By Women Officers Seize Pets
Smugglers in Dover include women hiding dogs in pockets under clothing and in muffs while boarding ships from Calais. Dogs bark or are concealed in parcels to evade quarantine and customs checks. One man was fined after pockets in a rug contained three dogs. Officers note women frequently succeed where men fail and quote a critic on honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Calais
The Innocent Abroad At Intel Holwarde
James Morro a day clerk in Kansas City recalls a tale from a rural guest who registered from Osborne Kansas in a hotel. The guest chose the only unoccupied room with a private bath and feared someone would use the bath only access through his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Morro
Intel Holwarde
Kansas City
Inga
Chicago Inter Ocean
Osborne
Kan
Morro
Campaign for Moderation in Food and Drink Education
Susan B. Tracy argues overeating harms more than excess drinking and other dissipation. She notes neurasthetic conditions stem from table stuffing and daytime nibbling, urges early lessons in moderation, and links temperance to a broader moral campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan B. Tracy
Naraesa
Jamaica Bloin
Boston
Appointment of Jay Heffelfinger as Estherville clerk
Jay Heffelfinger is appointed Estherville post office clerk under civil service with a starting salary of 600 the first year, 8 the second year, and 1000 thereafter. He and five others passed the November exam, won out over rivals, and he began duties Friday after learning of the appointment. He previously worked two years at Soonberg Kilgore’s grocery store as an efficient, courteous clerk expected to perform well in his new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Heffelfinger
Estherville
Civil Service
Soonberg &. Kilgore's
As & Post Office
An Angels Give
A brief reflection on giving a thoughtful gift of kindness to a friend as the angels would.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacDonald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graettinger Co-Operative Store
Armstrong
Esthherville
Berg School
Ellen Doyle
Web
See
Barringtons
Converse
W. A. Kerr
Logan Wilder
John Johnston
Wm. Draper
Geo
Andereor Deen
Ole Burdabb
Diasees KO Total
Beers
I Ewes
Bhiely
Carlaen
Thornen
Bstiner
Carlson Ates
Mry Valley
Sever
River CE
L. L. Bingham
Congregational Brotherhood
Congregational Church
Bingham
Brotherhood
Commonwealth
Gxo
W. Munguay
the Lyric
Ladies of the Christian Church
Ini
APT
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!