Busy week in Estherville with crowds and notes
Estherville merchants faced a busy Saturday with one of the winter’s largest crowds in town. Reports show pay day for Rock Island workers was light due to snow blockades. Local happenings include new hires, resignations, family moves, and plans for infrastructure and entertainment in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Montgomery
Walbn Petersen
Rank
Estherville
Rock Island
Cox
Allendorf
J. G. Fleck
Wallingford
Mugsre
Geo
Rugtive
K. K. Nau
Harling
Paulsen
B. E. Whitmore
Yakima Valley
Washington
Finley
Social gatherings brighten life on N 8th Street
Miss Jessie Ridley hosted a Saturday evening with twenty friends from Emmetsburg and Spirit Lake joining at her home on N 8th. Games and music flowed, refreshments followed, and departure came too soon. Mrs. A C Brown and Mrs. F H Rhodes hosted a February 22 luncheon with red white and blue decorations and guests including Mrs O Madson from Algona. The D A RR gathering at Mrs Rhodes’s home featured patriotic decor, business, fancy work, a dinner with Geo Washington hatchet place cards, and a chocolate flower-pot ice cream dessert shaped with a miniature cherry tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Ridley
Geg.Letchford
Ridley
Harlan HB. Soper
Emmetsburg
Mary Ferguson
Spirit Lake
Mesdamea Birney
Brown
Lyons
A. C. Brown
F. H. Rhodes
Joe Orvis
D. A. RR
Rhodes
America
Geo. Washington
Medames Rhodes
Orvis
Reid Peterson Nuptials at Peterson Home
Mr Chas Reid of Grover and Miss Walba Peterson of this city were united in warptage at the Peterson home on North Eighth Street Tuesday February 2 at high noon. Rev Jackson of the Episcopal church of Emmetsburg performed the ceremony. A reception followed with many friends and relatives in attendance. The couple left that evening for a short wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Johnson
Ella Weke
Thos. Kinnard
South 7Th Street
Akre
Johnson
John Hanson
Orleans
Emmetsburg Tribune
Floyd
Rock Island
Republican
BE. L. Wrigge
Iowa
Chas. Reid
Grover
Walba Peterson
Peterson
North Eigth Street
Rev.Jackson
Episcopal Church of
Emmetsburg
Heppy
Personal mentions of local residents and visitors
A collection of short notes places Frank Wing from Lake Park, Ty Irwin, Misa Grace Miller visiting relatives at West Bend, and several others from Spirit Lake Estherville Cedar Rapids Chicago and Armstrong. Entries cover business visits, travel to cities, funerals, house hunting, and a planned Pacific coast trip by Mrs. Ridley and Miss Ridley, with snow delays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wing
Lake Park Thureday
Irwin
Misa Grace Miller
Weat Bend
Mitchell
Swea City
Frank Albro
Bnamess
Spirit Lake
W. A. Waterman
Fred Person
John Handets
Cedar Rapids
D. L. Harkness
Estherville
Fr. M. Foster
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Lopez Island
Mias Ridley
Daring Estherville Bank Robbery Stuns City
Word arrives of a bold heist at Estherville Business College bank. Cashier Brood and Assistant Marr report cash and items missing totaling 207555 dollars and 18 cents. Detectives pursue leads while speculation swirls about internal complicity and a looming moot court trial date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brood
Marr
Estherville Business College
Board of Trade
Elise
Neurance P
Boon
Howard Accepts Des Moines Railroad Post
W W Howard left Thursday night for Des Moines to take a chief clerk position for the division superintendent with the Great Western railroad company. His family will remain until school closes and will likely move to Des Moines afterward. The Pull Fastener is sold by the Vindicator and Republican Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Great Western Railroad Company
Mr. Howard
The
Vindicator and
Republican Co
Onions as a Pneumonia Cure Per French Physician
A French physician touts hot onion poultices as a cure for pneumonia. The recipe uses six to eight chopped onions, rye meal, and vinegar to form a thick paste placed in a hot cotton bag on the chest. Poultices are reheated every ten minutes, with relief expected in hours. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for support after a bereavement.
Tobacco ethics and local notices in a 19th century paper
The column contains miscellaneous items including medical cautions about a malady and its cure, a stance against tobacco as a pernicious habit, shoe repair ads for Kingmans, a church guild meeting with Mrs. W. A. Ladd, and a sale notice for Blymer silver pens. It also lists unsettled accounts at the European Hotel under C. A. Nancolas and W. V. Howarp with a call to settle or face collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fim
Nancolas & Howard
C. A. Nancolas
A. NaNcouas
W. V. Howagp
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Montaville Flowers
Herb Peterson
Satellite
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Tatelty
EK. O. Keeffe
Mason City
Higbe
C. G. Quamimen
Orville Turner
Will Sweet
Titherville
John Doe
W. R. Ashford
Clinton Herald
Masonic Lodge
Verne Mitchell
Denmark Township
Fenton
Herman Oransky
New York
Henry Granfhag
Fd Fitzgerald
Freight
Grant Bhaw
Graver
Montana
Sibley
Waterloo
Jo. D
Soldier Boys
Goggin
Campbell
North Eighth Street
Marshall
B. J. Bergeson
Greattinger
Sioux City
Graettinger
Farmers Institute
Betherville
Superior Creamery Association
Thos. Buckman
J. M. Plummer
Don B. Smith
H. Anderson
C. O. Anderson
L. W. Clark
Austin Jones
C. F. Hanson
O. W. Webber
John Jacobs
Harry Hanson
Geo. Tuamley
M. Ms. Sorenson
the Vindicator
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Reid-Peterson
Hugh Lawrence
Chas Graat
Chicago
W. H. Hodge
Ed. Sanborn
Albert Lea
C. M. Brown
Iowa City
John Gifford
Iowa Falls
Samuel Larson
Donnell
Spirit Iime
A. Anderson
M. Sullivan
W.&e. Turner
Humboldt
W.H. Gibbs
Armstrong
J. B. Mitchell
Neville Ras
Fort Dodge
Felby
R. R. Hudson
Chas
Dayton
Oskaloosa
Dale Severs
Oscar Robbins
Minneapolis
Lou Saharfenburg
St. .Cloud
Etherville
Nau Brothers
QO. B. Peterson
Big Red Clover Belt
Minnesota
Aitkin Co
Finlayson
Bruno
John J. Hoffert
University Ave
St. Paul, Minn
Detroit News
Muuch
Kingman’s
Church and Society
Bypiscopab Church
W. A. Ladd
Kingman
S. T-Aw
Gale
Vindicator
Albro
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