Goodrich Expands Sales Network With 38 New Stores
The B F Goodrich Company announces plans to open thirty eight new stores by March 1 to broaden its United States sales organization. Newly appointed managers and assistants, trained in Akron under A Kohler, will run the outlets and implement company sales policies for all Goodrich products.
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United States
W. Q. Rutherford
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
Ohio
Goodrich
A. Kohler
Goodrich Company
Blizzard word origins debated across Minnesota and coast
The article traces competing origins of the term blizzard from Marshall Minnesota in 1878 to Atlantic coast gunfire slang and later Western usage in 1880 81. It cites Deacon Seth Knowles at Charles Whitney’s hotel and suggests the Vindicator of Spirit Lake may also have influenced the term. It ends noting a Lake Spirit residence project by G Zeeman premiering this spring.
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Marshall
Minnesota
Newa Messenger
News- Messenger
Iowa
Charles H. Whitney
Seth Knowles
Lyon County
New York Post
Atlantic
Sandyhook
Currituck
Minneapolis
Bates
Deacon Knowles
Best Recommendation for Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mrs Amanda Gierhart of Waynesfield Ohio writes that Chamberlains Cough Remedy has been used in her family for twenty years and has never failed to cure a cough or cold. Burt Jones of South Sixth Street Easterville reports receipt of a car of cottonseed meal for trade.
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Amanda Gierhart
Waynesfield
Ohio
Chamberlain
Gale
Jay Johnston & Co
Burt &Jones
South Sixth Street
Eatherville
Burt & Jones
Estherville
Worthington Engineer Falls, Breaks Hip After Return
An engineer post from Worthington, laid up with a broken leg since last summer, fell from his engine in the city last Wednesday and broke his hip. Local notices report various travels and events including auctions with strong livestock prices and possible school director candidates for the March 8 election.
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Engineer Post
Worthington
A. F. Lough
Mexico
Southwest
A. G. Metzgar
Algona
T. W. Carter
M. G. Wilson
F. Ho Smith
Williams
R. J. Reany
Columbus
Sam Reaney
C. W. Jarvis
C. Jarvis
Emmet Township
B. C. R. & N. Railroad Company
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Isham
M. M. Knapp
E. F. Wilson
W. A. Lad
Wise tales and transfers mix in the Estherville item
A column of quips on elections aiming to celebrate real progress contrasts with a long list of real estate transfers in Emmet County including Frances D Plumb and J B Mitchell. Lent services at Grace Church are announced for February 21 1017 and a call for community news items appears with a phone number for submissions.
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John A Albinson
Sadler
Land
Grover
Frances Db
Emmet County
Frances D
J B Mitchell
Peter T Christensen
Sam D Barr
Vue Barr
Grace Church
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement and Iowa Farm Prosperity
A Estherville merchant touts Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and backache, urging readers to ask for the same product. The Iowa Weather and Crop Service reports 1916 state farm crops plus livestock values totaling about 1.165 billion dollars, led by corn at 280 million, with strong cattle and poultry values indicating widespread prosperity statewide.
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Estherville
Wm. McArdle
North Sixth Street
Doan
Tdoan
Iowa Weather and Crop Service Bureau
What the Rock Inland Has to Con tend With
Inland Rock conditions on the Germania Albert Lea branch are worse than on the main line. A Thompson Courier report from Rake Monday details seven miles of track near the town with repeated cuts and deep embankments. Distances of up to 1 000 feet long and depths up to 10 feet are described, indicating substantial railroad maintenance challenges.
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Germania Albert Lea
Thompson Courier
Knight Templars plan big Sloughs at Tem plara Park
Spirit Lake Beacon reports the Knight Templars intend to fill the sloughs between the current building site and Tem plara Park road to create a large parade and pleasure ground. Engineers Meassrae Furman and Lamb finalize plans to use a suction pump dredge drawing fill from Spirit Lake under a state executive council permit. The project aims to level the grounds, provide parade space, baseball fields, tennis courts, croquet, and children’s play areas, with work to start after spring and north-of-drive sections completed before the annual conclave.
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Knight Templars
Templara Park
Meassrae
Furman
Lamb
Spirit Lake
State Executive Council
Templars Park
Templars
Spirit Lake Beacon
Pleasant to take Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Tablets offer a pleasant, natural laxative effect. It claims users will not realize they are taking medicine. Sold by Jay Johnston & Co.
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Jay Johnston & Co
Found Some Snow by David Ketchen
David Ketchen, nephew of T W Doughty, visited from Boise Idaho and recounted a trek that took ten days to cover a route usually two and a half days. He rode through a scrow drift two miles long and forty feet deep and was the sole passenger on an eighteen coach and five engine train. Despite a blizzard, at fifteen he showed grit, a nod to his Scottish heritage as noted by the Armstrong Journal.
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David Ketchen
T. W. Doughty
Boise
Idaho
David
Armstrong Journal
Estherville Trade Note for Tonseed Meal
Burt and Jones on South Sixth Street Estherville advertise tonseed meal for trade or sale in a concise local notice indicating a small business listing and contact point for potential buyers or traders.
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Provident Savings Ban
Estherville, Iowa
Capital Stock Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
Deposita
MO. P. Kirby
M. K. Whelan
R. H. Miller
Lake Shore
G. Zeeman
Orleans Hotel
Peruna
L. A. Patterson
Utah Avenue
Memphis
Tena
Saya
Peyune Company
Columbus, Ohio
Harriet Haggerty
Ind School
Esther A Cranston
Roy J J Ridley
Ridleys
Ville
Wm H Jensen
L Boggess
Joa J Anderson
H W Jensen
Erlan
Johnson
Harlan A Smith
Harry Helgason
Agnes Coulson
Armstrong
JS Peterson
Belle Houge
Vindicator
Idute
Hatherville
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