New Years Eve Masquerade Aboard the Rock Island Social Club
A festive masquerade ball hosted by the Rock Island Social Club at the Estherville station featured elaborate railroad themed decor and a large crowd of dancers. Judges awarded prizes for comic and artistic costumes as music by the Bartleman orchestra filled the night into the early hours.
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Rock Isle Lines
Rock Island
Bartleman Orchestra
Simselves
Ts. L. V. Baschke
Mr. Sings
Mrs S P Carter Buried at St Paul
Estherville mourns the death of Mrs S P Carter a former pioneer resident who died after a lingering illness. She left Estherville about ten years ago after her husband D L M Bemis died and was buried in St Paul last Monday. She was past seventy and survived by three sons Chas Tim Henry and a daughter Mina in Denver. The Bemis family were longtime local figures active in church and social life.
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P. Carter
Estherville
St. Paul
D. L. M. Bemis
Mrs Bruce Converse to Be Buried Here
Word arrived that Mrs. Bruce Converse a former local resident has died likely in Rochester Minnesota after an operation. The body will arrive tonight and funeral services are planned for tomorrow morning in this city.
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Bruce Converse
Converse
Rochester
Minnesota
White Self Serve Grocery to Open in Estherville
Perry merchant W A White buys the Community Store in Estherville and will open a White Self Serve Grocery in the Tosdal building on East Lincoln Street around the 20th. The store will be a cash and carry, with tagged prices and clerks at checkout, aiming to cut overhead and wait times. White plans to move his family here after school closes in Perry and believes Estherville will support the new concept.
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W. A. White
Perry
Tosdal
Lincoln Street
Mr. White
Estherville
Graettinger Defeats Local Team In Openers 32 to 20
Graettinger basketball team visited this city last Thursday and won the opening game 32 to 20. Paulson of Cornell College and Spies of Ames College were the standout stars. The locals showed promise but need hard practice to improve.
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Graettinger
Vistors
Paulson
Cornell College
Spies
Ames College
Fong
Automobile Licenses Delinquent in Emmet County
Treasurer Woods reports 1500 automobile licenses issued this year in Emmet County, far below last year’s 2800. State officers may pursue delinquent registrants, or those who defer paying the one dollar monthly penalty. Some individuals have affadavits stating they will not use their cars this year.
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Woods
Emmet
Coldest nights in ten-year record listed
Weather observer A O Peterson presents the ten coldest nights for the city over the past decade, with dates and temperatures including December 21, 1911 at 116 below and January 12, 1912 at 86 below, through January 6, 1919 and December 22, 1921 with lows of 14 below.
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A. O. Peterson
West Entree
Senator Kenyon Letter to Legion on Bill Fight
Wm S Kenyon writes to Legion members pledging a determined fight to support Senator McCumbers bill when revealed and promising to advocate if it stalls. He notes leaving a luncheon due to a deficiency appropriation bill and compliments the Legion on their work.
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Legion
McCumber
The Great Shopping Center in Estherville
Es t herville merchants embrace the new year sales with multiple circulars and ads. Local papers urge residents to read the Vindicator and Republican for bargains. Big promotions fill streets as stores promise value, quantity, and ready service during the sale period.
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Estherville
Esthervillé
Republican
William Bartlett Sr Pioneer of Estherville Dies at Eighty
Word arrived that William Bartlett Sr died on the 16th in Estadena California from old age complications. He was over eighty, survived by his wife ten sons William Jr and Charles and two daughters Mrs Chas Woods and Miss Carrie all in California. He helped pioneer Estherville building Bartlett additions and the Bartlett block and a North Sixth Street residence now owned by John Sandren. He moved to California about fifteen years ago and remained there until his death. He was a Baptist church pillar and key to its growth and influence locally.
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William Bartlett
Viance Noe
Wm. Bartlett
Estadena
California
William, Jr
Charles
Chas. Woods
Carrie
Emmet
Estherville
Bartlett
North Sixth Street
John Sandren
The
Baptist Church
Farmers Union Annual Convention in Emmet County
The Farmers Educational and Co operative Union of Emmet County will hold its annual convention on Wednesday January 11 1922 at the I O O F lodge. Afternoon session begins 1 30 p m and focuses on committee work while the 8 p m evening session presents officers reports and business. Oysters will be served after the program. Freight reductions announced January first cut rates on corn about 21 percent and on wheat about 13 percent between Estherville and Chicago potentially boosting grain prices and road traffic. A C Brown left for California for the winter.
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American Legion
Légion
Service Star Legion
Woman’s Auxiliary
MacNider
Legion
Farmers Union
Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of
Emmet County
Emmet Local
Farintts Union
Estherville
Chicago
Emmet County Farm Bureau Holds Notable Annual Meeting
The Emmet County Farm Bureau gathered at the court house with 125 members, reporting steady progress despite a tough year and eyeing a strong year ahead. E J Maniece was elected president with Jorgen Anderson as vice president and Harry C. Shook secretary, George H Robb treasurer, signaling capable leadership for the coming period. The gathering also approved by law amendments and heard a favorable address by County Agent Radabaugh. The event was described as a dandy, peaceful, and productive. Red Cross aided the Good Fellows Christmas effort, helping fund Santa visits. A new beauty parlor opens January 10 by Miss Ellen Mack at Gardston Hat Shop, promising high class service.
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Emmet County Farm Bureau
Court House
Farm Bureau
Radebaugh
E. J. Maniece
Jorgen Anderson
Harry C. Shook
George H. Robb
Ellen Mack
Gardston
Miss Mack
Emmetsburg
Elks Preparing for Big Time Next Tuesday
The Elks of the tv club plan a large initiation event next Tuesday evening at the club. A big class of candidates will attend and the feed will be served during the program. Members are urged to attend and assist in the frolic for a time of laughter and camaraderie. A severe jolt from January’s weather brought a northwest wind and a blizzard, but trains remain running with no expected ties.
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Elks
The
Order
Clay County Attorney Narrowly Escapes Auto Wreck
County Attorney J. W. Corey of Spencer, en route with a prisoner for sentencing before Judge Lee, had a narrow escape on a steep hill. His closed car slid down the embankment after passing a car, struck a stump, but occupants were unharmed. The bootlegging defendant, fined $500 plus costs, was not injured. City reports noted slippery pavement causing multiple broken wheels and other wrecks, including Wm. Sweet, Fred Masters, J. Graettinger, an unnamed man, and A. W. Bascom of Terrill.
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J. W. Corey
Wm. Sweet
Fred Masters J. Graettinger
A. W. Bascom
Terrill
J H Griffith in serious condition at home
John Griffith of North Sixth Street remains very ill from a stomach ailment after recurring radium treatments in St. Louis. Though described as critical Monday, he has rallied somewhat. doctors hope the crisis has passed.
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R. GM
J. H. Griffith
John Griffith
North Sixth Street
St. Louis
War tax eased on many items and prices fall
The article notes wartime taxes lifted on candies soft drinks and rail fares, with soda fountains selling Coca Cola at pre war prices. It also highlights an Iowa Savings Bank ad offering six percent farm mortgage money, signaling hopeful signs of prosperity after difficult credit years. A gas explosion at Emerson Johnsons West Side home shattered windows and blew an oven door off. Eleanor and Gladys Johnson were in the kitchen and escaped unharmed.
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V -Iice
Iowa Savings Bank
Emerson Johnson
Eleanor
Gladys Johnson
Shoemaker Brother in Serious Condition, Judge Stenographer Absent
Mr. Ray Shoemaker received a telegram Tuesday stating his jailed brother is again in a hospital in Town City in very serious condition. Ray left Emmetsburg where he was serving as court stenographer with Judge Lee and will stay with his brother. Mrs L J Tighe will act as court stenographer during his absence.
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Gail Shoemaker
Ray Shoemaker
Town City
Shoemaker
Emmetsburg
Lee
L. J. Tighe
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