Personal mentions from Estherville and vicinity
Roy Wertz of Dolliver and W D Williams of Fairmont visited here last week. Many residents and visitors from Emmet County towns, including Armtrong, Wallingford, Sibley, Estherville, and Spirit Lake, moved about for banking, business, and social visits. Notables include Mra. A A Halleck, Miss Nina Woodhouse, and Dr J Foster Flagg’s death noted for Philadelphia influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wertz
Dolliver
W. D. Williams
Fairmont
Mton
Co. A. Williams
Superior
W. T. Kane
Emmetabure
M. Richmond
Armatrong
Estherville
Nila Person
Wallingford
Beate Peatee
California
E. J. Breen
Ft. Dodge
Trusr HELLER'S Tonite medicine guaranteed refund offer
A local advertisement promotes Trusr HELLER'S Tonite claiming guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. The brief note emphasizes consumer assurance and a refund policy, typical of late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine ads.
SHERIFFS SALE NOTICE IN IOWA
Notice is given that by virtue of a general execution issued from the Clerk of the District Court of Emmet County Iowa the property of Dell Akers is levied upon at Estherville. The sale is set for the nineteenth day of January at the front door of the public building in Ratherville to satisfy an execution amounting to two hundred dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
State of
Iowa
Emmet
J. F.bebson
Dell Akers Towlright
Esthervilla
Nopre House
Ratherville
Aocru
Mabeut
Pachet
Tiny rotary motor draws power from steam or air
Engineers in Washington show a hat box sized rotary engine that can run a steam launch yet weigh only about 254 pounds for an eight horsepower unit. It operates by direct power transmission and can drive vessels, airships, or generators, needing no special space and functioning upright or inverted. Inventors Nichola Jean Fortunesco and Alfred Georges recently received American patents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineera Abot
Navy Department
Washington
Nichola
Jean Fortunesco
Alfred Georges
Songwriter Declines Phonograph Offer From Newton Center
A writer recalls a letter from a former opera singer offering to include Ken Jonson’s song Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes in her phonograph record catalog for five dollars. The reply says Jonson would not sanction spending that could better be used at the Mermaid tavern, noting his name has already spoken for centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Jonson
Newton Center
Mass
New York
Ben Jonson
Newton Centers
Jonson
Mermaid Tavern
Man Pays Honor To Washington Statue On Wall Street
An older black man in a frock coat and silk hat knelt at the base of the George Washington statue on the subtreasury steps and kissed the toe three times amid cheering onlookers. He claims to be Belden, a former officer of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and has caused other disturbances in Wall Street recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
George Washington
Belden
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Special Land Buyer's Excursion to New Lands in Greer Oklahoma
A Herald item promotes a land excursion via the Frisco System to Greer County Oklahoma and nearby Southwest lands. It promises fertile farmland at a fraction of Baet and Row prices, with trips in November and December. Details for prospects via A Lamon, Secretary, Busters Immigration Bureau, St Louis. Also notes about trunk freight and printing sale bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greer
Oklahoma
Great Southwest
A. Lamon
Seertaoo Busters Immigration Bureau
Doulaio
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Leo Wetherell
Albert Lea
Anna and
Maggie Donovan
Fimmersburg
J. P. Kirby
North Ninth Street
O. Anderson
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Wyingford
Waednesday
L. L. Druley
Huntington
Republican County Central Committee
Joe Dowden
Raleigh
Dewden
Dakotan
L. W. Irwin
Cedar Rapide
Hera
Estella Irwin
Frank P. Woode
Minneapolia
E. E. Hargg
Iowa Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
A A. Hallack
Walt
City
Charles Unangel
Albert Gea
Nina Woodhouse
Mamie Martin
Mies Stacia Brundin
J. Bergeson
Graettinger
Portland
Ore
National Live Stock Association
Northwest Laws
Bergeson
West
W. S. Jones
William Baxter
Sibley
Bernard Kehoe
Thomas Doughty
Armstrong
Thomas Williams
John Griffith
Marshalltown
George Cox
Roy McCullough
Emmetsburg
A. H. Page
Iowa Falls
Nats Lee
Des Moines
Myrtle Smith
Lake Park
Charles Olson
Ellsworth, Minn
A. H. Kellar
Emmeteburg
E. Y. Waterman
Seneca
M. L. Brady
Frank Maniece
Cedar Rapida
Business College
A. A. Halleck
Urbana
Co. R. Horsfall
Rock Island
Misees Alalia
Rule Jenkins
Spirit Lake
Dennis Allen
Edward Melby
Spencer
John Sutcliffe
Stherville
Phelps Hopkins
Des Moines Life Insurance Company
Spurbeck-Lambert Co
J. C. Sando
Sarnea
N. D
Gaylord
C. F. Atwood
Sherburn
Weather Strip Co
James Waleh
Emmet County Land and Abstract Co
C. R. I. & P. Railroad
Edmund Burke
Minneapolis
Mr. Burke
Vinnie Dillman
Sherborn
Mipo
QI Barber
Mount Vernon
Misa Mery Oakerson
Nate Rose
Minn
Magara
M. K. Whelen
E.R. Soper
I. Sondrol
J. P. Rippon
Winnebago City
Mien
D.C
Wy. Dodge Messenger
Geo Ty
Bee Wville
Trusty
Athe M
BE ‘L
Jean Bo More
E. J. Boadrol
L. L. Lawrence
Buamera
Wm. Shreevess
South Dea Moinea
Paul Swessinger
C. E. Myers
M. & Stl
G. 8. Follett
Town Lake
C.C. Stover
Attorney Morse
Carl Berntrom
Comfort
Minnesota
Thomas Mattson
Creston
Roseland Farm
Uarry Tennant
Martino Izer
Sapulpa
Indian Territory
James Carrol
Egbert Bakery
Chicago
A.W. Unger
Storm Lake
Converse
East
Lincoln St
Hermann Oransky
Havana
W. P. Galloway
J. Foster Flagg
United States
Philadelphia Dental College
W. P
C. C. Galloway
Williams & Anderson’s
Trusr, Heller
Tonite
Gtwok Food
Rta
Aee
Dow Priges
Goa
Williagne
Andéspon
James S. Flewder
Mies Kovupo
Indian River
Lagomarcioo-Grape Co
Ladies Drug Co
Vindicator
Republican
Speciay
Tera Beeiae
Donie i
Mick Ee
Kigses
New York City
Yaur
Steve Weller
Alweyn
Chicago: Record-Herald
E.t.hobe
Estherville, Iowa
Boisaan Unione Day
Ineriment Srociu, Association
Pourtit Sleeper
Rth
Frisco
Ars
Ouabes
I Ieee
Gath
Menya
Rick
Prisca
the Herald
H. Lafley
Micka
Hicks
Tori
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