Elks Grand Opening to Be Big Social Event
The Elk's new home in Estherville will host a grand opening on Thursday evening February 8 with six hundred invitations issued. The three story terra cotta brick building features a basement gymnasium pool spray bath billiard room and reception areas and is valued at about 46000. The project aims to house the order and public events, with occupancy possible in about two weeks.
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Elks
Symnasium
Estherville
Order
Senate Draft Bills Seek Expanded Registration and Army Aid
Washington January 16 bills introduced at war department request seek universal registration for men turning 21 since June 6 1917 and authority to furlough soldiers for agricultural work. Proposals also adjust state quotas by available men in first class, extend draft age beyond 31, and require insurers to honor army records as death proof for missing troops.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Crowder
National Army
Congress
Administration
Ate
Secretary of War
Billould
Goen
Fuel expert to visit Estherville and lecture on fuel saving
A fuel conservation expert will visit Estherville next Monday and Tuesday January 21 and 22 to instruct the public and private plants on firing furnaces engines and other coal heating devices to save fuel. Monday includes visits to business houses and homes with a six o'clock dinner at Grant's Dutch Room followed by a lecture. Tuesday the expert will advise engineers at various plants on optimizing heat from coal and all are urged to attend the lecture Monday night.
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Cnal
Estherville
Grant’a
Time extended to February first for Vindicator and Republican subscriptions
Notices urge old rate extension for Emmet County readers paying in advance. New rates set at 2.00 per year in state and 2.60 for Canada. February 1 deadline approaches with risk papers become void. Also a legal note from District Court on declarations of intention over seven years old, advising refile to remain valid. Spirit Lake and nearby notices request funds and aid for soldiers.
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Canada
Vindicator
Republican
District Court
Sidney E. Bemis
Department of Labor
U. S. Supreme Court
Rogers Indicted in Spencer Court for Murder Attempt
Spencer reporter Chas. Rogers of Emmetsburg was indicted by Clay County Grand Jury for assault with intent to commit murder after shooting William Miner on December 27. He pleaded not guilty, then insanity, with trial expected next term in Spencer. bond set at 10000. Witnesses included J. P. Mills and Mayor E. Bender. Rogers remains confined awaiting further proceedings.
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Mina Lydia Chase
E. E. Bender
E. P. Gilleapte
Geste
Bender
Cornwall
Rogers
Pia
Mincer
E.P. Gillespie
Frank Smith
Minneapolis
Matta
Montana
J. P. Mills
Mineer
Palo Alto
Emmetsburg
Spencer
Allie Sahte
Treand
Sabre
Lee
Rogers Bond
Morse & Kennedy
Eatherville
J. W. Cory
E. A. Motling
Homeward Tastes and Letters From War Fronts
A fragmentary newspaper piece reflects homesickness of soldiers in France and the pull of home through imagined comforts. It references mail, care packages, and scented tokens like tobacco, while noting a violinist Miss Emma Gaarde and a local family lineage alongside a brief obituary fragment for a 13 year old boy.
Passing of Mrs Liza Caroline Haldeman
Eliza Caroline Haldeman died at her son Supt A T L Haldeman's home on North Seventh Street after a several week illness. The service is set for Wednesday afternoon at her residence, with burial in Alexandria Ohio. She was 78 years old and had lived in Estherville since 1912. She is survived by one son. another son died in 1898.
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Eliza Caroline Haldeman
A. TL. Haldemem
North Seventh Street
R. C. Mitchell
Presbytergia
Alexandria
Ohio
Hera
Haldeman
Tiecased
Estherville
Santi
Haldenton
Khastus
Dayton
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Elk’s Grand
Pacaenger
Nem & Hoprig
Chas. Blair
Hoprig
Sindee
Denver
Baloon
Omaha
Dickinson County
United States Army
Madelia
Minnesota
Exemption Board
Woods
Frank Woods
Walco
Texas
Army
Odd Fellows
Hi’ Lath
Emmet County
Imme
Spirit Lake
Kako
Mak
Avemmetsburg
Luke
America
Duer
France
Old
Edo
Bull Durham
Fea We. Bo
Lyceum
Emma 'Gaatde
Ning
Gaarde
Emmet
County
Gorehro
Mira
Metta
Indy Et
Chaste
Hyruy
Lady
Liza
Caroline Haldeman
A. L. Haldemin
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