Mathiesen and Lorimer Open Insurance Agency in Estherville
Mathiesen and Lorimer began an insurance agency in the Rhodes block Estherville on March 1, 1921 offering a full line including life and fire. Both young partners, George Lorimer Jr and Clarence J Mathiesen, bring banking experience to build a strong local firm. They represent Northwestern Mutual Life and other old line companies.
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Mathiesen & Lorimer
Rhodes Block
Estherville
Clarence. J. Mathiesen
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Auto Supply Co. Offers Complete Auto Goods in Estherville
Auto Supply Co. at 714 East Lincoln street Estherville, owned by G. W. Gruwell, serves Emmet County residents with mobility gear. Gruwell runs a sharp battery business, car washing, and carries Exide batteries, Goodyear, Firestone, and Oldfield tires, plus DeForest radio supplies. The large garage stores 200 cars. six workers operate the business in a 110 by 182 foot building with full basement, among the county’s largest.
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Auto Supply Company
Lincoln Street
Estherville
G. W.gruwell
Emmet
Mr. Gruwell
Exide
Goodyear
Firestone
Oldfield
The
Auto Supply Co
Emimet County
Hansen Operates Cardston Tailor Shop
C W Hansen, a tailor in Cardston, started from humble beginnings in 1890 after arriving in Iowa with thirty five cents. He trained in Denmark and earned patronage through steady work, establishing a durable reputation at the Gardston hotel shop.
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Hansen
Cardston
C. W. Hansen
Gardston Hotel
Iowa
Old Country
Scandinavian tailor builds business across states
The subject moved from Sioux City to Omaha then Audubon Iowa in 1896 where he started his own business. He later relocated to Wisconsin and Esther ville where he established clothing making from top woolens, doing pressing and cleaning. He is father to five children.
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Sioux City
Omaha
Audubon
Iowa
Wisconsin
Estherville
Heinrich Tire Shop Builds Steady Estherville Business
A W Heinrich Tire Shop at 713 Lincoln Street Estherville carries high quality tires of major brands and runs a modern vulcanizing plant. Heinrich, in Estherville three years after moving from Newhill Iowa, offers full tire service and repair, serving surrounding area and city patrons.
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A .W. Heinerich
Lincoln Street
Estherville
A. W Heinrich
Kelly-Springfield
Brungwick
Federal
Johnson and Savereide Run Estherville Shoe Shop
Johnson and Savereide operate a modern shoe repairing establishment on South Sixth Street in Estherville. A. E. Johnson arrived in Emmet County 26 years ago and opened his first business on West Lincoln Street, moving to the current location in 1916. L. H. Sayereide settled in 1915 and joined the business in 1918. Both are expert shoe makers and repair men.
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Johnson & Savereide
South Sixth Street
Estherville
A. E. Johnson
Emmet County
Lincoln Street
L. H. Sayereide
Dolliver Huntington Charge Pastors Through History
The Dolliver Huntington charge, after reorganization with headquarters at Dolliver, has been served by a sequence of pastors beginning FP L Buckwalter in 1892, Ed ward 2 Bristow, A A Wilcox, A R Cuthbert, and G L Heiserman who took over in fall 1890. Subsequent leaders included R A Harwood, Charles Artman, B G Greene wood, Kauffman, R C McCoy, gs H Findley, William Cowley, John KE Hill, FP W Whitford, Allen Bishop, Herbert Marsh, and the current pastor Rev Orin E Johnson, transferred from Grace M J Church Anderson Indiana to the Northwest Iowa Conference. He received his appointment from Bishop Stuntz at the last ses-.
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R. A. Harwood
Charles Artman
Greenewood
Kauffman
R. C. McCoy
Gs H Findley
William Cowley
John KE. Hill
W. Whitford
Allen Bishop
Herbert Marsh
Orin E. Johnson
B. S
Grace M. J. Church
Anderson
Indiana
Northwest Iowa
Stuntz
Dolliver Church History and Community Role
The Dolliver church history notes its 1900 dedication under Rev. Harwood, with Dr. Lewis, later a M E bishop, officiating. Annex added in 1919 at cost 5500, with building committees led by Sullivan and Peterson. The church, now Community M E Church, along with parsonage, is valued at 12500 and serves Dolliver as the sole church in the area.
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Dolliver
R. A. Harwood
W. S. Lewis
D. D
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa
Lewis
M. E. Church
Robert Smylie
L. P. Stillman
8. B. Reed
L. J. Bigelow
Allen Bishop
C. E. Sullivan
M. C. Peterson
Community M. E. Church
Dr. H. D. Mereness Remains Dolliver's Local Doctor
Dr. H. D. Mereness, the town's only physician in Dolliver, has practiced there for seventeen years after relocating from Sac City where he also worked for several years.
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H. D. Mereness
Dolliver
Sac City
Sullivan Store at Dolliver among town's first
The C. E. Sullivan general store at Dolliver offers a complete line of merchandise and strong community patronage. It carried various goods including dry goods groceries shoes work clothing coats school books and crockery. Mr Sullivan came to Dolliver as manager for Knoblaugh's store and bought it in 1908. After his death Mrs Sullivan and their two sons Everett and Howard continued running the business.
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C. E. Sullivan
Dolliver
Linds Dry
Sullivan
J. H. Knoblaugh
Sentiment vs. World Warnings in Early News Copy
The Allentown Record notes that a married man’s presumed sins often outpace his real acts, while the Rog ton Evening Transprint mocks the vanity of sentiment in young men facing a cautious world. Two clipped opinions reflect dated outlooks on marriage and male emotion.
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Allentown
Rogton
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East Side Cafe
South 7Th Street
Mathieson & Lorimer Bic Insurance Agency
George Lorimer, Jr
Denmark
Heinrich Tire Shop
Heinrich
Newhill
Ithe Fuwa
M. Bilto
Weissert & Co
Dolliver Church
Ford Co
Harry Golla
Mgr
Sion
J.B. Trimble
Robert Srastie
W. T. McDonald
O. K. Maynard
Herbert
J. J. Bushnell
Ladies Aid Society
Li. P. Stilman
Retta Lee
J. A. Wertz
V. RE DR. Mereness
Sullivan Store
X Ray
J. M. Fredericksen
Estherville, Iona
Sconberg-Kilgore Bldg
Willard
Thompson’s Automotive Electric Station
South 8Th Street
Estherville, Iowa
Estherville Deep Rock Oil Company, Inc
Wm. Mardle
O. E. Martin
Ethel Mardle
Manx
Deep Rock Oil CO
Wm. McArdle
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