Four Burlington area deaths mark sorrowful week
Obituary page recounts the deaths of Mra. SchmitTiger of Huntington and Mra. Archer of Burlington along with Deputy Sheriff W. R. Bryan and Mrs. Nelaoun Wood. Details cover burial plans at Oak Hill, Masonic services for Archer, and a first-person obituary format highlighting family connections and local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Wm. Foshier
W. R. Bryan
Schoittger
Delilah Biter
Atty
Mra
Archer
Burlington
Mra. Schmltiger
Huntington
Citu
C. Doolittle
West Side
Prosperous Year for Farmers Mutual Insurance Emmet County
The Farmers Mutual Insurance of Emmet County reports 1916 as a prosperous year with 84 new members, insured in force rising to 2,142,086, and net gain of 107,687. Directors praise secretary P A Gaarde and note county mutuals offer about half the cost of stock companies. They urge farmers to support and spread the mutual approach for protection and fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers' Mnrtual
Nsurance Company
Emmet County
Eatharville
P. A. Gaarde
Gaarde
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Tieka
Ling
Mutual
Perso
Mutuals
Farmers’ Mutual Tinsurance Company
The Capitol of the Flim World at Universal City
A promotional portrait of Universal City describing its vast scale and facilities including indoor and outdoor stages, hundreds of buildings, a large workforce, animal trainers and a zoo, water works, shops, a government post office, restaurants, wardrobe and prop departments, and its status as a premier moving pictures center with the serial Graft produced there and The King theatre showing Quratt for 16 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Univeraal City
America
Universal City
Western Union
Pont— al
Universal Actors
Ahort
Klong
Olson Family Moves to Minneapolis for Tailoring Job
Mr Claude Olson left Tuesday morning for Minneapolis where he has secured an excellent position with the J D Hinshaw tailoring establishment. Mrs Olson and children do not expect to go until school is out in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Olson
Minneapolis
J. D. Hinshaw Tailoring
Olson
Can You Afford a Car What is its true annual cost
A brief tip from the Ames engineering extension department outlines a rough method to estimate car costs. Over five years of use a car will have cost about twice its original price. divide that total by five to approximate annual automobile expenses.
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Engineering Extension Department
Ames
Farmers Mutual Insurances Secretary Letter for 1916
P A Gaarde secretary of Farmers Mutual Insurance company of Emmet county writes a New Year greeting. He praises past records and pledges careful service and loyalty to readers and policyholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mutual Insurances Company
Emmet Pounty
P. A. Gaarde
Death of Orlin C Bates Founder of Northern Vindicator
Orlin C Bates longtime editor and founder of the Northern Vindicator died January 17 1916 at his daughter Mrs K H Warren Spearfish South Dakota aged 85 years 5 months 7 days He coined the term Blizzard while editor of the Vindicator and was an intimate friend of Horace Greeley His career included Bolivia DeWitt Boone Estherville and Spirit Lake Iowa with four children and eleven grandchildren noted in Spearfish Queen City Mail obituary excerpt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Doolittle
New Haven
Oswego County
New York
Mason City
Hancock County
Ellington Township
Tucker & Tobin
Melissa Coon
Anton
Harry
Cedar Rapids
S. C
W. 8. Groom
Sharpsburg
Ki. D. Stauffer
Leadville
Colorado
W. Steel
R. J
Jeptha
Estherville
Des Moines
Sleffeltinger
Pells
The
Baptist Church
Orlin OG. Bates
RE. B. Northrup
Northern Vindicator
K. H. Warren
Spearfish
South Dakota
Bates
Northrop
E. H. Warren
Horace Greeley
Sribune
Greeley
Beacon
Spirit Lake
Iowa
DeWitt
Mary Sweeting
A. 3. Reed
Vancouver
B. A
T. M. Husband
Watertown
Aberdeen South Dakota
Reed
Eatherville
Vindicator
J. H. Warren
Mail
Upper Des Moiney
Algona
Emmet
Kogeath
Blizsard
Enmetaburg
Towa
Maine
Overland Notes on Algona Studebaker and Overland Shield
H Wilson loses Studebaker line and takes exclusive Overland agency for Algona area. Overland Fort Dodge Co moves parts and battery dept to larger quarters next to sales room. Sign reads The Overland Bar of Justice. Nicholas Deming Auto Sales renews Overland contract with expanded territory. Willys-Overland Co. now produces about a thousand cars daily, rivaling Ford for volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Fort Doge Co
Manafield
Peeasens
Overland Fort Dodge Co
Overland
Aiga
Overland Bar of Justice
H. V. Nichols
W. Deming
Nicholas Deming Auto Sales Co
Fort Dodge
Overland Agency
Willys-Overland Co
Ford
Spirit Lake crash fires car on road side
F P Wright’s Buick caught fire in the back seat four miles from Spirit Lake. He smothered flames with snow after borrowing a shovel from a farm house. Insurance covers the loss. Cooper Stanhope nuptials unite Harry Cooper and Miss Stanhope by Justice Bammer at 8 30 Saturday.
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F. P. Wright
Spirit Lake
Harry Cooper
Free’ Stanhope
Justice Bammer
Financial report and post office notices from 1916
The report notes a $476 balance after paying expenses and a vote to donate $100 to four churches with the remainder to the treasury. Signatories include Anderega Lawrence Ridley Bovaird and Walker with Walker as treasurer. Also listed are unclaimed letters at Earthville Post Office for week ending January 23, 1916 with several names and a note about Dead Letter procedures.
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al Billa
B. BH. Anderega
H. B. Lawrence
R. J. Ridley
R. A. Bovaird
W. W. Walker
Conmaitiee
W. W
Walker
Postoffice
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. C. Doolittle
Charles C. Doolittle
Catlin
Ile
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wire. M. Archer
M. Ll. Archer
City
C. Galloway
Archer Lot
Grace M. Williamson
Nealon
M. L. Archer
Thia City
State University
Mrs. Wood
Susanna Jane Walker
Cara County
Illinois
Nelson H. Wood
R. Bryan
Emmett Sounty
Prine
Rejkbeck
Theo. Schnittger
City Hospital
Little Rock
Schnittger
Clive Davis
Minnesota
John McCormick
Cauzens
Arthur
Clarence
Ellen
Will
Tillie
Theo
Mabel
F. Case
Methodist
Secneral Gaarde
Emmat County
Flim
Glaims Orlin C. Bates
Horace Greely
H. Wilson
Studebaker
Bulgin-Rose Maestings
Tabernacle
Esenve Hi
E. J. Bulwin
Jan- Teor
SEO
Vo Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
Union Baptist Church
Yu Methodiat Church
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