News of Estherville 1899 highlights weather and people
In Estherville and surrounding townships local news recounts a mild winter with better weather and a busy harvest of corn. Notices include mail route bids Dolliver Estherville, a farm rental, real estate moves, pig stock purchases, visits and business trips, a drunken street brawl, school enrollment, social events, deaths and obituaries. Married couples, church and Legion activities, and civic affairs fill the page with names like Eisenhower Johnson Soper Root and Allen.
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G. W. Gruwell & Co
Dolliver
Estherville
Wm. Eisenhower
Ellaworth
J. W. Randolph
P. Johnson
Democrat
H. A. McMillan
Rock Rapids
L. L. Bixby
Wellsburg
Waterloo
E. H. Singé
H. O
Prairie du Chien
Wis
F. M. Miller
Mason City
Sondres
Joe Hardie
The
Shriners
J. E. Jenkins
Cheyenne River Reservation
South Dakota
A. D. Root
Minneapolis
Northwestern Lumberman’s Association
Lincoln St
John Graves
Thirty Years Ago From the Northern Vindicator January 1894
Harvey Miller shows slight recovery and is back in business. Dell Cleveland returns from the county to resume draying duties with loyal patrons pleased he is alive. Mr and Mrs Edgar Dodgson relocate from Minneapolis and stay with Mr and Mrs Hs. Dodgson has sold a business in Minneapolis. Tom White of Emmetsburg visits town to reconnect with old friends, recalling days at the Vindicator office after the grasshopper raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Daveson
M. W. Atwood
F. Bullis
F. H. Rhodes
C. S. Haynes
Smilar
Mesdames Letchford
R. S. Robinson
W .E. Bradley
J. J. Robinson
J. S. Cox
W. E. Alton
Amy Atwood
Emily Fletcher
Etta Grant
Beven
Nettie Bullis
J. Cook & Company
Emmet
E. B. Soper
Estherville
Estherville Improvement Company
Telephone Lines and Exchange
First National Bank
State Bank of Armstrong
First National
Emmetsburg
George E. Delevan
Harvey Miller
Dell Cleveland
Dell
Eady
Edgar Dodgson
Minneapolis
Dodgson
Tom White
Tom
Vindicator
The
Do Not Accept Papers You Have Not Ordered
A Jackson Pilot note explains postal law allowing publishers to send up to three sample copies per year. It clarifies that papers taken from local boxes at the focal post office may be collected by publishers, regardless of whether they were ordered, though publishers should not abuse this to enlarge subscriptions.
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Pilot
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Jackson Pilot
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Prohibition Criticized by Congress Member in Debate
Washington reports cite an 88 year old House veteran blaming failure of Prohibition and Dope laws on enforcement flaws. He denounces Upshaw and Sherwood while citing soaring exports of British liquor, rising crime, divorces, and narcotic addiction as proof the Volstead Act harms society and taxpayers. He calls the Anti Saloon league vindictive and warns of liberty loss if amendments pass. A church notice, Iowa wealth data, and farming notes follow.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Upshaw
Georgia
Sherwood
Ohio
House of Representatives
Daugherty
Congress
United States
Anti
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Nevada
New York
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W. J. Pullen
Chas. Woods
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Keymore
O. H. Wilson
Bucklin
McCreary
Geo. Letchford
Henry Riley
Coats
Alice Coats
Archibald
H. G. Grant
California
Henry Coates
Gee, Moore
Nellie Brockway
Swan Lake Township
V.R
American Legion
Frank Wenig
Emerit County Legion
Eatherville
Department of Iowa
Legion
Organized Labor
Frank
Brees’ Hall
W. R
Veer
Tint
Jord
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil
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Oldamobile Overland
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Yourmonville
Juigk
Pera. Bler
Wae
Thandter Thevrolet
Tolet
Winter Motor OH
Standard Oil Comany
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Chare
It Mmeline
Monsalt
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Stephens Biz
Stevens Duryea
Stratton Premie Studebaker
Bruta
Reat Winther
Winton
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First Church. OF Christ, Scientist
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