Fifth annual Estherville High School commence plan
May 30 1884 report notes the fifth annual commencement at the opera house on Friday June 7 with class members Carl Ballard Clarence H Ford Laura E Klopp Lydia Doolittle and Edith 8 Elgar Chauncey Ammon nears occupancy on a new riverside residence. The two happiest men in the state are A Horswell and Chas Blakey. Horswell welcomes a twelve pound boy and Blakey a second girl among his siblings. Des Moines papers gain from new type setting machines. A May 21 marriage unites Mattimus Bendixon and Katherine Miller in Estherville township.
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Northern Vindicator
Esthirville High School
Opera House
Carl Ballard
Clarence H. Ford
Laura E. Klopp
Lydia Doolittle
Edith
Elgar
Chauncey Ammon
Estherville
Messrs
A. Horswell
Chas. Blakey
Estherville Township
Mattimus Bendixon
Katherine Miller
Local notices from Estherville May 1885 obituary and updates
Forty years ago today May 29 1885 the death of Ella Wescott at 34 is noted alongside four children bereft of a mother. Osher's barn burned in High Lake with heavy losses, and Frank Day reports a new baby at the Martin County Sentinel. Marriages licensed to K C Olson and Nels L Nelson, and a wolf capture by James Maher for a 24 county warrant.
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Estherville
Ella Wescott
Ed. Wescott
Mahlum
Oaklawn
Banker Woods
James Maher
K. C. Olson
Anna Nelson
Nels L. Nelson
Bessy
B. R. Knudson
Frank Davey
Northwest Town
Emmet
Osher
High Lake
Frank Day
Martin County Sentinel
Rank
Mother Hubbard
Cheerful rooms boost health and happiness in workplaces
A 1924 Western Newspaper article argues health is broader than absence of disease and hinges on surroundings. It links interior design to mental and bodily well being, urging light, color, and clean, cheerful rooms to improve mood, energy, and disease resistance.
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Actun
Patent Leather Earliest 1818 American Origin and Process
Patent leather, also called Japabned and enameled leather, was first made in America by Seth Boden of Newark in 1818. The article notes American patent leather has recently reached excellence akin to France and Germany, and explains chrome tanning plus multiple varnish coats of lampblack and linseed oil, dried and baked at 120 to 140 degrees then sun dried, as the production process.
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America
Seth Boden
Newark
France
Germany
Fire at Will Carr farm wipes out buildings north of Halfa
A Friday fire on the Will Carr farm north of Halfa destroyed all buildings except the house. A team of horses, harness, cattle and other farm items burned. An Earl Simmons auto also burned. Neighbors arrived too late to save anything. The fire likely started from an old straw stack, aided by high winds. Insurance had lapsed, totaling the loss.
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Will Carr
Halfa
Earl Simmons
Carr
Ringsted Dispatch
V.R
County Board Proceedings and Road Bids 1925
County officials approve a Melba McClune care transfer plan with monthly payments, award graveling contracts to Weaver & Weaver and Huff & Wiuff, and set start and completion dates for multiple road divisions. Rock Island Lines gears up for a 37-event athletic tournament in Kansas City with about 1000 employees expected to participate on Columbus Day.
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Spirit Hake
Glidden Construction Co
Glidden
Town
Huff & Wiuff
Armstrong
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Hutt & What
Hutt & Wintl
Murr & Winll
Hut & Winff
Thei
Bond
O'Hanlon & Reilly
Huntington-Dolliver Road
Doliver-Maple Hill
Middle West
Rock Island Lines
Kansas City
Rock Island
Chicago
Department of Personnel and Public Relations
RIL Athletic Association
Opening Deaf Ears by Frederick R. Ren
Editor's note discusses radio's impact beyond distance, enabling some profoundly deaf listeners to hear via headsets. Cites New York League for the Hard of Hearing and Radio's power to open deaf ears, with testimonials of restored hearing and wonder at science's unexpected benefits.
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Frederick R. Ren Edltor
Ilay Alt Fy
President Coolidge
Congress
New York League For the
Warren Pond
New York League
Volta Review
The
Dent
Britt girl awarded 7500 in auto crash suit
Miss Cora Peterson of Britt won 7500 damages in Clay county district court against Mrs. M. T. Fleete of Spencer after a jury found her automobile accident near Ventura last fall caused permanent injuries. The jury deliberated about five hours after days of testimony. Peterson had sought 11488.
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Cora Peterson
Britt
M. T. Fleete
Spencer
Clay County
Ventura
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors Mae D Hepp Bankrupt
Notice to creditors in Emmet county and Estherville district that Mae D Hepp was adjudicated bankrupt on May 27 1925. First meeting of creditors will be held June 18 1925 at 2 00 PM at the referee office Algona Iowa to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business. The bankrupt must be present.
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Mae D. Hepp
Emmet
Estherville
P. O
Algona
Kossuth
Iowa
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