Des Moines Boosters Visit Estherville with Band and Banquet
Eighty five Des Moines wholesalers toured Estherville Tuesday night arriving at 8 after a Rock Island depot welcome by Mayor Stockdale and the commercial club. The Iowa Military Band performed in the park followed by a commercial club reception with ice cream and lemonades. The visitors praised Estherville hospitality and expressed optimism for future business.
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Des Moines
Estherville
Aix O
Iowa Military Band
Rock Island Depot
Stockdale
Commercial Club
Elks
GROW Handles May Mail Totals for Office
May mail activity shows outgoing 55 882 pieces with 85 025 letters 11 875 newspapers and remaining circulars and misc. Incoming mail totaled 119 683 pieces including 52 252 letters 43 593 newspapers 4 006 magazines and the rest miscellaneous. Also notes several marriage or pairings in Kossuth and nearby towns on June 14 to 21.
No-Time Trouble Moves The Average Man
A fragmented warning piece notes the dangers of rushing life and business. It contrasts the man's desire for speed with mortality, stressing the need to stop and rest before it is too late. The ad copy mentions a wall map offer and Foley Kidney Pills with uncertain attribution.
Public drinking cups urged to be abolished Iowa wide
The Iowa State Board of Health urges abolishing the public drinking cup in trains stations schools and other institutions to curb infectious disease spread. It warns that germs in mouths mixed with shared cups threaten public health and calls for action by railroads schools and boards of directors nationwide. The notice is signed by Guilford H. Sumner M D Secretary. Also a local note about Emmet county’s oldest white woman settlers and requests for accuracy in early settlement history.
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Iowa
Board of Education
Towa
Lhteelf
State Board of Health
United States
Ann Donahue
Emmet County
Mahar
Jack Creek Township
Estherville
Otto Brown
Mary Donahue
Des Moines Evening Tribune Subscription Offer
A thirty day subscription option is announced for the Des Moines Evening Tribune at one dollar, valid until January 1 1912. The offer targets readers seeking affordable mail or home delivery during the winter period.
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Des Moines Evening Tribune
Died at Swea City was ill only a few days
Mrs C F Sperbeck of Estherville died suddenly in Swea City on Friday June 16 after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at Swea City Baptist Church and Spirit Lake Presbyterian Church. Surviving husband C F Sperbeck and son Ray, with siblings in Spirit Lake, were notified as the community mourned. The Des Moines Register and Leader subscription offer ran at year end.
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C. F. Sperbeck
Estherville
Swea City
OC. F. Sperbeck
Sperbeck & Son
Herald
Anderson
Sperbeck
Swen City
Ray
Dollie Mahala Jenkins
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Bozeman
Montana
Brainard
Minnesota
Baptist Church
Royal Neighbor
Rebecca Lodges
Swea City Baptist Church
Rev
A. Johnson
Swea Township Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
J. L. Vokes
R. V. Frakes
R. Stockman
Martin Nelson
Samuel Warburton
Jos. M. Dye
Rebeccas
Odd Fellows
Commercial Club
Ladies Guild
Thursday Club
Royal Neighbors
Norwegian-descent groom weds Estherville bride on farm
Jacob Midthun married Miss Murle FE Ellis Sunday at 3 p m with Rev J D Vanney officiating at his North Seventh Street home. The bride is Estherville born and the couple will reside on a farm west of town. Widespread good wishes accompany their marriage.
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J. D. Vanney
North Seventh Street
Jacob Midthun
Murle FE
Ellis
Estherville
Cedar Rapids Warden to oversee Isthmus fish garden project
State Fish and Game Warden Geo Lincoln of Cedar Rapids orders deputies to begin work at once on the Isthmus between Spirit Lake and East Okoboji Lakes. He will supervise next week and stock fully grown fish from the Spirit Lake pumping station. One tank will be fifty feet wide and three feet deep, cement lined, with a railing for visitors to view native Iowa Great Lakes species. Spirit Lake Herald reports Burlington to host next Town Masons meeting and lists grand lodge officers elected, a memorial tablet approved, and a per diem increase plus funds for a Parvin portrait and library expansion.
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Geo. Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
Spirits
East Okoboji Lakes
Spirit Lake
Iowa Great Lakes
Iowa
Burlington
Masons
Prand Lodge
Louis Block
Davenport
John W. Barry
Harry Belt
Des Moines
George L. Schoonover
Anamosa
W. R. Parvin
Cedar
S$. Parvin
Block
W. A. Weatphal
Northwood
W. L. Gardner
Clinton
W. H. Norris
Manchester
John 38
Newton
Cadar Rapids
J. E. Brooks
Greenfield
Bruce More
Iowa City
C. C
Hunt
Montezumol
Percy G. Smith
Rock Rapids
Ownership Change at Butler County Press in Greene
On June 10 negotiations completed transferring ownership of the Butler County Press from E. H. Camp to Benjamin Boardman. Camp, in Greene seven years, built the paper from a few hundred dollars to a several thousand value and boosted Greens with town advancements. Boardman, ex-head of Greene schools for six years, will continue the paper’s quality and public spirit.
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Butler County
E. H. Camp
Benjamin Boardman
Camp
Groane
Greene
Boardman
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DES Moines Boosters
Estherville Commercial College
William Krum
Katie Kallesch
Kossuth County
John Dininger
Lilly M. Herrick
Maple Hill
Harrison Taylor
Elsie Stoltenberg
Grover
Norman FE. Colburn
Minneapolis
Alma EF. Ruble
Armstrong
Wm. J. McKenzie
Mable A. Burdick
Dolliver
U.S
World
Mexico
Panama
Foley
H. Williams
Des Moines Register and Leader
Kuppenheimer
Cassimer
Mendersbey
Boerton
Howse of
Kuppens
Chicago
Grand Marshall
R. G. Smith
Oakland
Grand Wyler
A. N. Alberson
Washington
W. H. Hassing
Carlton
EstHarvilly State Bank
Butler County Press
Thaviu
Heimerdinger
Weathewax Bros. Quartet
White Rose Orchestra
Clarke-Bowers Company
Pugh-Riner Company
Garretta
Grand Opera Singers
O’donnell
Joseph W. Folk
Robert McIntyre
Manly J. Mumford
William Edgar Geil
Walter Mansell
Belle Kearney
Thomas McClary
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