R K Soper Dies Former Emmet County Official
Rufus K. Soper a former Estherville resident and Emmet County auditor passed away in Jackson Minnesota on February 24 pneumonia followed brief illness Funeral services were conducted at his home and he was buried at Oak Hill Estherville He served as state fish commissioner under Governor Boise and was a longtime Democrat with prominent county and state roles He married Cynthia J Williams in 1867 and Julia Lein in 1898 both wives preceded him in death with two sons and a daughter among his survivors
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Rufus K. Soper
Estherville
Jackson
Minnesota
Fetherville
Oak Hill Cemetery
Benjamin Franklin
Rufus Soper
Harry
Cedar Rapides
Rufus
Ike Hawk
Boise City
Idaho
BE. B. Soper
Emmetebure
Frank , Soper
South Dakota
Elmira Ridley
Lillie Weaver
California
Greenwich
New York
Iowa
Emmet County
John Griffith
Boise State Fish Commissioner
St. James
Mt. Vernon
Cynthia J. Williams
Mr. Soper
Julia Lein
Smith and Cronk Married at Home in Wisbherville
William Louis Smith and Elmina Cronk were wed yesterday morning at the bride’s parents home in Wisbherville with Rev. E. H. Sands officiating. The groom, a farmer, is the son of E. C. Smith of Armstrong Grove township. the bride, a Hinmet county teacher, is the daughter of C. H. Cronk of Estherville. They will spend a few days in Estherville before returning to the groom’s farm to begin housekeeping.
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William Louis Smith
Elmina Cronk
Wsbherville
E. H. Sands
M. E
Armatrong
E. C.smith
Armstrong Grove Township
C. H. Cronk
Estherville
Hinmet County
Burt
E. J. Burkhead
Armstrong Journal
Mrs Jessa Cole Dies Suddenly in Marshalltown
Mrs. Jesse Cole wife of the Iowa Soldiers home chaplain died suddenly in Marshalltown Iowa from congestion of the lungs. She had been ill five weeks but was thought to be improving. Her son Harris Cole died a week earlier at Independence. The body will be taken to Treton for funeral Thursday.
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Marshalltown
Jesse Cole
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Hogan Hoganson
Ellsworth
War Taken to Knoxville By J C Borreson
After a drunken spree spanning two or three weeks, J C Borreson asked to be sent to the inebriate asylum at Knoxville and was accompanied there by Friday, Shariff Butler.
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J.C. Borreson
Knoxville
Shariff Butler
A Venerable Couple at Fairmont Sentinel
Mr. Silcox, born in Ontario in 1850, moved to Rockford Illinois then Austin Minnesota, later settled in Lake Fremont Martin County. He served as district treasurer for 18 years and township treasurer, helped establish schools, and supported local Sunday schools. The couple raised three sons, with Marion in Estherville, and have long supported the Sentinel with 30 years of advance payment.
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Silcox
Southwold
Ontario
Rockford
Iils
Florence Austin
Austin
Minn
Martin County
N. E
Lake Freemont
N. T. Barber
N. W
Ostergen
Henry Curtis
Jackson
Board of Supervisors
J. E. Robinson
Fairmont
Good Cause
Sentinel
Company D Ready for Muster. Captain Wood Resigns
Company D trains for inspection next Monday to settle whether it will be mustered out or remain. Recruits may lift strength to sixty or more. fifty-eight required. Armory repairs by Mr. Coon promised in spring. Capt Wood resigns effective March 10. Lieutenants Neville and Miller also resign, prompting officer elections. Town proud of its young guards and aims to keep service pleasant.
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Wood
Robert Neville
Scott Miller
Fatherville
Hog market peak at ten dollars per hundred in Buffalo
In Buffalo on February 24 the market reached the highest price for hogs in U S history since the Civil War with mixed and heavy hogs selling at 10 05 per hundred. The report notes digestive complaints and offers Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy through S H Willistt s.
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Buffalo
New York
United States
Ames Short Course a Success in Estherville Town
Ames Short Course drew strong turnout across classes with lectures on crops and livestock, exhibits in Emmet County, and local displays. Prof Bliss noted plan changes will limit courses to nineteen towns next year, Estherville likely favored.
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R. St. Bliss
Ames College
Estherville
Court House
Ingwall & Rhodes
Parage
K. K. Bliss
Babcock
Lester
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Fairmont Sentinel
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Brotherhood of American Yeomen
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Harold Hudson
Myrtle Kilgore
McRae
Woleutt
Hatherville Vindicator & Republican
Supreme Office
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Broad Axe
B.i.sandrol
Chicago
Rock Island Road
Myrtle Miller
Harvey Miller
Emmetsburg
John Ammon
H. A. Jehu
Mahlum
Lee A. Wanamaker
Cora D. Swenson
Baptist Parsonage
Aes
Estheryilia
Coon
Lyric Theatre
Emmet
Edith Charlton
Dis
Turbers
Misa Charlton
Helen Watts
Aweet
State College
P. H. Graves
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Knoode
Roy Bryan
Otto Knode
H. E. Wahldieck
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Albert Loonberg
L. Swartz
F. L. Weat
E. J. Egertson
Lloyd Crim
J. G. Grudern
Charley McKean
Iva Irland
Oscar Myhre
Wm. Gage
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Anderson Drug Co
Hmmet House
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