Grand Theatre Block Restarts With 105000 Budget
Demolition and rebuilding of the Grand Theatre block progress with contracts let. Matson Peterson leads the main build for about 80000, plus 12000 for café equipment, bringing total near 105000. Cafe ready May 15, opera house by September 15. Minskota firms to supply interior, heating, wiring, seating. A steam hoist clears wreckage next week as foundation work nears. Origer Burns nuptials noted. soil shows town optimism for new playhouse.
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Grand Theatre
Matson & Peterson
Minneapolis
Olson & Company
W. E. Lohr
Estherville
Wm. Nason
Nason
Peanut Politics in California
A letter from A C Gant analyzes California political influences shaping Wilson's 1916 vote, detailing an influx of discontented migrants from the Midwest drawn by California’s climate and soil. He portrays settlers on small tracts near Los Angeles as quarrelsome, buried under debt, and culturally combative, blaming them for laboring failures and political shifts.
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A. C. Gant
Vindicator
California
Wilson
Sacramento
Corn Shortage on Farms Drives Market Prices
An agriculture department survey shows cereal on farms on March 1, 1917 dropped sharply from a year earlier due to high prices and strong European demand. Corn on hand fell to 789,416,000 bushels from 1,116,596,000. wheat 101,365,000 vs 244,448,000. barley 32,841,000 vs 68,301,000. A memorial note and local notices follow about Lillie Wea’s passing and a bank expansion plan.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Department
Iowa Picnic in California Brings Emmet County Names Forward
Mrs. B. F. Taylor reports 85 Emmet County residents registered at the Iowa picnic in East Lake Park Los Angeles. The letter notes weather relief, river crossings near home, and a reunion with W. C. Cowan from northern Nebraska. A list of attendees includes Charles A. Hill W. A. Graves Rd Donovan Bernard Christensen and many other Emmet County names. Also reports school election results with J. W. Thompson and M. H. Schiveman elected directors and near-success of Dr J I Clinite. The Betherville election saw 178 voters turnout.
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Origer Burns
St. Patricks Catholic Church
Joseph Origer
Imogene Burns
J. G. Murtagh
Lucille Origer
Bernard Burns
Orleans
N. J. Origer
Estherville
Emmet County
J. B. Burns
Chicago
Ilinois
Grover
B. F. Taylor
Iowa
Marehard
Rivera
Cal
Eastlakes Park
Los Angeles
Himmet
W. C. Cowan
Nebraska
Cass
San Gabriel River
Taylor
East Lake Park
Vindicator
Republican
Good Old
Charles A. Hill
W. A. Graves
Rd Donovan
Bernard Christensen
Wm. Stockdale
Henry N. Snyder
David Fitzgerald
Roscoe Anderson
Helen Anderson
Louie I. Gibbs
Kathryn Kelly McCall
A. C. Brown
P. J. Armitage
C. E. Bravender
Lester Bravender
Mildred Bravender
W. E. Lovell
Barber
Minnie M. Lovell
C. L. Bartlett
Misa Carria Bartlett
Herbert J. Bartlett
Jank E. Allen
Olive Hawkins Voyce
George Correct
M. A. Roberts
Marjorie Roberta
H. G. Hanson
Egiin
J. _W. Cummings
Edna Cummings Cummings Kruse
Alice Finley
Ezra Finley
J. D. Knudgen
Hedger
Clyde Gould
G. E. Delavan
F. H. Richman
Edward Campbell
Jean Campbell
Sarah
J Mitchell
Frank C. Dunham
LR. Woods
L. R. Woods
H. A. Dunham
C. B. Adams
J. A. Richley
E. O. Hanson
W. G. Haya
E. T. Gibbs
F. , Griswold
J. B
J. W. Thompson
M. H. Schiveman
Rail Strike Threat Looms Over United States Rail Network
New York March 19 A general strike of railroad workers threatens to tie up freight and passenger services across the United States. Unified unions outline staged calls beginning Saturday with escalating actions through next Wednesday if terms are not agreed. Freight operations on major lines including New York Central Baltimore Ohio Erie and others would be affected impacting 40 000 men. Local reports note future extensions to wider regions if negotiations fail. In other news Clarence R Kurtz and Esther Rentz wed at the Christian parsonage with Kurtz employed by Rock Island railroad. Ralph Rousseau adds a 12 piece sextrola to his cafe menu boosting business. Estherville Elks elect officers led by R G Ross with Boston national lodge attendance planned. Weather notes mention cyclones and tornadoes in Indiana.
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New York
Railroa
Rai
United States
New York Central
Baltim
Ohio
Erie
Atlantic Comstry Southern Railway
Louisville
Nashville
Seaboard Air Line
Bnithee
High Valley
Lackawanna
Jerstral
Pennsyvaine Central
Reading
Hill Roads
Chicago
Clarence R. Kurtz
Esther Rentz
Sparta
Wisconsin
J. 8. Coffin
Christian Church
Kurtz
Rock Island’ Railroad Company
North Third Street
Ana
Holmes Buys Valuable Missouri Property
From Moberly Daily Monitor Kirby and Holman realty dealers sold A D Long property to W H Holmes of Estherville Iowa. Purchase price 12500 includes modern house, twelve acres at Woodlawn Avenue with chicken houses, fruit trees and orchards. Holmes takes possession at once.
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Moberly Daily Monitor
Kirby & Holman
Incal
A. D. Long
Woodlawn Avenue
W. H.holmes
Estherville
Tolwa
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