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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1904
Page
4
J. H. Willey left last week for Columbus Junction due to his father's illness after two paralytic strokes. The rest of the fragment mentions other names and places but is garbled and hard to interpret.
At the Lowell Feed yards next Saturday March 26 at 2 oclock p m will sell twelve head of good horses to the highest bidder Also to be sold are a farm wagon survey wood top buggy wood road wagon Deering hay rake three sets double harness one set single harness and other articles Credit on bankable notes bearing eight percent interest will be given from 3 to 10 months
Community updates list residents visiting, traveling to Des Moines and Chicago, homesteading plans in Wyoming and North Dakota, store openings and repairs, and local business visits. Notables include M J Groves, Frank Woods, Jimmie Robbine, Edith Riuthoft Wallingford, C F Atwood, Frank Biden, and J H Camp. The column mentions moving plans, homeseeker trips, and upcoming events at the Baptist church and local theaters.
A. J. Steece, long time Rock Island railway official, was named city passenger agent in Minneapolis effective April 11. Cheerful and popular, Steece began with the former B. C. R. L. & N. and rose through the ranks to traveling passenger agent before the Rock Island merger. His promotion reflects officials’ esteem and confidence in him.
Charley Coon acquired the Dispanet stake and the firm becomes Crawford non. Dispanet moved to a farm southwest of town. Ames report notes a wide swindle involving two hundred county teachers and a summer school credit scheme, with notes altered from one year to sixty days and $2,300 profits. Sage of local mischief includes a joking tale about Geo E. Delavan and several thefts and property transfers recorded at the county level totaling thousands.
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