Train Hold Up Leads To Manager Job Offer
Graham Norcross, rail road manager, and secretary Jimmie Dodds witness a peculiar train holdup at Band Creek. John Chadwick, revealed financier, offers Norcross the manager ship of the Pioneer Short Line, currently controlled by lantern speculators led by Breckenridge Dunton. Sheila Macrae, widow, is revealed as visiting Portal City with Major Basil Kendrick. Norcross agrees to join if given full control to act freely.
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Chaptahr
Graham Norcross
Hia
Jimmie Dodds
Band Creek Stone
Sheila Macrae
Annean
Norcross
Car Atolen
John Chadwick
Portal City
Dodds
Chadwick
Lantern
Breckenridge Dunton
Shela Macrae
Mr. Chadwick
Strathcona
Resilientera
Basil Kendrick
Kentucky
Basil
Sheila
Goegsen
Bullard
John
Mountaineer
The Directors' Meeting Sparks Crystal Railroad Schemes
In the wake of a tense dawn, the narrator observes a rough mood at the Nevada avenue yard as a Dunton Chadwick faction plots. A committee room agenda hints at a receivership or a sweeping management shakeup, with the narrator fearing exposure to the high-stakes intrigue.
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Nevada Avenue
Fiong
Dunton
Canahan
Chadwick
Coort
Recklet
Sand Creek Siding
United States Court
Shaffer
Henckel
Weatherwax Brothers Quaretette attraeion draw crowds
Weatherwax brothers Will Asa Lester and Tom, a famed quartet, signed for a 1909 to 1917 period. They toured 200000 miles in the United States and Canada and claimed the most public appearances. They shared stages with John McCormack Schumann Heink and Arthur Middleton. They sang with Billy Sunday in Philadelphia before 20000. Their act mixes quartet and cornet numbers with readings by Weatherwax. February 16 Leona Mildred Cox born Estherville, February 5 Betty Lou Lorimore born Spirit Lake, February 8 Joyce Elizabeth Linthicum born Estherville, February 3 Marylyn Shriner born Lake Park, March Howell born Doliver.
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Weatherwax Brothers
United States
Canada
John McCormack
Schumman-Heink
Arthur Middleton
Billy Sunday
Philadelphia
Lester
Will Weatherwax
Leona Mildred Cox
Leo and
Mildred Tseiinner Cox
Estherville
Betty Lou Lorimore
George and
Lucile Amatette Miller Lorimore
Spirit Lake
Joyce Elizabeth Linthicum
Paul and
Mary Eliza Trone Linthicum
Marylyn Loraine Shriner
Wilfred LeRoy
Hilda Mae Vestrem Shriner
Lake Park
A—Howell
D. C
Birth Reports From Early February and March
Birth notices list Warren Lejeune Bleakly son of William Henry Bleakly and Grace Emily House Bleakly of Fishtown?ville on February 10 Estherville reports Betty Jane Hotchkiss daughter of Fred Hotchkiss and Jennie Frizzell Hotchkiss on March 2 James Carl Smith son of Carl J Brown and Vera V Brown Smith in Ellsworth township and Robert Burwell Black born January 8.
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Warren Lejeune Bleakly
Wm. Henry
Grace Emily House Bleakly
Fistherville
Betty Jane Hotchkiss
Fred Fo
Jennie Frizzell Hotchkiss
Estherville
James Carl Smith
Carl J
Vera V. Brown Smith
Ellsworth Township
Robert Burwell Black
Marriage Licenses March Dates in Estherville Area
March 12 Olaf Bjorseth of Colton S D 27 and Inger Hanson Morris Illinois 36. March 15 Carl A Moser Estherville 21 and Pearl I Reamer Estherville 21. March 15 Roy J Klein Estherville 24 and Olga Sernminger Estherville 23. Town has 26746 silos holding 2915839 tons of silage per state agriculture reports. Sanitation in hog lots will save many young pigs.
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Olaf Bjorseth
Colton S. D
Inger Hanson
Morris, Nlinois
Carl A. Moser
Estherville
Pearl I. Reamer
Roy J. Klein
Olga [Senminger
Rtown
State Department of Agriculture
Coleman Hospital and Doctors Listings
R C Coleman M D physician and surgeon offices in Rhodes Block and E W Bachman M D also physician and surgeon offices in Sconberg Kilgore Block. Residence North Seventh street. office hours 11 to 12 m and 2 to ? p.m. All calls promptly answered.
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E. W. Bachman
Sconberg & Kilgore
North Seventh
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Tela
Ales Scribner
Weathertat
Will
Asa
Tom
Nera
Federal
S Pvnetiea WM
Johnston
Laws Bankruptcy
R. D. Heydenbure
Kirksville
Lawrences Atore
Kilgore & Klocow Holw
Palmer
A. Kelly
Rhode
Lincoln
Iowa
Estherville, Iowa
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