Death of an Old Settler in Estherville
Joseph Oakes Youngman died at his East Lawn home after a short heart illness. Born March 21, 1846 in Allegheny County Pennsylvania, he lived in Illinois and Iowa before retiring in Estherville. He leaves a wife and six children, two sisters, a brother, and is remembered as a devoted Presbyterian elder. Memorial services and Decoration Day observances were planned by veterans groups and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Youngman
East Lawn
Mitchell
Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Joseph Oakes Youngman
Alleghany County
Pennsylvania
Estherville
Iowa
Illinois
Rockford
Hattie Harriman
Toronto
Ontario
Blanche Jordan
Algona
Mabel Hillner
LeRoy
Minnesota
Winnifred Ray
Los Angeles
California
Mattie
St. Paul
Maude
J. Oakes
Green County
Emmet County
Maple Hill
Georgia Minstrels at Armory Theatre May 26
Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels, famed for wholesome entertainment, perform at the Armory Theatre Friday May 26 with Clarence Powell and Billy King leading a 40 member company and Fred Simpson's Challenge Band. Noon street parade by the entire troupe precedes events. Commencement exercises at M. E. Church June 1 feature a pipe organ solo, glee club, address, and diplomas.
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Richards & Pringle
Georgia Minstrels
Armory Theatre
Clarence Powell
Billy King
America
Sons of Ham
Fred Simpson
Purely Personal Notes From Estherville Area
Purported social items list residents visiting and traveling around Spirit Lake Estherville and nearby towns. Mentions include Mrs L E White, A R Butler, J J Ports, Mr and Mrs Harris, L Irwin, Archie Pierce, A G Gambriel, Bessie and Hazel McKibben, W J McIlveen, Mrs Stockdale, J E Stockdale, W Foote, C C Lindsay, Joe Packman, John Halvorson, H Y Nichols, Dr A Anderson, Miss Lomena Fahey, Miss Flaherty, Frank G King, J B Williams, Fred Schultz, Harold Hudson, Geo Letchford, C C Doolittle, R J Ridley, Eva Sharp, Miss Mabel Gremmels, John Ahlers, E W Camden, Mrs A H Kately, Miss Iva Tone, and Halvorson millinery sale. Mentions places like Spirit Lake, Dolliver, Armstrong, Superior, Monterey MN, Forest City, Cedar Rapids, Emmetsburg, Staples MN, Larchwood Town, Salem OR, Grant’s. Also notices millinery sale and jewelry ads.
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County
Eldred Jewelry Store
Eistherville State Bank
Grant
G. A. BR
W. BR. C
Moores’ Orchestra
Rehnenn Aandalpats
Bemis
Whitfield
Miss Woods
Miss Schaffer
Vanneyeer Eee Moores
Hard
East Side
Union
Ira Stanley
Vanney
Claire Foote
Forest C. Ensign
U. S
V. L. Rehn
Crowell
A. R. Butler
J.J. Ports
Armstrong
Harris
Superior
The
Vindicator and Republican Co
L. Irwin
Archie Pierce
A. G. Gambriel
Monterey
A. C. Brown
Bessie
Hazel McKibben
DeSmet
South Dakota
W. J. McIlveen
Forest City
Stockdale
J E. Stockdale
Omaha
W. H. Foote
Orleans
C. C. Lindsay
Winnebago
Joe Packman
Humboldt
Clarence Williams
John Halvorson
Wilton
North Dakota
H. Y. Nichols
Spirit Lake
A. Anderson
Lake Park
Walt Kingman
William Holland
Galena
Dilmois
Nice
L. G. Thompson
W. H. Hassing
Carlton, Minnesota
8. B. Embury
Dr. Bailey
Lomena Fahey
Fort Dodge
Miss. Flaherty
Fahey
Walter Crowell
Frank G. King
J. B. Williams
Emmetsburg
Fred Schultz
Denver
Estherville Friends
Harold Hudson
Geo. Letchford
C. C. Doolittle
R. J. Ridley
Chan, Stedman
Staples
Eva Sharp
Larchwood
Town
Mabel Gremmels
Salem
Oregon
John Ahlers
E. W. Camden
A. H. Kately
Lucious Tone
Iva Tone
Cedar Rapids
Halvorson Millinery
Grant's
Carl Olson
Nau Brothers
Utz Dunn
F. M. Shadle & Sons
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