Windswept musings and tax talk from Esther Ville
A column reflecting on global fears of Japan, wind damage in Emmet County, and improving economic signals. It notes grain and dairy price rises, calls for tax relief beyond gasoline, critiques auto taxation, recounts a beer experience in Tennessee, critiques income taxes on Morgan, and urges public accounting of government spending. An Englishman’s claim of a perpetual shell is joked as a “low mood bomb.”
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House of Morgan
Uncle Sam
Mary Pickford's rise from stage to cinema fame
A reminiscence of Mary Pickford's early life from Toronto to Broadway and Biograph studios. The piece recounts her youth on stage, her cautious entry into motion pictures thanks to her mother, and her ascent to global fame aided by Mr. Griffith. It also notes her social honors, continued popularity, and the philosophy that her work brings happiness to others.
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Little Street
Mary Pickford
Times Square
Mary
Biograph
Fourteenth Street
New York
Valentine Stock Company
Toronto
Canada
Biograph Studio
Mr. Griffith
Fourteenth
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Griffith
Miss Pickford
Europe
Colin
Farmers' Forum Open for Discussion of Topics of Special Interest
Dear Readers: In a Vindicator and Republican issue the publisher writes while on a southern sojourn. As County Secretary I challenge statements about Iowa. The letter defends Judge Bradley against foreclosures, labels some farmers as Bolsheviks, recalls the Holiday convention May 21, notes a jailed speaker Mr North of Crawford County, and laments brutal troop actions.
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Vindicator
Republican
South
Iowa
Judge Bradley
Bradley
Court House
North
Crawford Co
Vail
Cc. H. Larison
Secy Holiday Assn
Local clubs host social afternoons and bridge games
The O R C Ladies Auxiliary met with Mrs. Geo McCutcheon for a social afternoon with refreshments. The Chatter sewing club gathered Tuesday hosted by Mrs Ora Brown with guests Mrs Carl Boyster and members including Mrs Will Hansen and others. The Duo Decem bridge club met for a 1 30 dessert luncheon and contract bridge with eight members. The T B bridge club enjoyed a dessert luncheon and bridge at Mrs F G Parsons home with seven or eight players. Mrs L E Stockdale sent a pen sketch for Mrs Wm S John.
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Chatter Club
Ora Brown
Will Hansen
Gordon Griffis
Lucile Peterson
Ralph Lough
Robert Lee
Paul Laidley
Brown
Carl Boyster
Lyda Zung
8. G
Duo
Decem Bridge Club
B. F. Hanson
L. E. Stockdale
Jos. Hoye
H. H. Drey
L. J. Sargent
E. V. Pierce
Wm. Bale
Ewen
T. B. Bridge Club
F. G. Parsons
G. Ewen
K. V. Turner
Raleigh Richardson
L. M. Christensen
Geo Anderson
T. Egertson
Parsons
L. E. Stockdale Penauky
Estherville Junior College Banquet at Gardston Hotel
Delegates will be sent to the state convention on June 7 at West Ben College. Estherville Junior College plans a banquet tonight at the Gardston hotel at 6 30. Wilfred Reed will head the toast program with Miss Harriet Osher coordinating social arrangements.
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West Ben
Estherville Junior College
Gardston
Wilfred Reed
Harriet Osher
Closing of Rural School District No 4 at Center Twp
The rural school district No 4 in Center township will close Friday afternoon. Mrs. Hattie Osmundsen teaches the school and students will have a picnic at the school house.
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Fern Hanson
Burnell Watts
Armstrong
Swan Lake
Dave Thomas
Fort Defiance State Park
Center Township
Hattie Osmundsen
Royal Neighbor lodge hosts benefit parties this week and next
Mrs. A. H. Kately hosted the first event on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Francis Reynolds assisting. Three tables of bridge followed a tea. Mrs. John Lanning plans an afternoon card party Thursday for the lodge benefit, with bridge and five hundred on the schedule. Proceeds from these social events will support the lodge.
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Royal Neighbor Lodge
A. H. Kately
Francis Reynolds
John Lanning
Sisters Host Wedding Guests in Colorful Assembly
The event drew numerous attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steinhilber, Mrs. Eliza Petit, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Frey, Bernadine of Lone Rock, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sharar of Dun Nell, Ruth and Elisa Coanpertie of Coan City, Helen Comfort of Blencoe, J. I. Weller family, I. C. Sidies, Elaine Bidien, Nora Marie Harker, Wilbur Schar of Storm Lake, and Rev. Peter Stein, with Dr. Alice Stinson.
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Jewel Edwards
Truesdale
Elizabeth West
Marjorie Weller
Miss West
Henry Steinhilber
Eliza Petit
B. C. Frey and
Bernadine
Lone Rock
Fred Sharar
Dun Nell
Ruth
Elisa
Neh En Coanpertie
Ofane City
Sulphur Springs
Ios
Helen Comfort
Blencoe
J. I. Weller
Zari
Mary Weller
I. C. Sidies
Elaine Bidien
Hiss
Harker
Nora Marie Harker
B. M. Sharar
Wilbur Schar
Storm Lake
Walt Berkier
Arthur
Peter Stein
Alice Stinson
Bareard Mniece
Mis’ Ls
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