Western Electric Buys Estherville Exchange
Western Electric buys the Estherville telephone exchange from G. G. Gardner for 37400 dollars, with possession given Saturday. The sale follows prior transfers and marks a major Iowa system upgrade. Gardner plans to enter the hotel business and develop an uptown hotel, with a reception at the Commercial College rooms next Monday evening and a varied program.
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Western Electric
Estherville Exchange
G. G. Gardner
Commercial College
Marealle
Luders
Pete Teem
Paul—Orchestra
Vaprica
Heidel
Miss Hager
Misses Hager and
Barrett Cornet
Gruenwald
Mr. H.C. Brown
Inez Brown
Pinard Maresh
Bester— Bartholme
Seers Orchestra
Prospective Up-Town Hotel Planned in Estherville
Local leaders G. G. Gardner and Alex Johnston push a $60,000 hotel project for Estherville with a 50 000 building and furnishings. They seek about 20 000 in stock funding, targeting the corner of Seventh and Lincoln between depots as a prime site. If stock goals are met they will proceed to construct and manage the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
G. G. Gardner
Alex Johnston
Seventh
Lincoln Streets
Gardner
Johnston
Rhodes Buys Coon Block in Estherville Landmark Deal
FH Rhodes closes a deal with H C Coon making Rhodes owner of the Coon block a prime two story brick building to house the Bank of Estherville. Coon gains 240 acres Emmet county and 160 acres Jackson county land while retaining the Elks block and armory. Nearby the Lincoln house site and local firms occupy the first floor with many tenants. Also reports an accident as Jay Dunham falls from a locomotive near Estherville injuring ribs but recovering soon. The Lyric features weekly motion pictures and local tailoring ads round out the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Rhodes
H. C. Coon
Coon Plask
Bank of Estherville
Mr. Coon
Emmet County
Maple Hill
Jackson County
Minn
Alpha
Jay Dunham
Estherville
Salisbury
J Hansen The Tailor French Dry Cleaning
J Hansen appears as a tailor and cleaner offering dry cleaning services under the business name The Tailor and French Dry Cleaning with possible variations in listing. Local shop presence suggests a small business directory entry.
Corn festival and church bazaar events at M B church
Readable fragments describe a corn festival at M B church on Friday November 17 with supper and program, plus a Presbyterian ladies league annual bazaar on December 18 in the church parlors. Also notes Geo Gallager of Spirit Lake aging 87 and his life story. Beck and Hanney to perform at Lyric November 16 17 18 with cheap admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B
Ladies League of the Presbyterian Church
Beck
Hanney
Beck and
Lyric
Farewell Party Held for Mr Clair Post at Home
Sophomores from the high school gave a farewell at his neat side home Friday night. Clair Post left for Remsen Iowa next morning to stay with his grandmother and attend German school. His father accompanied him to Sibley. A few diphtheria cases were reported in town.
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Clair Post
Clair
Remsen
Iowa
Sibley
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Western Electric Telephone Co
John Hiatt
B. C. Way
Mason City
Western Bilectric
Spirit Lake
Mort
Commercial College Reception
Prospect
Della P
Oregon
Alle A. Cleson
Jet
Orig. P
Eatherville
Lumber Co
T. French
Armstrong
Ereeees
Citizens’ Lumber Co
B. T. French
E. Richey
J. I. Knode
Lough’s
Andrew Landy
Andrew Peterson
Ellsworth
Joun Menzies
Emmetsburg
J.D. Vannoy
The
Federated Baptist Church
NAU Brothers
Rhodes
H.C. Coon
Coon
Elks
the Worlds
the Lyric
You and
Man Next Door
J. Hansen
Lowa
Howse of Kuppenthicaco
Church and Society
Jenaberns
Emma Larsen
Seley Awe Aed Wee Eas
Trosper Town
Daemenpee the League Reading
Grace Nolan
Sis Bios
William Koch
Wee G. FL Whitfield
Jesse Cox
C. D. Bixby Cornet
H. C. Brown
By Products
V. II. Rhen
Geo. Gallager
Hstherville
Spirit Lake Herald
Oldgentleman
George Gallager
Uesday
Ireland
Gallager
Castlerea
Dublin
London
Woolwich
England
Canada
India
United States
U. S
Troy
N. Y
Minneapolis
Calcutta
Milwaukee
GO. M. Huggine
Federated Baptist Church Revival
Morse
R. I. Morse
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