Who Is to Blame for Foreign-Goods Flood in Estherville
A 1903 Estherville column argues local merchants fail to advertise and stock goods, letting Chicago mail order houses drain seven to twenty million dollars yearly from Iowa and rural areas. It urges merchants to advertise and compete to keep money local, noting peddlers and outside buyers. The piece also contrasts editorials on Roosevelt and Cleveland with a critique of changing tunes in political coverage.
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Estherville
Chicago
Iowa
Minneapolis
Oanadea
New York
Tt Ia
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Tom Need
Democrats
Cuba
State Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hay
The Useful Hill and the Political Retriever
A fragmented excerpt discusses David Hill and the role of Parker in politics, likening Hill to a retriever whose actions may be controversial. The dialogue includes a caricatured exchange about a dog owned by a black man and a White employer, hinting at race and power dynamics in a historical local scene.
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Hill
David
Parker
Peraou
Darky Ouce
Maree Sam
Darky
David B. Hill
St. Louis
Arker
Ath
Parker telegram controversy and Western Electric lines debate
The piece discusses whether Parker endorsed a gold telegram to St Louis and questions Hill’s charge about Parker. It notes rumors about a Parker gold telegram and defends Western Electric’s farmer lines, pole purchases, and favorable connection rates. The notice highlights Matherville’s improvements and stable business climate, urging scrutiny before franchise approvals.
Estherville Opposes Additional Telephone Exchanges
The Vindicator and Republican oppose expanding telephone exchanges in Estherville. They argue for a single, adequately aged system and warn against higher costs than in towns of similar size.
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Estherville
Roosevelt under fire in Parker letter and crop update
In Des Moines, Iowa, Oct 3 1904. The Parker letter defends Judge Park against Roosevelt criticisms while noting Roosevelt has dominated the campaign. A Iowa agricultural summary reports a warm week with rainfall. corn crop mostly safe though some risk before the 10th. Timothy and clover yields favorable. pastures good. 1904 crop season generally favorable. Ad offers one year subscriptions to The Vindicator Republican and Chicago Weekly.
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Buffalo Express
Montebank
Dee Moines
Iowa
Local notes from Terri Iowa to Rock Rapids area
Various brief items record new office moves in Pautterson and Staggs, Haugan tile hauling, millers planning a state group in Omaha, church and civic meetings, street grading on Estrato street, a family move from Terri to city, clerk appointments, new cases for Jay Johnston Co, and lost items at Presbyterian church. Reports mention elevator grain shipments, stock sales, a large church pew sign, a street electric wire accident, a freight derailment near Little Rock, workers in Rush City and Ocheyedan, fall weather in Northern Iowa, Iowa curfew movement, Rock Rapids opera house and armory construction, and community notices from Armstrong, Dunell, Spirit Lake, and the Womans Club meeting.
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Terris Tribune
Henry Haugan
Twelve Mile Lake
W. A. Staggs
Graaf
Millers
Lowa
Oamaba
Ladies Aid Society
Tthe Catholic Church
I. N. Ritten
Rose
Estrato Street
Burt Reese
Terri
Rock Island
City
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Eathervilla
Iowe
U Congress
Tilt
Sheehan
Hit
Missouri
Western Electric Telephone Company
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Matberville
Lows
Ally
Special Crop Bulletin
God Republican
Pautterson
Coon Block
Frank Peterson
E Miller
Jay Johnston & Co
Presbyterian Church
Qownere
McLale
John Halvorson
Lough
Rodman
Thas
Northern
Hermaon G. Grasst
Lincoln Street
John Morrissey
Little Rock
Roy Luras
Rush City
Mino
Rock Rapida
Quinty
Pingrey
Armstrong
Columbia Opera Company
Opera House
Dorothy and
Miksolo
C. W. Crim
Mr. Crim
North Ninth Street
Ocheyedan Press
C. H. Walker
Dunnell, Mins
F. W. Glan
Sac City
W. C. Walker
Spirit Lake
Womans Club
K. P. Hall
C. E. Ingwall
N. 6Th Street
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