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Reflections on Emmet County’s Pioneer Press Days
In this reminiscence by Hon. Frank Davey the 1871 to 1876 era of Estherville and Emmet county is recalled. He recalls prophecy about railroads and land values, the Vindicator newspaper, early editors and printers, and the rough business culture. He notes social life, political battles, exchanges with other local papers, and the changing era after 1881 bringing prosperity.
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Emmet County
Estherville
Indiana
Charley Dillman
Ed. Warren
Flora Bates
O. C. Bates
Charley
Hoosier
Lois Mattson
Blue Earth
Vindicator
Burr Williams
Government Printing Department
Washington
Albert Hill
Montavilla
Portland
Northwest
Iowa
Minnesota
le Mars Liberal
Hotchkiss
Calhoun
Price
Pocahontas
Storm Lake Pilot
Lawton
Medford
Coverdale
Moarhead
Ellis
Grahams
Humphreys
Ab. Ridley
Puret Sound
Pacific Coast
John Barber
Emmet Township
Nels Anderson
Ellsworth
Amund Christopher
John Iverson
Peter Peterson
Joe Lee
High Lake
L. L. Bixby
M. L. Tyser
Twelve Mile Lake
Charley Ogilive
E. B. Campbell
Matthew Richmond
Armstrong
Folletts
Iowa Lake
Cyrus C. Carpenter
Congress
Theodore Burdick
Decorah
Carpenter
Blaine
Grant
Hatherville
The
Emmet J County
Davey
California
Los Angeles
Frank EB. Alfen
J. B. Binford
M. K. Whelan
Hawaiian Islands
Tom
Ammet
Swan Lake
Board of Supervisors
Charles Jarvis
Swan Lae
Jarvis
Banka
Emmet