Graettinger Man Relates Florida Trip and Boom Towns
John F. Jensen recounts a Florida journey visiting Punta Gorda and Jacksonville, noting rising land prices, crowded tourist camps, and a statewide real estate boom. He reports wages, housing, and labor conditions, warns about speculative profits, and reviews road quality, agriculture, and climate as wintering options.
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Punta Gorda
Florida
I. Larsen
Ife
Miami
Jacksonville
Atlantic & Pacific
Love
Ohio
New York
Indiana
California
Michigan
Ilinois
Georgia
Iowa
Brest
Wales
Movida
Real Ustate
Tampa
Rankin Pioneer Wilken Anderson Rankin Dies in Estherville
Wilken Anderson Rankin died October 4, 1925 in Estherville Iowa at age 69 after a long Estherville residence. He was born April 1 1856 in Springfield Illinois and married Marietta Douglas November 3 1885. ten children survived, two died in infancy. Funeral services were held at Mahlum and Anderson parlors with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Estherwile
Wilken Anderson Rankin
Mr Rankin
Springfield
Ohio
Hogett
Lory
Wilson Anderson
Wilson Anderson Rankin
Thinwis
Estherville
Iowa
Muscatine
Marietta Douglas
West, Branch
Chas. EH
Pipestone
Minn
Glen E
Mee A
Sioux City
OSGC
Clarion
Ralph E., Blanchet
Louise T
Harry Heffelfinger
Marswalltown
Rankin
Huxford
Fred Albertson
Oak Hill Cemetery
V.-R
Local notices and social updates from Twelve Mile Lake region
A packed sale scene at Steward's sale draws a large crowd. Neighbors Clarence and Myrtle Egland, and Carl Roeson visit relatives near Roland. Roland visitors from Graettinger and Roland, and local trips by A. H. Mills the Rawleigh man. Builders Clemenson and Gisboe work on a hog house for C. Dewall. Husking corn begins as farmers stay busy. Harold Anderson returns from St. Paul for a weekend with parents. Visits between the Eglands and Patons and Ness and Swenson connect the communities. The Grand Theatre in Estherville plans the comedy Fair and Warmer with new acts. Mrs. Mable Irwin and Jessie prepare for a winter in Arizona after visits with Vern Tredway.
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Steward’s Sale
Clarence
Myrtle Egland
Carl Roeson
Roland
Albert
Berdella Hill
Egland
Frank Paton
R. H. Dewall
A. H. Mills
Rawleigh
Clemenson
Gisboe
Graettinger
C. Dewall
Bill Dewall
Harold Anderson
St. Paul
Anderson
Chris Egland
Elmore
Minn
Lars Reeson
Astrid Swenson
Estherville
Ness
Albert Paton
Grand Theatre
Sam Beck
Dr. Beck
Dodge Center
M. Hatch
Cliff Hatch
Maple Hill
H. Bullock
Hlatch
Sheldon
Owen Wicken
Ottumwa
Grand Lodge of the Town
Dick Cook
Henry Cook
Rinebeck
Tim Lines
Pete Overson
Fertile
Orvie Salmonson
Grover Calahan
Armstrong
Davis Home
Paul Graves
Russel
Billy Higgenbotham
Allen Krieger
Iowa City
Leland Campbell
Stewart
Kirk Farm
Gruver
Reinbeck
Ray Bryan
Minneapolis
H. S. Allenswang
Lerdigh House
S. B. Knutsen
Swan Lake
Theo Wold
Thelma
Wisconsin
O. E. Davis
Kabe
James Merriott
Grover
Orva Solomson
Jake Taylor
Andy Broms
Wertz
Vernie Wertz
Ws. Wellis Wertz
Knights of Pythias district meeting at Milford
District convention of Knights of Pythias set for Wednesday in Milford with Chas. Dayton as district deputy grand chancellor expected to preside and state officers possibly in attendance. Also obituary notes for Sarah BE. Brown born April 18, 1873 Estherville and married to Ole A. Oleson, with funeral details and survivors listed.
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Knights OF Pythias District
Milford
Knights of Pythias
Chas. Dayton
Sarah BE. Brown
Estherville
S&s. W. Brown
Ole A. Oleson
Carl
Bruce
Presbyterian Church
Geo. M. Brown
Ainegard
North Dakota
L. B
J. O. Brown
Bronson
Towa
Ire E. Brown
Mary M. Jones
W. F. Huxford
East Cemetery
V.-R
Grover Community Church Plans and Local Events
Sunday School at 10 30 worship at 11 30 with sermon The Man Nobody Knows. Community Circle meets Friday October 2 with social time and lunch. Bazaar October 31 includes supper and variety booths and auction Halloween at the hall. Dickinson County Institute shows potatoes and chickens raised by county youths with seed potatoes and eggs supplied by the Bankers Association. DeMolays to host a dance at the Masonic Hall Monday evening.
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Hallowe’en
Dickinson County
Teachers Institute
Spirit Lake
Bankers Association of
Ames
Onions For Sale And Local Notices Collected
A scatter of local notices and short items includes onions for sale at $2 per bushel by A. C. West, theater and supper announcements for upcoming events at the Grand Theatre and Odd Fellows hall, church fundraisers, and various personal notices. Also mentions a Verona-Vestrent family bereavement, local student enrollment for boarding help, and several crime and society brief items from nearby towns.
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City Meat Market
H. YP. Schneider
Prop
Ruit
Resent
Alabama
Mississippi
Overland
Chicago
Washington
John FP. Jensen
Von.w. A. Rankin
Mahlum and Anderson Undertaking
Twelve Mile Lake
Mable Irwin
Jessie
Vern Tredway
Ole Oleson
Grover Community Church
Masonic
A. C. West
the Vindicator and Republican
Call
Robert West
Guernsey
Geo
Hanford Produce Station
Superior
Jordan Erickson
Ritchie Fixit
Lingenfelter
Vindicator
Republican Office
Henry C. Brees
First Trust & Savings Bank
F. H. Rhodes
Walnut and
4Th St
W. P. Galloway
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato, Minn
The
Trousdale Co
Grand Thetre
Oddfellow Hall
V.R
Brees
Pantist Ladies Aid
Florence
Italy
Gander
Polly Kittinger
Canton
Raymond Hoffman
East Pennsboro
William Wolf
Venico
Emma Funder
Briercrest
Sack
Amos Jackson
Tacoma
Wash
Vancouver
Frank Malone
Brooklyn
George Weber
Sterling, Til
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Postoffice
Union
Nashua
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