Pioneer Emmet County resident dies after brief illness
Ole S. Wold aged 70 dies at his Maple Hill area home after a short illness of acute kidney trouble. The issue also notes a late frost damaging crops, a new car arrival by banker Frank H. Rhodes, and various local obituaries and incidents including a fatality from a M. & St. L. railroad accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole S. Wold
Emmet
Maple Hill
Frank H. Rhodes
Minneapolis
Os Dillon
Colorado Springs
George L. Osborn
George Osborn
Herman G. Graaf
William A. Lesher
Fred Robinson
Amy *Barrier
St. James, Minn
Thirty Years Ago in Northern Vindicator Highlights
Readable items recall Oct 18 1894 details from Spirit Lake and Armstrong. Farmers husked corn with yields near 26 bushels per acre while race crowds greet arrivals in Estherville. Local deeds cover water mains, electric lines, and beet sugar factory output at Belmond, plus hog profits near Waverly and late-era notices from Corydon and Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Vindicator
C. W. Crim
Judge Quarton
Spirit Lake
Jas
Scotland
Esthervile
Jim
Gov. Jackson
Armstrong
S. Haynes
Will Hill
Dickinson County Herald
A. O. Peterson
Burlington
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Bradley
The
Electric Co
H. N
Detlef Rohde
O’neal
Thompson
Rohde Bros
Chicago
Polk county rural schools pay scales and leaders
Polk county reports 80 rural schools with 36 standardized and varied wages for 80 teachers. Salaries range from 1560 to 75 dollars monthly, with several in mining camps noted for higher pay and smaller enrollments. Harry Andrews serves as county superintendent, a Drake University graduate once farming near Grimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Harry Andrews
Drake University
Grimes
Farmer Bert Noel Warns Iowa Wolves Hit Tax Relief
In describing widespread sheep losses to wolves across Iowa, Bert Noel, a Promise City farmer in Wayne County, argues for tax exemption to alleviate the burden on struggling ranchers and sustain livestock herds amid the depredations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bert Noel
Promise City
Wayne County
October 10 bulletin notes 35 convictions for food abuse
The October 10 Department of Agriculture bulletin records 35 convictions mainly for selling eggs unfit for food and fines for city fruit dealers failing to protect sidewalk displays. It mentions a Marion county district court case in Knoxville where a farmer sues a rendering-plant operator over damages after a truck with died hogs stood outside his premises for 24 hours and the hogs later died of cholera. It notes Iowa butter-makers winning six creamery butter prizes at Milwaukee and reports speeches at Des Moines on race judgment and national uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Marion County
Knoxville
Bulletin
Iowa
Milwaukee
Standard schools to receive pro rated state aid funds
State superintendent Miss May Francis explains the state aid fund will be prorated as more districts meet the standardized rural school standards this year. Sioux City schools showcase thrift by banking programs for pre vocational pupils and Drake University alumni seek a 1 million endowment through life insurance plans for 20 year terms benefiting the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss May
Francis
Misa Francis
Sioux City
Supt
Clark
Drake University
Potatoes Supplied to Fifteen Institutions at Low Bid
Harry Shropshire acting as purchasing agent for the state board of control bought 84 carloads of potatoes from F. J. Sedlacek of St Ansgar for all fifteen institutions in Mitchell county. T. H. Wallace presented Sedlacek’s bid and sample, which were judged best. Delivered prices ranged from 58 to 66 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Shropshire
State Board of Control
F. J. Sedlacek
St. Ansgar
Mr. Sedlacek
Mitchell County
T. H. Wallace
Arm strong and Ruth Glasscock married by justice
Emil J. Anderson aged 28 of Armstrong and Ruth M. Glasscock aged 18 of Ringsted were wed last week Wednesday by Justice A. Hutchison. Anderson is a son of Martin Anderson, Armstrong farmer. The Eagle’s Eye high school paper at Eagle Grove launches a fundraising drive with staff named and pricing for single copies at ten cents and annual subscription at 1.25. W. G. Horne of Birmingham Al was arrested after attempting to force entry into a car to elope with a young woman who had secured a marriage license without consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil J. Anderson
Armstrong
Ruth M. Glasscock
Ringsted
Justice A. Hutchison
Martin Anderson
Kosauth County
Ariganes
Eagle Grove
Eagle's Eye
Kossuth County Advance
W. G. Horne
Birmingham
Alf
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W. W. Lewis
Greenville
Jas. Howe
N. H. White
Mary Howe
E. F. Wilson
M. K. Whelan
Wilson
Noel
Belmond
Wright County
Joe EF. Grawe
Waverly
Bremer County
Chester White Spring
Wm. Wendt
Warren Township
Wendt
Mr. Wendt
A. E. Minion
Humboldt
State University of
Minnesota
Harry Fraser & Son
Margot
Court House
Corydon
Perry L. Sargent
Julia A. Sargent
State, News
E. P. Heizer
Hinton
Plymouth County
Burlington Hawkeye
Bloomfield Republican
Sioux City Journal
Heizer
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
London
Moll Flanders
Colonel Jack
Roxana
Bill Booster
Polks
Madan
GetaCan
Hattie Linn Hill
New York
Des Moines
International Mission Conference
Manchester
Delaware County
Harry L. Gilchrist
Washington, D. C
Gilchrist
Washington
President Coolidge
E. M. Cole
Audubon
William Sprole
Tama County
Sprole
Kansas City
Texas
Towa
Iowa Savings Bank
Estherville, Iowa
Haarlem
Algona
Donovan
Remington Portable
Vindicator
Republican
Estherville
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