Estherville Fire Spree Sparks Policing Push
Estherville faces a string of suspicious fires causing fear and a call for tighter police vigilance. Four barns and multiple sites burned over two weeks, with possible incendiary origins and no apparent loot motive noted. Affected areas include North Seventh Street Lincoln Street depot area and South Ninth Street. Police pursue suspects as officials warn of potential threats to property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
John Barker
North Seventh Street
Buck
Wm. Baker Hotel
Lincoln Street
Mands U. L
Henry Coon
South Ninth Street
W. A. Ladd
L. Irwin
Mr. Fitzgerald
Gardeton
Peterson Grocery
North Sixth Street
Harry Riley
New Bank Opens in Graettinger Ohio? Graettinger Bankers Enter Market
John P. Kirby of Fatherville closes purchase of the Gremmela saloon building, old opera house, and adjacent lots for 4000 pounds to establish the Farmers and Merchants bank of Graettinger. Vincent Kelly elected cashier. Capital to be determined to sustain business. operation expected within about thirty days, around November 16. Kirby, vice president of Estherville’s First National Bank, is a respected local figure extending welcome to Graettinger residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Kirby
Fatherville
Our City
Weinholzer
At Pant
Gremmela
Opera House
Kirby
the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Graettinger
Vincent Kelly
Finneraburg
Graetti Inger
First National Bank of
Estherville
Graettingar
Puccess
Graettinger
Craettinger Limes
Community Notices and Local Marriages in Tipcon
Twenty years ago Mrs John Godden returned from Tipcon visiting her former home. Mrs Mead is convalescent after a two week illness. Dr F C McReynolde of Boscobel Wisconsin will join Dr Carson. Large cinch party hosted by Foote Mobert crowd. seventeen tables. Barnum hosts cinch party. grand evening. Myra Ridley and Mrs Dr Anderson plan a five o clock tea for ladies. Ladies Guild to meet with Mrs G A Nichols. Mr Jarvis Barker dies at his son’s home aged eighty two. Water works system proposed by J Ainmoanu supplying several homes via underground reservoir. Killings frost noted October 25 with record northern Iowa. The Union Baptist parsonage near completion. pastor family moving in. Monument praised. church seeks capable leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Godden
Tipcon
A. ©. Mead
F. C. McReynolde
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Carson
Foote
Mobert
J. Ainmoanu
M. Brown
Hils
Mat Archer
John Anderson
H. F. Welly
C. M. Hirown
Knights of Columbus Offer Big Reward Controversy in Iowa
State Deputy John B. Keefe of Sioux City denounces a pamphlet accusing the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, offering a $25,000 reward for proof of five charges. Rewards include $5,000 for weapons in churches, $6,000 for anti American oaths, and $6,000 for church rites conflicting with American duties. The order invites non Catholic ministers to judge proofs and urges investigation by Pinkertons and detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
State Council of the
Eukghts of Columbia
C Catholic Church
Knights of Columbia
State Council
John KB. Keefe
Towa
Favars Justice
Knights of Columbus
United States
State of
Lawy
Fate of
Pinkertons
Burdea
Columbus
John B. Keefe
M. J. Fitspatrick
Fort Dodge
Catholic Knights Pledge Oath and Public Conduct Rules
The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus oath vows support for the United States Constitution and duty as Catholic citizens. It commits to ballot integrity and lawful public virtue while avoiding ostentation. A quoted appeal warns against religious insults and sectarian hostility, noting a Protestant pastor’s hypothetical reaction in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PH. Donlon
Emmetaburg
E. H. McCoy
Waterloo
Geo. A. Dunk
Sioux City
Key
John Tit. Noonan
Des Moines
Knighta of Columbus
United States
Knight of Columbus
Miyself
Goy
Children Placed in Emmet County Homes by Aid Society
Miss C K Comstock and Miss A I Hill of New York arrived in Estherville with twelve children for placement. At the Emmet County courthouse these orphans, aged two to eleven, were given into the care of local families deemed able to provide good homes. The Children's Aid Society, with a record of aiding over 64 000 children, believes in parental responsibility and dispatches nurses to monitor placements. The crowd filled the courthouse as hopeful families vied for placements, including Mr and Mrs George Swanson for baby Jean Howett and Mr and Mrs W J Fisher for Raysell Hempstead and brother Victor, among others, with eight-year-old Walter Dawson also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.K. Comstock
A. I. Hill
New York
Children's Aid Society
Estherville
Emmet County Court House
Eatherville
Ths
George Swanson
Jean Howett
Raysell Hempstead
Victor
W. J. Fisher
Wallingford
Walter Dawson
England France War Echoes and Iowa Welfare Notes
An article recalls historic Anglo French conflicts and the Mississippi fur trade’s role, noting Quebec’s fall and Britain’s loss of full victory. It cites Jacob Van der Zee on 1762 treaty shifts, then shifts to local Iowa welfare details listing children placed with families and guardians, and mentions a Cedar Rapids home care note amid a disrupted passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Europe
Misessippi
Quebec
America
Jacob van der Zee
Iowa Journal of ‘History and Politica
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Canada
Spain
Mississippi River
Syantah Oficlala
New Orleans
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Carter-Larson
Attsu.b. Carter
Lena Larson
Hanah Brown
West Bend
Carter
Emmet County
Vindicator
Republican
Som
See
Wisconan
Minnesota
Avery
Chicago
Watertown
H. C. Anderson
NEW Bank
Vincent Ketly
Emmereburg
Belle Cashier
Jarvis Barker
Town
Union Baptist Shureh
Swagger Coats
Methodist Church
C. EB. Pergon
H.C. Hurd
Ee Falls
Tugaday
Tee
New York City
Rouge OF Kuppanne
Mississippi Valley
Rudolph Stade
Huntington
Mable Lamp
M. E. Wilson
Hilda Anderson
Claude E. Cobb
Willie Wiggers
W. A. McLaughlin
James L. Mack
Dunnell
Chas. J. Berg
Sophia Anderson
Andrew Swanson
Francis Anderson
Eld
A. J. Anderson
Walelingford
Marie Marquard
F. H. Binadesta
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