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News From The Republican 1897 Local Notes
A slice of 1897 life from Estherville and nearby towns includes visits by C. M. Brown and daughter Inez to Iowa City, Mrs. F. E. Allen hosting women’s clubs for Mrs. Van Vechten, gainsay tales of rail work, and various society happenings. Also reported are misfortunes from Lake Park switch yards, business moves in town, and multiple notices about community affairs, drainage district reports, and early war fund drives.
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C. M. Brown
Inez
Iowa City
F. E. Allen
van Vechten
Cedar Rapids
Marie Contort
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Impis Ely
Bingham
M. M. Knapp
Watertown
Dolagon
Lake Park
Estherville
Carte Herbert
Denver
Carpenter Home
C. B. Birney
Ole Atlundaon
Henry Coot and
Chas
W. A. Ladd
Grotery
Ladd
Lottie Trowbridge
Superior
Chas. Battie
Pipestone
Chas. Barber
Wm. Stuart
B. F. Robinson
Armstrong
M. Shaw
John Ammon
Lansing
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Dr. Anderson
Des Moines
George Ellis
Inwood
Walt. Hemphill
Rudd
C. C. Doolittle
Britt
Mason City
Sam Collins
Davenport
Grand Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
Perton
I. L. Lathrop
B. Heartheap
Swart Lake
Splenthad
Mars
Jene Ellerstein
Eastern Star
Odlatowa
Jubhson
Minneapolis
A. QO. Peterson
J. Alberg
Viburg
S. DD
Henry Jobaaun
Ellsworth Township
Tracy
L. R. Bingham
D. C. Childs
Rockford
E. W. Knight
Frank Little
Henry