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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1904
Page
5
Continued from last week the Northern Vindicator notes frontier life in Emmet County. How towns form around schools and churches, and the odd tale of Martin Metcalf feeding a flock with a donated cow and shoes. A map of superstition and humor follows a minister’s cane and a hollow log’s Mephitis misadventure.
Walter Crowell purchased the elegant W. P. Ward residence on North Seventh Street. Possession is set for Sept. 15 as Mr. Ward relocates to Chicago. The Estherville leader’s death ends a long illness. he leaves seven children and many relatives.
James Pullen, long known to Estherville and Emmet county residents, died last Sunday at his daughter Mrs Oube McCoy’s home in Pittsville Wisconsin. The body was brought back to Estherville for a funeral held at Warren J. Pullen’s residence led by Rev. A C Church of the Free Baptist church. Interment followed at the East Side Cemetery. He was nearly 85 and had lived here many years before moving to Wisconsin.
The Vindicator and Republican announces a voting contest to award twelve Putnam school organs to rural township schools in Emmet County. August 1 to December 20 voting, coupons in each issue, with paid subscriptions and new subscribers boosting votes. One organ per township. top vote getters win. organs oak, five octaves, 43 by 47 by 21 inches, guaranteed ten years. W. H. Waterman handling distribution and exhibits planned.
News of the City outlines an evening of entertainment with Two Merry Tramps at the opera house. Also noted are local surgeries, church events, school board actions, and upcoming sales and social meetings across Milford, Ruthven, Armstrong, and Forest City.
A Labor Day picnic in Graettinger under the Graettinger Farmers' Institute drew about a thousand people despite a gale. Speeches by J W O Morse, C W Crim, A C Fuller, M G H Kendall and others complemented musical numbers by local groups. President I Noble praised the gathering for fellowship and U S unity, urging communities to imitate Graettinger’s hospitality and annual event spirit.
In district court August term, a busy docket led to many cases disposed. Adults Andrew Anderson and George Barfoot were diverted to juvenile court supervision. bonds for Lewis Aatvick forfeited after no appearance. a liquor nuisance case fined $300 and jailed until paid. Several divorces granted. others dismissed or continued. a two year intoxicating liquor permit granted on Jay Johnston’s petition while urging alternative investigators.
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