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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
6
The Vindicator and Republican Company notes Verbal complaints from rural carriers about fall rains and mud making two daily routes hard with an automobile. It praises a new waste system, cites limited snow, and suggests improvements. It also reports Humboldt county publishers forming a county association, praises newspaper unions, and comments on California reports and local fairs.
Bids will be received at the office of Dr. George in Graettinger for constructing two drainage ditches about 68 miles east of Graettinger. One ditch features 2100 feet of 16 inch tile and 100 feet of 14 inch tile. The other has 2690 feet of 10 inch tile. Specifications are available after September 29, 1915, from C. S. George. Engineer J. A. Griffith and son plan a business trip to Ames. Dr. and Mrs. W. Z. Galloway visited Spirit Lake en route home. Mrs. E. K. Hobein traveled to Marshead Oregon with Mrs. Roy Miller joined by Mrs. Edna Beebe of Ermmetsburg.
A long list of local residents visiting relatives and traveling to nearby towns, with social calls in Estherville, Lake Park, Armstrong, and surrounding areas. Highlights include Mrs F B J Klitter hosting, visits by Barker Clark, H Y Swa, Sam Williams, and Paul Lungren, and trips to Spokane and Chicago. Presbyterian Rally Day events and a local football game Estherville vs Emmetsburg are noted along with church services times and addresses.
A continuation notice describes the reunion of B G R and N Employees. It notes an enameled oblong frame in gold bronze top for the wearer’s name and year of service, with space left for personalization and the year. The item reads like a fragment from a local reunion schedule or ceremony program.
The article outlines badges with a Fires Annual Bennion B C BR N inscription and a shield from the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway. It mentions a forthcoming reunion program, framing ideas by De McCormick, songs about old B C R N men, W G Haskell to preside, Ernest R Moore to give the welcome, and planning meetings at Rock Island offices with Allison hotel offering two parlors for registration.
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