Fire devastates Estherville business district in 1918
Estherville suffered a major Tuesday fire destroying Hawkeye restaurant Wing restaurant and Chinamens stock at Yow & Co Groves building and damages to Frank Carpenter’s Democrat equipment. Other notes mention local youths entering military training, charity drives, and residents making plans for wartime service and travel.
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The
Vindicator
Republican
Estherville
Hawkeye
John Martyr
First National Bank
Yow & Co
Groves
F. H. Ehlers
Frank Carpenter
Democrat
Clair Post
Camp Dodge
Camp Pike
Officers’ Training School
Georgetta Thorndyke
Anniston
Alabama
Red Cross
Orestes Grant
Earnest Johnson
Raymond Post
Stanley Alt
Samuel Brees
Stephen Andrae
Clement Howe
Harold Wilcox
State University
Iowa City
Peter Williams
Howard Munson
John Johnson
Ames
Percy Pullen
Oliver Dillon
Howard White
Grinnell College
Gordon Lapham
Drake
Emmet County
Edith Littell
Des Moines
M. E. Church
W. F. Flindt
East Pleasant Street
C. P. Smith
West Brotherts lose threshing separator in fire near Pipe Stone
Twenty years ago the West Brotherts suffered a loss when a threshing separator burned one night last week near Pipe Stone Minnesota. The fire is thought to be incendiary. Various local business moves and personnel changes are listed, including resignations, sales, and new positions across area firms and schools.
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The
Vindicator
Republican
Pipestone
Minnesota
Wm. Johnston
Europe
Iowa City
Law Department
State University
Art Bradley
South Dakota Central Railroad
Rock Island
Estherville
Henry
Anderson
Williams and Anderson Drug Store
Algona
Williams and
Charles Nourse
Geo. Shadle
Merle
F. M
Centerville
Geo. Warner
Ringsted Dispatch
M. M. Magner
Germania
McCulla
H. T. Nichols
Oscar Hanson
Gaylor and Ross
Cora Davis
F. M. Shadle and Sons
Jennie Rhodes
Wisconsin State University
Oberlin College
Hans Sorgenfrei and Dora Johnck to wed at home
Hans Sorgenfrei and Miss Dora Johnck will be united in matrimony today at 5 o clock p m at the home of the bride s parents Mr A Malmeren Estherville s popular jeweler has just received an enormous stock of fine and selected jewelry of all kinds.
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Hans Sorgenfrei
Dora Johnck
A. Malmeren
Estherville
Maytag washer chosen for Byrd Antartic washday
Fifty five volunteers under Commander Richard Byrd depart for the Antarctic with Maytag washers as the essential wash day helper. The crew will endure six months to two years in a remote environment with no local supply outlets. The Maytag will clean shirts socks breeches blankets and more amid grease from engines guns and captured seals.
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Richard E. Byrd
United States Navy
Antarctic
Tropics
Horticultural Exposition Held in Cedar Rapids Memorial Building
The Farm Bureau notes a Horticultural Exposition at the new Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids Iowa from November 14 to 1 inclusive 1928. Exhibits include fruits nuts flowers vegetables honey and home canned products with educational displays and demonstrations. About 7000 in premiums will be offered. Interested parties should write to the Iowa State Horticultural Society State House Des Moines Iowa for a premium list.
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New Memorial
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State Horticultural Society
State House
Des Moines
Towa
Cow Testing Association Dairy Cattle Judging Contest
Members are invited to a Friday October 5 dairy cattle judging contest open to one representative per association. Representatives must report at 7:30 A M to register at the Cattle Congress sale pavilion, receive instructions, and participate. An evening banquet will honor attendees with prize awards and a profile film.
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Cow Testing Association
Cattle Congress Sale
Cowtesting Association
Genuine Burgess Batteries At Gamble Stores Spencer
Genuine Burgess B batteries and radio tubes offered with one year guarantee. Price list includes 201A at 69 cents and other items at $2.19. Gamble Stores located at 348 Main Street in Spencer present the sale.
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Gamble
Main St
Spencer
Dairying and Fertilizer Trial Commentary
An Iowa farmer and soils extension expert, J L Boatman of Iowa State College, urges careful harvesting and weighing to judge fertilizer effects. He notes farmers often misread fertilizer impact unless measurements from fertilized and unfertilized plots are compared.
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J. L. Boatman
Iowa State College
Towa
Prize for Smith boosters offered by Mrs Whitney
New York September 16 MrsCasper Whitney of New York once a Republican wartime Hoover aid now vice chairman of the Independent Smith for President Clubs bureau announced she will award a free trip to New York for the town woman who most effectively organizes the women of her town for Gov Smith She will cover all expenses and arrange meetings with Democratic national leaders during her New York stay.
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New York
Casper Whitney
Herbert Hoover
Independent
Smith For President Clubs Bureau
Gov. Smith
Whitney
Second Tax Payment Due This Month
The second payment of taxes must be paid this month or a one per cent penalty will be charged starting October 1. E. H. Hansen, County Treasurer.
Harvesting fertilizer test plots on corn urged
County agents and farmers are harvesting fertilizer test plots on corn. Mr. Boatman urges careful harvesting and weighing to obtain accurate results about the benefit or lack of benefit from using fertilizers, emphasizing the need for early maturity and thorough measurement to tell the true story of the practice.
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Boatman
Barley Quality Inferior Hinders Iowa Hog Feed
Iowa livestock expert Rex Beresford notes many farms report inferior barley this year. Samples show mold, smut, and weed seeds making the grain unfit for hogs. Seasonal rains after harvest worsened the quality and adoption.
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Iowa
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Mr. Beresford
Feeding barley to hogs improves when mixed with palatable feed
The grain quality affects hog feeding. When barley is not inferior, it can be fed to hogs, especially if it is mixed with oats, tankage, molasses, or other palatable feeds to encourage intake.
Notice of Dissolution of Gamble-Robinson Estherville Co
At a special meeting held July 30, 192P, in Estherville Iowa, the stockholders unanimously resolved to dissolve Gamble-Robinson Estherville Co. and authorize notice publication. David F. Gamble and J. A. Ridgway, president and secretary, are to publish the notice as required by law. Dated September 8.
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Gamble-Robinson Estherville, CO
Towa
Estherville
David F. Gamble
J. A. Ridgway
Gamble-Robinson Fitherville CO
Tts
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