Editor recalls grasshopper years in Estherville
Frank Davey, once editor of the Estherville Vindicator, describes purchasing the paper in 1876 and surviving devastating grasshopper plagues from 1873 to 1877. He recalls hatching efforts, fires to curb pests, and a rugged early press culture, noting shifts to a business mindset in newspapers and the fierce editor exchanges of frontier days.
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Estherville
Frank Davey
Salem
Ore
Estherville Vindicator
Vindicator
Towa
Emmet
Oregon
Washington
Dakota
Nebraska
Chinatown
San Francisco
Gulf of Mexico
Palo Alto
Dickinson County
Emmet County
Friends
Remembering Old Editors in Northwest Iowa and Minnesota
A reflective reminiscence recalls editors once active in the region. Names such as John Smith, A. B. Funk, Chamberlin, Frank Day, Henry Pike and others are noted as having moved on or passed away. The author notes changes in the newspaper world and reflects on youthful perspectives and familiar weekly visitors.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Mole Hills
Remembering Old-Time Iowa Editors and A Prairie Road Joke
A nostalgic reminiscence lists prominent western editors like the Cher okee Times and LeMars Sentinel, naming figures such as Dad Hunter Matt Parrott Pitt Cravath Milton Starr Al Adams and Frank T. Piper. It recalls life in old Emmet county with a snowbound 1880 election trip to Swan Lake and a crooked prairie road born from a drifted snow path.
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Washington
New York
Buchanans
Cherokee Times
LeMars Sentinel
West
Dad” Hunter
Webster City Freeman
Matt Parrott
Waterloo
Pitt Cravath
Upper
Des Moines
Milton Starr
Republican
Algons
al Adams
Dakota City Independent
Frank T. Piper
Sheldon Mail
C. F. Lelby
LeMars
Hotchkiss
Calhoun
Price
Pocahontas
Col. W.L. Vestal
Storm Lake Pilot
Emmet
County
Swan Lake
Board of Supervisors
Charles Jarvis
Estherville
Jarvis
Clothing Robbery at Centerville Store
A skylight entry at Mat Rosenbaum's clothing store in Centerville leads to a theft of 7000 dollars in silk shirts suits and overcoats. Elmer Sharp's hardware store also looted of 1000 dollars. The midnight raid is linked to a statewide gang suspected of robbing banks and shops.
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Centerville
Rosenbaum
Elmer Sharp’s Hardware
T C Student Is Boosted for Iowa Rhodes Scholarship
Cedar Falls, Nov. 4 Special Scholastic qualifications and general ability of Leo Friis, his friends believe, qualify him for the Iowa Cedar Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University, which will be granted in the near future, and they are urging that he become a candidate for the honor. Mr Friis will complete his studies at Teachers college in August. Preliminary arrangements, in the way of filing credentials, etc., for bringing his claim to attention of the laws committee, are being made by interested persons.
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Cedar Falls
Leo Friis
Oxford University
Johnson Politely in Critical Condition After Appendicitis
Alfred C. Johnson, of the Morris Motor Car company sales promotion department and formerly a newspaper writer, remains in a critical state at St. Francis hospital after an operation for acute appendicitis. A restful night gives hope for recovery, but 48 hours or more may pass before danger subsides. Mr. and Mrs. Claude M. Cheney of Des Moines are here, parents of Mrs. Johnson.
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Alfred C. Johnson
Morris Motor Car Company
St. Francis Hospital
Claude M. Cheney
Des Moines
Johnson
Fire alarm sounds at James Black building. no fire
An automatic fire alarm at the James Black building triggered at 1:20 a m due to a lowered air pressure in the sprinkler system. The fire department responded promptly but found no fire or damage.
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James Black
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Humboldt Kosmos
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