Gridley
Population, 25. On the C. & N. W. and C. R. I. and P. Rys.
in Swan
Lake township, Emmet county, 16 miles e. of Estherville
the county
seat., and 6 from Armstrong, the nearest banking point.
Tel. W. U. Exp.
Am. Send mail to Maple Hill.
Lakeside
On the Des Moines river, in Emmet county, 6 miles n. of
Estherville,
the county seat and mailing point.
Ringsted Population, 313. An
incorporated town on the C. & N. W. Ry.
iin Denmark township, Emmet
county, 28 miles s. e. of
Estherville, the county seat. It is located
in the midst of a
fine farming section. Has a bank, Lutheran and
Presbyterian churches,
and weekly newspaper, the Dispatch. Exp. Am. Tel. W.U. T.
Sorum, postmaster.
Bossingham O N, physician.
Clemesen J M, genl store.
Denmark Co-operative Creamery.
Farmers' Grain & Produce Co.
Fink Bros, hardware and harnessmkrs.
Iverson C, genl store.
Jensen J M, genl store.
Jorgensen Chris, restr.
Leslie Paul, r r and exp agt.
Mauritsch M C, meats.
Nelson Wm, mayor.
Nelson Jens, livery.
Petersen L A, furniture.
Peterson Bros, hardware.
Queal J H & Co, lumber.
Rassmussen C L, genl store.
Ringsted Dispatch, M M Magner
publr.
Ringsted Drug Co, John Gardner mngr.
Ringsted State Bank (cap $40,000), C B Murtagh pres, J S Petersen cashr.
Sorum E T, postmaster, insurance and real estate.
Transcribed
by Lynn Diemer-Mathews and uploaded March 4, 2025.