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Local Notes and Social Roundup from Palo Alto County
The Roose century column records community life with visits, births, travels, schooling, and social events. Mrs. Loren Wolfe welcomed a daughter, teachers Blanche Young and Vera Christopher are home briefly, and many residents including Otto Spies, F. E. Schurman, and E. J. Mitchell are mentioned in travel or health contexts. Social clubs, parish events, and local anecdotes accompany notices of new cars, license numbers, and fond recollections from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Jensen
Estherville
R. M. Young
T. C. Thompson
Estierville
Vera Christopher
Armstrong
Myr
Otto Spies
Garner
Blanche Young
Traer
Iowa
Clara Suss
Loren Wolfe
the Times
John Sytsmo
Sioux Falls
Schurman
Moe
Eckenrod
The
Pocahontas Democrat
Adam
H. B. Hetzler
Catholic Missionary Society
E. A. Urry
A. He Shaver
New York
E A. Bergum
Wisconsin
Bergum
Margaret Hansen
Miles City
Montana
Washington, D.C
Jon
Detroit
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Carda
Sigar