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Labor Day Social Roundup in West Bend and Surrounds
Miss Lily DeWitt and Miss Caroline Myhre hosted guests and visited friends across Estherville Emmetsburg and Algona while local editors and clergy joined in Labor Day celebrations. Dusty wind and a brisk day marked the holiday as visitors from Des Moines Milwaukee and Hamline attended events. Families and neighbors traded visits and plans as farm activity proceeds with threshing finished and homes under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily DeWitt
West Bend
Caroline Myhre
Estherville
B. T. Oster
W. L. O'Connor
Mary Mahan
Emmmetsburg
Editor Mayne
Emmetsburg
Grachtinger
Mayne
M. Dwyer
Fathers Carroll
Ayrshire
McNerney
Sweeney
Spirit Lake
Father Kelly
Fred Rubink
Algona
Mrs. van Duson
Fred Hilton
S. O. Sande
Bode
Lost Island Giants
Wm. Maher
Marseilles
P. Fahnestock
Des Moines
George Graettinger
Vincent O'Rourke
Minneascholis
Hamline
Will Stearns
Hartley
Mrs. Grodland
Mr. Setarns
Claus DeWall
Mrs. DeWall
Wm, Maher
Otto Appel
Walter Gremmels
Appel
Louis Montgomery
Emmetsbore
Doneval
Milwaukee