Early Files Digest From Our Community 1885 Notes
Fragmentary notes from a 1885 issue record small-town events. Mentions hospital status for a patient, a 6th birthday celebration for Miss Jenttie Swanson at the Oslo Swanson home, school custodian’s summer work, a baptism at the Abriatian Reforn Church in Kanawha, and a birthday gathering hosted by Mrs Milford Mr Peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eran
Stadt
Manviee AX
Amun
Yancey
Sireen
Big Luppen
Evil Loy
Kanawha
Milford
Peak
Minari
Local notes of family, fishing records, and school plans
A fragment from a 1949 issue recounts community life with health mishaps, births, a birthday celebration, college moves, and a fishing record. It highlights Roger Fairchild’s 66 pound flathead catch on the Iowa River near Coralville, and Des Moines woman Mary E. Jones’s 47 inch Northern, 20 pounds, at Spirit Lake, setting state records alongside other local updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mex
Mack
Eagle Grove
Mir
Peter Gund
Myc
Atrs
Marion Partey
al Exgerth
Hmwel Ghner
Literary Guild
George
State Conservation Commission
Roger Fairchild
Coralville
Commission
Iowa
Fairchild
Coralwile
Des Moines
Jews Conservation Commission
Grant Dillon
Lineville
The
Conservation Commission
Mary E. Jones
Jones
Spirit Lake
Doug Hall
Estherville
Hall
Webster City area social notes list many visits
A long string of visits and guests is logged across Webster City and nearby towns. Names include Hove, Nerem, Anderson, Gillespie, Clowes, Hoffmann, Hefty, Lerda, Engstrom, Kelling, Kamp, Paine, Kohler, Kraft, Kraft, Oberhelman, Anderson, Skive, Smith, Wisunve, McCurry, Luppen, and others. The record covers Sunday dinners, weekend stays, and weekday calls, with churches and local families hosting guests in multiple households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Hoveland
Michael and
Kimberly
Dick Elliott
Webster City
Hoveland
Gay Nerem
Bancroft
Darrell Anderson
Dwange and
Randy
Maryin Anderson
Blairsburg
John Simmons
Vergil Hess
Dows
Murs. Bar
Dick S. Hefty
Hardy
Robert Hefty
Joel
Toledo
Ward Tarr
Cedar Falls
Phil Hefty
Humboldt
Orten Lerda
Gold
Tield
O. C. Heggen
Fred A. Engstrom
Floyd Kelling
Henry Kamp
Georgia Paine
First Lutheran Church
Clarion
Harold D. Hansen
Roger Thompson
la Verne
Esther Bird
Ruth Hardy
Clyde Smith
Thor, and Co
Duane Bint
San Diego
Calif
Ata
Norman Oberhelman
Ronnie
Dures Anerson
Eagle Grove
Anderson
Jim Clowes
Burl Werling
Milnes, Bell Angus Association
Clarinda
Judy Skive
San Francisco
California
Clifford Skiye
Janet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seria
Milured
Phoye
Estabiiies
He, Beel
Bunwick
Jake Powell
Glen Canyon
Pennsylvania
James Brothers Hardware
Earl Hanson
Katherine Gamble
Hans P. Nelson
Jennie Carlson
Lea N. Notestine
Anna Zentner
J. B. Wilkin
Henry Blesie
Clause Block
Metta Block
Wisconsin
Vernon
Twh
Jacobson and Stonback
Peitytown
Renwick
Donald Gillespie
Clarian
Myrtle Corner
CM. Gillespie
David Clowes
Plows State University
Ames
Ina Clowes
Bob and
Anne
Marvin Hoffman
Wartburg College
Waverly
Orval Hoffman
Edwin Hebner
Missoula
Mant
Carl Hebner
Goldfield
Rachel Gabba
W. H Pannell
Vardy
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Pannell
Elmer Kohler
Suniday
Axel Andorso
Vor
Bugle
Cuneall Foto Ke Home
Gall Winans
Tommy and
Tarun
James” Cliegerson
Sternan
Wigany
Grogerson
Jimmy Grogerson
Rutland
Jack Sindergard Honn
Plover
Harrold Smith Home
Richard Wisun Ve Waterloo
Dennis McCurry
Ange Blaine
Bill
Luppen
Iain Spring
Darwin Ruse
Dorey
Kyl
Pearson
Dowlas
Golser
Cnet Klasse
Prot
Mitty
Joh Pogue
Martha
Bertha Hoppen
Paul Hoggon
Mnneapoli
Manny
United States Brewers Association
Oseoukom
Northwestern Ball E
Mother Goose
RED Ball
Shaw and
RED Wing Shoes
Kaiawha, Lowe
Renwick Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Renwick, Lowa
Tiny
W &H Co-Op Oil CO
W & H Coop Oil Co
Merall DE Graff
Cornell University
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