Spencer Bee Hive Holiday Trade Reports and Town News
The column lists holiday trade results from many firms led by Bjornstad Co., Moulton Fee & Co., and others with notes like very good to satisfactory. It also covers a teacher party at Prof. Frank Bagwell’s home, mail theft and arrest, Christmas church and municipal tree events, and lists Spencer teachers’ holiday travel homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Bjornatad Co
J. O. Birdsall
Wm. Flindt Co
Otto A. Bjornstad Co
Moulton, Fee & Co
Hanson & Perry
Kunath
Bros
TOE
H Fones & Sons
Each & Thompson
Tild
Shirley & Krause
W. W. Haygarth
Adame & Stewart
L. Martin
Geo
Bender
King Bros
J. W. Doughty & Son
F. A. Howe
Glasgow
B. L. Dickey
Mra, Orth
Shine Bros
Installation of Officers G AR and W RC Post
Due to limited facilities only members of the Post and wives of the Corps are allotted attendance, with arrangements constrained by space and accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. AR
W. RC
Tha
Declamatory Contest Winners at Spencer High School
The annual preliminary contest was held Tuesday evening at the high school. Twelve contestants spoke admirably. Miss Zella Baldwin won the oratorical class with A Dream of War. Miss Gladys Keplar won first in dramatic class and overall, to represent Spencer at the district contest with A Love Story of Old Madrid. Miss Margaret Avery won humorous class with The Lady Across the Aisle. Miss Keplar is an attractive young woman with a good voice and noted ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zella Baldwin
Gladys Keplar
Spencer
Old Madrid
Margaret Avery
Keplar
Dickey Sells Drug Store at Fourth and Main to Pensyl
E L Dickey sells his Fourth and Main drug store to A E Pensyl. The stock is invoiced and the business will be transferred next Saturday January 1. Pensyl has managed the store for years while Dickey has been in poor health. The community expresses confidence and welcomes Pensyl to his new post. Dickey retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Dickey
Fourth and Main
A. E. Pensyl
Pensyl
Dickey
Pensy
My Faith Poem by C. A. Mason
A reflective poem about trusting a Higher Will to guide a life at sea through storms and calms. The speaker vows not to pray for favorable winds but to accept whatever blows, believing the launched bark will reach shelter with divine guidance. The wind that blows is best.
Social Events Brighten Holiday Season At Castle Hall
The Pythian Sisters held their annual Christmas open dance at Castle Hall with sixty four couples attending. The Fraser orchestra supplied music and H Kunath led the grand march with Miss Edna Brown. The event was praised as a successful social and financial occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Hall
W. B. Craver
W. P. Woodcock
Mise Edna Brown
F. FE. Morrow
Misa Rene Montour
H. Kunath
Misa Edna Brown
Lodge
Fraser
Collester Home Hosts Sixteen Tonight for Five Hundred
Mrs C C Collester invites sixteen guests for a social evening at the Collester home featuring the card game five hundred. Decorations reflect the holiday season and four married couples join four others who may marry someday. Ice cream cake and coffee close the gathering. Mrs S Shepard of Minneapolis visited with her father P W Runion over Christmas and returned home Monday. Mr Runyan, about 91, remains spry and active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Redfield
Collester
C. C. Collester
S. Shepard
Minneapolis
P. W. Runion
Runyan
Christmas music pupils host warm J Cuttell gathering
Miss Myrtie Cuttell and her music pupils held a Christmas celebration at the J. Cuttell home. A decorated tree, a program of music and stories, speeches, and a sleigh ride home marked the event. Presents, lunch, and hot coffee followed amid homey fellowship and good cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtie Cuttell
J. C. Cuttell
Mattell
Celebrates His First Mass by Summit Township Priest
John E B Rubes of Summit Township celebrated his first mass at Sacred Heart church in Spencer on Christmas night 1916 after being ordained by Bishop John Lawler at St Paul Seminary December 21 1915. Raised in Clay County he earned funds during vacations to study, then left Monday for Salem Oregon to lead his first parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Clay County
John EB. Rubes
Summit ‘Township
John J. Lawler
St. Paul Seminary
St. Paul
Minn
Sacred Heart Church
Claysounty
Rubes
Salem
Oregon
Parrish
Engagement of Minnie Schweikhardt to Clarence Batchelor
Mrs F Schweikhardt of 168 W 7th announces the engagement of daughter Minnie to Clarence E Batchelor of Peterson. J W Doughty & Son have received a new limousine funeral car, arriving last Tuesday in a silver grey shade, described as up-to-date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Doughty & Son
Christmas Wedding Joins Miss Clar Paddock to Mr Myron Stanton
Miss Clar Paddock and Mr Myron Stanton wed on Christmas Eve in Lincoln township parlor ceremony. Officiated by Rev. Wm Baier with Episcopal ring service. Bride wore Chantilly lace over cream satin. veil Capped by Juliet cap. bouquet of roses. Guests of fifteen dined. couple to honeymoon in Minneapolis and Duluth then reside on G W Stanton farm near Spencer. Both families well known in Clay County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clar Paddock
A. J. Paddock
Myron Stanton
Lincoln Township
Ida Jordan
Wm. Baier
Christian Church
Juliet
Ella
Ethel Nelson
Mrs. Stanton
Minneapolis
Duluth
G. W. Stanton
Spencer
Texas
Stanton
Marriage at M. E. parsonage joins Dickey and Phillips
At the M. E. parsonage last Tuesday at noon Rev O M Bond united Robert H Dickey of Redfield Town and Bessie Phillips of Gillett Grove in marriage The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Phillips of near Gillett Grove The News offers best wishes to the couple at their new Redfield Iowa home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barglof Searcy
West Fourth Street
Ellen Barglof
Greenville
Harry Searcy
Sioux Rapids
Alice Blue Charmeuse
Misa
Thelma Barglof
Searcy
O. M. Bond
Albert Barglof
M. E. Parsonage
Robert H. Dickey
Redfield
Town
Bessie Phillips
Gillett Grove
Joe Phillips
Iowa
Dr F E Day to Speak in Spencer Programs
Dr F E Day of New York will visit Spencer next Sunday to address the community. He will preach at the morning service at the Methodist church under the Brotherhood and Lincoln Boys' Club. At three o clock he will speak to the boys in the club house on The Toboggan, and in the evening he will discuss A Bass Voiced Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Day
New York
Spencer
Methodist Church
Brotherhood
Lincoln Boys’ Club
Christmas Reunion at East Seventh Street Home
Mr and Mrs Sherman Fowell hosted a large family gathering over Christmas on East Seventh Street. Relatives included Mr and Mrs Ed Gouger and daughter Helen from Jefferson, Mr and Mrs A B Royce and children of Spirit Lake, and Mr and Mrs Eckart and children from the county. Christmas dinner was bountiful and an afternoon of happiness followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Fowell
East Seventh Street
Ed, Gouger
Helen
Jefferson
A. B. Royce
Spirit Lake
Eckart
Old Soldier Falls Unconscious After Dizzy Spells
Yesterday morning a elderly veteran rose and while dressing became dizzy, toppled forward, hitting his forehead on a wall or baseboard. He is bruised and confined for a few days. Heart trouble is suspected as the cause, with a brief loss of consciousness. He is improving.
Called Home at Eventide Nancy Matthews Wilson obituary
Nancy Matthews Wilson of Centerton Indiana born August 3 1829 moved to Charlestown Illinois married G G Wilson in 1843 later Wisconsin and Clay County Missouri died December 23 1915 aged over 86 She leaves one son two grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services were held at the Christian church conducted by Rev Wm Baier and Rev O M Bond with further services in Mineral Point Wisconsin before burial near the family home The article reflects pioneer hardships and a lifelong service to church and needy communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Matthews Wilson
Centerton
Ind
Charlestown
Coles County
Ilinois
G. G. Wilson
Wisconsin
W. D. Wilson
Clay County
Chicago
Blackhawk
Christian Church
Wm. Baier
O. M. Bond
Obituary of Evar William Henry Johnson
Evar William Henry Johnson was born May 29 1885 at Kiron Crawford County Iowa and died near Gillett Grove Iowa on Friday evening December 17 1915 from pneumonia after a long illness from an acetylene gas explosion injury His family joined Swedish Lutheran church in Kiron 1900 and later in Spencer in 1913 He was a loyal son and beloved by his widowed mother The funeral was held in the Swedish Lutheran church and he rests at Riverside The Johnson family thanks the community for sympathy and aid in their bereavement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evar William Henry Johnson
Kiron
Crawford County
Iowa
Gillett Grove
Swedish Lutheran Church
Clay County
Spencer
Bright
A. EB. Gustafson
Riverside
Mrs. Johnson
Died At Mt. Pleasant Isaac R Johnson obituary life and death
We receive a Mt. Pleasant News Journal issue dated December 11 detailing the life and death of Isaac R. Johnson father of Mrs Ri 1, providing a biographical obituary and notice of his passing in Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant News Journal
Isaac R. Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spencer Holiday Trade Reports
Spencer Merchant
Larson & Witt
Variety Store
Spencer Candy Kitchen
Boylan
Olympia ‘Candy Kitchen
C. P. Symonds
Bagwell
M. E
Frank Bagwell
Grove Street
Mable Pearson
Zelda
Ruth Bond
F. H. Hinton
Lidman
Seaton
Byrle Emrich
Emrich
Fort Dodge
Federal Grand Jury
Smith
Congregational Church
Baptist Church
Santa Claus
John Rubee
Heateo
Episcopal Church
St. Stephen's Day
Evercisea Fyce
Third Street
Main
Earling
Spencer Band
Spencers
Miss Allen
Choghern
C. A. Mason
Pythian Sisters
F. M. Tuttle
Little Folke
Lorena Tuttle
Randall Tuttle
John Rubes
Phillips
Scott Case
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