Dolliver News Highlights Local Visits and School Opening
Mrs Lyle Kilgore and family visited grandparents ill in Reed home. Wademar Hansen returned from Iowa City with infant Gloria Rose for treatment. Dolliver school opens August 29 with a full faculty led by M G Mokelbus t as superintendent and Ralph Robinson as coach. Community church ladies plan bazaar and windows redecorating. Flower show at Field Day September 11 and a two-car collision near Ben Hatland corner narrowly avoided serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Kilgore
Ruth
Jane
Reinck
Waverly
Dolliver
M. G. Mokelbust
Ralph J. Robinson
Forest City
Helen M. Peterson
Spencer
Stephanie Cowling
Sioux City
Marietta Clause
Grand Junction
Lola Wilson
Estherville
Ora Thompson
Marjorie Harkness
Lake Mills
W. GG. Mellwraith
Willma
Reinbeck
Herman Crabtree
McIlwraith
James
Harold Laffey
Harold Myklebust
Des Moines
Ben Hatland
M. O. Moklebust
Robert Tvedte
Indianapolis
Ind
Neill Finn
Mildred Smith
van Horne
O. P. Stow
Albert Wagner
Armstrong
Wm. Maron
Ladies and Society of the Community Church
T. B. Richards
Richards
Lee Miller
Melvin L. Hunt
H. A. Svedte
Ben Hatland Corner
Mereness Doctors Aid in Estherville Crash Scene
Dr Mereness assisted at the crash scene and helped Mrs Stow to Estherville hospital for X rays that showed no bone fractures. Both vehicles suffered heavy damage. Mr Weir headed the other car. Mrs Reed briefly sat up Friday for the first time in two weeks after illness. Dr and Mrs Mereness traveled to Minneapolis to visit daughter Margery Mereness who has just completed an internship and becomes a registered dietitian. She will head dietitian duties at EHitel hospital in Minneapolis during the regular head’s two month Europe trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Minnesota Hospital
Ehitel Hospital
Minneapolis
Europe
Center and Ellsworth 4-H mothers meet for health exams
The Center and Ellsworth 4-H clubs mothers gathered at Mrs. Owen Morton's home on Wednesday July 27 to discuss health examinations for the girls and exhibits for achievement day. Attendees included Mrs. Lee Shultz Mrs. Robert Woods Mrs. H H A Taywood Mrs. George Haar Mrs. Herman Origer Mrs. Ralph Hartman Mrs. Miller and hosts Mrs. Logue Mrs. Bosold and Mrs. Owen Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Ellsworth
Owen Morton
Lee Shultz
Robert Woods
HH. A. Taywood
George Haar
Herman Origer
Ralph Hartman
Miller
Logue
Bosold
Grover Presbyterian Youth Group Meets for Topic Night
Members gathered at Grover Presbyterian Church on Wednesday July 27 to discuss How Large is My World led by Jessie Mae Hartman. Attendees included Marilyn Bush Lester Bush Mary Swartz Robert Swartz Allan Broad Virginia Hartman Kathryn Haywood Dick Rasmussen Robert Irwin Billy Irwin Gladys De Voss Genevieve Irwin Charlotte Anderson hostess Omar Smith and Buren Smith. The group planned a follow up meeting with Maple Hill as a picnic or party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society
Grover Presbyterian Church
Jessie Mae Hartman
Marlys Bush
Lester Bush
Mary Swartz
Robert Swartz
Allan Broad
Virginia Hartman
Kathryn Haywood
Dick Rasmussen
Robert Irwin
Billy Irwin
Gladys de Voss
Genevieve Irwin
Charlotte Anderson
Omar
Buren Smith
Maple Hill
Social Roundup at Jack Creek and Estherville Gatherings
Mr and Mrs A Lowenberg and daughter Juanita joined Tuesday evening guests at Mr and Mrs Will Lemasters. Algona guests Mrs William Sengenbusch and sons George and Sonny visited Mr and Mrs Odus Paugh and son. Mrs George Buck and granddaughter Catherine Segel stopped by Estherville on Monday for business. Beatrice Sabin visited Nada Swartz in Maple Hill. Wanetta Summers spent the weekend with the Bosold girls. Busy Bee-4d-H club met at George Meiners with six members and seven visitors attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lowenberg
Juanita
Will Lemasters
William Sengenbusch
George
Sonny
Algona
Odus Paugh
George Buck
Catherine Segel
Estherville
Fred Kent
Shup
Colfax
Joe Osher
Verner Glassnap
Arnold Sorensen
Beatrice Sabin
Nada Swartz
Maple Hill
Wanetta Summers
George Meiners
Estherville Township Visits and Family Arrivals
Estherville Township hosts visits from Henry Ahrens and family of St Cloud and multiple Helinsky relatives from Cherokee East St Louis and Dubuque. Parochial school connections noted. Several local residents and guests are listed with Sunday visits and alongside car accident recovery of Loretta Galvin. Additional travels include Emmetsburg, Wallingford, Swea City, Maple Hill, and Lake Park residents visiting various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ahrens
St. Cloud
Floyd Lytle
Mary Rosalie
East St. Louis
W. P. Helinsky
Cherokee
Lawrence
W Liam Mason
Mary Rosemarie
Estherville
Dubuque
Midelothian
Tom Thornburg
Emmetsburg
George Pullen
Edwin Michael Maxine
Eileen
Merle Galvin
Loretta
Harry Michae
Audene Sampson
Near Wallingford
Robert Fox
Chas. Jones
Henry Hupp
Ralph Gilbaugh
Basil Roberts
Lake Park
Gilbaugh
Mrs. Jones
Loretta Galvin
Jamie Leenberg
Swea City
John Anderson
Wayland Robinson
Maple Hill
Glen Olsen
Joyce Fransdal
Henry Olsen
Baby
Ben Sampson
Wallingford
Glen Michael
Ponderous Pachyderms Do Not Faze Elephant Trainer Jean Allen
Jean Allen, celebrated elephant trainer, leads 38 elephants in three rings for the Cole Brothers Circus in Estherville on Friday August 12 with 2 and 8 pm shows. Eddie Allen oversees the herd. three women, Jean Allen Wanda Wentz Betty Stevens, guide the acts. Over 1,000 circus personnel and three steel trains move the giant display, the largest elephant assembly yet shown, with pre-show glimpse around the hippodrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Allen
Cole Brothers
Estherville
Cole Brothers Circus
Eddie Allen
Wanda Wentz
Betty Stevens
Psychic Advice Column Responds With Short Answers
A clipped reader’s column offers one free question answered by Madame De Lore, with initials used in replies. Private questions priced at 25 cents each or six for a dollar. readers send question, sign name, address, and birth date to Station 8 in Minneapolis.
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Madame de Lore
Station
Fremont South
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Emmet county sends 23 to army training camp
Emmet county dispatched 23 young men to Camp Forest Lytle Georgia Monday morning. Names listed include Soren Schmidt Karl Gage Bert Meyers Ralph Sutton Orlando Tosdal Ray McIlwain Wm F Brown and others. Milk price in Rome set at eighteen cents per quart up from seven to eight in 1914. Clara Kennedy Catherine Kennedy travel to Washington for government posts. Clifford Nurss and Jay Emery to wed in West Bend today. Elks hall receives new furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Camp Forest
Lytle
Georgia
Soren Schmidt
Karl Gage
Bert Meyers
Ralph Sutton
Orlando Tosdal
Ray H. Mclalwain
Wm. F. Brown
Ben Vanon
Geo. W. Myers
Jee Hughes
Barney Knutson
John Gage
Clifford Nurss
Jay Emery
West Bend
Elks Hall
Gans Loses Lightweight Crown in Seventeen Rounds
1908 report from San Francisco notes Joe Gans, long time lightweight champion, defeated by Battling Nelson in seventeen rounds. Also mentions J E Stockdale Buick, Dr Birney bugsy, Jay Collins joining Sanford Dodge company, D W Perry visiting, Armstrong gathering, armory foundation progress, and Mrs Nick Koenecke injury after a car jump due to stalled vehicle amid thick fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joe Gans
Nelson
Dr. Birney
Bugsy
Jay Collins
Sanford Dodge Theatrical Company
D. W. Perry
Florida
Armstrong
J. W. Samson
Perry
Armory Foundation
Approaching Marriage Is Announced In Estherville
Thelma Story of Estherville and Raymond Rasmussen of Jackson Minn plan to wed August 7. A Sunday luncheon hosted by Mrs. Glen Story and Mrs. Iewin Story at the Glen Story home revealed the engagement with place cards concealing the announcement. Attending were numerous Estherville residents and relatives including Miss Story the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Story
View
Red Story
Estherville
Raymond Rasmussen
H. P. Rasmussen
Jackson, Minn
Glen Story
Iewin Story
Marvyl Bennett
Mary Peterson
Martina Peterson
Alyce Riges
Ruth Cole
Fern Mason
Ellen Mary Lohr
Frances Hageman
Marta Robnson
Katherine Story
Fred Story
F. M. Jones
John Doolittle
Harold Dickinson
William Kerr
Don Woodley
Arnold M. Anderson
Lawrence Jensen
Malvern Dorr
Clarde Rasmussen
Miss Story
Shirley Soeth Hostess To Lo Kno Phi Club
Lo Kno Phi music club met at Shirley Speeth's home on Thursday afternoon with all members present. A program featured Ruth Nordsletten Ber Nice Ness Shirley Soeth Jeraldine Johnson Donna Lee Jacobson and Shirley Hanson. Pupils learned early composers birth country and dates then played and counted aloud a musical selection. Scores of 100 percent went to Shirley Soeth Shirley Hanson Jeraldine Johnson Bernice Ness and Ruth Nordsletten, each receiving a prize. Mrs. Soeth served lunch to Miss Welsh club members Mrs. Maria Jnenbon and Lorna Soeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lo Kno Phi Music Club
Shirley Speeth
Ruth Nordsletten
Bernice Ness
Shirley Soeth
Jeraldine Johnson
Donna Lee Jacobson
Shirley Hanson
Soeth
Miss Welsh
Maria Jnenbon
Lorna Soeth
Minnesota Couple Married at Union Baptist
Nev J Albert Riggs officiated at a four o'clock Monday wedding in Union Baptist church. Frank Simmons of Fairmont Minn wed Marjorie Allen of Marietta Minn in a single ring ceremony witnessed by CC L Erickson and Miss Alberta Hazle. The couple will reside in Fairmont. Also noted are Joe Mesters hip dislocation last week in Detroit and Art Williamson losing a right toe to amputation due to a recurring infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nev. J. Albert Riggs
Union Baptist Church
Frank Simmons
Fairmont
Minn
Marjorie Allen
Mark Allen
Marietta
CC. L. Erickson
Alberta Hazle
Social event honors Miss Edith MacNulty guest
Miss Ethel McArdle and Mrs. Wm. McArdle hosted a Saturday evening gathering for guest Miss Edith MacNulty of Des Moines. Con tract bridge yielded high score to Mrs. Geo. Lyman and low to Mrs. N. M. Volding, with Mrs. Vance Noe taking the traveling prize. Miss MacNulty received a guest prize. Others present included Mesdames Lyman, Volding, Noe, D. S. Knudsen, Harry A. Jones, Frank Koch, Geo. Nichols, Chas. Lewis, Miss Adelaide Nichols, and the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel McArdle
Wm. McArdle
Edith MacNulty
Des Moines
Geo. Lyman
N. M. Volding
Vance Noe
Miss MacNulty
McArdles
Mesdames Lyman
Volding
Noe
D. 8
Osmundsen Hostess Shower for Mrs Wiseman at Estherville
Last evening Miss Carolyn Osmundsen and Mrs Ted Olson hosted a shower at the Osmundsen home for Mrs Dwight Wiseman of Wallingford with a luncheon and bingo. Denise McNally won first prize. numerous Mesdames and Misses attended. Others noted include Dr N R Ellsworth and Dr John Magee who visited Estherville as part of a Methodist Bible conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Osmundsen
Ted Olson
Osmundsen
Dwight Wiseman
Wallingford
Denise McNally
Clyde Butcher
Richard Wiseman
Vermain Sidles
Evan Higgins
Vernon Fredrickson
Leroy Merriott
Kirt Spies
Wm. Henaman
Pauline Wilson
Martha Robinson
Mary O'Rourke
Florence Norby
Merial Vestrem
Dorothy Nourse
Shirley Butcher
Pauline Merriott
Gilbert Richards
Wayne Huntsinger
George Riggs
Richard Diebner
Spirit Lake
Floyd Thomas
John Benjamin Magee
Seattle
Estherville
E. M. Munson
Magee
July and August Weddings Reported in Estherville Area
Clerk Irwin C. Nichols issued wed licenses as June winds down. Listings show multiple couples from Minnesota towns like Winthrop Estherville Logan and Alpha with ages ranging from 21 to 80. Notable ceremonies include Justice of the Peace M H Schloeman and Gertrude M Nipher officiating. Visitors from Hollywood and Nevada are staying with the Gordons as Mr Gordon recuperates at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin C. Nichols
Allen P. Lager
Winthrop
Minn
Gertrude M. Pirmantgen
New Ulm
Arthur A. Brown
Madeira
Irene R. Massett
Madelin
Justice of the Peace
M. H. Schloeman
Leslie Newnham
Wm. C. Erickson
LeRoy Parker
Logan
Ruth F. Harris
Severn T. Benjamin
Jackson
Alyce L. Christopher
Alpha
Gertrude M. Nipher
Winifred Reeves
Gladys Darilek
Delbert Hinsch
Estherville
Bertha M. Gnarde
Chas. Osgood
Hollywood
Calif
Dewitt Osgood
Margaret
Betty Lou
Nevada
W. G. Gordon
Osgood
Gordons
Gordon
Card of Thanks for Loss of Husband and Father
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness after the loss of our husband and father. Special thanks to Rev. Father Savage for comforting words. Mrs. Simon Feger and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Savage
Simon Feger
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Third Avenue
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