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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1921
Page
4
Church notes announce Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church on Sunday August 1 with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and English language service at 10 30 a m led by Pastor J E Andreae.
Estherville Nor th parishioners are told of Sunday services at 1 03 p m conducted by Rev Prof S Strand. Evening at Roan and saloon league will present the cause. L A and M S meet Thursday afternoon at church parlors. Prayer meeting Thursday at 4 30 p m at Carl Shaws.
The Methodist Church resumes full services next Sunday August 21 with Educational Day. Morning sermon by Rev W T McDonald of the Wesley Foundation on Methodist work with Iowa colleges. Evening sermon by Dr Frank F Mossman of Morningside College Sioux City praised as a major spiritual force. Sunday school at noon Epworth League at 7 pm. All welcome to worship and hear plans for fall and winter.
Otto Nefzger of Kossuth county was in Hamburg when robbed of money after a funeral visit home. He offers $300 for $200 use for three months, claiming he cannot save the amount through work in Germany. Other notes report local visits and guests in Webster City, Sh erburn, Windom, and Fairmont, plus a Rock Island rail purchase of thirty steel coaches and five chair cars. J Frank Wray opened the Wilson House hotel in Webster City, replacing the old Wilson hotel built fifty-two years ago.
Mr and Mrs P Benson of Jackson with son Philip spent most of last week on their farm. Mrs TL J Hoover and daughters Stella Christine and Sylvia Taft of Haywarden Iowa visited Andrew Benson. Other locals joined Sunday dinners at Brunsveld, Benson, Olsen, and Houghland households. Several families spent last Sunday at nearby lakes and O. B. Opheimard and Nasby households vacationed in Northfield Minnesota.
Fred Roberts returns from Calvale, Alex Peddie of Emmetsburg heads to Scotland with family, Bachman of West Bend aids local business, John Johnek oversees Ballard building prep, Myhre stock from Lyle Minnesota arrives with family plans today. Herman Graaf back from Chicago and southern Iowa with a doll for Etta, M L Little installs new street lamp boosting evening visibility, J M Brown of Burlington visits Estherville with family, John Goldsberry helps Roy at Swan Lake as creamery trips drop, mower work improves streets, poisonous weeds removal discussed.
State Line and Wisconsin visitors Gunder son and Ellingbo families stayed with Hans Gunderson. J J Ellingbo and Mrs O Anfinson with two children from Northfield, Minnesota traveled to Arnolds Park Saturday. Ole Johnson and Frank Olson families from Minnesota were guests at Cornell Olson’s home. E N Stanwing and family visited Fred Paulson’s near Jackson. Arthur Nasby and family also noted.
The name Manitoba derives from two Indigenous terms Manlts for the Great Spirit and Waba meaning the narrows of the lake. The strait was sacred to the Cree and Saulteaux peoples who called it Manito Waba or the Great Spirit’s Nam rows.
Dan McFarland of the B C R N in Estherville, now at Solan in the water supply department, was in town this week to oversee his farm, renew acquaintances, and interpret local affairs. Popcorn vendors at the depot grew numerous, requiring crowd control. Mr and Mrs S H Petton hosted their son Rev Frank Petton and his wife, as he heads to Chicago for theological school.
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