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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1923
Page
5
A sprawling roster of visitors and residents fills Estherville and nearby towns with movements. Miss Mildred Nurse visits Clear Lake. a Blair Nebraska visitor calls on friends in Wallingford. many travelers head to Chicago, Minnesota and Wisconsin for visits, fairs, and vacations. Local families host kin from Cedar Rapids to Carroll, with auto trips to Grand Island and Minneapolis and multiple church and society gatherings noted.
Mrs Minnie Nurss hosted a one o clock luncheon on Thursday honoring Mrs C B Graham who departed this week for a new home in California. Officers of the Eastern Star lodge attended as guests. Mrs Graham had held one of the star points for two years.
Mrs Espeset hosted D A R members on Friday with an informal afternoon and a delicious three course lunch. Guests from out of town included Mrs Frank Albro Los Angeles and Mrs Francis Albro Tacoma along with several others visiting from Graettinger Chicago Shenandoah and Winona Minn. The event honored Mrs M M Knapp and Mrs Alex Johnston who are moving to California.
Sixteen ladies of Okomanpado Chapter attended the D. A. R. luncheon at the Inn on Monday. The annual event involved Estherville and Spirit Lake chapters and attracted about thirty ladies including visitors. Reports from Omaha and Des Moines chapters were compared favorably with the larger city chapters.
The Tenth District Convention of the I F W C was moved from Estherville to possibly Fort Dodge due to scheduling and travel issues. District president Mrs John Hamill could not align dates with state officers, and local chairwoman Mrs J B Tedrow coordinated the shift. This change will disappoint many local club women, but the meeting may be better timed in the future, perhaps in a year or two.
Armstrong hosts a two day celebration this week with Estherville crowd plans. The Chamber of Commerce band will lead a caravan of about 100 carloads from Gardston corner to Armstrong by 6:30 pm. Sec Biedermann seeks extra car space to transport band members. RR Rev I W La Grone and family enjoying lakeside days.
The Estherville Chamber of Commerce band will travel to Emmetsburg on Thursday night August 23 to play their regular concert. In return Emmetsburg’s band will come to Estherville next Tuesday night for our concert. Both towns showcase their bands in an exchange to support local music and turnout.
Members of the State Board of Conservation toured Fort Defiance State Park in Estherville and surrounding lakes. The party, led by Secretary Biedermann, praised the beauty and scientific value, noted negotiations near completion, and said formal establishment would follow filing and recording of papers.
West Emmet continues to host visitors from Miami Jackson and Cedar Rapids with travel and family updates. Wheatley and Gilbert family members returned via Chicago. Alice Martens visited Cedar Rapids, Coral Larson finished a Ft. Dodge business college stay, Earl Brown left L W Stark for M N G camp at Ft Snelling. The Sticktuit Club and Estherville also mentioned in brief local notes.
The Township Woman's Club will be jointly entertained by Mrs J E Herbrandson and Mrs Chas Brown at the home of Mrs Herbrandson on Thursday afternoon August 30. Milo Brown now drives a Ford purchased recently. Miss Florence Buckman has returned from Minot North Dakota where she lived with her aunt Mrs Geo Kruse and attended school. The G A Nichols family Miss Larson and Mr and Mrs F J Manthey and Frances were Sunday guests at the C J Martens home. Miss Ruth Herbrandson will go to Canton South Dakota to attend the Lutheran normal and live with her aunt. Mr and Mrs Rupert Wade and family drove their Ford from Wisconsin to visit the Melvin Wade family at Superior and other friends, calling at the F H Smith and C J Martens homes this week. Miss Grace Martens spent a few days last week with Mrs Rudolph Dewall west of Walingford. Miss Alvina Peton of Graettinger was also a guest of her sister Mrs Dewall. Threshing is nearly finished in this neighborhood and it is a good crop of grain.
Joe Deitrick left Monday for business trips around Waukon Minnesota and expects to return in a week. Mrs Williams and daughter Gale left Saturday for Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair and a relatives visit, planning two weeks away. Herman Harvego and family drove from Motley Minnesota arriving Saturday. Millie will stay to attend school with her sister Mrs Ora Bom-barger this winter. Several local residents visited Hand's Park Sunday for the sports. Mrs L W Alexander and Norbert Halpenny plan to leave Friday for their parental home at Wecota South Dakota with a stop at Hopkins on the way back. A recent heavy rain occurred Monday afternoon. Grain elevators reported a week of activity with thirteen car shipments last week. The rail line M and St L offered to run extra cars Huntington to Sioux Rapids as needed.
Birth notices list newborns with dates in July including Lou Eva Meiners daughter of John Henry and Anna Behrends Meiners Ringsted. Eugene Price Kearns son of Wilbur P and Aletta Lucile Johnson Kearns Ringsted. Lars and Anna Mara Rasmussen Jensen twins Ringsted. Gerald Keith Jorgensen son of Carl and Anna M Skow Jorgensen Ringsted. Franklin Johannes Schmidt son of John and Anna W Harris Schmidt Ringsted. Lois Grace Whalen and Victor Lloyd and Grace M Fuller Whalen Dolliver.
Readers are urged to bring worn or damaged shoes to John Hemmingson’s location north of the Standard Oil station for repair. The note appears in a local call for service.
Readers of Herbert Quick’s acclaimed Iowa novel The Brown Mouse anticipate its serialization in The Vindicator and Republican. Fans who read it plan to reread and urge neighbors to do the same. Robert Penn drove to Omaha Sunday to reunite with his wife returning from the Black Hills where she visited her father for three months. Mr and Mrs Beno will spend most of the week in Omaha.
Mr and Mrs Chas Anderson and Mr and Mrs Theo Myhre returned from a Minnesota vacation staying mainly by Fergus Falls and on smaller lakes. Four days were at a lake near Alexandria where they camped on Maurice Gerbrichs acreage. Gerbrich runs two bands in Alexandria despite losing fingers to a buzz saw accident.
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