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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1938
Page
4
Local notes recount visits and gatherings across Lytton Estherville Ringsted and surrounding areas. Families such as Glassnapps Ellerstones and Paughs are mentioned with trips to Minneapolis Duluth and Iowa City along with picnics visits and a schoolyard move at district No. 3.
Dolliver notes detail visits and upcoming events with residents from Lone Rock Ames Reinbeck and Des Moines. Local weddings, teaching assignments, housing changes, and school openings are noted alongside illness and recovery of residents including Miss Marian Teslow and Mrs. Womack's travel.
Snapshot tips encourage taking pictures at county state street and fairs with subjects from vendors and contests to exhibits such as peaches watermelons cakes and corn. The piece urges capturing the fair’s spirit including judging scenes and livestock shows for a pocketful of good photos.
A series of visits and travels involve Ralph Borcher’s family in Estherville and Cole Cama. relatives Earl and Herman Borcher from Sedalia and Cole Cama, plus Luella Hilborne of Oakland, travel to visit in Estherville. Others attend the State Fair in Des Moines and a Lutheran convention in Estherville.
Ringsted A V Nelson and son Randall called in Mason City Tuesday. Miss Leona Christensen visited friends in Ceylon Minnesota. Mrs May Buchan of Mannato Minnesota finished a visit with her mother Mrs James Petersen. Rev and Mrs Widebeck and three sons of Chicago, visiting Dr and Mrs S C Kirkegaard, left for Council Bluffs. Mrs August Kyhl and son Richard visited sister Mrs A C Pettersen in Estherville. Mrs John Richardson of Parkersburg concluded a visit with Cecil and Cecil Davis. Mr and Mrs Nels Flindt and Mr and Mrs Andrew Pedersen went to Carbondale Illinois for a funeral. Mrs Rae Reimers of Mason City visited Delores Fink. Mary Rae visited her grandparents Henry Reimers in Fenton. Douglas Baxter of Waverly left after ten days with the Holen family. Mrs Toien escorted him to Whittemore for bus to Waverly. Mrs Fred Plenge and son Fred Jr spent Saturday in Ceylon Minnesota. Mr and Mrs C S Kloth and children returned home after two weeks in Des Moines and Chicago. Edith Lange of Fenton visited sister H N Wilberg. Dickie Wilberg stayed with parents. farm time with grandparents C F Lange of Fenton. Mr and Mrs Carl Fink visited Lewis Larsen home in Estherville Monday. Walter Van Cleve of Worthington Minnesota visiting Claude Van Cleve. Violet Mortensen returned from Minneapolis after two weeks visiting friends. T L E L P club met with Mrs M H Silcox Thursday afternoon. most members attended. Guests included Mrs Minnie Silcox Minneapolis, Mrs C E Knox McAll en Texas, Miss Anderson Fort Dodge. Mrs Silcox served lunch.
Six aerial dancers and gymnasts perform a groundbreaking act at the Great Clay County Fair featuring four men and two women in a high risk routine. They abandon ladders for a dramatic finale leaping into a safety net that serves as a visual element and dramatic capstone to their stunts.
Mr and Mrs Ben Samson attended the funeral for Miles Edwards in Estherville on Thursday. Their son Donald served as an honorary pallbearer. Mr and Mrs Sylvester Berge departed Tuesday on a trip through northern Minnesota. V R.
E. G. Swanson led his Sunday school class of boys on a Wednesday picnic to the north shore of Spirit Lake. They swam and dove then had a Wiener roast. Present were Eugene Westman, Herbert Asp, Walter Christenson, Harold Christenson, Robert Johnson, Ronald Nyquist, Keith Swanson, Emmanuel Bloomquist, Junior Lyon, and Harry Munson Jr. One member could not attend. A separate 140 mile tour of 18 cars promoted the fall festival, visiting Huntington, Estherville, Maple Hill Grover.
A collection of place names including Dolliver Ceylon Mangaska Fairmont Northrop Truman Wel come Tri Mont Sherburn Alpha Jackson Petersburg appears as a regional reference likely for a local event or schedule in Iowa and nearby Minnesota towns.
The 35th wedding anniversary of Myr and Mrs Fred Markquart was celebrated Sunday with dinner and many relatives from Otto and A M Petersons B C Janssen Bernard Janssen John Marcus L A Peterson and Lake Belt township families joining. Also noted was the 72nd birthday of Mrs O B Carlson with visiting ladies and a quill tying ritual followed by lunch. Also remembered was Mrs C Linus Peterson birthday with cakes and coffee. Further social visits included Mrs Chas Waughtal birthday surprise and several families traveling to Oakland Neb for aunt and cousin visits.
A Petersburg- area note details a 2200 mile trip to Morse Saskatchewan Canada to visit Roggow cousins, reporting very poor crops and grasshopper damage. The item also lists many visits to relatives in North and South Dakota Minnesota and nearby towns, along with social events, relatives, and upcoming moves and illnesses.
Mulvey and little David Larson were present. The Larsons left for St. Louis the next day. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Flohra and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kiehl of Waverly township toured Duluth and northern Minnesota on a Wednesday vacation. St Johns Lutheran Indies aid will meet with Mrs. Arthur Tennhoff on Wednesday Sept. 7. Mrs. Frank Linder and daughter Dorothy of Austin Texas arrived Monday for a week with Linder relatives and visited Mrs. Linder's mother, Mrs. Ramstiist at Coleraine Minn.
Gospel revival meetings continue each night at 8 led by Brother W. OH Sutliff of Mutchinson Kansas with special songs. All welcome. Prayer meeting Wednesday 2:30 p.m. at the church. John 3 16.
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