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Shoppers, meetings, and community notes in Ringsted area
The itemized notes recount Ringsted and Estherville shoppers, fairs, and visits by residents such as the Bonnicksen, Spangler, and Stacy families. Royal Neighbors of America held officer elections including Francis Myers as Oracle and Edith Carrithers as Vice Oracle. The piece also covers school programs, Christmas preparations, local travel to Fort Dodge and Jewell, and routine farming and trucking updates with numerous names and places across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Spangler
Ethel Bonnicksen
Gertrude Burns
Ft. Dodge
Haien
Ton Race
Leona Guest
Edna Madsen
Estherville
Jorgen Bonnicksen
Finer Ostedgaard
Fairmont
Race
Clark Addition
Anna
Verson
Jewell
George Johnson
Carlo Stacy
Los Angeles
California
G. M. Miller
Fenton
Lara Sorenson
Algena
F. M. Stacy
Jorgen Bennicksen
Fthel
Andrew Nelsen
Henry Hansen
Graetfinger
Knudsen
Barney Cushman
Lakota
Karl Ree
Ralph Ewing
A. J. Yoch
Emmet Ruckman
Mason City
Culture Club
Hamilton
Fisher
Perkins Hospital
Town City
Chicago Women and Children's Shelter
Olson
Eacine
Santa
Pyyat
Superior
Petersburg
North Superior
Lucile Post
Iris Duvall
Davis City
West Chester
George Landmesser
Fort Dodge
Mable Dobert
le Mars
Wisie Trabert
Milford
Elmer Lambert
Des Moines
Harry Ireland
Shell Lake
Wis
Mack Wade
Melvin Wade Jacobs
Leopold
Rev. Sande
Miy~Berkhear
John Michael
Cooks Bros
Clarence Wikert
Clarence Hansen
Leo Sankey
John Nissen
Sankey
Hession
John Bondhus
John
C. A. Sevedy
Woot
Norman Osher
Catherine Foster
Blanch Young
Margaret George
Maud Montgomery
Pearl Noble
Miss Fogde
Goodrich Naan
Glendewynne Jenséi
George
Graettinger High School
John Wagner
Trong
Mallard
Jim Conway
Flag Poly
Conway
Blaine Horswell
James Robinson
Vernon Township
Max Krukow
Horswell
Peter Miller
Danish Ladies Aid Society
Michael Hester
Here
Emmetsburg
E. M. Thompson
Fromersburg
Vera Jacobsen
Nels Nelson
Jacobsen
Nelson
A. J. Johnson