Christmas visitors and local life on the West Side
A feature rundown of Christmas visitors and holiday gatherings in the West Side community. Numerous locals and visitors from Des Moines to Chicago are recorded alongside student, teacher, and municipal staff movements. The weather, bus service, and shifting home arrangements also appear, with several families hosting relatives over Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Munson
Leeds
South Dakota
John Daring
Sac City
Lievel Jegium
Chicago
Carl Jeghum
Paul Sharar
Morningside
Sioux City
Roy Arnett
Cedar Rapids
Helen Kelly
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mary Kelly
Grace Wensel
Linn Grove
Jern Wensel
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
E. M. Weasel
Wm. Bright
Emmetsburg
Wm. Sparks
W. W. Freed
Town City
Freed
Doris Felkey
Council Bluffs
Leonard Carlson
Jas. Boyle
Hulda
West Bend
W. EE. Lohr
Ellen Mary
Laurens
Hare
John Heidke
Sever Egertson
Syema
Egertson
Frank Logan
Iowa Falls
G. H. Raife
Perry
W. C. Booth
Spirit
Lake
L. A. Buckingham
Buckingham
Elmer Osher
Ed Osher
Wallingford
Carleglum
Frank Schotke
Babe
Our
Federal Securities Company
Rice
Iowa
A. J. Bosworth
Ivy
Arsistreny
W. EB. Demingan
Johnsgood
Wesley “Robb
Kankakee
Morris
Mds
Ethel McArdle
Independence
Wm. McArdle
Owen Morton
J. E. Godfrey
Frank Godfrey
Eva Kobold
H. Oransky
Defiance
Harold Hurlbut
W. C. Dillon
Montgomery
Ned Percival
Glenn Davis
Eugene Hoff
Mason City
Fred Sternberg
Fletcher
Henry Snyder
George Lande
Dundan
Fred Stenborg
Carl Shaw
A.W. Underwood
Underwoods
Earl
Elmer Weir
Byron Weir
Hhzel Brown
West Side
A. C. Brown
Christmas Seal Sales and Local Social Notes
Christmas seal sales are noted with thanks for kindness received during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Local residents visit Algona, Cedar Rapids, Estherville, Des Moines, and Swea City for family, social, and work matters. The note lists many names and movements among Mrs. Loken, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Miss Blum, Miss Nelson, and others through December and January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Jean
Algona
Grace Slessor
Cedar, Rapids
B. F. Robinson
Orpha Atwood
R. H. Harris
Estherville
Ramson Harris
Big Creek
California
Martha Vigdal
John Vigdal
Des Moines
Lillian Hess
Minneapolis
Anderson
Nora Nelson
Gertrude Blum
Bart Blum
Violet
Vivian
Bunt
C. C. Club
Josephine Blum
John Blum
Swea City
Vivian Bunt
Grover
White Shrine Dinner Dance Attended Despite Cold
The White Shrine Dinner Dance on Friday faced severe cold as many could not attend. An enjoyable dinner was served at seven followed by a program of excellent numbers including a male quartet with Julius Osher Wim Bradley Harold Trone and Craig Bingham. John Morse played violin with his sister Olive accompanying, and a ladies quartet entertained. Ruth Beymer read a piece that drew praise. The evening closed with dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Shrine
Julius Osher
Wim Bradley
Harold Trone
Craig Bingham
John Morse
Miss Olive
J. H. Cramer
Chea Rirnev
Dan Howard
Nut trees for Iowa farms survey aims at home production
Iowa State College horticulture and forestry specialists survey nut suitability in Iowa to select best varieties for propagation. grafting is planned to preserve Buckley’s butternut and Fairbanks type nuts. Amamosa site trees resemble pecan. Burlington hosts fine nut area with superior walnuts from August Schwartz farm showcased by Emma Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Towa
Iowa
Park Buckley
Strawberry Point
Buckley
R. S. Herrick
State Horticultural Society
Anamosa
Fairbanks
Pioneering Life in Emmet County Described
Esther Horswell, Armstrong Iowa, reflects on pioneer life, detailing Armstrong Grove Township’s rolling prairie, East Branch Des Moines River, and a landscape of wild grasses and flowers, including gentian, astor, phlox, and goldenrod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Horswell
Armstrong
Iowa
Armstrong Grove
Des Moines
Prairie life and early settlers of Emmet County
The passage paints a vivid prairie scene with water fowl and birds, noting mosquitoes, humble bees, and the slow travel of settlers using wagons before cars. It mentions Algona as the nearest railroad town in 1874, Estherville as the only Emmet county railroad town in 1882, and Armstrong's first railroad arrival in 1859. Education was scarce, with schooling sometimes held in sod houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Estherville
Emmet
Armstrong
Also Mentioned on This Page
Star Legion
R. J. Ridley
Ridley Belors
V.-R
K. of
Loken
V. R
McKinley
Hansen
Richard Munson
Robert Rice
Elaine Coats
Miss Rhode
Frederick Hull
Clifford Rice
Tranves. Begara
Louise Savereide
Caralyon Blom
Fae Yates
Lincoln School
Smath
Maxine Johnson
Allan Papyre Richard
Fanson
Marvin Clark
Loyd Handel
Raymond Smith
Mive Keesler
Lavaughn Brockway
West
Mildred Krahmer
Washington School
Miss Mowhirter
Marvin Grobe
Maxine Callender
Brnice Ainley
Helen Wertz
Miss Wall
Florence Nick
Gaylord Collins
Miss Gibson
Joe Seeley
Jackson School
Robert McKay
Cora Sunde
Robert Stearns
Elizabeth Cole
John Dunham
Ruth Osgood
Evelyn Wasserman
Marie Sorum
Seal Sale
Center Township
Anna Anderson
Dorothy Juhl
Kate Braga
Gladys Olmstead
Palma Overson
Alice Pax
Denmark
Emma C. Anderson
Dorothy Vossler
Esther Bennicksen
Ellsworth
Helen Miller
Marguerite Bromley
Ella Flindt
Frankes Olmstead
High Lake
Josephine Thorndyke
Myrtle Olson
Olga Refsell
Olivia Erge
Alice Refsell
Vesta Gardner
Eva Hull
Iowa Lake
Anna Peterson
Elen Johnson
Charlotte Stenberg
Jack Creek
Elnora Johnson v
Mrs. C. V. Pringle
Swan Lake
Jessie L. Krieger
Gulla Ullensvang
Hazel Kateley
Twelve Mile Lake
Toyneby
Edith Swartz
Iida A. Squier
Fearl Anderson
Selma Johnson
Sara Martyr Vv
Lena Larson
Harry Simpson
Herman Oransky
Emma Weis
Beth Ralston
Catherine Manthey
M. &. Eldred
Cora Carrie
Mrs. Colling
A. B. Club
Sam Colins
Brown Creek Club
Thomas Juhl
John Juhl
Will Logan
Otto @oeschen
le van
Louis Krier
Santa Claus
Corres
Woman's Progressive Club
Woman’s Progressive Club
Randolph
Walter Wratten
Third St
Lena Fritz
G.E. Swale
Anja Bagan
Service Stay Legion Meeting
Emmet County
Eysoos
Supers
Orcuestra Soro
National ” Institution
Annes
Rohde
South Sixth Street
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