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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1939
Page
6
The Dunnell Fire Co responded to two stove related fires. An over heated stove caused a cob shed blaze at the Austine farm on Saturday morning, with minimal damage. On Tuesday a fire at A R Peterson Implement Shop damaged walls ceiling office equipment totaling over 250 dollars.
Mrs. Robert Rosenberg and children visit her parents Mr and Mrs William Leiding in Ce ylon. Leo Austine returns from ten day trip with relatives in Harlan. Fred Grippentrog and George Mathwig report another fox caught, nine total. Martin Hall visits his mother Mrs Gusto Hall in Tracey, Walter Hall accompanies him back. District 58 south of town reports several pupils absent with mumps and District 60 reports measles. Mr and Mrs Bernard Janssen also noted.
Sioux Falls visitors and local gatherings mark the week with family and friends. Juanita Silcox of Waseca joined Lynn Silcox for a Saturday supper while the Melvin Stringer family of Des Moines endures illness after a major operation. Mr Stringer now ill. M H Silcox returns from Waseca where he served on a federal jury. Lake Fremont Farm Club held a dinner meeting at Frank Steinhorst’s as plans for the 25th anniversary and a summer picnic were discussed. Triumph friends visited Mrs Otto Peterson. the group included three sisters and several locals. Albin Carlson and Rosalie attended Nettleton College homecoming in Sioux Falls where Rosalie was a queen attendant. Mrs Walter Nelson of Cokato visited C N Swanson’s home, with her husband driving down to fetch her. Mrs Frank Elberts and two children of Fort Smith Ark visited Lake Fremont relatives. Mrs Elmer Austine underwent surgery at Bailey Hospital Fairmont. Louis Mathies’ farm sale is set for February 7 as he moves near Benson.
The article guides taking informal friend portraits with soft diffuse light from two or three flood bulbs placed on different sides. It notes frosted bulbs for softness, standard sockets, and position changes to highlight facial features. It suggests semi profile for ears and slight head tilt, recommends multiple shots with varying poses.
Henry I observed Mrs Arthur Prust birthday in Granada on Friday February 3. Families of Joe Rap Clarence Carlson Homer Lawson Axel Nyquist Esther Oseling and William Bergquist attended. Mrs Mathwig provided lunch served at midnight. Ed Hybbert hosted January 29 birthday gathering for the man of the house with relatives. Supper included Oscar L Larson Alfred Osberg Harold Hybbert Emil Osberg Fairmont Ole Lindquist. A group celebrated Mrs Clarence Carls birthday with a Wednesday evening surprise. Late supper with birthday cakes for Mr and Mrs Joe Asp Veona and Herbert Esther Oselius Thyra Hansen and Esther Oselius Mrs George Mathwig and Mr and Mrs Ed Johnson and family.
Mr and Mrs James Kenyon hosted a 7 o clock dinner Friday for Mr and Mrs Leonard Forstrom Mr and Mrs Wm Forstrom and sons of Fairmont Mr and Mrs A M Wenberg and daughters of Sherburn and Mrs Emma Wenberg Also an advertisement extolling Marvo a soothing remedy with claims of rapid relief for itching bleeding piles sores ulcers boils carbuncles pimples eczema and burns manufactured by Marvo Chemical Co Sioux Falls sold by Jay Johnston Drug Co
Social notices from Spirit Lake valley report visits by the Nygaards the Wheatleys and the Martins. Guests include Mrs Frank Stein and Misa Leif Stark with lunch served by the hostess. Quitting a friendship quilt was assisted by Mrs E Christianson. Cars purchases Henry Dewall bought a gray Chevrolet. A tobogganing outing gathered Stark Wheatley Martens Nygaard and Mr Andrew Graff at Spirit Lake. Basketball games at Emmet Consolidated featured Naomi Stark Lola Stark Vernice Wheatley and others.
An editorial urges readers to continue safety efforts after 1988 saw a large but not final drop in automobile deaths, crediting public support and individual responsibility. The piece stresses personal caution, local programs, and widespread common sense as key to further reductions, while noting a Spain dispatch misidentifies LaGuardia as Franco’s capture.
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