Christmas Gatherings Across Emmet County Voices
In Fairview farm, the G G Wheatley home hosted a Christmas dinner with many relatives and guests including Claus and Irving Martens families. Several other households near Estherville and Wallingford hosted Christmas Eve or Day gatherings with extended kin, oysters, and gifts. Nearby residents exchanged visits, hauled stock, and marked New Year’s Eve with watch parties.
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G. G. Wheatley
Fairview Farm
Lou Stark
Lois
Naomi
Wm. Gage
George
Harry Brown
Verlyn
Max
Nelson Wheatley
Vernice
Robert
Myron Gage
Claus
Irving Martens
John Sabo
Estherville
Milford Houge
T. Houge
Superior
John Simpson
Baby
Chas Hash
Claus Martens
Alice
Grace
Donald
Cornell Oleson
Henry Dewall
Helen Clemenson
Gerald Lou
Dewallis
E. Hawke
W. J. Dewall
Harold Lennox
Lincoln Items Chronicle Local Visitors and Events
Lincoln area notes report Britt arrival at Tom Richards home and visits to Ernest Moltzen and Burton Johnson. RingsTed and Mary Moltzen hosts, Christmas party for Willing Workers class, next meeting January 16. Margaret Handy hurt back after a fall. Balmer welcomed a son born December 30. Rex Tugwell satire and diaper joke items follow readers’ letters. Further items include Calvary and Eckhart train trips, Dr. Mereness retiring as Emmet County medical society president, Stillman family New Year gatherings, Gloria Foster illness, Fred Davis substituting at Ole Olson trucks, and Margery Mereness and Ella Clausen returning to Iowa State.
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L. E. Trees
Britt
Tom Richard
Ernest Moltzen
Burton Johnson
Marvelle Burdette of
Ringsted
Mary Maltzen
Wilbur Hildreth
Janice of
Terris
Ernest Moaltzen
Donald Rackle
Ringigted
H. D. Mereness
Estherville
Emmet County Medical Society
Board of Supervisors
Mereness
Medical Society
James Stillman
Algona
G. W. Stillman
L. P. Stillman
New Years
Neill
Iowa State
Ames
Local Families Gather for Holidays and Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs M O Moklebust and son Michael returned from Decorah after Christmas visits. Linus P Stillman Jr and family arrived to spend New Year with the Stillmans. Betty Phelps visited Davenport before returning home. Mrs W S Handy remains homebound with a foot infection. Coach Martin Kronick returned from Sioux City and Des Moines coaching school to prepare for the January 8 game vs Gruver. G W Mellwraith and daughter Willma visited Brainerd. Mrs Crabtree remembered as Marial McIlwraith. Mrs Fred Davis learned her father L J Calvin is very ill.
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M. O. Moklebust
Michael
Decorah
Linus P. Stillman, Jr
Dorothy Bee
Nadine Stillman
Ames
L. P. Stillmans
Terris
Des Moines Register
Des Moines
Gruver
G. Mellwraith
Willma
Brainerd
Minn
Herman Crabtree
Crabtree
Marial McIlwraith
Baby of Congress Boren to be youngest member of new Congress
Rep. Lyle H. Boren of Oklahoma aged 27 will be the youngest member when the new Congress convenes January 5. He celebrates his next birthday May 1.
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Washington
Lyle H. Boren
Oklahoma
Congress
Boren
Community News From Estherville and Area
Estherville residents visit relatives and neighbors during holidays. Mary Ann Hienrick and Ruth Hienrick return home from time with parents Charl ies and Mary Hienrick. Several locals travel to Rockwell City Des Moines and Silverton Oregon for work and relatives. Illnesses include Merrill Morton with pneumonia and Margaret Brown improving. A New Year oyster supper at Theodore Nelson home marks multiple anniversaries. Professional and school moves noted for Olive Klingbeil Maxine Workman Louisa Peake and Boshes. Royal Neighbor Lodge meets January 6 with officer installation.
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Fred Ankrum
Estherville
Howard Harland
Mary Ann
Ruth Hienrick
Charlies Hienrick
Blanche Brady
Tom Blum
Johnny Kalhord
Jack Boecker
West
Silverton
Oregon
Dorothy Spoo
Rockwell City
Des Moines
Chris Spoo
Merrill Morton
Owen Morton
Olive Klingbeil
Wallingford
Nelson
Sidles
Stam
Margaret Brown
Melvin Sorenson
Waterloo
Soren Sorenson
Maxine Workman
Junior College
Ralph Hartman
Louisa Peake
Cedar Falls
Philip Peake
Sam Thorsland
Bede
Mary
Robert Swartz
Raymond Swartz
Lars Anderson
Missionary Council
Christian Church
Kenneth Hiles
William Hiles
Loyal Smith
Frank Smith
John Bush
Wesley Jones
Nolan Nelson
Mason
Will Ridley
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Norm Andrews
Mystery on the Road Ends with Police Intervention
A tense street scene unfolds as a man accuses a truck driver of failing to see his coupe. The driver will be signaling for police involvement while the hulking motorist insists the other party should have noticed a full sized car.
Road Ahead of Him Questioned by Iowa State Safety Council
A fragmented remark questions how someone could expect to see a small white hand appear in a front window, directed at the Iowa State Safety Council amid a tense exchange. The line reflects concern or hostility toward safety authorities in a local context.
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Iowa State Safety Council
Box Car Ballad a Freight Car Speaks of Travel and Labor
A vivid verse from Rock Island Lines tells of a freight car nicknamed Speed. It chronicles lifetimes on rails from the northwest in winter to the sunny south and across the sea, hauling glass, exhibits, and wares while keeping a treasured tally in a logbook. A postscript notes a New York preacher’s quip about wildcats.
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Sunny South
Tarry
S. C
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