Local notes on Estherville area life in 1919
Mrs Hyatt visits son in Estherville returns home. Guy Ramsey returns from Moline for a parental visit. L Wickens reports two gray wolves this winter and many more nearby. Mrs Hatch visits Omaha. National Biscuit Co demonstrates products in Higinbotham store with coffee demo. Ladies League reports year and elects officers led by Graves Walter and Godfrey. Treasurer Blake reports over $100 receipts and about $300 in treasury. Kriegers mourn mother in Lockport. Spauldings host guests with supper. Becks visit Spencer. Beck backs early return. William Rendir and wife welcome daughter born Friday. Wests visit Larry Taylor home. move to Michigan. Melvin Cule hosts Extherville guests. Dorsey renews friendships. Strand studies butter making at Ames. Bernice Bormann cooks at Brinkman home. Brinkman travels to Bar r y for niece’s funeral. Jebsons visit Estherville. Zelnsky to move to Harrison county. Wallingford Telephone Co holds annual meeting. officer election. Ben Nelson improving in hospital. Central calls adjust to one long ring. Winter farm idle, some cut trees for posts and firewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Biscuit Company
C_ Higinbotham
Mr. Higinbothamy
Ladies League
Higinbotham
Paul H. Graves
Joseph A. Walter
Guy R. Godfrey
Della Blake
B. L. Vail
Treasury
Emmet Echoes Local Social Roundup
A series of brief notices from Estherville and surrounding areas details visits among families, illnesses including lagrippe and pneumonia, and a few teaching assignments. Notable names include Mr. and Mrs. Koenecke, Donald Schultz, Walter Shannon, F C Snyder, Henry Snyder, Tom McGinn, Ed Maniece, S T VanEman, J A Schultz, Ivor Clark, Carey, Verna Ellerston, Altes, W A Schultz, Miss Wold, and Etta Reed.
Dolliver Notes of Local Social and Stock Movements
Boo McLaughlin of Edmonton was a guest at Rev and Mrs Allen Bishop for several days last week. Byrel Tweet and Aliss Mary Spencer of Ceylon Minnesota wed at the M B prisonage on Saturday January 17. They plan to reside in rooms renovated in the Dolliver hotel building. Twelve carloads of stock were shipped from Dolliver last week. Lewis Hagan moved into the Hansen cottage. Francis McDermott visited with Lottie Pickell of Estherville. B Sullivan was sick with tonsillitis last week. C K E Merriott of Chickasaw county visited his sister A H Pickell last week, then left for Superior and Milford before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boo, McLaughlin
Edmonton
Canada
Allen Bishop
Mr. Byrel Tweet
Aliss Mary Spencer
Ceylon
Minnesota
M. BE
Dolliver
C. KE. Merriott
Chickasa County
A. H. Pickell
James
Superior
Milford
Notices and school updates around Emmet county
Miss Iva Larson resumes teaching at Emmet Grove school after a week’s absence and confirms she did not have smallpox. Mrs Coral Larson returns to teaching in District No. 5. State Line Lutheran Aid Society hosted about twenty adults. Work continues on a new bungalow for Mr and Mrs Wm Guge and well digging is underway. State Line church will hold English and Norwegian services on alternate Sundays. Mr John Scollon underwent lip surgery at Estherville hospital. J S Brown family hopes quarantine ends. Thos Ruckman considers renting his farm. Sticktu it Club meets at Mrs Tl Nasby’s home on January 2. Mrs Lou Hoover hosts with Mr G G Wheatley marketing hogs in Estherville. Farmers join shipper’s association organized at Superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Larson
Emmet Grove
Larson
Coral Larson
H. A. Smith
Lutheran Aid Society
Wm. Guge
John Sabo
Estherville
Sticktuit Club
Tl. Nasby
Lou Hoover
G. G. Wheatley
Twenty Years Ago in Estherville News Clippings
Handsful of notes recount community events from Estherville including funeral in Aurora, Ill, Sam Reaney’s postmaster installation at Huntington, Frank Peterson joining Kraft Clothing, Hartung & Co dissolution, and local business moves. Socials feature Master Jay Collins party, the Hartung family, and the Hotel Orleans opening with plantings and formal reception. Marriage of Arthur Brown and Ida Robb near town. students, guests, and local listings with houses for sale and mortgage rates frame the page.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grover
Frank Krieger
Lockport
Ilinois
Mr Krieger
Mroo
Don Spaulding
Dro
Mrs. W. Beck
Spencer
Mrs. Beck
Dr. Beck
William Rendir
Wallingford
Bernies Bormann
Brinkavtn
Mrs Brinkman
de H. Brinkman
Barry
Iowa
Meaw
Paul Jeboson
Anton Wicks
Ber Nelson
Nelson
G. Gilbert
Odena
Monneapolis
John Plath
Fred Zelinsky
Graettinger
Zelinsky
Harrison County
Wallingford ‘Telephone Company
Ben Nelson
Wallingford Central Ring
EMMET
E. F. Koenecke
Donald Schultz
Eatherville
Walter Shannon
Raleigh
F. C. Snyder
Henry Snyder
Tom McGinn
Fibherville
McGinn
George West
Center Township
Ed Maniece
S. T. VanEman
J. 4. Schultz
Ivor Clark
Miss Carey
Tinderholt
Verna Ellerston
Little Altes
W. A. Schultz
Miss Wold
Etta Reed
Lewis Hagan
Hansen Cottage
Francis McDermoett
Lottie Pickell
B. Sullivan
J. S. Brown
Thos. Ruckman
B. Nichols
Aurora
Sam Reaney
Huntington
Frank Peterson
Kraft Clothing Co
E. EK. Hartung
Jay Collins
Arthur Brown
Ida Robb
Town
Stuttgart
Arkansas
Hotel
Orleans
Louise Hobein
Nina Woodhouse
Mrs. Woodhouse
C. A. Hobein
C. E. Birney
Mrs. Hobein
Mrs. Birney
George Robb
Wesley Robb
Kankakee
Iinois
Gertie Stoddardt
Mason City
Geo. A. Nichols
Wenn
Square Sixth Street
Square
Wilkins Co
M. H. Schloemen
Von
Armstrong
Estherville State Bank Bank
L. Morris
A. Fisher
M. E. Wilson
Kilgore & Klocow
Arthur James
Creamery
Spurbeck-Lambert. Co
Citrus Fruit Packing House
Crooked Lake
The
Florida Exchange
Crooked Lake, Fla
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